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I agree that American Dad has had a fair share of brilliant moments, but for every good episode there's like three where: - Roger has created a new persona - Roger says he will use this persona to help a member of the family - Surprise! He's actually screwing over the family! - At the last minute he repents and/or they forgive him anyway because he is "family." Seriously, this is like 1/3rd of all American Dad episodes. My guess is they wouldn't have relied on this crutch so often if they didn't have to churn out as many episodes per season. I believe the show had the ability to be one of the true greats, but instead mostly stayed in their box either as a conscious decision to keep it low-effort or as mandated by the network.
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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:I agree that American Dad has had a fair share of brilliant moments, but for every good episode there's like three where: All those episodes rule
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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:I agree that American Dad has had a fair share of brilliant moments, but for every good episode there's like three where: You’re not wrong but those episodes are still funny so it doesn’t bother me.
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Jan 23, 2019 19:33
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I still watch Family Guy and think its funny.
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I like it when the baby does things.
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Quote-Unquote posted:Yeah what the poo poo? Planet of the Apes: The Musical Stop The Planet Of The Apes - I Want To Get Off!
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Applewhite posted:Is American Dad still good? It was still going really strong the last time I watched but I sort of fell out of touch with it at around the point Jeff was trying to get back from space. yes, absolutely. some of my favorite episodes of the entire series (shell game, oretron trail, census of the lambs, death by dinner party) are from the most recent season, but one of my least favorite episodes (mean francine) also is. this is excellent for the 15th season of any television show. SweetMercifulCrap! posted:I agree that American Dad has had a fair share of brilliant moments, but for every good episode there's like three where: this is true, however 1) it's still hilarious like 99.9% of the time, and 2) the episode where he volunteers to act as a puppet for steve's talent show but the face paint ends up killing or attempting to kill a bunch of people is loving great
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Jan 23, 2019 20:20
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The Planet of the Apes bit works because its so short and absurd. Musical episodes of TV shows are worst than clip shows.
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Mantis42 posted:The Planet of the Apes bit works because its so short and absurd. Musical episodes of TV shows are worst than clip shows. The characters are also AT a musical, so it's funny if it sucks because musicals suck. The Streetcar Named Desire episode is also funny.
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Jan 23, 2019 20:23
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theres nothing worse than clip shows, actually
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PostNouveau posted:The characters are also AT a musical, so it's funny if it sucks because musicals suck. The Streetcar Named Desire episode is also funny. The joke there isn't that musicals are bad, it's that those movies aren't suited to being made into musicals. Musicals are in fact very good.
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sweet geek swag posted:The joke there isn't that musicals are bad, it's that those movies aren't suited to being made into musicals. Musicals are in fact very good. That's what I thought the joke about Paint Your Wagon was, and then I read more about it and 
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AD is great because they'll just roll with an absurd concept. Littlest Shop of Horrors but with a hot tub? Yeah, alright. Boy Witches? Go for it. Hulu added a couple of the TBS seasons when I wasn't looking and it's as good as ever.
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I think someone with clout at TBS hates the show though. Like literally loathes it. I'm not sure even Fox has worse scheduling.
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Detective No. 27 posted:AD is great because they'll just roll with an absurd concept. people have also been talking about how musical episodes are terrible, but the hot tub episode was musical and it was amazing (hot tuuuuuuub o' loooooooove...) also, the episode where josh groban sings at an event to publicize steve's fake kidnapping & fake rescue edit: Milo and POTUS posted:I think someone with clout at TBS hates the show though. Like literally loathes it. I'm not sure even Fox has worse scheduling. seriously the show is so loving funny and the season starts in february and it airs on a loving monday night, WHY
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YeahTubaMike posted:people have also been talking about how musical episodes are terrible, but the hot tub episode was musical and it was amazing (hot tuuuuuuub o' loooooooove...) I appreciate that they will come up with any excuse to make Steve sing.
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We are 180 pages in but has anyone stated that the lowest point of the Simpsons is every successive second that the show airs?
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Detective No. 27 posted:I appreciate that they will come up with any excuse to make Steve sing. going with the coooolonel, gonna be safe with the coooolonel
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Waltzing Along posted:We are 180 pages in but has anyone stated that the lowest point of the Simpsons is every successive second that the show airs? I'm pretty sure someone made that exact point 90 pages ago. Since then, the bar has been so lowered that it can be tweets from the current showrunners.
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Detective No. 27 posted:I'm pretty sure someone made that exact point 90 pages ago. Hmm...has anyone suggested that this thread is the lowest point?
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American Dad is pretty good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYbv0xL5QXY
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The musical episode of Fringe was also really good, and I liked Carrie the musical in Riverdale. I guess I just enjoy it when stupid ridiculous shows commit to being incredibly stupid and ridiculous, with daft songs
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sweet geek swag posted:The joke there isn't that musicals are bad, it's that those movies aren't suited to being made into musicals. Musicals are in fact very good. It also helps that the song they were parodying in that Planet of The Apes thing was actually pretty bangin'. Mr Interweb fucked around with this message at 02:35 on Jan 24, 2019 |
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Mr Interweb posted:It also helps that the song they were parodying in that Planet of The Apes thing was actually pretty bangin'. I had never heard the song Rock Me Amadeus when I was younger, so that reference was lost on me, but the joke still works because it is a pretty weird movie to make a musical out of, but it works. The difference in simpsons today is the jokes don't work on multiple levels like that.
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Detective No. 27 posted:I'm pretty sure someone made that exact point 90 pages ago. I think the thread should just be renamed to "The Simpsons: Stop! Stop! It's Already Dead!"
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Also the joke of the absurdity of something like Planet of the Apes The Musical is lost since Broadway does that unironically now.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqjyzEnbtuA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMX11UEhWpA
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Detective No. 27 posted:Also the joke of the absurdity of something like Planet of the Apes The Musical is lost since Broadway does that unironically now. toxic avenger: the musical is a masterpiece
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Miss posted:toxic avenger: the musical is a masterpiece Same but the movie
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TheMostFrench posted:I had never heard the song Rock Me Amadeus when I was younger Same actually. I heard it for the first time in in 2014 in that one movie with Jesse Eisenberg or whatever his name is. Milo and POTUS posted:Same but the movie That movie also had a pretty sweet theme song as well.
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Ughhhhhhhhhhhhh I had forgotten about this
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I hate it how the voice actors EMPHASIZE parts that are meant to be FUNNNY because how else would you know?
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Is lemon party even that well known
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Nonviolent J posted:Is lemon party even that well known https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-bvHlb2Fe8
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I didn't hear Rock Me Amadeus until a couple of months ago and I was like "Ohhh!"
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Is everyone in this thread 15 or something?
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I'm 27. Still 6 years younger than that song.
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Atlas Hugged posted:Is everyone in this thread 15 or something? a 15 year old would likely be born in the year 2003, the end of which would have seen the debut of the simpson's 15th season, which includes such memorable episodes such as the one where ms krabappel cancels her wedding to principal skinner and rebounds with comic book guy, and one where artie ziff loses all of his money in an internet company and comes to live with the simpsons, where he and lisa bond over jonathan franzen's the corrections
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Atlas Hugged posted:Is everyone in this thread 15 or something? I'm 34 but I only owned a radio for 4 months in high school. 
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