See, I disagree.
I grew up on both South Park and Family Guy, and began to hate both because it seemed like they were just going for shock-value, and the writing was kinda lazy so I stopped watching both for years.
Recently a station out here in Canada plays both shows in re-runs and I started giving both a chance again and South Park is still the same ole "shocking for the shake of being shocking" whereas Family Guy was actually cracking me up with a lot or original quirks and comedy in their writing.
It's not very sophisticated writing by any means, but unlike South Park it's actually simple minded laughs without seeming "edgy" or controversial"... I mean teenage kids might be inspired by South Parks bullshit, but it's just old-hat to me.
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