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maxusy3k:
I'm not sure. Granted, the funniest thing I can think of seeing on Family Guy was where Peter finds the video tape from The Ring. but that was more the combination of his expression at the end than the reference itself.
Shortly after that is the dare to drink eight cases of ipecac which isn't a reference to anything (as far as I know), but is just your basic 'gross out' humour at work I guess.
A lot of the referential humor for me is a miss, perhaps because a lot of it seems to be 80's based (which I can barely remember, being as I was born in that decade), I don't know. Most of the gags I enjoy aren't referential, at any rate... though I'd never go as far as to suggest it's top quality AAA comedy writing.
I could be the minority, though... I'm pretty easily amused for the most part anyway, to the extent where I recently challenged myself to see if I actually could watch a movie and class it as a terrible one without enjoying it on it's own merits, as I have done for other really bad movies like Eragon and even Step Brothers.
On that note though, I did pass (or fail)the test.
Cartilage Head:
There's a difference between using occasional clever references like on the Powerpuff Girls and making blatant references and even moment-for-moment references to shows and movies and musicals without any creative input at all, which was what a good percentage of Family Guy's jokes rely on.
Scarychips:
Again, I agree with what you're saying. Maybe, I just can't explain why I enjoy Family Guy. I just think it's funny. Not genius. Some episodes are completely, completely unfunny. But I think the references are funny. Like that Great Space Coaster part where they get lost and can't get back. I thought it was funny. It may be stupid, it may be unoriginal, but I like it.
JD:
Saw an episode of this. It was like watching an unfunny trainwreck in action.
TheFuriousWombat:
--- Quote from: Zombiedude on 18 Oct 2009, 21:04 ---an unfunny trainwreck
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