The better question is... can you like Family Guy (for the above mentioned reasons... Peter's soliloquy on why he doesn't like _The Godfather_ and the family's response nearly had me in tears--"It's just so boring it's like they're speaking another language" "They're speaking Italian!" "They're speaking a language of subtlety which is something you will obviously never understand" "I enjoyed _The Money Pit_. That is my response to that statement."

On the other hand Seth McFarlane's public statements and actions make him a gigantic prick and a raging narcissist (the commenter pegging that Brain=Seth McFarlane as he sees himself is dead on.) He once sent a club that wouldn't let him in on the Hollywood strip $5000 of flowers. Self-obsession, thy name is Seth McFarlane.

And that's his _public_ persona; if he's so out of touch that he thinks that his public actions are cute or funny and not just the actions of an arrogant clod then I'd imagine in real life he's a real prize of a human being. Why anyone would like him as a person other than for Family Guy is beyond me.

Thank you! Thank you for validating what I have been saying for years. I don't find Family Guy clever at all. It isn't original, its just random pop culture references, not even parodies of the references, literally just a reference. Look, Peter Griffin is a Ghostbuster, look, Peter Griffin meets Alf, look Peter Griffin and the Mission Impossible music. Whenever I have tried to watch the show I feel like Elaine on Seinfeld watching the English Patient....

I have one question and one question only:

Why oh why does Seth hate "Dharma and Greg" so? Fear of leggy blondes perhaps?

All these shows r just disturbingly funny and not really funny funny. I don't even know what's going on with recent Family Guy episodes. When did Stewie stop trying to kill Lois and take over the world? They have him cross dressing now and singing on stage.

"The way the show just drags on certain jokes is downright irritating. We get it. Peter hurt his knee jumping out of The A-Team van."

In writing terms, it's called a "rake" gag. Which -- you guessed it -- is named after the episode of The Simpsons where Sideshow Bob keeps stepping on rakes, continuously hitting himself in the face.

Basically, you take something moderately funny, keep it going until it's not funny anymore, and then keep it going until it's funny again.

If you think that Seth McFarlane created it, or if you think that Family Guy is the only show that uses it, then you really need to watch more TV.

I completely agree with your statements. There are a few gems in the series, but I only laughed wholly at one episode this season, which was the Road to Germany.

But overall, it really is a disjointed show, that has all these ideas for comedy, but just can't get them together.

And I'm sorry, I've seen nearly every episode of this show (roommates), and I don't get the knee thing either. They just do it over and over again, and it's still as pointless and annoying.

to answer your question:
yes

but wow, you really dont get the knee thing...which invalidates your entire argument.

I hope you watched seasons 1-3 before you gave up on it. (The comment about the A-Team van suggests you did not.) It was not the same after it came back.

If you were rooting for Cartman in that episode, then you missed the point.

"The way the show just drags on certain jokes is downright irritating. We get it. Peter hurt his knee jumping out of The A-Team van."

LOL. You just don't get it. I'm sorry.

Uh, Seth Mcfarlane doesn't take himself too seriously!?!! Are you kidding, there isn't a TV personality (maybe Trump) who thinks more of themself. He's an egotistical prick, he thinks he's a crooner, and that he's got better taste than anyone else. He's the reason why I hate Brian. If you watched the show you would see that Brian is Seth Mcfarlane, there's no fake voice there, and the character is outrageously smart and classy. You can tell the Seth writes hte character to be perfect, but he comes off ans pretentious and outrageous.
On the other hand I love the manatee jokes and the general ridiculousness of Stewie and Peter.