The Simpsons VS Family Guy

It started in 1989 on the Tracey Ullman show. A badly drawn show with bad jokes about a yellow family of four in a town called Springfield. No one really knows how The Simpsons got so popular, we only know it did. In a few years, everyone knew what The Simpsons was and many quoted Homer Simpson's lines such as: "Mmmm... forbidden donut" or "I am so smart, I am so smart, S-M-R-T!" Everyone loved the Simpsons, wether you were a kid or an adult, this show was for all.

Then in 1999, a new show came. It was also about a family of four(only not yellow). The name of the family was Griffin and the show was called Family Guy. There are as many similarities as there are differencies to these two shows. For example, both Homer Simpson and Peter Griffin are fat, lazy, drinking, stupid, often bad fathers and they both love TV(who doesn't?). Other similarities are both Lois and Marge have an annoying, naging voice, both Peter and Homer have friends that are in love with their wives and so on. You could call it plagiarism, or you could call it inspiration, who cares as long as it's funny? Where the shows differ are in the way they are handled. The Simpsons is more kind and more family proof(even if there sometimes are sex and drugs involved), and Family Guy is more daring, more in your face and such and such.

The question is: Which one of these two shows is the best one?
The epic battle has been going on for over a decade know, some say that Family Guy has more jokes and gives you more laughs, some say The Simpsons are more original and that Family Guy steals a lot of jokes from The Simpsons. Now a days, the kids prefer Family Guy and the more grown-up like The Simpsons. I have a hard tme picking one, because I love both shows and I don't really care that Family Guy steals a lot of jokes from The Simpsons or that The Simpsons sometimes aren't as funny as Family Guy. I love them both. But, if I really had to pick one I would choose The Simpsons. Mostly because I grew up with it, it was first and it will always be my favorite show.

Oh wait, I forgot South Park... D'oh!