As many fond memories as I have with the classic era episodes, those are not perfect by any means either and have several elements that haven’t aged well as you’ll see with this episode chosen. It’s only fair we start from the beginning, so we’ll be kicking this off with a Season 3 episode from the classic era to show where some of the eventual problems began. Or if we add nothing new to the conversations, then at least hopefully you'll get a few cheap laughs. How exactly did we go from the early days to the fascinating trainwreck it is today? There’s a lot of reasons everyone’s said by now, but perhaps this trip through time will shed new light on why the show has the issues it does today. Much like with Nostalgia Critic, I want to paint a line that shows the decline over time and show what exactly went wrong. But, we’re a daring community, so I decided to take the challenge, even if I look like a sellout hack who is low on ideas. Now I know what you’re thinking: so much of Family Guy essentially riffs itself, so can we really add any new perspectives you haven’t heard before? You’re not wrong to question the point of this. But that’s another conversation entirely. I’m so tired of adult animated shows running on indefinitely and refusing to stay in the grave. (I see what you’re doing, trying to drag me back in Well, I ain’t buyin’!) Mad respect to anyone who has bothered to keep up with it weekly, and I have heard it’s had a few occasional rebounds in quality, but I have no real desire to see what I’ve missed at this point. Most knowledge I have of modern episodes comes from secondhand or a few out of context YouTube clips that get recommended to me once in a blue moon. There’s a few scant newer episodes I’ve seen since, but otherwise my days of following this show’s batshit antics are long done. Around Season 12 though, I finally had enough and dipped because good lord, what an awful season that was.

I would religiously watch it every Sunday night with the rest of that Animation Domination block. I used to be a big fan of Family Guy ever since I was a young lad. A good amount of members here used to watch it and it’s spawned tons of memes in the community, mainly used to mock it nowadays.

Family Guy, much like Nostalgia Critic, is a show of somewhat importance to SBC lore. Jjs: Hehehe look Lois, we’re riffing Family Guy now! I’m long past the stage of yelling over cartoons and I moved on from Family Man years ago…but damn, when Clappy suggested this idea, I could not resist.

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