Has Seth McFarlane lost his touch? Or was he just picked on too much in High School? #3

If anyone turns on the FOX network, chances are you will see an advertisement for one of Seth Mcfarlane’s outrageous cartoons, his abysmal live variety show, or a HULU.com commercial where he shamelessly promotes his telivision shows in the same vocal fashion which made his shows famous.

We get it Seth: You hate Republicans and anything relating to pop-culture from the 1980’s-on, you think people from the South are all inbred hillbillies, and Jews, Black People and Gays, as well as any other minority all make for great comedy fodder. Lest we forget the several minute cut-scenes that are in no way related to the show’s plot. Don’t get me wrong, Peter’s never-ending battles with a giant Chicken are hilarious (albeit a little tired, seeing as the show is now syndicated to every basic cable station known to man,) but FUCK Conway Twitty. Its not humorous, and no one enjoys listening to him sing, even those who like his music. I used to be an avid family guy fan, but over the last couple seasons I have found myself really disappointed in the quality of Mr. McFarlane’s writing… or lack thereof.

            Lets take a look at his new show: The Cleveland show. This show is a joke. The characters are all retarded and totally uninteresting Once again, Seth; WE GET IT!!! Red states suck, Wiggers are douche-bags, Black people are funny, and after last night’s purity episode, you definitely know how to milk a gay joke for all its worth… then kick the dead horse it rode in on, for another 15 minutes. Are you getting lazy, or just running out of good ideas, Seth?

            Lastly I want to spend a minute bashing his reality show, so cleverly entitled: “Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show”.  Maybe the producers (being Mr. McFarlane himself, seeing as he runs Fox now) found some sort of funny irony in the title, or maybe they were shooting for a certain demographic of stupidity. I’ll leave that up for the rating to decide. I can’t really judge this show seeing as I was disgiusted and found myself changing the channel after about 8 minutes, but from what I saw, Seth McFarlane and Alex Borstein should stick to their day jobs, making sub-par cartoons that attract every degenerate in the country. I really had no idea why this show was even on the air… it had no redeeming value whatsoever, and I couldn’t even figure out what Seth and Alex were aiming for in the show… perhaps they are just as clueless as myself. The real deal breaker for me was when Seth began to sing “The Sound of Music’s” “Edelweiss”. Apparently the joke was that Alex Borstein, who happens to be Jewish, is supposed to be offended by this because it has a Nazi reference, I suppose. All I know is, I found it shallow, and somewhat tacky and basically I hated the show. I’m not one to advocate political correctness on any level, but it gets to a point where you stop making comedy and are just offending anyone and everyone. This is what Seth McFarlane has reduced himself to. He should rethink his game plan, and stick to what made him famous in the first place: Writing funny Family Guy and American Dad episodes, and stop trying to write absolute shit, sticktly for shock value. The above picture that I found online describes exactly what has become of Family Guy over the last ten years. Do us all a favor, Seth: Battle your personal demons and insecurities on your own time, stop wasting ours.