 Robin Pierson of The TV Critic gave the episode a mixed review , rating the episode a 67 / 100 , calling it one of the most densely packed pilots on television . He mentioned that it was entertaining but said that there were many jokes that followed the quality does not win out over quantity saying . He compared Peter to Homer Simpson and he compared the show to The Simpsons and King of the Hill . He criticized the amount of unfunny jokes while he praised the surreal moments . At the end of his review he stated that Family Guy was a different kind of animated comedy which set out to do jokes that other cartoons couldn ’ t do , also mentioning that the show had promise to become really funny . 
