when family guy first premier and i be not in a discriminating mood . with the 1990s contain a wealth of clever and surreal cartoon and why should i be . nickelodeon produce doug while ren and stimpy and rockos modern life among other fine cartoon ( yes and this include spongebob ) . all have quirky and dreamlike animation and surprisingly sophisticated story and dialog . the simpson become an outright phenomenon and perhaps not as brilliant a it big defender claim it to be and but a very fine investment of your time and certainly dismiss the false axiom that all tv be junk . south park start out a a crude but hilarious attack on everything with unique and intelligent satire underneath . it evolve to become a monty python esquire show with outrageous concept and brutally swift and sharp societal critique ( such a their defense of the noble underpants gnome ) and eventually settle to be entirely self referential and meta like the simpson do and and have unfortunately jump the shark . family guy be superficially like the simpson and south park . it push button and be a favorite among college student and bestiality enthusiast . however and what it have in loquacity it lack in true wit . the show be famous for it use of gimmick and especially for flashback . many be reference to bad tv sitcom or commercial . some be funny ( especially from the first two season ) and most be not . be reference inherently funny . i be not sure and but they be mostly what the show stand on consider that it character be painfully uninteresting . where homer and bart have charm and and cartman have an artillery of self awareness and pure outrageousness to back up his awful behavior and peter griffin have no excuse . he just a loud and obnoxious pig . anything funny come from his character be only because the writer forget how to be unfunny that day . lois be also very shallow and dull while meg be a prop and only to be abuse while chris be borderline retard and only occasionally funny and and the two main star of the show ( stewie and brian ) be so inconsistent in their characterization that it all really kind of pointless . other gimmick i can not stand be when a character point to something obviously and lingers on it for an uncomfortably long time . this happen a lot lately and and i can not bear it any longer . not just the oft mention chicken that like to beat peter up and i be talk about the painful moment where they talk about pop culture and prod it a if they be alien spectator . that not wit or even ironic humor and it totally boring and lifeless . not that the show can not be funny and in fact some of the early episode have me roll . highlight include the pilot episode and where peter lose touch with reality after lose his precious television while when peter religious zealot father show up and wreaks havoc while when peter become a narc at megs school and and the pancake episode . i suspect these be the episode that accidentally incorporate actual human trait in it character and or merely be time the writer have actual comedic inspiration . one last thing and the show be not offensive . it only offensive to those who wouldn not watch the show in the first place and so it almost like a circle jerk to the choir of hipster .