The Simpsons is way better than Family Guy for one important reason: the Simpsons is funny because it uses humor in its comedy. The Family Guy has none of that. Comedy requires timing and wit; the Family Guy requires no timing nor wit, and in fact thrives on the absence of it. Superfluous cultural references and stretching a joke so far past its limit into awkward silence to illicit laughter does not make for good humor.

You know, this reminds me of the time… *BEGIN FLASHBACK* (Peter Griffin is watching TV; the Simpsons are on. ) Peter Griffin: “Hey, I can do that, but better! Only my show will be easier to laugh at because it won’t need to be funny!” (I know that’s a stone’s throw away from the Anna Nicole show tagline, but look where she is now.)

That’s right, things have gotten easier over the years. Popular music has evolved from people who can sing well to people who can’t sing well to people who don’t sing at all. Dancing to popular music has evolved from performing learned moves with a partner to dancing freestyle with a partner to dancing freestyle by yourself to dressing up like a slut and not even moving.

Humor is just that way. For something to be funny now, it doesn’t need humor, it just needs to be crass. Being crass is the idea that you perceive some kind of visible line drawn in the moral code of the fabric of society, and cross it. It’s being the rebel that dares to invoke the taboo. In some instances there is a degree of social commentary that provides an artistic purpose and is contextually correct, as South Park does so well from time to time; however, the biggest joke in that case is the fact the people will watch episode after episode of the crappiest and cheapest animation to produce.

This is exactly the case for Jackass. This old MTV show is based on the premise that rich white American boys who have never fought in a war perform cruel stunts upon themselves and each other to prove their bravery. These nihilist young men use their youth and immaturity to inspire and blame their actions which aren’t just stupid, but extremely stupid.

You’ll laugh your ass off. Yes you will. And it’s all because it’s not humor, it’s crass. The geniuses at MTV aren’t sitting on a mountain of cocaine for nothing. They know that makes good TV. You’ll notice on a second viewing that the camera spends as much time on other members of the Jackass crew as they do on the “young, dumb, and full of cum” lame-wad doing the stunt; that’s because their reaction and laughter is even more important than the stunt. They trick you into being part of the gang, so when you laugh at that idiot there’s a bunch of guys to laugh along.

This is buddy humor: one doesn’t laugh because it’s witty or smart, one laughs because it’s cruel. Chicks won’t ever learn. See, when you go out drinking and your friend had too much and is sick, you’re not supposed to comfort them as they yak into the toilet. You’re not supposed to hold their head and hand them a tissue. No, you’re supposed to laugh at them when they barf. Laugh and point. Teabagging isn’t just restricted to FPS’s. State of the art light-weight cameras are installed on your cell phone so that you can take a picture of your testicles nestled upon your buddy’s forehead when he’s passed out unconscious..

Funny? Milk out of nose funny. Humor? This is Peter Sellers if he was restricted to only express himself with bottle rockets and horse semen. This is funny without humor.

Jackass wouldn’t exist if there wasn’t “moral” line in the sand to cross; but as there is, the factions on both sides use this border just use it to polarize society and make dough off you. The Jackass gang aren’t just idiots, they’re very rich idiots.

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