And yet here you are, spending even more time on it.........
Posted on 05/27/2009 2:47:31 PM PDT by La Lydia
Life's not easy if you're an organic-eating, tree-hugging, SUV-eschewing, carbon-footprintless, gender-identity-indifferent, diversity-celebrating, nonjudgmental (well, except for those damn U.S. flag pins) vegan pacifist. Just ask Gerald and Helen Goode, the First Couple of PC America.
They forget to check a box when adopting an African baby, and when little Ubuntu arrives, he's a white South African. They cart home free elephant dung from Barnum & Bailey for their organic garden, then remember that the circus exploits animals. They've raised their dog Che to be a vegan, but the neighborhood sure has a lot of missing squirrels.
Welcome to The Goode Family, a scathingly funny report from the front lines of America's culture wars. This new ABC adult cartoon, produced by Beavis and Butt-Head mastermind Mike Judge and his King of the Hill buddies John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky,...
Though it will no doubt be labeled right-wing agitprop by some of its trashed targets, The Goode Family is not really conservative, but something closer to the barbed libertarianism of South Park. What the show is really mocking is groupthink conformity...Set in a more-progressive-than-thou college town where shoppers at the supermarket gasp in horror if somebody arrives at the checkout counter without his own reusable grocery bag, The Goode Family mercilessly lampoons characters who conduct their lives by the watchword WWAGD, What Would Al Gore Do?...
...When Gerald, a college administrator, tells his boss his department needs more funding to improve the percentage of minority employees, the boss replies: ``Or we could just fire three white guys. Everybody wins!'' How long do you think it will be before we hear a joke like that from Jay or Dave?
The Goode Family.9-9:30 p.m. Wednesday.ABC
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
Of course this means it's doomed, like all my otehr favorites.
It pegged down the PC crowd perfecty. I never thought I’d see anyone making fun of this on tv.
I think though, that the difference between King of the Hill and this is that the KotH characters are at least likeable. These people are irritating, anal, liberal, tree-hugging nitwits. Sigh. It won’t last.
I’ll jump on the bandwagon: pretty good show. Won’t last. The people who watch network TV won’t want to watch this. It will make them feel uncomfortable.
I loved all of the display of Enviro-weenie idiot-ism that is out there.
And yet here you are, spending even more time on it.........
I liked the reaction to the flag pin. Like a cross shown to a vampire.
“Watching now. I LOVE THIS SHOW! It is literally one of the funniest half-hour comedies I have ever seen.”
I hope this show lasts. I thought it was very funny. I love Che the dog.
I found the show disappointing. It wasn’t that funny. In the end, it made fun of Christians as more freakish than liberals, for valuing chastity. Liberals meanwhile, were again praised for having their hearts in the right place. On the other hand, the somewhat normal daughter seems to be a secret conservative. The son was just disturbing.
I think this sort of thing may be a bit much, but it does not in any way imply that these girls will marry their fathers.
I guess you have a hard time comprehending. In my first reply, I said I wasn't going to waste my time watching the show. I said nothing about spending my time reading or posting comments.
I don't think I can make it any clearer. Maybe you are the one wasting your time replying to me!
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