The Wire vs. South Park

[they don't love you like i love you]

Despite still haven't watched it yet, I'm quite comfortable voting for The Wire in this one.

[Napoleon]

The Wire is amazing of course but you're way too hard on South Park man.

[they don't love you like i love you]

The Wire is amazing of course but you're way too hard on South Park man.

It's such an annoying and irritating pile of horsesh!t. Nothing but "HAHA CELEBRITY REFERENCE OMG HOW FUNNY!" "OMG SHOCK VALUE HAR HAR, WE'RE BEING "EDGY" AND "OFFENSIVE"!" and "HAR HAR RIGHT WING HAR HAR LIBERALS SUCK!" over and over and over...

[Oakvale]

The Wire is amazing of course but you're way too hard on South Park man.

It's such an annoying and irritating pile of horsesh!t. Nothing but "HAHA CELEBRITY REFERENCE OMG HOW FUNNY!" "OMG SHOCK VALUE HAR HAR, WE'RE BEING "EDGY" AND "OFFENSIVE"!" and "HAR HAR RIGHT WING HAR HAR LIBERALS SUCK!" over and over and over...

And yet Sneakers O' Toole is the pinnacle of comedic achievement?

[they don't love you like i love you]

The Wire is amazing of course but you're way too hard on South Park man.

It's such an annoying and irritating pile of horsesh!t. Nothing but "HAHA CELEBRITY REFERENCE OMG HOW FUNNY!" "OMG SHOCK VALUE HAR HAR, WE'RE BEING "EDGY" AND "OFFENSIVE"!" and "HAR HAR RIGHT WING HAR HAR LIBERALS SUCK!" over and over and over...

And yet Sneakers O' Toole is the pinnacle of comedic achievement?

Yes. It has so many levels of meaning to it and is a brilliant subversion of the expectations of the show. As I've pointed out before, note this in depth analysis: http://theconvictor.livejournal.com/76961.html

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

A pointless cutaway that one can read more or less however one likes by virtue of how devoid it is of any contextual meaning or significance is not a 'subversion of the expectations of' Family Guy. It is, rather, itself among the expectations of Family Guy.

[Joe Republic]

Just let him sperg it out, Nathan.  Nothing to see here.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

I haven't watched The Wire and don't really have any interest in doing so, so South Park by default.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

why

Also, no. There is absolutely no deeper meaning to Sneakers O'Toole; it is a lazy 20-second piece of filler because the writers don't know how to tell a story and must resort to a cutaway gag a minute. Say what you will about South Park, but at least the jokes there serve to advance (or at least go along with) the story.

[they don't love you like i love you]

A pointless cutaway that one can read more or less however one likes by virtue of how devoid it is of any contextual meaning or significance is not a 'subversion of the expectations of' Family Guy. It is, rather, itself among the expectations of Family Guy.

The main joke, as someone else pointed out once, is that Brian, normally the calm and rational voice of reason, is introducing such an absurd, ridiculous and out of nowhere character. And in such a calm deadpan manner at that.

I haven't watched The Wire and don't really have any interest in doing so, so South Park by default.

lolz lolz lolz dumb teenager.

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

The main joke, as someone else pointed out once, is that Brian, normally the calm and rational voice of reason, is introducing such an absurd, ridiculous and out of nowhere character. And in such a calm deadpan manner at that.

I guess I could conceivably be wrong about this, but I highly doubt that that is the only time that Brian has been the lead-in to one of the cutaways.

[bullmoose88]

Just let him sperg it out, Nathan.  Nothing to see here.

This piece of advice helped me. Would read from this poster again.


A+++++++++family guy sucks+++++++++++++++

[Grumpier Than Thou]

I haven't watched The Wire and don't really have any interest in doing so, so South Park by default.

lolz lolz lolz dumb teenager.

You are 30 years old.

[Eraserhead]

The Wire. South Park was a pretty funny show years ago but even in its prime there wouldn't be any comparison.

It's also worth noting that The Wire is surprisingly hilarious at times.

[they don't love you like i love you]

The main joke, as someone else pointed out once, is that Brian, normally the calm and rational voice of reason, is introducing such an absurd, ridiculous and out of nowhere character. And in such a calm deadpan manner at that.

I guess I could conceivably be wrong about this, but I highly doubt that that is the only time that Brian has been the lead-in to one of the cutaways.

