Why do I Continue to Watch This Show?

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I haven't bothered removing it from my dvr, so I still watch it and still don't laugh. God help me, I agree that there is a certain charm to how lazy and stupid it is. Every joke is as broadcasted as a tropical storm. I would never ever, EVER compare it to Team America, where 30 minutes of that movie provides more laughs than the entire season of Dads has, but to each their own.

100% agree about Brenda, though.

Yep, right with you. I know it's awful, but watch it and somehow enjoy it. I think it's just because I like the main actors so much, plus Brenda Song is absolutely stunning. Put her back in that schoolgirl outfit and I'm a viewer for life.

Because it does offer a couple of genuinely funny moments per each episode, and the fine cast carry the show over the rough spots.

According to Jim and Rules of Engagement weren't particularly well written either, but they survived eight and seven seasons respectively because of casts that clicked.

martin mull says funny things.
Brenda song looks hot.
these two things are important for Televison!

OP i am in the exact same boat.

This show is terrible. It really is. The jokes are broadcast from about a mile away, the oneliners are duds the likes of which you rarely ever see, there's
racism that sometimes i still can't believe i'm witnessing, yet i haven't
missed an episode.

I dunno, i kinda think about Norm Macdonald and his take on sometimes a joke
that absolutely BOMBS being be just as funny as one that kills. That's DADS
for me. It's that bombing joke that i still find entertainment in because
comedy ain't easy, and i give props to the people standing up on stage
squirming their way through it.

Though i have to admit, too, that sometimes...SOMETIMES i feel like this is
Seth McFarlane and the gang having a huge laugh, trying to see how far they
could convince FOX to carry this trainwreck before finally killing it.

It's too bad, because Ribisi is a talent, and i always find Seth Green
very watchable.

And yeah, that asian chick is about the most smoking hot woman on broadcast
tv right now.





"Gallifrey Stands!"

I've watched every episode so far and can honestly say that I have no idea whether I really like this show or not. It's definitely low brow and predictable humour which sometimes works and I'm more convinced than ever that the laugh track of every sitcom needs to go away (having an APPLAUSE sign flash in front of a "live studio audience" counts as a laugh track in my book). The writing bounces between weak to chuckle-worthy to having a couple actual laugh aloud moments. At its weakest moments, those moments when I'm ready to quit, the writers seem to know and put Brenda Song on screen at which point my brain sits back down on the couch and it's on to the next hit or miss joke. All in all, it's not a great show but as a sitcom it's definitely worth watching for those "hit" moments. I don't expect much from a sitcom, just a show that can make me laugh, forget about the day and do it without making me feel embarrassed for the actors, then it's at least a moderate success for me. This fits that bill so far.