Tonight's TV Round-Up
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vovatFirst of all, in honor of what I DIDN'T watch tonight:
The Simpsons episode tonight was all right, but not great. I actually liked the bit with Homer buying the lottery ticket and then giving necessary things to the family anonymously, but not so much the part with Bart taking advantage of it. Really, it seems like they've done that same basic plot (often with Homer, but sometimes with another character) so many times that there's no point in doing it again. And how they restored the status quo in both stories was a bit lazy. I guess planting that cherry garden and buying a balloon WOULD exhaust most of it, though. It was more the retirement home subplot that had no real resolution.
In Family Guy, I actually kind of liked what they did with Meg, who's basically just been a whipping girl in the past few seasons. Peter reading the TV Guide descriptions was pretty amusing (although perhaps outdated; does TV Guide really sell much anymore?), as was the bit with the stock graphics. On the other hand, I didn't find the joke about about an animal raping a human funny in the Simpsons episode "Homer vs. Dignity," and it wasn't funny here either. I guess I have a rather low tolerance for bestiality, for whatever reason (aside from that it's disturbing, I mean, because there are other disturbing things that I'll still laugh at).
As for American Dad, I thought the way Stan became a crack addict was a little far-fetched, but I did like the story. Basically, it was another one of the message episodes where they go as far out of the way as possible to make the plot absurd and NOT clichéd, even when the message itself kind of is.
The Simpsons episode tonight was all right, but not great. I actually liked the bit with Homer buying the lottery ticket and then giving necessary things to the family anonymously, but not so much the part with Bart taking advantage of it. Really, it seems like they've done that same basic plot (often with Homer, but sometimes with another character) so many times that there's no point in doing it again. And how they restored the status quo in both stories was a bit lazy. I guess planting that cherry garden and buying a balloon WOULD exhaust most of it, though. It was more the retirement home subplot that had no real resolution.
In Family Guy, I actually kind of liked what they did with Meg, who's basically just been a whipping girl in the past few seasons. Peter reading the TV Guide descriptions was pretty amusing (although perhaps outdated; does TV Guide really sell much anymore?), as was the bit with the stock graphics. On the other hand, I didn't find the joke about about an animal raping a human funny in the Simpsons episode "Homer vs. Dignity," and it wasn't funny here either. I guess I have a rather low tolerance for bestiality, for whatever reason (aside from that it's disturbing, I mean, because there are other disturbing things that I'll still laugh at).
As for American Dad, I thought the way Stan became a crack addict was a little far-fetched, but I did like the story. Basically, it was another one of the message episodes where they go as far out of the way as possible to make the plot absurd and NOT clichéd, even when the message itself kind of is.
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Date: 2010-02-01 05:35 am (UTC)I was a little disturbed that "Peter getting raped" was a running gag in this episode. Between the bull and Meg and the Loofah, sorta... agh. I also cringedd a little when Meg curbstomped Peter, too. Though, yeah -- it was kinda cool that she got her comeuppance. And I liked it when she beat up Connie D'Amico with the soda can sack. She had it comin'.
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Date: 2010-02-02 02:16 am (UTC)So was I. I'm all right with uncomfortable humor from time to time, but I think these bits had all the uncomfortable without the humor.
And I liked it when she beat up Connie D'Amico with the soda can sack. She had it comin'.
Definitely.