Family Guy and Simpsons, so hilarious with the rape jokes

Crossover episode coming up:

http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Rape-joke-on-Fox-cartoons-draws-attention-5776965.php

It punctuates a scene in which the incorrigible Bart is instructing Stewie Griffin in the art of the prank phone call. Bart dials the owner of Moe's Tavern and asks whether there is anyone there with the last name Keybum, first name Lee. When Moe calls out to his patrons, asking for a "leaky bum," everyone gets a laugh.

Stewie thinks that's cool, and asks to make his own prank call.

"Hello, Moe?" he says. "Your sister's being raped."

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MacFarlane brought up the line during a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, predicting he will get attacked for it in the media. "But in context," he said, "it's pretty funny."

 

The next time Family Guy is actually funny will be the first time.

 

Incorrect.

 

I mean, I haven't actually watched more than a handful of episodes, but the ones I did watch were spectacularly annoying and unfunny. So much so that I avoid it altogether.

 

That actually surprises me a little.

 

The TBS commercials aren't doing them any favors, either.

 

Used to be hilarious. Hasn't been funny in years.

 

Least. Surprising. Post. Ever.

 

Racism is funny. Hyuck, hyuck, hyuck!

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/jul/16/theaputragedy

 

I like both Family Guy and Simpsons, but Family Guy does seem to sometimes go places that it really doesn't need to go for sheer shock value.

If it's truly funny, great. But if you're doing it just to prove you can, it's not usually a good thing. South Park is guilty of this as well. If it's funny, great, but shock for shock sake, not so much.

 

This is definitely the answer for me.

 

Why's that?