Family Guy, Vol. 1
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Meet the Griffins: Peter, the huge, lovable oaf who permanently says what’s on his mind. Lois, the doting mother who can’t figure out why her baby son keeps trying to kill her. Their daughter Meg, the teen drama queen who’s constantly embarrassed by her family. Chris, the beefy 13-year-ancient who wouldn’t hurt a glide, unless it landed on his hot dog. Stewie, the maniacal one-year-ancient bent on world domination. And Brian, the sarcastic dog with a wit as dry as the martinis he drinks. The animated adventures of his outrageous family will have your whole family laughing out loud.Amazon.com
To the ranks of shows too brilliant and outrageous for prime calculate (The Ben Stiller Show, Andy Richter Controls the Universe), add Seth McFarlane's Family Guy. This animated series, which debuted after the 1999 Super Bowl, simply sparked too much controversy and offended too many sensibilities to survive (Entertainment Weekly dubbed it "the Appalling Show They Just Keep Putting on the Air"). That the Fox network also played hackysack with its schedule, ensuring viewers would not be able to find it, sealed its fate (it was cancelled in 2002). This boxed set containing all 28 episodes from the first two seasons is payback for the show's devoted cult following, who may be went to echo the words of infant Stewie Griffin, the megalomaniacal 1-year-ancient bent on matricide and world domination: "Victory is mine!"
The dysfunctional Griffins of Quahog, Rhode Island, invite comparisons to The Simpsons. The testicular-chinned father, Peter Griffin, is a clueless oaf in the Homer mold. "Peter, what did you look excellent me last night?" questions his long-suffering partner Lois in one episode. "That I wouldn't drink at the stag party," he answers. "And what did you do?" she questions. "Drank at the stag part--oh ho ho, I nearly walked into that one," he cackles. Other family members contain teenage daughter Meg, a reckless high school social pariah; 13-year-ancient son Chris, a chip off his father's blockhead; and Brian, the family's sarcastic talking dog. But this series' right inspiration is football-pated Stewie (voiced by McFarlane, who earned an Emmy), who was born to be a Bond villain once he escaped his mother's "ovarian bastille." Family Guy recklessly ventured everywhere The Simpsons feared to tread. In one episode, Meg's one and only friend turns out to be the member of a suicidal cult. In a further, Death (voiced by Norm McDonald) becomes an unwanted houseguest. Each episode plays quick and furious with surreal flashes (in one episode, Peter turns his household into a puppet) and pop-polish references and TV, show, and commercial parodies that invite continual viewings. Freed from its own family-hour bastille and the whims of dim network executives, Family Guy can be appreciated at last on its own profane, sacrilegious, and irreverent terms. Welcome to the DVD family, Griffins. --Donald Liebenson
February 21st, 2010 - 03:21
The Family Guy has to be one of the most blatant TV shows to come not working the line that rips off The Simpson. Up your sleeve from the Dog, it nearly a character-for-character rip off of that classic series. The “hook” for this series was supposed to be that “The Family Guy” would push buttons that “The Simpsons” may possibly only dream about, and they succeded at it. But, even as “The Simpsons’” wit and fantastic writing have prevented the characters (for the most part) from devolving into stereotypes; “The Family Guy” desperately tried to be more shocking with each episode and eventually collapsed below the weight of its own hype. In addition, simply since a show “pushes buttons” doesn’t automatically get on to it amusing. The right redeeming value of the Simpsons (and more just South Park) is that the shows get on to you reckon and have dynamic characters that the viewer really cares about even as either dancing (or sometimes trampling) on “the line” of what’s socially conventional. “The Family Guy,” even as containing some genuinely amusing moments, simply may possibly not compete with either the Simpsons or South Park. The deathblow to the show came with Fox’s juggling of the calculate schedule (which sardonically hurt the Simpsons ratings when they place it up against The Cosby Show in the 2nd season). But, the cult that surrounds this show still continues to be resilient online, thus resulting in the DVD’s that have been just released. My guess is that even as “The Simpsons” will continue to age like a fine wine, “The Family Guy” will age like a can of Natural Light that goes flat when you open it and finally be tossed on the ash heap of history with the numerous other shows that were either excellent or ok and that were in some way or a further Simpsons blow-offs (such as “Duckman” and “Dinosaurs!”).
Rating: 2 / 5
February 21st, 2010 - 05:07
“Family Guy” is an awesome show, above all in its first and second seasons.
But, like Calculate Life’s “Stout Albert” place forward, 2 episodes on one disc is just a blatent rip off. Especially when there are plenty of TV shows being released on a per-season level for $…(or as low as $…!)
It’s a fantastic show, but I’ll live with taped copies for a even as.
A loooooooooooooong even as.
Is FOX trying to steal from its fans? This is ridiculous!
Forget ‘em if this is how they’re going to treat we, the consumers.
Rating: 1 / 5
February 21st, 2010 - 07:12
I can’t reconcile people are saying that this show is so amusing. What’s so amusing about this show? It’s senseless, stupid, and riduculous! A stout, bone idle blockhead who cares about only himself and his family, a teenage girl who is shunned in school and in her family, and a baby that discussion but curses and swears at everybody; that is NOT my thought of a family show. This show is futile. Why do they have to get on to fun of family lives and well-known people? Let me question you something: How would YOU believe if YOU been made fun of? It’s not really nice, is it? So, why do they get on to shows everywhere they just get on to fun of people and the way of life? It’s plain STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Family Guy, Futurama, The Simpsons, or any reality show should never be on the air to start with. The writers and creators have a total lack of imagination. Do me a favor, buy something that’s REALLY, REALLY CREATIVE, not Family Guy or any of these senseless cartoons or reality shows. IT’S NOT WORTH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rating: 1 / 5
February 21st, 2010 - 09:23
Do not buy this for your child. It is highly inappropriate. My 12 year ancient received it for a Christmas gift and it is going in the garbage everywhere it belongs.
Rating: 1 / 5
February 21st, 2010 - 10:46
The only excellent business about this show is the baby. Other than that, I can’t NOT recommend this series enough. Unless you’re a huge fan of toilet humor and characters who desperately WANT to be Homer Simpson, but reduction sadly fleeting, that is… Don’t bother with this.
Rating: 1 / 5