Comedy is back, Yes!

Yes, I am one of those guys that like these adult type cartoon shows. South park, Family Guy, the Simpsons, and even Robot Chicken. So far this season these shows have not swayed that like. The new Season of South park I feel has gotten back to the humor and abbrasiveness that made the show so likeable. The first half of the season which aired last year I felt was stupid and really took away from the creativeness that Matt Stone and Trey Parker. The shows so far have been clever and very funny. They have even tackled current events which is very good. The last episode of South Park was probably one of the better ones that I have seen in a long time. It dealt with the issue of the Presidential Election. They took it a little further adding a little Ocean's Eleven flavor t the mix which made for a very enjoyable and extremely well developed episode with twists and turns that you did not always see coming. Some of the other episodes so far have been about the Bejing Olympics, a pandemic of giant fury gerbils (done in the form of the movie CLoverfield), and a show about Breast Cancer Awareness.

But, probably my favorite show to sit down and watch out of these would have to be Family Guy. The humor of this show lies in the ability to catch the references being made and they do make many. This season has definately not disappointed. The last episode that aired was a take on Home Alone, but also carried many other things, such as a spoof on the beginning of Back to the Future. My favorite scene was a moving rendition of the Bette Midler classic "The Rose" sung by the entire Griffin family. Another episode this year had Mort Goldman a local Jew being tossed back into Nazi Germany, which led to some issues. But, family Guy is a show I would recommend to anyone who loves to laugh. An upcoming episode which I am looking forward to is their second spoof of Star Wars this time to the movie The Empire Strikes Back entitled "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side".

A show that has come out of the woodwork this year is an interesting show on Comedy Central. This show is entitled Chocolate News. The show is one that has to be watched at a risk. It is very racy and sometimes hard to watch. However, the show is also extremely funny in some parts. David Alan Greer holds the show together and carries the cast. It deals with some very controversial issues as well, like in the episode they had a debate to end the "N" word. So the show is good in some aspects actually better than what I initially thought, but I am still not a huge fan.

Another note November 16 marks the second second Robot CHicken spoof of Star Wars as well, so watch out for that.