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Summary: Oh my God! Are you Stephen King?! No I'm Dean Koontz! Oh...
Review: I would have never heard of the Family Guy if my friends didn't let me know about it. Ten minutes in the first episode i ever saw i was hooked! This is the wittiest, non-stop, smartest humor I have ever seen or heard and you'll know immediately why it had to be cancelled. I'll get the 2 bad things about the DVDs out of the way:
1) It's true: the DVDs are poorly packaged (however decently boxed) and dont look like they even have a disc in them.
2) These episodes contain many unnecessary and continuous flashbacks, that, although they're still funny (o.k., hilarious), they get old really really quick and they soon start to become obnoxious.
Now for the good stuff...
1) Everyone and everyone involved! Especially Stewie and Chris whose genius lines and absurd comic gags come in at just the right times, even when you least expect it. (Evil Monkey! "Bon Appetit!") Lois, Peter, and Brian are great too, but dont seem to have as much of the comic flow as those two. As for Meg...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
2) THE MOCKS, RIP-OFFS AND SARCASM! (BILL CLINTON, NEWS, ASIANS, MEXICANS, EUROPEANS, FRENCH, JAPANESE, CHINESE, AMERICANS, BLACKS, WHITES, REDNECKS, AND COUPON-SELLING CHICKENS)
3) THE JOKES
4) THE VOICES- EACH CHRACTERS VOICE GOES PERFECTLY WITH ITS OWNER.
5) The SHOW- EVEN IF YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN AN EPISODE, YOU'RE SURE TO LOVE IT- UNLESS IF YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO JUDGE A SHOW BY HOW RUDE IT IS AND HATE IT BECAUSE OF THAT.
I watched these 4 discs over 2 nights (2 discs per night) and was absolutely breathless and hurting from laughing so hard (BELIEVE ME!) and this is one of those DVD's that will be absolutely timeless for decades to come. And believe me, season 2 is the next DVD to become part of my collection.
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Summary: Best Animated Series
Review: The Family Guy is the best tv has to offer.The dog is named Brian and he is very funny.Any show that has a dog who drinks dry martinis has got to be funny.Some guy pees in the grandfather clock and then says your clock doesn't flush.Funny Stuff,I tell you.Fox ended this series way too early.Alot better than the Simpsons,this show is.The writers on this show are some the best writers on television.Laugh out loud funny is what this series is.Pick it up on DVD and enjoy the humor.
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Summary: Family Guy Returns
Review: First of all, THIS IS A GREAT TV SHOW!Second of all, Family Guy is going to return for at least one more season on Cartoon Network at the end of 2004/beginning of 2005.
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Summary: my favorite TV show
Review: I LOVE the Family Guy. While it might be considered controversial...that doesn't mean it's not funny. Chock full of pop culture references, (some of them rather obscure) one has to be paying attention to really appreciate the show.
Sadly, for whatever reason, the series was canceled before it's time. One can now enjoy the hilarity on DVD, or on comedy central.
If you have a wicked sense of humor, enjoy shows such as Southpark and The Simpsons....buy the Family Guy DVD!!!
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Summary: More like 100 stars instead of 5
Review: The best animated comedy show ever made. Screw the Simpsons, screw South Park, and though I hate saying this, screw Beavis and Butthead. This show delivers the most shock value humor, the funniest characters (Peter, Quagmire, News anchor Tom Tucker) and an endless amount of wit that comes in smaller portions in the other cartoons i mentioned. Plus I've never seen a show that breaks so many obvious copyrights from other movies and programs, and gets away with everything. This show is unique, lightning fast and extends the boundaries of cartoon comedy to a new level. The best thing is that thanks to dvd sales, now we can expect more.
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Summary: An open wound is funnier...
Review: This series really merited a rank of zero stars but that option wasn't offered. Cretinish, low-brow humor, nasally irritating voices and tiresome characters that are grindingly unwatchable. I jump for the remote to change channels even when the commercials come on. Turn the TV off if this is all that's on.
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Summary: Funny as #@$%
Review: Seth McFarland is proven a comic genius with this show and i never appreciated his work until I bought the DVD on a whim. I have not grown tired of this box set yet, and I bought it when it first came out. I hope that when the show is resumed by either fox or Cartoon Network all the original writers and voice actors can come back and do it all over again. A great show like this deserves more than 50 episodes. Thanks for all the laughs Mr. McFarland!
Favorite Episode: All of them are funny and great; a 50 way tie as of now. PS: Thanks fox for canceling the two best cartoons ever: Futurama and Family Guy. I laugh at you now that Family Guy is rumored to be coming back to television!!!
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Summary: Shazam!
Review: When I first saw ads for the Family Guy, I thought it sounded good - except for Stewie. Just goes to show how wrong I can be! When I watched the show, I discovered it's not good - it's GREAT! And Stewie? Well, he & Brian are my two favorites. I love the way they play off each other. Which may be why "Road to Rhode Island" is my favorite episode. (Like a masochist in Newport, we're Rhode Island bound! Classic!)
Two quibbles. I am so bummed that they cut out the scene where Stewie smuggles weapons past airport security and says "Let's hope Osama bin Laden doesn't know show tunes." What a gyp! I haven't made it to the very end yet, so maybe it's in the deleted scenes. I hope! That bit was hilarious! If not, well, I have my memories.
The other quibble is with people that do write ups with no apparent sense of what they are talking about. In the description of "Mind Over Murder" it says that Meg becomes an acclaimed lounge singer. Hello? On the planet Reality it's LOIS that becomes the lounge singer.
Gentle griping aside, the Family Guy is the best thing to hit television since, well, since nothing. It is THE best thing - bar none.
My husband and I look forward to many, many hours of side-splitting hilarity with our Family Guy dvd set. If you have a decent sense of humor & are not easily offended, it's worth a peek! Try it, you'll like it!
As "quickdraw" Peter says "SHAZAM!"
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Summary: Great Home DVD
Review: I was introduced to the Family Guy and knew I had to have the DVD's. The show is priceless--simple, if you're offended, if you don't like it, don't watch it! Otherwise, it has quality writing, funny hidden messages and its much better than any ratings-hungry low- quality show on t.v. today! The visual quality at times is not great--black, blurry lines scurry accross the screen--but afterall, I didn't buy this for the DVD quality! I suggest this DVD to everyone who isn't afraid to SOMETIMES think outside the box!
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Summary: Killer Buy it Now!
Review: Do not hesitate, this is one fo the funniest adult cartoon series I have ever seen. Very clever and enjoyable
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