family guy vs. futerama

[A Black Falcon]

Reading that list of old Fox flops made me think about a recent terrible show they ran (or maybe is still running, dunno), Arrested Development. What I wanna know, is why do I hear about that unfunny show getting all these fancy awards? What is so funny about it, either I'm missing something big and just don't get AD's alleged high comedy or the show really is crummy.

Ooh, with comments like that, you're pretty lucky OB1 quit the forum... :)

Arrested Development... I was told repeatedly that it was comedy gold, but in order to really GET it I had to watch a season from the start, as they kept referencing old jokes all the time. Um, well after watching a solid sleight of episodes, I think I can safely say that constant self-reference isn't a comedy winner.

Monkey Island 4 had a huge number of jokes that referenced the first three games, and it wasn't exactly the best in that series either... :)

Of course, 3 was brilliant and certainly had some, so it can work. But those were almost as funny anyway if you hadn't played the first two games...