Toon Zone Talkback - Seth MacFarlane Tops Entertainment Weekly's "25 Smartest People on TV" List

You must not have watched a lot of other comedy cartoons then. Early Family Guy was funny, certainly, but I'd be lying if I said it was original. Nothing that was really done in it that wasn't done in some shape or form before in shows like The Simpsons, The Critic, South Park, Pinky and the Brain, Freakazoid, or even Seth's earlier and better work on Johnny Bravo.

Seth's a genius, certainly, but mostly for being able to sell himself so amazingly well. His actual work can be pretty smart, but certainly not smart enough to be solely responsible for being placed at #1 on this list.
 
You mean first four, right? Because that was when FG was brilliant. Nowadays? Extreme hit or miss television. Like, worse than new Simpsons...
 
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