From Bmore to BA

This has absolutely nothing to do with Argentina, but because I couldn’t bear to keep it from the people, I’m sharing it here:

http://www.dailysixer.com/spfamguy.shtml

What is it? It’s a South Park spoof of Family Guy, known down here as ¨Padre de La Familia.¨ I think Trey Park and Matt Stone hit the nail on the head with this one and then some. While I do enjoy Family Guy as much as the next slacker, I suspect this is due in large part to the void left by an increasingly abysmal Simpsons. For me at least, it’s sad watching the Simpsons - kind of like when Cal Ripken just wouldn’t retire, despite batting barely over .200 - all you can do is shake your head and feel sorry, remembering the good old days. It’s as if Homer has morphed from an ingeniously witty doofus, dispensing one-liners with Ahhhhnold Schwartznegger-frequency (pre-Eraser, of course), into a senile, pathetic slapstick - wannabe.

The point is, the loyal Simpsons fans have been looking for something to fill the profound, painful absence in their life, and Family Guy is a good enough substitute. The thing is - as the South Park clip couldn’t possibly demonstrate any better - ridiculous, utterly nonrelated non-sequiters probably constitute 30 - 40 % of the show. While that’s good and all (after all who doesn’t get their jollies watching George get riddled by Jerry for being a “stickler tickler” five times over), it starts to wear on you a bit after awhile. It’s sort of like the whole Griffin family is just a pretext for throwing in random scenes, celebrities, pop culture bits, etc. to satirize. As any true TV connosieur can corroborate, at its heyday, the Simpsons needed none of this; the family and the town are the source of, not the conduit, for all necessary satire. If you don’t believe me, just watch the clip “Man getting hit by football” in the episode where Springfield has a film festival. Pure genius, that Hans Moleman.

While the naysayers may accuse me of being unqualified to pass these judgements, being that I’ve now been in exile for almost 7 1/2 months, I strongly disagree. I too, good sir, still laugh when a man gets hit in the crotch by a football (see above).

I welcome all comments and criticisms in regards to my brief dissertation, and (this is pretty much directed to my friends) if you can make it without crude references to HS/College/the bathroom, 2 points for you.

Adam

P.S. Buenos Aires is a blast too

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