Well put on mentioning Nova's "similar, but different" family dynamic. I like that his dad is unreliable and a drunk, but not openly abusive and perma-angry and that his mom is still in the picture rather than being divorced or the much more popular option: "dead."
…that all came out a little wrong, didn't it?

#11 Has one of the best speeches in all of TV starting around the 19:15 mark about how racism is passed from parent to child. Also, that studio audience laughter…WOW. I guess nervous laughter never goes out of style.

I always viewed Seth's take on the "rivalry" as much more playful than the Simpsons writers (whose own ripping off of Family Guy storylines/style marked them as pretty giant hypocrites) and that the animosity between the likes of Groening and Cohen had long since dried up, as evidenced by his appearance in the final…

MAN, I love those Count Floyd bits. Some of the funniest stuff I've ever seen, I'm compelled to utter.

I ALMOST categorically disagree with this assertion, I thought this episode was a solid, if not a bit shallow. I mean it didn't have the characterization of the best episodes of Community, but almost no episodes actually had that, so for a "joke" episode, I found this one very strong.

Yeah, not like those Tea Party types. Those're MY KINDA people.

Yeah, not like those Tea Party types. Those're MY KINDA people.

THE DARKNESS MUST NOT BE BREACHED!!

I thought it was fine. These last three episodes have, in addition to being more closely scrutinized than any before them, come off as two steps above fanfiction. It's the same trap that Family Guy and Futurama fell into on their comebacks: the staff is too hell-bent on showing loyal viewers that they're still the…

A) Earlier celebrity impressions were at least relevant to the plot, not just "What do YOU think, WOODY ALLEN!??!"

I wish I could post an animated .gif of hysterical laughter. Because there are NO WORDS for how funny that is.

In an episode where several people are, apparently, beaten with sacks of doorknobs as a punchline, this blowhard believes "Robbery is not fun nor is it funny" and therefore shouldn't be joked about.

I've said it before, I'll say it again: The Simpsons taking Family Guy to task for supposedly stealing from them is one of the absolute greatest pieces of projection in TV writer history. So much so I was actually relieved to hear MacFarlane's dulcet tones in the intro to the fourth Futurama movie, at least the people…

From Wiseu to Kennedy: "It was all intentional" is the hack's best friend.  And this STILL sounds better than his e3 hosting gig. I think Rabin's giving Kennedy a BIT too much credit on this one considering NOTHING he's ever done has been funny, whether on purpose or not.

Nnnnnoooooooo! Watching him get better and better over the last four years was one of the most legitimately gratifying comedy gems in…well about four years…

Nnnnnoooooooo! Watching him get better and better over the last four years was one of the most legitimately gratifying comedy gems in…well about four years…

Ah good, further proof of projection that it's the "young" generation that was supposedly "over-entitled" and "whiny," but here are a couple of alleged professionals basically arguing "What right do YOU have to shut me up during a performance that 100 other people paid to see that I am ACTIVELY disrupting! It's MY…

Gotta say: I feel like the weird, knee-jerk reactionary hatred to American Dad is equal parts general dislike of Seth MacFarlane (for the ultimate crime of being successful by playing to the cheap seats) and is also being leveled by people who've never seen a single episode (and take their cues from the modern…

Gotta say: I feel like the weird, knee-jerk reactionary hatred to American Dad is equal parts general dislike of Seth MacFarlane (for the ultimate crime of being successful by playing to the cheap seats) and is also being leveled by people who've never seen a single episode (and take their cues from the modern…

I don't think I ever loved Lucille Bluth more than during the drinking contest. Ordering a glass of wine for her break and saying her first shot "doesn't count" to a quickly horrified Kitty.