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Family Guy (Shit-ty-Show) -noun : An arbitrary assortment of movie quotes, TV quotes, and other stolen, unoriginal comedy set to animation, loosely following a storyline written by an angry baboon swatting at a typewriter.


So I was thinking of something monumental to write about for my first entry, but nothing was coming to mind. 15 seconds later, a friend sent me a link to a youtube video clip, and unfortunately I was reminded of the monumental suckfest that is Family Guy. The horrendous 18 second clip in question involves Peter reciting (practically verbatim) a quote from this website:

http://reviews.ebay.com/Top-100-Chuck-Norris-Facts_W0QQugidZ10000000000690883


Or any other Chuck Norris site, it makes no difference.

--Before I say anything more, I would like to point out that I am aware of the irony that a lot of what I am saying has already been said on South Park. Before you all scream hypocrisy, I have felt this way long before they made their ideas public, and they articulated it before I could.--

"There is no chin behind Chuck Norris' beard. There is only another fist"

After all intellectual property theft has been properly executed, the joke becomes a Family Guy original when they tack on Brian getting punched in the face by Chuck Norris' chin fist. WOW! So, all you have to do is simply recite someone else's joke, then add a second or two of slapstick to make it your own. That's creativity at its finest, people. If there is an opposite of laughing, that's what I did for a few seconds before seeing what other people thought. Reading the first comment, I saw that at least one person found this hilarious. In fact, the entire page was filled with viewers who couldn't get enough of this brilliant, original, detestable plagiarism.

View the video here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grg0Yfz8k2A

I don't know about you guys, but I love watching a 90-second storyline crammed with over 20 minutes of arbitrary movie and tv references. WHAT THE HELL MAKES THIS SO FUNNY? Or, I should say, how could anyone find this funny?


Writer 1 : "Hey I got an idea! Lets have a clip where Darth Vader is looking at pornography! Can you imagine that? PORNOGRAPHY! VADER! See, people like Star Wars, and porno can be funny sometimes! Get it?"

Writer 2: "Genius! Where should we put it in the story line?"

Writer 3: "You got a die?"

*** Want to be a Family Guy writer? It's EASY! Just follow these simple steps***

1. Think of any possible storyline that could last longer than 60 seconds

examples- Main character going to the store
- Main character going fishing
- Main character going for a walk

It's not too important, the audience probably won't be able to notice a storyline anyway.

2. Something happens to the main character while fishing/walking/store fishing/walk storing

This is the basis for your joke, so pay attention. This event can be described by an adjective.

adjective examples : funny, happy, cool, sad, etc.

3. After you have settled on your favorite adjective to describe the event, now it's time to dip into the infinite resource of other peoples' fame. This is the easy part.

The sentence

"This is funnier than.... This is cooler than.... I am happier than.."

goes a long way. Now it's time to reach into that creative mind of yours and pull out whatever movie/tv clip or celebrity you can think of. BUT (careful now), you don't want to plagiarise, you want to keep this your own material. Instead of having it end how it would, have it end with one of the following:

-someone running around screaming and yelling
-someone falling down
-someone looking at porno

or just be creative! There's at least 2 other ways for a family guy flashback to end. Now you're ready to write and please millions.