So… the Family Guy and The Simpsons crossover

Was as we all expected, a flaming ball of excrement. I will keep this brief, as not much can, and not much needs to be said.

The premise was exciting, this is true but it was doomed to fail from the start, the show from the outset even recognises this (one of the few half decent jokes cracked).

The execution was just a failure. The animation was fine, although it did make The Simpsons regress to a time before they drew shadows, and standing the two families together gave one faction in particular a very noticeable case of jaundice. This can’t be help obviously but it is just super weird.

It was the writing. The narrative got off to a good start and the set up was genuinely fantastic and it was looking like a pretty good episode of family guy was about to be enjoyed but then The Simpsons came in and the remaining 15 minutes was just a concentration  of catch phrases and characters doing things that make them who they are.

Lisa Simpson playing a saxophone, ooh please, more!

An actual story would have just been a treat is all I’m saying.

And oh god, the fight.

Enough with the hour long fights.

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