Simpsons all the way. Simpsons is funny for everybody. I've been watching it since first grade and my 52 year old dad loves it. It has smarter humor and jokes that are relevant to the plot. Family Guy tends to repeat the same jokes which rarely have anything to do with the story or make any sort of sense, anyone could write it. I often sit through entire episodes of Family Guy without laughing, or even smiling at their sad excuse for humor. Family Guy also does copy the Simpsons, as an avid Simpsons fan I often notice stolen ideas or jokes. Also, look at the basic roles of the family. Father is fat and stupid. Mother is attractive and is the sense of reason. Son is stupid and shares qualities with father. Daughter is the outcast. Babies are very different, with Stewie often acting like a much older person, saying rude things, and being fairly obvious in his humour. Maggie is subtley funny and acts like a baby.
Family Guy fans say Family Guy is funny because it is offensive? I could make a show that involves a creepy, middle age man flashing people, raping women (and men... What a plot twist), and making racist and sexist comments. Would that be a revolutionary hilarious show? The Simpsons does express its opinions, sometimes in more subtle ways, and Bart's rude behavior was considered horrifying back in the day. But the Simpsons is a show that still stays reasonably clean while still being funny and entertaining. I appreciate crude and stupid humor, too, I love South Park because it's actually funny. Family Guy has its moments, but it's really an average of 1 and a half laughs per episode.
In short, Family Guy is too dumbed down to be truly funny, something the Simpsons has been doing for 20 years. And I have a lot of spare time.
Read Life in Hell comics for some more... Funniness.
-reply by CynicalRabbit
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