John Simpson Kirkpatrick

As we look at popular animated television series that have been running for at least a decade and continue to run, the two that can get brought up are “American Dad!” and “Family Guy.” Both shows ultimately demonstrate core family values in the most comedic way but they are equally different and in point of the main characters both have several differences. As a contrast between the main character of “American Dad“, Stan Smith and of “Family Guy”, Peter Griffin, one is more disciplined and…

Themes in family shows have changed drastically over the years. Themes have seemed to transfer from classic topics such as friendship troubles and simple family misunderstandings to family drama and complicated relationship issues, as well as contemporary and borderline controversial issues. Famous TV shows from the 19th century that featured families that dealt with classic TV sitcom topics were shows such as The Brady Bunch and Full House. Popular TV shows today that deal with edgier language…

It is fascinating to find that things that apparently seem to be so different can be developed in such way that they sustain the same point of view. If we think about the career of a very tall, basketball player; people attraction to voyeurism; the career of a country music singer who beats records in discs’ selling, and the use of laugh tracks in comedy sitcom, it looks like there can not be a strong connection between them. Now if we consider that the public is looking for this basketball…

explores this “sour” taste of comedy through his extensive analysis of The Simpsons. He argues that the show, “does not promote anything,” in this case, traditional family values. By extension, Matheson arguably demotes hyper-irony and deems it to be essentially depraved, “because its humor works by putting forward positions in order to undercut them.” While, yes, Matheson acknowledges the satirical nature of The Simpsons, he fails to fully grasp the immensity of its role within the show.…

The journalist, Judith Martin, states “The greater the controversy, the more you need manners.” In other words, no matter a person’s position on someone’s beliefs, they should respect them regardless. Some people have a plethora of negative opinions of Family Guy, whereas others are huge fans. In Antonia Peacocke’s controversial essay, “Family Guy and Freud: Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious,” she portrays the belief that Family Guy is actually more logical and less ignorant, than…

One day in a town called St.Albert, Shane was working project in the garage. Cody walks into garage and said “hey Shane let's go on an adventure!” “Ugh fine” said Shane, Shane and cody walk into the living room where they see mark sitting on the couch watching football drinking a cold one. Mark sees pugsley pee on the carpet in the living room, Mark gets up and rubs pugsley nose into his pee and says “bad dog!” Bella, Snuggles, and Oscar watch angrily as pugsley gets his nose rub in pee. “Shane…

Peter Griffin: The Not So Typical Family Guy Pedophilia, mental disabilities, and terrorism are not usually the first thoughts that come to mind when a person contemplate comedy. Despite this fact, they are all subjects I have witnessed the well-known television show Family Guy poke fun at. This show represents a father, Peter Griffin, and his family and all of the ridiculous circumstances they put themselves in. While the majority of people do not find these subjects funny, they still find the…

The show Modern Family has been one of America’s most popular shows in recent memory and has provide us of the different types of families that there are across the world. The American family has changed drastically over time and many television shows have not portrayed that with today’s times. The television show Modern Family portrays a family in the present time and the different types of people that are in a family and how they come all together to be one. Modern Family displays three…

In my investigation, I have watched the shows Modern Family (2009- 2017) and the show The Brady Bunch (1969-1974) . Both shows are a perfect representation of how families looked like at their respective times. In addition, the shows also display how families deal with struggles and their day-to-day interactions amongst each other and society. This investigation helped me analyze how the idea of family has changed over time. Modern Family is a show about an American family that is very…

A cartoon holds a deeper perspective, than the simplicity, and imagination perceived upon it. For an example, the cartoon of Spongebob Squarepants can be analyzed, and found to be more intellectual. By analyzing the two main characters, Spongebob, and Patrick, they contain deeper personalities than displayed. * While Spongebob, and Patrick hold similarities of being kind hearted, young at heart, and musically talented; their personalities also contain major differences. With the differences…