despite the apparent structural similarity with the simpson loud fat dad and housewifey mum and 3 child and a pet and typical suburban home and family guy be actually functionally and stylistically opposite to the simpson . it avid use ( and sometimes too much ) of cutaway gag have be it main stay since the first season . while some hit the nail on the head ( the rhea perlman and danny devito bit in season 5 be spine snappingly hilarious ) and others be less successful and come across a contrived . and they can be annoy and especially when they do not advance the story line . ( the jesus bit be entirely unfunny and insult ) the chemistry between stewie and brian griffin lend itself to pure comedy gold and so much so that chris and meg only manage to fulfill the role of the obligatory teenager in your typical dysfunctional family . however and the feature film stewie griffin represent the untold story and be mindnumbingly horrible . thank goodness it go straight to dvd . contrary to tiresome comparison with the perennial simpson and seth macfarlane approach with family guy be actually very different it much more politically incorrect and and amazingly and a lot more brazen . creator of ren and stimpy and john kricfalusi and famously criticize family guy for have extremely low graphic standard from a cartoonist standpoint . i do not think it look that bad though and the detailing and accuracy of some of the spoof be quite successful . all in all and a great series to go with a great big bowl of chip smother in ranch sauce and as joke .