He actually quite rarely does, and when he does it's almost never something as absurd and out of nowhere as that was, or in a deadpan way.

I haven't watched The Wire and don't really have any interest in doing so, so South Park by default.

lolz lolz lolz dumb teenager.

You are 30 years old.

Yes. That's why I watch intelligent, intellectual and critically acclaimed TV shows like The Wire, not poorly animated garbage that relies on stupid pop culture references and "OMG SO EDGY" shock value, while promoting right wing filth some of the time.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

The main joke, as someone else pointed out once, is that Brian, normally the calm and rational voice of reason, is introducing such an absurd, ridiculous and out of nowhere character. And in such a calm deadpan manner at that.

I guess I could conceivably be wrong about this, but I highly doubt that that is the only time that Brian has been the lead-in to one of the cutaways.

He actually quite rarely does, and when he does it's almost never something as absurd and out of nowhere as that was, or in a deadpan way.

In other words, it's an indication of sloppy writing/characterization. No need to overanalyze.

[hawkeye59]

The main joke, as someone else pointed out once, is that Brian, normally the calm and rational voice of reason, is introducing such an absurd, ridiculous and out of nowhere character. And in such a calm deadpan manner at that.

I guess I could conceivably be wrong about this, but I highly doubt that that is the only time that Brian has been the lead-in to one of the cutaways.

He actually quite rarely does, and when he does it's almost never something as absurd and out of nowhere as that was, or in a deadpan way.

I haven't watched The Wire and don't really have any interest in doing so, so South Park by default.

lolz lolz lolz dumb teenager.

You are 30 years old.

Yes. That's why I watch intelligent, intellectual and critically acclaimed TV shows like The Wire, not poorly animated garbage that relies on stupid pop culture references and "OMG SO EDGY" shock value, while promoting right wing filth some of the time.

You mean Family Guy?
Also, libertarianism is not "right-wing."

[they don't love you like i love you]

I pointed out to dead0man that even if South Park is right wing 51% of the time and left wing 49% of the tine that still makes it right wing on balance. And since Hollywood is full of liberal hacks why should I bother with any show that's ever right wing? I prefer my entertainment all liberal all the time.

[Gustaf]

The main joke, as someone else pointed out once, is that Brian, normally the calm and rational voice of reason, is introducing such an absurd, ridiculous and out of nowhere character. And in such a calm deadpan manner at that.

I guess I could conceivably be wrong about this, but I highly doubt that that is the only time that Brian has been the lead-in to one of the cutaways.

He actually quite rarely does, and when he does it's almost never something as absurd and out of nowhere as that was, or in a deadpan way.

I haven't watched The Wire and don't really have any interest in doing so, so South Park by default.

lolz lolz lolz dumb teenager.

You are 30 years old.

Yes. That's why I watch intelligent, intellectual and critically acclaimed TV shows like The Wire, not poorly animated garbage that relies on stupid pop culture references and "OMG SO EDGY" shock value, while promoting right wing filth some of the time.

Despite still haven't watched it yet, I'm quite comfortable voting for The Wire in this one.

My emphasis.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Haven't seen The Wire, so South Park by default. Fantastic show.

[Kevin]

They are both good shows but this is like comparing apples and oranges.

[Paul Kemp]

Why?

[they don't love you like i love you]

The main joke, as someone else pointed out once, is that Brian, normally the calm and rational voice of reason, is introducing such an absurd, ridiculous and out of nowhere character. And in such a calm deadpan manner at that.

I guess I could conceivably be wrong about this, but I highly doubt that that is the only time that Brian has been the lead-in to one of the cutaways.

He actually quite rarely does, and when he does it's almost never something as absurd and out of nowhere as that was, or in a deadpan way.

I haven't watched The Wire and don't really have any interest in doing so, so South Park by default.

lolz lolz lolz dumb teenager.

You are 30 years old.

Yes. That's why I watch intelligent, intellectual and critically acclaimed TV shows like The Wire, not poorly animated garbage that relies on stupid pop culture references and "OMG SO EDGY" shock value, while promoting right wing filth some of the time.

Despite still haven't watched it yet, I'm quite comfortable voting for The Wire in this one.

My emphasis.

I have the complete series DVD set coming in the mail.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

You are 30 years old and wrote an analysis of a single character on a cartoon show, you're in NO place to judge... none.

For the record I voted for South Park, largely because while The Wire is great, I think it's VASTLY overrated

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

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