Family Guy vs the Simpsons

Khadijah Smith Enc 1101 Dr. Ford Family Guy VS. The Simpsons In comparison, both shows are great. Both shows have a dad that most of the time doesn’t have a clue and wives that make excuses for their behaviors but still love them more than anything. Both shows also have 3 children involved and a pet. They both seem to be either middle or lower middle class families. The contrast for the two shows would definitely have to be the type of humor used on the shows. The Simpsons has more a an entire family appeal to it while Family Guy has a lot more adult humor that parents today don’t want their kids to watch or be subjected to.
I personally would not care if my kids were to watch either one of the shows because they would know that they are just TV shows and that behavior on TV is not to be repeated in real life. Meaning, I would teach my kids what’s acceptable for them to do and say and what’s not. If I had to choose which show is funnier, I’d have to say Family Guy, but that is just my opinion. I just haven’t seen The Simpsons in a while and Family Guy makes me laugh no matter how many times I watch each episode. The Simpsons is the archetype for cartoon serial satire. It started it all.
Which is evident in the Southpark episode the ‘Simpsons did it’ Plus Simpsons just had its 20th season which is nuts. I find lately the Simpsons has transitioned more towards a Family Guy model, having more random pop ins then full on episodes like their earlier seasons. ( Alec Niolan, Little Known Facts About “the Simpsons”) With 20 years of material they have covered almost everything already so staying fresh is hard. Family Guy has a liberal/progressive agenda and the creator can’t keep his work separate from his politics. Family Guy is much more random, and hits a lot more obscure references to pop culture.

The humor is more adult in Family Guy as well. The Simpson’s daughter is intelligent, witty and misunderstood for her so-called liberal views, in my opinion. While Meg from family guy is awkward, unappreciated and abused. Bart and Chris are very similar, while Bart has more intelligence he just prefers antics. Chris is blessed with a much slower mind set. While the wives both nag, Lois is the more active while Marge is usually more passive. Whichever you prefer these two TV watching, middle class, beer drinking, couple canoodling; antic driven cartoon families will be on for many more years to come.
The Simpsons is happy to take on all political persuasions. Although both shows are equally entertaining, the Simpsons have clear life lessons that are clearly portrayed. Such as, “I’ll keep it short and sweet. Family. Religion. Friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business. ” The business world is becoming increasingly more cutthroat. In order to succeed, you have to be willing to give things up. Family only gives you more obligations. Religion makes you feel bad about your difficult business decisions. And friends, well, in business there are no friends. Facts are meaningless. “I hope this has taught you kids a lesson: kids never learn. ” While we want to believe that our children are smarter than the average nose picker, they all still make the same mistakes. At some point, even though it didn’t work out so well for their friends, kids will ride their bike down the stairs, lick the frozen flagpole, and put their hand on the hot burner. Over and over again. ”You don’t like your job, you don’t strike. You go in every day and do it really half-assed. That’s the American way. ” Company loyalty and job satisfaction are down.
Yet everyone thinks they need the bigger house, the newer car, that fancy new toy. Rather than finding a job they really enjoy, they go to work miserable every day, put in the minimal effort, then go home to lounge in front of their big screen TV and complain because they don’t have a bigger one. “What a day, eh, Millhouse? The sun is out, birds are singing, bees are trying to have sex with them, as is my understanding “. American culture tries to protect our children from all things sexual. Racy television shows are put on late night when children are supposed to be asleep.
Magazines are put on the top shelf where children can’t reach them. While the intention is good, we are deliberately ignoring the fact that our children know all about sex, long before we give them “The Talk. ” However, because we are not giving them good, accurate information at the appropriate age, they are becoming more and more confused, which is leading to an increase in STDs and teen pregnancy. Perhaps it’s time to reevaluate how parents approach the subject of sex. “I feel that if a gun is good enough to protect something as important as a bar, then it’s good enough to protect my family”.
Gun control is a hot topic brought up at every election. Should we limit access to them so the bad guys can’t get one? Should we expand access to them so that the innocent people can protect themselves? Either way someone is bound to get hurt. We can only hope that it’s the bad guys. The Simpsons are more original and portray clearer plots, as well as it is more clean when it comes to verbal usage and here are numerous amounts of lesson that are easily comprehended, even if it can be a bit sarcastic. In addition, therefore if there was a decision to be made between these two animated TV shows, the Simpsons would be a better choice.