CLEVELAND - In a previous article, I declared that Family Guy is uproariously funny. I want to amend that statement by saying that it is arguably the funniest show I have ever seen!
No joke.
The animated series, which premiered in 1999 is a rival of the iconic The Simpsons. Last night, it took a poke at its fellow Fox television resident but the real story was the infamous O.J. Simpson, who appeared on the show, albeit in animated form.
Peter Griffin, the comically clueless patriarch of the Griffin family stumbles across a raffle ticket from 1989 that was a winner. The prize? A golf outing with former NFL star Simpson, who in '89 was still regarded as an All-American, wholesome guy. For whatever reason, Griffin is oblivious to the infamy that has followed Simpson since his highly-publicized double murder trial in 1994 and 1995.
Griffin doesn't understand why his family, friends and neighbors are against him allowing O.J. to come to their town. In the end, their reservations prove prophetic; Simpson gains everyone's trust, then unexpectedly kills three people and runs.
Though laugh out loud funny, the man can't even get a break as a cartoon!
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