The Homer Simpson Award- Animated Character

Named For: Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)
Awarded To: The best character on an animated series
No previous winners

10. Allen Gregory (Allen Gregory) 0 points

9. Gary (Unsupervised) 0 points

8. Louise Belcher (Bob's Burgers) 0 points

7. Karl Pilkington (Ricky Gervais Show) 1 point
4th by Jaydon

6. Bob Belcher (Bob's Burgers) 4 points
2nd by Me

5. Pam Poovey (Archer) 7 points
2nd by Jaydon and Cecil

4. Stewie Griffin (Family Guy) 8 points
2nd by Tyson, Larry, and Jack, 5th by Me

3. Sterling Archer (Archer) 11 points
1st by Cecil and Jaydon, 4th by Me

2. Eric Cartman (South Park) 14 points
1st by Tyson, 3rd by Me

and the Poolie goes to...

1. Peter Griffin (Family Guy) 19 points
1st by T-time, Larry, Jack, and Bonz, 1st by Me

This is Peter Griffin's first nomination and win for the best character on an animated series.  Seth MacFarlane, the voice of Peter, has been nominated for Stewie Griffin and Glen Quagmire in the past.

While Family Guy may have its fair share of "what the h is going on?" moments, and thus has failed to win The Flintstones Award the past two seasons, Peter Griffin - Family Guy himself - never fails to impress.  It's his attitude, it's his voice, dag nabbit it's those green pants!  Whenever you watch an episode of Family Guy, you can count on at least a couple of instantly classic lines from Peter, and that is exactly why he wrapped up the very first Homer Simpson Award for the best animated character on television.

by Dan Forcella

The Flintstones Award- Best Animated Series

Named For: The Flintstones (ABC) 1960-66
Awarded To: Best animated series from June 1, 2009 - May 31, 2010
Last Year's Winner: Family Guy (FOX)

Place. Show (Network) Points (My Vote)

5. Archer (FX) 4 points (3rd)

4. The Simpsons (FOX) 6 points

3. The Ricky Gervais Show (HBO) 6 points (1st)

Runner-Up
2. South Park (Comedy Central) 12 points

and the Poolie goes to...
1. Family Guy (FOX) 15 points (2nd)

Family Guy is what it is. It was once ridiculously hilarious. It is now ridiculously hilarious, in spurts. Whether McFarlane and company have spread themselves too thin through three animated series, or they've just run out of jokes for certain characters, Family Guy has slid in its quality.

Oh, this is supposed to be a positive review right? Well Family Guy is still funny. Between Peter and Stewie you have two of the funniest characters on tv right there. It's just too bad that the schtick has worn thin on me. The wild tangents and constant allusions have gotten tiresome. Shoot! Did it again.

Yeah sure it's not that stacked of a category, but it should still be proud of this win. I think the second Star Wars spoof helped its cause quite a bit...at least in getting my second place vote. Something, Something, Something Dark Side wasn't as good as Blue Harvest, but this Star Wars fan will tell you that Empire Strikes Back isn't as good as the original Star Wars so they had less to work with. Yeah, yeah. I know what you're saying. Empire Strikes Back is well known as the best Star Wars movie. Agree to disagree. Back to the matter at hand. The season finale was a great punctuation on a subpar season, as their full fledged parodies are always better than trying to fit a bunch of spoofs inside of one ep.

Sunday Speculations- Curb Has a Little Chinese

Family Guy
So our good friend Seth MacFarlane decided to rip on Disney in this week's episode. As Stewie and Brian were making their way through all of the different Universes, they fell upon the Universe in which everyone is drawn as a Disney cartoon. As one of the biggest Disney guys out there, I loved it. MacFarlane captured the true essence of Disney animation and it was awesome. He really didn't trash on Disney at all, except for the final dig that Disney hated Jews. Peter was my favorite because reminded me of Gaston's lackey, Lefou, from Beauty and the Beast. All in all it was a good start to the season.

Curb Your Enthusiasm
We got the first "Pretty, pretty, pretty" of the season during this episode, but that wasn't even close to the best part of the episode for me. It's the subtleties to Leon's comedy that drive me crazy. At the end of the episode, when Loretta and the rest of the Black family is driving away from LD with steam coming out of their ears, Leon shows up at the driveway next to Larry. After LD explains to him that there was a huge blow up and Leon's whole family is leaving and never coming back, Leon explains calmly, "That's some sh*t." Larry, wanting to make sure Leon is going to join his fam, prods, "Now you're going tooo...?" And Leon steals the show with "Go upstairs and eat this f*ckin' Chinese food...in my room." Fantastic.

Amazing Race
Two teams have garnered my affection after the two-hour season premier. Zev and Justin are a dude with Asperger's syndrome (Zev) and his friend Justin. Zev has already given me more laughs than anyone from a year ago. His boy Justin is just the straight man at this point. Flight Time and Big Easy, the Harlem Globetrotters seem laid back, but once they found out the poker playing girls lied to everyone the claws started to come out. I hope both these pairings go a long way.

Best comp of the ep, Japanese Game Show. The energy from the fans and the host was fantastic. I hated that this comp was basically luck. Whenever the roulette wheel lands on you, you get to do the challenge? Dumb. That being said, the challenge did look a bit difficult. Eat a wasabi bomb in two minutes. Now I've never even thought about eating wasabi, but if I were in this competition I know who I would want for my partner...Lar. I enjoy hot foods a good amount, but when we got suicide wings from Planet Wings, I was downing milk after one bite. Lar put down six to eight of those things like it was nothing.

