What kind of humor does Family Guy often use ?
Journalist / critic Frank Lovece in " Newsday " contrasted the humor tradition of Groening 's two series , finding that , "" The Simpsons " echoes the strains of American - Irish vaudeville humor — the beer - soaked , sneaking - in - late - while - the - wife 's - asleep comedy of Harrigan and Hart , McNulty and Murray , the Four Cohans ( which , yes , included George M. ) and countless others : knockabout yet sentimental , and ultimately about the bonds of blood family .