Halloween … already?
Well, it’s the first Sunday in November, so you know what that means: Fox has seen fit to start the new season of the Simpsons!
I could go on and on about how lame it is that the Simpsons season starts in November. And I could rant all day about how dumb it is that we get the Treehouse of Horrors episode a week after Halloween. But really, who cares?
In all honesty, Fox was a bunch of swell sports in September to actually give us a few episodes of The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, and that lame show about the angry dad, slutty daughter, smart and obviously undersexed wife, and probably gay son. I think there might be another son who likes sports. I don’t remember what that show was called, but I do remember that it wasn’t funny, and it gives me a time to get my laundry before Family Guy starts.
I’ve got high hopes for the rest of this season. Last season was surprisingly good, so maybe we’ll get lucky and we’ll find that they’re on a roll.
Also, if you’ve never been to The Simpsons Web site, check it out. They’ve got a fun little game where you get to shoot zombie Shakespeare and zombie Flanders with a shotgun.
November 7th, 2005 at 3:17 pm
The entire opening to the Family Guy, an homage to The Naked Gun, that started with Osama Bin Laden struggling to do another “Kill all Americans” Jihad video because he was laughing too hard and concluded like 5 minutes later with Stewie running over Homer Simpson with his big wheel was genius.
November 7th, 2005 at 3:34 pm
Absolutely. If there’s one thing The Family Guy knows how to do is make a bit seem like it’s dragging on too long, and then make it seem like it’s dragging on way too long, and then finally make you wish there was more once it ends. The times Peter fights the giant chicken are a couple of prime examples.
November 7th, 2005 at 10:02 pm
I read there’s been a little rivalry between the Simpsons and Family Guy ever since the Simpsons took a couple shots (Remember the episode with Homer’s clones from a few years back?). Could escalate to a Tupac-Biggie thing.