"The first act being different used to be a staple. But this didn't even last an entire act. That's why it's so unusual."
Again sometimes you do get those like again the Bart digging a hole opener from "Homer The Moe." However here's another thought I had about this plot; was this meant to originally be a subplot THROUGHOUT the episode? Like the first few minutes weren't supposed to be spent on this but rather have this cut randomly throughout the Homer and Thad and Fat Tony stuff? Cause like sometimes the point of subplots besides just being there to fill for time in an episode and to give more attention to other characters is also to break the flow of a scene. You know the reason "homer's Enemy" had such a wacky "Bart buys a factory" subplot was because they knew the main plot was so dark they wanted something much lighter to balance it out. But then when breaking it down realized "okay this emotional beat actually plays much better with all the scenes together so maybe we can have that all be in the first plot then just do the main plot after?" I don't know we have seen odder things in the editing bay from the Simpsons before.
"As for Family Guy I don't remotely agree racism is somehow more appropriate for adults than it is for children."
- I feel that the societal idea is "okay well adults have more full life experiences and can understand when something's more supposed to a joke we're not supposed to take seriously compared to a kid who may get the wrong morale and point from what this means" which yeah I do feel is bull crap. I remember watching Looney Tunes or hell even South Park when I was a kid and when there was a reference to some famous old actor or wording or like term I didn't know I just asked my mom about it to get a better understanding. So you would think that's how it would go but yeah sadly society in general doesn't work like that and doesn't want kids to be aware of some of the harsher truths till much later feeling they won't be equipped to deal with it. Though there is an irony with that ideal being put in Family Guy considering even FG has admitted their biggest audience at points especially when they were being their edgiest is teenagers not even adults.
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Again sometimes you do get those like again the Bart digging a hole opener from "Homer The Moe." However here's another thought I had about this plot; was this meant to originally be a subplot THROUGHOUT the episode? Like the first few minutes weren't supposed to be spent on this but rather have this cut randomly throughout the Homer and Thad and Fat Tony stuff? Cause like sometimes the point of subplots besides just being there to fill for time in an episode and to give more attention to other characters is also to break the flow of a scene. You know the reason "homer's Enemy" had such a wacky "Bart buys a factory" subplot was because they knew the main plot was so dark they wanted something much lighter to balance it out. But then when breaking it down realized "okay this emotional beat actually plays much better with all the scenes together so maybe we can have that all be in the first plot then just do the main plot after?" I don't know we have seen odder things in the editing bay from the Simpsons before.
"As for Family Guy I don't remotely agree racism is somehow more appropriate for adults than it is for children."
- I feel that the societal idea is "okay well adults have more full life experiences and can understand when something's more supposed to a joke we're not supposed to take seriously compared to a kid who may get the wrong morale and point from what this means" which yeah I do feel is bull crap. I remember watching Looney Tunes or hell even South Park when I was a kid and when there was a reference to some famous old actor or wording or like term I didn't know I just asked my mom about it to get a better understanding. So you would think that's how it would go but yeah sadly society in general doesn't work like that and doesn't want kids to be aware of some of the harsher truths till much later feeling they won't be equipped to deal with it. Though there is an irony with that ideal being put in Family Guy considering even FG has admitted their biggest audience at points especially when they were being their edgiest is teenagers not even adults.