Family Guy
My daughter got me hooked on Family Guy. Call me a bad mom, but I couldn’t help it.
One night, I hear uproarious laughter coming from my daughter’s room. I went in to see what she was doing, and found out she was watching an episode of Family Guy. She had been watching this for two months. We have television rules, and my daughter faithfully follows them: no breasts, no sex, etc. She wasn’t breaking the rules. I had heard of the television show, but had never watched it. However somehow, I thought we might be crossing a line here.
Because she had been watching for two months, I figured any damage was already done. So we started to watch each past episode together. Better she could ask me questions if she needed too. And she did ask questions. It turned out to be a great mother / daughter bonding exercise. Of course, she is still young enough that some things deserved just a very simple explanation and she was great with it. No need to explain why Peter and Lois are getting dressed for bed in leather harnesses with whips and ball-gags.
So my DVR became filled with Family Guy episodes. We look forward to each weeknight at 9:30pm when we select an episode and watch. Of course by now, I have seen each episode from every year about three times. I suspect my daughter has seen each about five times. We have memorized the theme song, and send each other clippits of Family Guy wit we find on the internet. I am hooked.
And it doesn’t hurt that Alex Borstein is HOT. I’ve loved her since MAD tv. I doubt my daughter even knows that the voice of Lois Griffin is Ms. Ungermeyer from The Lizzy McGuire Movie
So we will keep watching Family Guy. I’m sure at some point we will get tired of watching the same episodes over and over. And of course, we are two episodes into the new season. But until we get bored, I will continue to use our mother/daughter Family Guy bonding time to the utmost. And who says TV is a waste of time.
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