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Re:Ask HN: Can you spot the difference? by crux_ on Tuesday August 25, 2009 @09:35PM (#786324)
I think it's tough to say when that particular trend "peaked." Consider:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3s8sEYzHWQ or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_TGQ7rGL-Q

Or even:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1MgjQOR_JA

;)

Re:Ask HN: Can you spot the difference? by jibiki on Tuesday August 25, 2009 @10:39PM (#786426)
There's a specific genre, "fat-dumb-slob-married-to-woman-who-always-knows-best", which Family Guy is the pinnacle of (it's an old genre of course, related to the theme of women marrying beneath their status, which has been a major literary device since time immemorial.)