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Family Guy, Vol. 1 (Seasons 1 & 2)

Family Guy, Vol. 1 (Seasons 1 & 2)

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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Bad DVD
Review: After waiting patiently for this DVD to come out I'm starting to see that it won't be as great or complete as I'd expected. While it will be great to have one the best t.v. shows in history on DVD..I've yet to see that the Christmas episode is included with this set and that was definately during the first two seasons! From what I've read: The US version will NOT have all the first and second season episodes..some are likely held back to bundle in the second set..this of course means more(not necessary)waiting time! Go to Family Guy Files and check it out. And it's been censored no matter what..I know the UK says the DVD is uncut but apparently Fox removed some material(Bin Laden)BEFORE sending it to the BBFC for them to review so it was never technically censored by them.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: WARNING!! CENSORED RELEASE!!!
Review: This DVD release has been CENSORED!!

"When You Wish Upon a Weinstein," which is included in the Region 2 set, has been censored in this release!.

A Bin Laden joke is also censored from the "Road to Rhode Island" episode!

This is what many people were waiting for a DVD release for!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: All the episodes that aired in seasons 1 & 2
Review: Family Guy only had a three season run (I think after a year of silence it's safe to say there won't be anymore). These two DVDs make up over half of the 50 episodes in the series. Despite what you may have heard, these 28 episodes entail every episode that aired in the first two seasons. Because of Season 1's late start, a lot of season 1 episodes were pushed into season 2, which in turn pushed some season 2 episodes into season 3.
The series starts of very strong for a first-time viewer. The episodes are packed tight with jokes and often go off on wild tangents. The early stories are a little weak, but they pick up in the second season where the series gets even more creative. Definately something that keeps getting better through the second season. The third season was a little weaker, so if you were only getting one of the two sets, I'd recommend this one.
If you've never seen Family Guy, then be warned: it's not for everyone. It's got crude humour, and isn't afraid to poke fun at just about anything, despite what popular opinion might be.
The DVD set also comes at a relatively cheap price, considering you're getting 28 episodes of Family Guy goodness. The third season set would most likely entail the other 21 episodes (22 if they include the unaired "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein") and thus in two purchases you can have all of Family Guy.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Absolutely Hilarious
Review: Family Guy has become a sort of underground fav for those who enjoy sarcastic humor and biting social commentary. Suggested for those who enjoy the Simpsons, Futurama and South Park. Keep an eye out for the third season, that is the best one.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Funniest Underrated show ever!
Review: First off, there are only 29 episodes in the first two seasons. There is the banned missing episode that never appeared on television. That is not included in this dvd set, but is in the other regions. The 10 secs missing from that one episode isn't anything. The creator of the show has the right to put what he wants in the dvd and take out things he doesnt want. What I have heard is that the creator was apparently going to take that flight that crashed into the tower. So, after that he found that joke tasteless. If you really want to see the 10 secs, download it off the internet somewhere, dont complain about it. We are lucky enough that the show is coming out on dvd and in the form of two seasons at once.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Ugh.
Review: I'm wanting and awaiting a release of the third season of "The Simpsons", and yet, here is "Family Guy" in all of its humorless glory, still (trying to) ride Homer's coattails. Yes, if you buy the Simpsons, you can get a discount on this second- (or third-) rate knockoff.

I tried to give this show a chance, despite its already horrible premise. You have a fat, overweight, lackadaisical Everyman, his semi-reasonable wife, a smart daughter, a dumb son, a super-intelligent baby (with a disgusting 40-year-old voice) and a talking dog. The family would get into, and out of, ludicrous capers (which isn't necessarily bad - the Simpsons is often at its best in these moments; I mean, Homer becomes an astronaut?).

However, where the family guy really runs afoul is in its horrible writing. Whereas the Simpsons often times tweaks popular culture and current events, the Family Guy runs over them with a sledgehammer. In fact, this show seems to want to be more South Park than the Simpsons, but is afraid to jump over the cliff in the profanity aspect. So instead, we are treated to mean-spirited jokes about Oprah Winfrey or the NBC network, which fail to amuse.

I am surprised by the reviewer who claims this show is just "too witty, shocking and satirical" for American tastes. In fact, the Family didn't fail because of its shock content; in fact, most of America hardly batted an eye during its two (or maybe three, but who's counting?) season run. I remember reading a TV critic who lamented the Fox network's choice of ignoring a gold mine in Futurama, while continuing to run episodes of the sad-sack Family Guy. Indeed, I lament those of you who shell out your hard earned money for this tripe.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: HILARIOUS!!
Review: One of the funniest shows of all time. I wouldn't say it is quite up to the simpsons but never was there an episode when i wasnt on the florr laughing.
... I say buy it!it is amazingly funny.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: phat
Review: well, Family Guy just owns. the series isn't better than the simpsons BUT IS funnier than the simpsons. the writing on this show is so high calibur. go buy this now. you will laugh so hard for so long, then watch it over again and laugh some more. it's that good.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Three Words:
Review: Over the top. Ahead of it's time. There are so many adjectives to describe this show it's hard to know where to begin. This is the ultimate show for pissing off the squares and judging true intellect. This show was better than most Simpsons episodes and had too many pop culture references to count. The writing was amazing with the character interaction, diversity, and stereotyping. The best part is still when they're in Joe's new police van and it has the auto arrest mode. You have to see it to understand it, but if you don't fall on the floor laughing then you're obviously braindead or [incompetent.]...

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Missing Episodes
Review: I would have given this DVD set a 5 star rating, but it apparently does NOT CONTAIN ALL SEASON 1 & 2 EPISODES.

Amazon.com's info section says there are only 28 episodes, but both seasons combined actually had 37 episodes. There were 15 episodes in Season 1 and 22 episodes in Season 2. So it seems they are leaving a lot out of material, including the racier & banned from TV episodes. This is extremely disappointing considering I thought the entire point of this DVD collection was to finally give fans ALL the episodes.

Hopefully when/if they release a boxset of Season 3 (which *should* contain 13 episodes), they will add the 9 episodes that are missing from this Season 1 & 2 collection.


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