Futurama cancelled again

toddpygensky wrote:
If someone had asked me 10 years ago what were great animated shows to watch, I could have made a long list. Now with the cancellation of Futurama, I cant really think of many. I do still watch South park, but cant really remember the last time I had a good laugh from the show.

I remember arguing with my friend in high school about Simpsons vs South Park. This was in the first couple of years of South Park and, though I didn't know it at the time, the last couple good years of the Simpsons. Probably around 98-99.

I would argue that South Park was all Shock value and had no staying power and that the Simpsons had much better writing (which was true at the time). I lost that argument in the long run.

I would have been crushed at the time, but looking back I really wish they would have ended the Simpsons back then and put all their stock in Futurama to keep it going. The Simpsons is less than a shell of its former self.

South Park however is still funny as hell. But it's winding down now too. I'm pretty sure they just cut their yearly seasons in half. Family Guy is on its way out too. McFarlane has said it himself. It's a dark time for animated comedy.