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Never have watched it--never will.

However, I did watch "The Family Guy" for a few brief minutes a year ago while my two young grandsons (ages 14 and 8) were visiting for a few weeks. Happened to walk in the living room while they had that show on, and watched as "the family" was "entertaining" a hippie-looking dinner guest (obviously modeled after a "Jesus freak") whom they addressed as "Jesus Christ". The "family guy" turned to this character and asked him if he could do a miracle, and the character said "sure"--or something like that--and then grinned mischieviously while two huge boobs popped up on the front of the female character, presumably the family guy's wife.

At that moment I shouted "that's blasphemy!" and turned off the TV.

My two grandsons were more than a little startled at my outburst--and actually so was I. But--as I (as calmly as I could) explained to them--there is nothing funny about a so-called cartoon that BLATANTLY mocks or puts to scorn my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and a program that engages in it will NEVER again be watched in my house!

Just thinking about that little episode STILL angers me, and made me think about how so many of today's cartoons and sit-coms lack the "soul of wit" that makes humor so entertaining. Though it had an anti-war and liberal bent, MASH employed humor that was full of wit. One excellent example:

Frank: "Why do people take such an instant dislike to me?"

Hawkeye: "Saves time, Frank."

Guess the same thing could be said of my reaction to watching "Family Guy"--saves time!