It appears at this time that every one you see is violence in motion pictures and intercourse on TV…
Regardless of the present’s title and theme music, most individuals don’t instantly suppose “household pleasant leisure” when the topic of Seth MacFarlane’s Household Man comes up. No, I believe that the scenes that may leap to the minds of most followers and informal viewers of Household Man could be the ridiculous rooster fights from the early seasons, or Stewie beating Brian to a pulp whereas shouting, “The place’s my cash?” or probably the time MacFarlane straight up sang a music to the FCC about how a lot he hates their insistence that he dial again the piss, shit, fart, cum and puke gags that he loves so dearly.
For so long as Household Man has been on the air, the present has been a firebrand for unrestrained, unapologetic indecency in TV comedy, and it’s been the goal for quite a few censorship crusades in consequence. However is Household Man actually at its greatest when it’s thumbing its nostril (amongst different issues) on the pearl-clutchers?
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In a latest viral thread on Twitter, Household Man followers made the case for the family-friendly, FCC-compliant, less-rape-jokey model of the present being its greatest self:
Actually, for as a lot as MacFarlane has championed the reason for blue comedy on tv, Household Man is rather a lot sharper when it makes these delicate observational jokes, or when it’s foolish for the sake of fooling around. Actually, in the event you wished to make an inventory of the Household Man fandom’s least favourite bits, I’d guess that the majority of these entries could be exaggerated, overdone, hyper-violent gross-out gags — nicely, both these or the Conway Twitty operating bit, Peter holding his leg and sucking his tooth for 5 minutes or the Terry Schiavo musical.
Crudeness and violence actually have their place in comedy and the FCC could also be a bunch of moist blankets, however Household Man doesn’t must be indulgently profane in each episode to get laughs. Additionally they don’t have to kill off characters to simply to maintain issues attention-grabbing — taking a look at you, Season 12.
