@Midnight

 

@Midnight, hosted by Chris Hardwick, for those of you who don't know or haven't heard of it, is a late night improv internet-themed panel show aired on Comedy Central. The show, which starts obviously at midnight, airs Monday through Thursdays and began on October 21, 2013. The show always has three guests who are comedians or some other Hollywood star. Chris Hardwick hosts/judges the series of internet meme improv games, where the guests or players have to on-the-fly come up with funny/cleaver comments about whatever daily internet meme Hardwick has presented. An example being, a viral picture showing an Asian girl from a third world country, holding a sign that reads, "#Failedcharities." It was then up to the guests/players to come up with fake charities that would fail, an example of one of the submissions was, "#saveakidpunchapuppy." This is a very funny show that I enjoy greatly, despite the late hours it airs on a school night; which, is also why I record it so I don't have to stay up that late every school night. If you have not seen this show yet, I strongly urge you to check it out.       

Family Guy

Family Guy, created by Seth McFarlane is a comedic animated series that has been on the air for many years now. While the title suggests the father of the household Peter Griffin is the main character, his entire family are the main plot to the stories told in this show. While they portray the characters of the show to all be inherently stupid in one way or the other, they use these qualities they have given the characters to create the stupidly obnoxious, but hilarious humor throughout the show. From the simple act of making a character fart in an opera theatre, to making the theatre be a fart opera the sky is the limit as to how the show tries to make you laugh.

But Family Guy doesn't only try to make its audience laugh by using blatant stupidity, they also connect the episodes to things that are going on in the world right now. There are a number of episodes that have had to do with the war in Iraq, 911, even the story of Jesus. For the reason that it is an animated show the possibilities are endless as to what they can do to get that laugh out of their audience. I love the show, and hope it stays around for awhile, but I know that all things cannot last forever.