Wait, I don't remember the Simpsons Europe episode ending in a complete reset. After all, Bob was still married and had a kid. The problem is that as far as I can recall, later seasons would just forget about them.
Family Guy and Simpsons have both taken shots at each other before.
As for Family Guy structuring a gag, the show does suffer from Seth MacFarlane's belief that if you keep doing something long enough, it will eventually become funny. No, Seth, it doesn't. It just becomes more and more annoying.
I'm almost certain the Europe episode isn't from the most recent season, and Bob has appeared since then without wife and kid. What I can't remember is if there was an episode where they did reappear, even as a cameo.
I kind of get the impression the Simpsons writers want to be writing Family Guy these days. Heck, the Simpsons occasionally runs with an overly long gag not because it makes it funnier but seemingly to fill in time.
I really can't pinpoint where the Simpsons jumped the shark but I get the feeling the landing ramp has the Ricky Gervais episode stenciled on it at some point.
I want to recall thinking that the season where they built a wall through the middle of Springfield was a low point at the time. I think it was U2 guest-starring?
What set me off on that episode was both how disconnected and just plain outlandish the sub-plot/segments were. You can't even really call them sub-plots, as it really just moved from segment to segment. In particular, I remember Homer being mauled by a wolverine in the dog's house, which was completely dropped once it served its purpose of getting Homer to mess up a phone number because of a changed area code. Yes, Simpsons has had that structure for a long time, but something about that moment, episode, and entire season really set me off.
Sadly, when I saw episodes of that season in later years, it looked better than what came after.
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Family Guy and Simpsons have both taken shots at each other before.
As for Family Guy structuring a gag, the show does suffer from Seth MacFarlane's belief that if you keep doing something long enough, it will eventually become funny. No, Seth, it doesn't. It just becomes more and more annoying.
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I really can't pinpoint where the Simpsons jumped the shark but I get the feeling the landing ramp has the Ricky Gervais episode stenciled on it at some point.
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What set me off on that episode was both how disconnected and just plain outlandish the sub-plot/segments were. You can't even really call them sub-plots, as it really just moved from segment to segment. In particular, I remember Homer being mauled by a wolverine in the dog's house, which was completely dropped once it served its purpose of getting Homer to mess up a phone number because of a changed area code. Yes, Simpsons has had that structure for a long time, but something about that moment, episode, and entire season really set me off.
Sadly, when I saw episodes of that season in later years, it looked better than what came after.
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