FOX Fall Preview

What we're excited for from FOX this fall.

Check out FOX's entire lineup with my recommendations here.

House
Season six begins this fall and Gregory House is not at Princeton Plainsboro. Instead he will start the season at a mental institution. I like anything that takes the plot away from the standard no storyline episode that House brings half of the time. Rumor has it that Chase and Cameron will be back on the team come next year and that only means good things. Since Chase left, I have actually started to like him. I'm sure that will change once he comes back.

The MacFarlane Trio
Family Guy is now in its eighth season, American Dad will begin its fifth, and The Cleveland Show comes to FOX for the first time. Family Guy will continue to take every third week off and throw out a dud of an episode, but there are plenty of unbelievable eps, see Bird Is The Word, to get me excited. American Dad is like Family Guy's little brother, but Roger the Alien is funny enough to keep my attention. I'm not a huge Cleveland fan, but if MacFarlane's at the helm, it shows some promise.

Brothers
This new sitcom starring Michael Strahan is bound to be bad, but when has being a bad show, ever stopped a show from being entertaining (see Full House, Las Vegas, One Tree Hill). Unlike those shows, Brothers may end up being bad in a bad way. But with ex-Giant Michael Strahan and Chubbs Peterson as main characters, I'll tune in for the first few episodes or so.

The Lily Finnerty Award (2009)

The Lily Finnerty Award for the
Character You Love To Hate in a Comedy Series

Rank. Character (Show)- Total Points...(My Rank)
10th. Evan Chambers (Greek)- 0 points

9th. Timmy (Rules of Engagement)- 0 points

8th. Pam Beesly (The Office)- 3 points

7th. Toofer Spurlock (30 Rock)- 8 points

6th. Kath Day (Kath and Kim)- 8 points...(4th)

5th. Mel (Flight of the Conchords)- 9 points...(3rd)

4th. Rusty Cartwright (Greek)- 10 points...(1st)

3rd. Glen Quagmire (Family Guy)- 16 points...(5th)

Runner-Up
2nd. Charles Miner (The Office)- 18 points

The Poolie Goes To
1st. Toby Flenderson (The Office)- 24 points...(2nd)

And now with some words on Toby Flenderson here is T-time of Solomons Lines...

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Taking their cues from Michael Scott, tv viewers have united in their hatred for Toby Flenderson. The Office's resident wet blanket constantly puts a stop to Michael's ideas, much to his and apparently America's aggravation. A large portion of the appeal in hating Toby has to come from how much Michael visibly hates him. Michael's continuous dismissal of Toby brings a lot to the show. Whereas Toby may not be the most obnoxious character on television, he is the guy that viewers love to hate.

The Flintstones Award (2009)

The Flintstones Award for Best Animated Series

Rank. Show- Total Points...(My Rank)
5th. King of the Hill- 0 points

4th. American Dad- 7 points...(2nd)

3rd. The Simpsons- 13 points...(3rd)

Runner-Up
2nd. South Park- 22 points

The Poolie Goes To
1st. Family Guy- 28 points...(1st)
And with no guest spot here I am with some insight...

I don't know what was going on at the turn of the century to cause Fox to cancel Family Guy, but it must have been nuts. Seth MacFarlane created the funniest animated television series since Snagglepuss graced us with his gay lisp of a voice on Saturday mornings. Sure the plot of
every episode is ridiculous, but I'm not watching my animated sitcoms for structure. I'm watching Family Guy for non-stop attempts at the funny.

Season seven saw a lot of that with a pure gem of a second episode. When Peter takes the family to a 50s diner 'Surfin Bird' by The Trashmen comes on the Juke Box and nothing but comedy gold ensues. Nothing this season has been better than when Peter buys the record for himself and plays it over and over again.

Fox Returners

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles returns for its second season on Fox. I really enjoyed the first season and this show is probably in my top five awaited returns. The addition of Brian Austin Green mid-season was a great decision. Seeing young David Silver as an action star is like a dream come true. Also, Clare's friend from the first season of Heroes is John Connor so that's an extra tv plus. If you are excited for the new Christian Bale infested Terminator 4, you really should catch up on Sarah Connor Chronicles to fill the time.

Best Character:
Derek Reese (below left)

Worst Character: (only thinking of the five main characters)
John Connor (above right), which is sad because I like him.

House starts their fifth season this fall and it's starting to drag a little for me. Sure I love House's quirks and Wilson's everything, but the episodes are getting too repetitive for me. Give me some more relationship stuff, like with the House, Wilson, Cut-throat B*tch love triangle. It's like they only have one or two of these situations a season. Also if House could watch more soaps and play more gameboy I would get a bunch more laughs out of it.

Best Character:
Greg House (below left)

Worst Character:
Eric Foreman (above right)

Family Guy is now in its seventh season although there was that break in between because it got cancelled. what?!? This is by far the best animated show of all time, and they come up with the most subtle but ridiculous ways to make you laugh. One of the great things about this show is that there are three tremendous characters that I can absolutely see being someone's favorite character. Although I am a Peter man, Stewie or Brian would be absolutely the best character on any other animated show on television.

Best Character:
Peter Griffon (below)

Worst Character:
Herbert (creepy old guy)