10 Similarities You Never Noticed In Family Guy And The Simpsons
4. The Similar Roles Of The African-American Characters
Homer and Peter both have a black friend whos a drinking buddy. Cleveland Brown spends most of his time at The Drunken Clam, whilst Carl Carlson is usually found at Moes. The usual judge in both shows is also black; Judge Roy Snyder in The Simpsons and the judge on Family Guy whos voiced by Phil LaMarr. Thats not odd in itself, but it is when you consider the scarcity of black characters on both shows. Ollie Williams and Dr Hibbert are also parodies - the first of generic black weathermen and the latter of Bill Cosby. The next most significant black characters, Drederick Tatum and Jerome (The Simpsons Lou is apparently Asian), are big, tough, and have moustache-goatee facial hair. So on both shows the four most frequently-appearing black characters are, in order, a drinking buddy, a parody, a hard man, and a judge. That's so bizarrely similar it can't even have been planned.
