Meet The Ramifications of Irreverent Humor

I didn’t have to see the movie or read the reviews to know Meet the Spartans would usurp Joe Francis as the 21^st century’s biggest piece of shit. This cinematic trash was the reason I feared Family Guy’s cult success: an entire American generation now believes the mere mention of cultural figureheads constitutes a substitute for comedic talent. For example: How did Seth MacFarlane and his all-star writers lampoon 2002’s internet meme “Ding! Fries Are Done”? By adding Peter Griffin to the fun! That’s hilarious, because Peter is fat, and eats fast food, and...is...fat? Youtube’s traffic skein suggests I’m the only one who doesn’t find it funny, and I hope that bothers people other than myself.

Family Guy first spawned Cartoon Network’s late-night programming block Adult Swim, headlined by a show about fast food that fights crime but never actually fights crime. It should be little shock this taste of stupid found its way into the movie medium. Just remember that Meet the Spartans is no one-and-done shitfest: this movie was fathered by Epic Movie, which was adopted from the mental ward by Date Movie. America’s pre-pubes green-lighted those movies with daddy’s wallet, and it shouldn’t surprise anyone if another one hits theatres.

So thank you, Robot Chicken. Thank you, Two Vaginas and a Rat Called Todd. Thank you, Gork McGlork the Racist Spork. Your irreverence has fucked up our youth on a level that American schools are jealous of.