Knowing this show has been on the air for over 20 years, you can end up pissing off a few people. How? Well, going too far with some of their jokes is one thing. Other times, they would go too far with some of the episodes involving abortion, or sex change or even domestic dispute.
Some jokes involve into humor that seems somewhat harsh and disgusting. One cutaway (which this show does often) involved a new Bill Cosby show with all the women drugged. This is after what happened after he was accused of asulting women and drugging them.
Other times, they would go too far as to mention 9/11. Seth MacFarlane did survive it, but some people have families that didn't. I am one of them. Losing a second cousin that I have never met in one of the towers. Most of the jokes don't seem very fresh. I know this show is meant for adult humor, but sometimes they don't know how far they go.
Even I mentioned before with one of my least favorite episodes being a domestic violence episode involving Quagmire's sister. Quagmire, Peter, Joe and Cleveland decide to kill her abusive boyfriend. Domestic abuse in any relationship isn't meant to be taken as a joke and the way this show showed it, well....it was pretty disgusting
They even banned a few episodes for being too harsh for viewers. Before being cancelled the first time, they pulled an episode called "when you wish upon a Weinstein" Which involved Peter trying to find a Jewish man to help with their money problems, and even make Chris smart. They even go as far to mock the Jewish religion (Ironically the voice actor of Chris, Seth Green, is Jewish in real life)
Even to the way they treat Meg. In earlier seasons, she was just a teenage girl going through the challenges of life. In later episodes, they kind of treat her horrible. Throwing her off a boat, or Peter always farting in her face. Just stuff that would piss anyone off that had a teenage child. Even though it's just for fun, they've been a little too hard on her.
Some jokes do go far when it comes to severe illnesses. Like when Michael J. Fox had Parkinson's, they did throw a few jokes at his expense and well...they weren't funny. They were somewhat hurtful. I lost a grandfather who had not only Alzheimer's but Parkinson's as well.
Another banned episode was not even seen on TV at all. It was about a few friends of Lôis' that were trying to start a family. Lois becomes a sergeant mother to the family. Sadly, they die in a car accident and Lois wonder if she should have an abortion or keep the child. I think you know where this episode is going. Not seen at all. At the end, they have the abortion.
Even earlier seasons had problems. Like in the first one, Joe becomes the new character in the show. He's a cop and after all sorts of insane stuff happens where Brian and Peter end up in a hostage situation, a gun is shot off while a kid is holding a JFK Pez dispenser. Well...the bullet hits JFK and you get where I'm going from there.
Some Family Guy jokes can be considered very unfunny episodes. Some countries have banned many episodes of Family Guy for being too much. I don't blame them. I stopped watching recent episodes although I do watch a few here and there.
Even Barbershop Quartets aren't safe in the Family Guy universe. Peter used to be in one to cheer patients in hospitals by telling them they have AIDS or getting a vasectomy. I don't know who wrote those jokes, but I hope they got fired. Doubt it.
By season three, Family Guy added a new character named Herbert the Pervert. You heard that write. Voiced by the same guy who used to voice Cleveland (not voicing him anymore) Herbert who was the guy who had a *you know what* for Chris Griffin. He becomes friends with him, or any other young little boy.
Remember a young woman named Terri Schivo? The woman who was in a coma for many years and there were people thinking about what to do for her? Well, that was years ago, but after she died, Family Guy decided to write an episode where Stewie's school puts on a play making fun of her or something. I don't know. I didn't think it was the right thing, and even for kindergarteners to know that. I mean...anyone even remember that? If not, this episode will make you.
Let's just say some of the recent Family Guy writers have gone down the rabbit hole of crap to make fun of anything that seemed insensitive to viewers. Even having teenagers throw out babies in dumpsters during their prom night. I'm not going to explain much on that, but viewers were not pleased with that one. Even having the baby swing its umbilical cord around with other babies and singing.
Now being 2022, Fox might pull the plug on Family Guy forever. Nobody knows if that will happen yet, but the look of it, I could tire less of the show and enjoy the original episodes that were not horrible but still passable. Family Guy is not as great as it used to be. They've jumped the shark by season 4 in my opinion, but there have been a few good episodes past then, especially in season 9 when they did an Agatha Christie knock off killing a few characters in the show. Now, all we have are the memories of a suburban family in Rhode Island, and their sick cutaways.
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