Fratty Countdown: TV Shows - #4

The Simpsons/Family Guy

We combine these two shows because they fill the same animated niche in the esteemed fratdaddy’s Tivo…the often late-night entertainment that provides some humorous levity in the day to day life of the busy fratdaddy. 

There is no need to go through what is not fratty about these shows.  They’re both animated comedies, and they both require us to suspend our existence in reality for a while in order to engage in some low brow laughs.  However, both also offer a brand of humor that requires a bit of the intelligence which fratdaddies have long been known to possess.  While some douchebags admittedly enjoy these shows as well, the fratdaddy enjoys each on a different level, and usually for a different purpose.

After a long day of fratting hard, a little humor to end the day is just what you need to relax, and each of these programs are known for their frequent late night play.  No matter how late you get home from the bars, you can probably find one or the other playing in syndication somewhere on your plasma screen. 

That is not to say, though, that their convenience is the reason for their place on this list.  Delving into the content of each, we find some decidedly fratty behavior.  Even though Homer was not known for going to class, he has been able to work his way into a position of at least some prominence and prestige.  Of course, after a long day at work, he understands the importance of taking it to Moe’s for a few cold fratwaters before returning home to the family.  Peter on Family Guy lives by this same mantra. 

And let us not forget the venerable Quagmire, who we do not hesitate to crown the king of all shacking.  We should all live by his words in the episode where he hooks up with the child services agent.  She says, “Quagmire, honey, I have a question.  What do you do for a living?”  To this, he responds, “I have a question for you.  Why are you still here?”  This bit of truth should bring an approving tear to the veteran fratdaddy’s eye. 

Neither of these shows (save Quagmire’s aforementioned wisdom) tell us much about how to frat hard in our day to day lives.  However, they do provide us with quality entertainment around the clock, and we must say that there are few forms of entertainment more effective during periods of extreme druntaneousness.