Yeah she tried to reassure me that this was common and nobody gets it the first time, like when Neo tried to jump over the building and failed or whatever, and I actually bought into it until I dropped the lens from a height of 3 feet onto carpet, rendering it useless.

Do you lasik people have to get it done more than once? Someone told me it's only good for around 10 years or so, after which your eyes start reverting back to their pre-surgery state of ****edupness. That was a long time ago so maybe techniques have improved

I didn't see that episode so I can't comment directly on it, but it's hilarious that they'd make a show trashing FG. They stole so much material from The Simpsons that they had to make an episode about it to silence the critics.

Giving another shot at writing in Kirstjen Nielsen for the poll.

Ya, the irony of the South Park bros bashing someone else for being stale was not lost on me, either.

The distinguishing features of Family Guy's comedy are gross-out/edgy humour, long-drawn-out jokes and verbal non-sequiturs followed by smash cuts to a visual depiction (frequently a flashback). What are the distinguishing features of American Dad's comedy, and how do they differ from that?

It's been a long time since I had contacts, but I remember having some trouble at first. Once you get used to them, they're easy to put in. You also want to do it over a counter or whatever so that if they fall, they're easy to find. I suggest using one hand to pry your eyelids apart so that your eye is totally open and your fingers are preventing you from blinking, then put the lens in. When your eye is that wide open, it's pretty easy.

I had it once around 10 years ago and haven't had a need since. They did tell me in the initial exam that I'd be able to get it done a couple more times if need be, based on the thickness of my cornea or whatever. I think it depends on what they're correcting whether or not you might need it again.

In fairness, I've thought for a couple years now that FG has run its course.

Also I've seen sub-plots shared between Seth's shows.

He did celebrity roasts on all 3 shows, for example: on the Cleveland Show, Cleveland, Jr. is roasted by Rallo, Roberta and a Rickles impersonator when Cleveland Jr's mother died; Roger asks the family to roast him for his birthday and then vows revenge over the hurtful insults on AD; Peter does literally the exact same thing on FG except the whole town were roasters.

Succession is the best show on TV. It is impressive that a show with .5 likeable characters (Shiv, obviously) is so good.

I've been hearing lots of good things about Succession, maybe it's what the doctor ordered to keep me from unsubbing from HBO.

I'm gonna look into it. I wonder if my HMO will subsidize it

I've dropped lenses many times. It's unlikely that the drop damaged the lens. If it took a while to find it it probably dried out. That makes them pretty fragile, so if you don't pick it up gently, it can easily tear.

I’ve never been able to do contacts either and will not try again. Monorail episode of the Simpsons is one of best episodes ever. Voted for first time (polls don’t show up in Tapatalk), made a sad Rudy pick since I think no one leaves.

A friend of mine had to have corneal transplant surgery after she pulled out a dry contact, got a little tear, and got a severe eye infection. They found two types of bacteria living in her contact lens solution - which was supposed to be anti-bacterial. Her eye is still screwed.

We found a study online where some doctor tested anti-bacterial contact lens solutions against only strong strains of bacteria that had caused sight damage. The FDA only tests generic strains, not strong ones. Only Opti-Free Enhanced actually made a dent, the rest were useless - including Allergan Complete which she was using. Note this was 15 years ago so things might have changed.

One might think this would be good grounds for a lawsuit. She got a prestigious product liability firm to hear her case. But they said eye cases are hard and passed.

i don’t see that in american dad tho. they don’t do flashbacks or flash cuts to random jokes, the comedy comes from the characters and the story

the most distinguishing feature of american dad is roger the alien, who is one character but is also hundreds of new characters, all while being the same roger deep down. and then you have the angle of stan being a conservative which provides his motivation for acting like an idiot, while peter griffin’s motivation for acting like an idiot is that deep down he’s just an idiot.

the family dynamic is fun, klaus’ accent is funny, patrick stewart is fantastic as the deputy director of the cia. i think they’re doing everything right on that show

Are you saying they were puss-eyes?

i’m way into this show also

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Real talk in Trump thread so I'm putting this here.

https://twitter.com/cameron_kasky/st...67025346961408

Don't they?



Nested flashbacks there, looks to me, and that's a random-ass clip I found on youtube in three seconds flat. I'm a little handicapped by dint of not actually watching the show, but I did watch the early seasons and it was just FG with different characters.

Sure, Roger is hundreds of characters in service to the show's demand for plentiful non-sequitur and cutaway-based humour, just like Family Guy. I'm not saying they're not different shows, I'm just saying the humour behind them is fundamentally the same, which I wouldn't think surprising given they're made by the same guy.

a flashback to explain the characters' motivations that are driving the plot of that episode isn't the same as family guy cutaway jokes

different creators, different showrunners, different writing teams. seth mcfarlane does voice acting for both and owns a piece of both shows. they're not that similar

Their main criticism was that Family Guy is just a bunch of unrelated cut aways with no attention to plot. That obviously doesn’t apply to American Dad which, whether you like it or not, is plot driven.

The Chapo takedown of Megan McCain was legitimately some of the funniest **** I've ever heard. I just discovered this podcast and am downright giddy.

For those unfamiliar, they spend like 40+ minutes reading from her book and making fun of her, in uniquely insightful and relentless fashion.

*grunch*

Bob's Burgers

I find Simpsons/Family Guy/American Dad/Bob's Burgers all have their place (I have little interest in going out of my way to watch South Park).

Early-mid to mid seasons (like 4-11) of Simpsons are literally untouchable. The newer seasons are still surprisingly watchable though - however, TV nowadays is amazingly fickle. I'd argue that, had The Simpsons been put into today's menagerie of shows, it would be completely forgettable.

Family Guy, like American Dad, has had a big shift in focus along the way. FG is more of an avenue to fit the one off jokes in - which is fine - but lacks in character development. That being said, watching good Family Guy episodes for the first time have the highest ceiling of all the shows imo.

American Dad has a huge variance between good and bad episodes. As mentioned already, Roger is quite possibly the most versatile character in TV ever; however, if his character in a particular episode is unlikeable the episode is unwatchable. It's quite impressive how they've been able to take the whole 'nuclear family' dynamic and freshen it up with one alien.

I find that I appreciate Bob's Burgers' humor more than the others, but don't necessarily laugh aloud as much as the others. The main characters are all likeable and relatable, and they tell a story much better than the other shows.

This all being said, when I want to watch old episodes of any of these shows nowadays it's a flip between Family Guy and American Dad - knowing full well that probably the top 5 episodes of any of these shows were The Simpsons.

Squidbillies tho