'Toon feud: jabs thrown between 'Simpsons' and 'Family Guy'

NEW YORK (AP) _ ``The Simpsons'' took a shot at fellow Fox cartoon ``Family Guy.'' So that series' creator is taking a shot right back. <br/><br/>Seth MacFarlane said an episode of

Tuesday, July 12th 2005, 10:16 am

By: News On 6

NEW YORK (AP) _ ``The Simpsons'' took a shot at fellow Fox cartoon ``Family Guy.'' So that series' creator is taking a shot right back.

Seth MacFarlane said an episode of ``The Simpsons'' where a Homer Simpson clone was identified as ``Family Guy'' dad Peter Griffin was ``definitely a slam.''

But since the ``Family Guy'' team dishes out plenty of its own insults, it should be able to take some, MacFarlane told Blender magazine.

``To me, Peter is much more similar to Ralph Kramden than he is to Homer, right down to his voice,'' he said, referring to the character from ``The Honeymooners.'' ``That's what I see. But because `The Simpsons' and `Family Guy' are really the only two shows of their kind of television, there'll be comparisons made.''

MacFarlane said he was definitely influenced by ``The Simpsons.''

``I mean, in its prime, it was one of the greatest comedy shows of all time,'' he said. ``But it's not the show it was. It can't be. You can't do 16 seasons and be consistent.''