The "beating an unfunny joke into the ground" joke sometimes elevates the jokes to funny, but more often returns the jokes to unfunny. Also, for all of its relentlessly savage superiority toward other TV shows' senses of humor, "Family Guy" is prone to some really pandering pop culture referencing. ("Thundercats!" Ha, Ha! I remember that!) Patchy as it is, I still enjoyed this, in a Naked Gun sort of way. The makers of "Family Guy" do have a knack for going the extra mile for a gag, such as making a "90210" reference and actually bothering to get the original cast members to do the voices. I just keep hoping that one day the show will actually be as brilliantly funny as it thinks it is.
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