The Philosophy of Family Guy

nebagakidnebagakid
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
So, my assignment for Philosophy is to take a TV show (Sienfield , Simpsons) and write about the Philosophy in it. I want to do Family Guy, have any suggestions on the matter?

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  • Reply 1 of 10
    dogcowdogcow Posts: 713member
    Fat, white, middle-class bigots are funny. -- is that a philosophy?
  • Reply 2 of 10
    curiousuburbcuriousuburb Posts: 3,325member
    Compare and contrast the stereotypical philosophical dogma expressed by various characters.



    Stewie -vs- Mom

    Brian -vs- Dad

    Daughter -vs- Son

    Handicapped Neighbour -vs- Nosey Neighbour

    mix and stir
  • Reply 3 of 10
    screedscreed Posts: 1,077member
    "Id, Ego, Superego and the martini-sipping Dog"



    The rest of the family are just splintered characteristics of the one "unified" character, Brian (the dog).







    Screed
  • Reply 4 of 10
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    I am writing a sociological study of Invader Zim.



    Hooray for college!
  • Reply 5 of 10
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by groverat

    I am writing a sociological study of Invader Zim.



    Hooray for college!



    I'm building a 4 layer magnetic loop antenna tuned for 13.56Mhz.



    Hooray for college.



  • Reply 6 of 10
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Splinemodel

    I'm building a 4 layer magnetic loop antenna tuned for 13.56Mhz.



    Hooray for college.







    only 4? Man, I heard that the standard these days is 6, at least...

    Now to go play with Thundercat, Mac OS X v.12.1







    Any more ideaS?!?
  • Reply 7 of 10
    havanashavanas Posts: 99member
    I dunno....



    All I know is that its twice as funny since I've been living in Rhode Island.



    There is a lot of local....ummm....flavor thrown in......and the atrocious accents.....this is coming from a New Joisey kid...hah.



    There is a definate community vibe to it....ie they interact with a much wider section of their neighbors then say the Flinstones.
  • Reply 8 of 10
    andersanders Posts: 6,523member
    Do it on star trek TNG instead. A show that practically promoted communism and collectivity in the Reagan era.
  • Reply 9 of 10
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders

    Do it on star trek TNG instead. A show that practically promoted communism and collectivity in the Reagan era.



    i am sorry, but i have never been able to sit through an episode of that
  • Reply 10 of 10
    thuh freakthuh freak Posts: 2,664member
    there's a book called 'the philosophy of the simpsons' or something like that. maybe 'the simpsons and philosphy.' its pretty interesting. its a series of essays that look at the characters and running themes, and compare them to philosophical ideas. i think one of them compares Bart to Nietzche's Uberman (Zarathustra). you could poke through that book, and do something similar, replacing simpsons characters with family guys. if i remember when i get home, i'll post some of the essay titles.
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