To hate Family Guy?

I haven’t watched it for ages but it has had some great episodes. I have genuinely enjoyed watching but i absolutely can’t stand the child predator character though to the point where it ruins it.

i understand the argument about how there shouldn’t be rules put on comedy but I can’t (and I have tried) find a way to make that argument work with jokes around childhood abuse (especially sexual abuse) I just can’t understand why anyone would find it funny or writers would want to write it.

@UnicornMadeOfPinkGlitter you are being unreasonable family guy is the best

You can dislike whatever you like OP, but you are being very unreasonable to make your DH turn it off. Just go into another room??

This. You can hate it but you can't make him turn it off just because you think it's awful. Do something else. I'm sure you do things he hates too.

As it stands I find it hilarious, the band one is my favourite too. It's excellent, but it is intended to be close to or over the line. It's fine to hate it, not fine to try and make your husband stop watching it.

Love Futurama and especially the Simpsons which can be quite sophisticated.

Family guy is boring, slow, lazy and clunky. They know it's not that good so they push it in the hope of at least getting the slapstick / shock value laughs.

Love FG.

they referred to Bruce Jenner as a woman way before she came out as Caitlyn.

And dealt with Quagmires dad transitioning too.

Love FG 😀
But why don't you come to an agreement that you decide what your dh can watch and he decides what you watch, that will be fair censorship 😁
All I can say is Bird, bird, bird - the bird is the word 😂

Ah, and now I have ‘if you ever put butter on a pop tart’ in my head! I love Family Guy. Watched it from very early on when we discovered it at university so I understand the in jokes and references completely, which always helps. That, and having a fairly edgy sense of humour. We can’t all like the same things!

ShesAnEasyLlama I have had that song in my head for days!!

"With BUTTER!!!!"

I'm not a fan and I love animated series. South Park, the boondocks, futurama ect. I just don't find anything clever about family guy.

when Quagmire and Peter form a band

Yes @TrackerBar that's possibly my all time favourite too. 🎵Have you ever put butter on a pop tart? 🎵

I love all things Seth M. He is quite open that his stuff is meant to he offensive, crude and make you think. I believe he says his shows, FG in particular, are intended to be "equal opportunity offensive".

As well as calling out Spacey and Weinstein, they referred to Bruce Jenner as a woman way before she came out as Caitlyn.

I also love the Road to the North Pole episode - definitely makes you think about Christmas in a capitalist society.

I love The Simpsons too. DS has watched it for many years and I love seeing him beginning to understand more of the jokes as he gets older. Some of the more complex or obscure ones I've explained to him (Greenday playing Nearer My God To Thee at the beginning of the movie for eg), but there have been some subtle lessons learned from it.

My mum was pretty chill but she banned Family Guy (and also Southpark) at home growing up, even when we got to teenagers

Since leaving home though I can see why, it is pretty crap. DH watches it from time to time, I leave him to it.

Some not a.

Family Guy is just a string of gags, with offensiveness serving as a substitute for wit. That was fine for maybe 3 seasons but got very old. Doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as peak Simpsons/South Park, Archer, King of the Hill or Rick and Morty (although I do find the latter overrated).

Aw Family Guy is great and SM is a genius. Chill and have a cool hwip

YANBU to dislike family guy

YABVU to say that your DH can't watch it because it doesn't meet your standard of funny.

Eek, sorry but I love it! It's written by rather left-wing Americans and I love how it takes the piss out of racists, trump supporters etc!

Family guy is the best sorry yabvu

What's not to like.........?

Family Guy, Simpsons, American Dad, all absolute shite. What grown adult wants to watch cartoons? I can watch mind numbing animations with my kids should I get a spare 5 minutes (I don’t ).

It’s hilarious, the further over the line the better!

I used to enjoy Family Guy, but recently started watching King of the Hill and it's ruined all other animated shows for me! Genuinely funny, very rarely crude, and some really sensitively handled issues. About the only cartoon where I really feel for all the characters.

Oh The Down syndrome episode was actually very good (ok maybe the Sarah Palin bit was a little harsh) the part was played by a genuine person with the syndrome and showed people with disabilities can kind of be jerks, it’s not an excuse to be a jerk.

Again OP if not for you don’t watch it! Make a compromise with the husband - have him watch it on the iPad with headphones now and then rather than you having to change and he only needs to watch now and then not obsessively.

@Melons66 my friend hates South Park but loved The Book of Mormon!

Family Guy was good to begin with and then seemed to try to be as offensive as possible, which I only find funny in small doses tbh. South Park can be too crude for me at times but there are some absolute fantastic episodes in there. Usually involving Cartman.

I hate the way Meg is treated. I haven't watched it in years.