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FAMILY GUY CANCELED!! LETS STOP THE MADNESS!! Sign Petition!

Posted on 01/31/2002 5:29:21 PM PST by bigjoesaddle

I know several of you freepers love the Family Guy like I do, so I thought I'd let you know Fox plans on canceling it after next week! The last episode had the highest ratings in the time slot for Fox, but they still don't know what to do with it or something. Please sign the petition, or send a postcard. Thanks.
SAVE FAMILY GUY PETITION


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To: L.N. Smithee
HEATHEN! FAMILY GUY IS THE MOST HILLARIOUS ANIMATED SHOW ON NETWORK TV!
82 posted on 01/31/2002 8:21:51 PM PST by College Repub
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To: Central Scrutiniser
I have them all in .rm real media format. I didn't think Clerks was that good. There were some truly funny moments that rate among the best of all time for animation comedy jokes, but as a whole, I thought the series sucked...
83 posted on 01/31/2002 8:22:54 PM PST by College Repub
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To: good_ash
the funniest sitcom ever was Fawlty Towers

If you loved that, try Father Ted, another short-lived British classic about 3 good-for-nothing Irish priests banished to an island parish. Highly offensive and absolutely hilarious. There are lots of websites and fan clubs devoted to it, check it out!

84 posted on 01/31/2002 8:24:18 PM PST by Jhensy
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To: College Repub
B&B themselves never had much depth and dimension, but all of the supporting characters DID. And most of the shows seemed to have some ANTI PC message or theme to them.

That was the greatness of the show. Beavis and Butthead themselves were just idiots that walked cluelessly through life, thus giving PC liberals a chance to make fools of THEMSELVES!! It was great, even briliant at times.

KOTH is Mike Judge's atempt to go mainstream, IMO.

85 posted on 01/31/2002 8:26:27 PM PST by southern rock
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To: bigjoesaddle
Didn't Family Guy just win some sort of Emmy for the best new comedy series?
86 posted on 01/31/2002 8:28:22 PM PST by Texas Mom
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To: birbear
Actually The Tick wasn't cancelled -- the episodes they showed this past fall/winter had actually been "in the can" for over a year. It wasn't nearly as good as it should be (I'm a fan of both the comic and the cartoon) but still had enough of the fun to make me enjoy it as just pure mindless entertainment.

I wanted to like The Tick as I enjoyed co-creator and former Seinfeld writer Larry Charles' other journey into comics, Dilbert. But it just didn't get the job done, IMHO.

The problem with The Tick is, strangely enough, The Tick! Patrick Warburton can be funny as all get out, as he was in "The Face Painter" epi of Sein that made him a star -- but he's only as funny as a script will let him be. Of all the principal characters in The Tick, The Tick is the least interesting -- he's dense and monosyllabic, and the others are funny dealing just with him. (BTW, Tick's high-tech bobbing and rising antennae just get in the way of punch lines.)

IMHO, the show would have been better with the knock-off characters and a Tick knock-off that could have been shifted to the background.

Poor Liz Vassey, who was on another of my fave shows that no one else liked: Pig Sty, from UPN's first season.

89 posted on 01/31/2002 8:41:19 PM PST by L.N. Smithee
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To: vigl
Television is the work of the devil.

Would the devil have created something that enables one to watch baseball games when one can't get to the ballpark? Be serious, now...
90 posted on 01/31/2002 8:56:01 PM PST by BluesDuke
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To: EdZep
I imagine that The Simpson's are not on fX because they are already in syndication in pre-prime time on the network, where they probably get greater exposure than they would on cable. The X-Files are (as an hour-long drama) are a better fit for fX. My guess.
91 posted on 01/31/2002 9:21:05 PM PST by Floratina
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To: bigjoesaddle
For those of you who don't like the show, thanks for bumping my thread with your comments. Your lack of sense of humor helps us "Fam Guy Fanatics" greatly! We understand some of you don't "get it".

Every time I think I am not brilliant, a response like yours makes me believe my ego.

From my comment on a thread earlier this month in which Family Guy was praised:


To: ChicagoRepublican;Rightwing Canuck

Yes, Family Guy is funny. When it first appeared on air I thought it was crude and stupid.

IMHO, you were right. You may find a profane, lecherous 2-year-old and jokes about bestiality amusing. I don't. OK, folks -- watch them accuse me of not having a sense of humor just because I don't want to stick my head into a toilet to find something to laugh about. Happens every time.

18 posted on 1/6/02 6:47 PM Pacific by L.N. Smithee


Did you highlight the blank space and read it? Good.

Thanks for proving me right.

93 posted on 01/31/2002 11:12:41 PM PST by L.N. Smithee
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To: bigjoesaddle
Last nights "Willy Wonka" episode was one of the best pieces of parody i have ever seen on tv. It was incredible.
94 posted on 02/01/2002 4:26:15 AM PST by Phantom Lord
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Anyone who doesnt get the humor in the Simpsons is probably a big supporter of the Parents Television Council.

If the Simpsons suck so bad, how has it become the longest running animated series in history and the longest running show currently on tv?

The Simpsons RULE!

Lisa Simpson: Grampa, didn't you wonder why you were getting checks for doing nothing?
Abe Simpson: I thought it was because the democrats are in power again.


Sideshow Bob Terwilliger: You can't keep me and my criminal buddies in jail forever. The democrats will win the White House someday.

95 posted on 02/01/2002 4:29:55 AM PST by Phantom Lord
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To: bigjoesaddle
Can't comment. Never heard of it.
96 posted on 02/01/2002 4:32:26 AM PST by FreePaul
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To: southern rock
I have been flamed like heck for saying this on FR before, but sometimes I feel that King of the Hill leans ever so slightly leftward...

The reason I first began watching KOTH was that I was informed that it tilted to the RIGHT, and back then I believe it really did. But for the past two seasons, I find that I would agree with you, and the leftward tilt is not always ever-so-slight either (it's very anti-Bush now, for one thing).

Who'd have ever thought Mike Judge would lamely go PC? Or maybe it's the new liberal-scumbag writers. Either way, the Judge has sold out.

DWG

97 posted on 02/01/2002 4:34:13 AM PST by DownWithGreenspan
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To: bigjoesaddle
Losing The Family Guy is sad, but real question is,

what happened to FARSCAPE on Friday prime??!!

98 posted on 02/01/2002 4:41:58 AM PST by g'nad
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To: Phantom Lord
I too understand that people have different tastes in television, but to say that "The Simpsons" or "Family Guy" are not funny baffles me. Been a fan of The Simpsons since day one, and although some episodes are lacking, overall it is one of the funniest, most intelligent shows ever. Family Guy is one of the few shows that I think is close to the same level as The Simpsons. I did think the first season was better, but it is still funny. I think part of the problem with some people not liking it is that some of the jokes require you to have knowledge of what they are making fun of - and some people just don't have a wide range of knowledge.

Now, one of the funniest things this season on Family Guy was "The Special Persons Games". The two T.V. reporters are the best. The Willie Wonka parody was priceless.

99 posted on 02/01/2002 5:23:23 AM PST by FreeTally
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To: bigjoesaddle
The show "Family Guy" is being cancelled?

How about that, Good things do happen.

100 posted on 02/01/2002 5:41:15 AM PST by Double Tap
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