I couldn't even imagine what a Family Guy fan would even look like.

I legitimately met one at a wedding last year. He was one of the groomsmen. Tall extremely normie looking white dude. We did the whole intro thing and the conversation died incredibly hard so in desperation I pulled the "what do you like to do outside of work" question and he thought about it for a minute and then said "watch family guy, mostly" I was fuckin floored lmao

I learned English from watching Family Guy funny clips on youtube

This show has been going on for nearly a quarter century now

Not-pipe-ism is definitely a big mainstay of meme culture in general. Steamed Hams leaps to mind - the meme isn't about the jokes in the skit, it's literally just the fact that it exists, which is why all the memes are about transforming it into other shit. Like there's nothing funny about Soviet surrealist animation, so when someone turned Steamed Hams into an homage to it the homage itself wasn't actually funny, but the fact that somebody made it is deeply hilarious.

I dunno, it feels like some Signs and Simulacra shit. I'm too stupid to really grasp it, but maybe someone else in here can expand on it.

The Simpsons is like the less edgy version of this, South Park the slightly more edgy version, and Spongebob Squarepants the kid-friendly version. And I have a gut feeling that in ten years' time people will be asking "who are the millions of people still watching Rick and Morty?", which will mark its ascent into the pantheon of American cartoons that can literally never be cancelled.

It's a "background noise" sitcom that isn't constrained by cast salaries or real life. What I mean by that is that with a regular 4 camera sitcom, you have to have all the camera people, mic people, set and props people, who all make sure the scene is reset for each take. Every actor in the scene needs to be present, and if one flubs their line, they all have to restart and do it again. A five minute scene can take several hours.

For animated shows, it's usually recorded one by one in a booth. If the actor flubs a line, they just re-record the line. Even if a character is onscreen for a majority of the episode, dubbing their lines for the entire episode would take no more than an hour.

In true Capitalist fashion, it's a known product that is cheap and easy to make, and people will just consume it for the background noise and easy watching.

You have thought about Family Guy perhaps more than anyone on this Earth. Congratulations!

Has the worst opening theme ever too. All in The Family parody that turns into the Simpsons circus couch gag and has the big show stopper gang vocals on the line 'on which we used to rely', the least iconic line to bring the whole thing into a showtune with. But Seth McFarlane is the straightest dude with the gayest tastes, so it follows.

Those ads for Indian food that use poorly photoshopped Family Guy images are some of the best pieces of art in any era.

Brave of you to insult the mods favorite TV show

too long didn't read but based on the title alone 100% true

What's a bit weird about this post is you say you have never met a Family Guy fan, struggle to imagine one, but reference like four episodes of the show, only one of which I've vaguely recognize. Maybe it's just via cultural osmosis but you seem to be more knowledgeable about it than most.

While I have never really liked family guy, I find American Dad to be very funny, if only for Roger, who is probably the most malevolent cartoon character since Cartman, but it's funnier because he is literally a crazy alien guy, and no one else in the family is particularly sane.

non-sequitur humor with a side of South Park shock humor, but none of it goes anywhere so no one can critique it because it is empty of any meaning or thought

gish gallop humor as a business model

if I try to think of "Family Guy fans" the only thing I can think of are "middle schoolers in the 2000s," but then I remember that not even they watched Family Guy, they mostly just watched South Park

Family Guy was popular in the 2000’s with middle schoolers who liked the edgy humor. It helped that you didn’t need cable to see it like you did with South Park so more kids were aware of it.

This title is the most relatable thing I've ever read. You've said something I've been trying to say for ages, but I couldn't word it correctly. You did it! Thanks!

So you're saying if we repost this image enough we can lathe into existence the writers putting it into the show

I like the first three seaons, or however long they went before it first got canceled.