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

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Summary: Great Show - DVD somewhat disappointing
Review: Not too many extras: some commentary on a few episodes,some promo ads, nothing too special

In the episode "Road to Rhone Island" from disc 3, about 40 seconds of footage is cut out. Stewie is in the airport and wants to smuggle weapons onto the airplane so he sings to distract security while his luggage goes through the x-ray. After he goes through he says "I sure hope Osama Bin Laden doesn't know showtunes." Soon after a Bid Laden looking character comes and starts singing showtunes.

Sure, they can include the unaired and controversial episode "When you Wish Upon a Weinstein" on volume two, but they have to cut out this scene. A new volume one should be re-released and uncut. Damn you 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment!!!

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Summary: Great
Review: this show was one of the greatest thing to happen in my life then they cancelled and i was hartbroken but now atleast they play it on the week days though there only re-runs

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Summary: Excellent show that should still be aired at normal times
Review: I love Family Guy and the major reason I bought this DVD was the fact it was on at the oddest of times on my cable (11:00 PM Cartoon Network and 2:00 PM TBS)

The show is hilarious and is just about as good as the Simpsons. Peter is like Hank Hill, Homer Simpson, and Cartman combined. It has its own sense of humor and is different than the rest of the crap that is found on TV anymore.

All the characters have their unique personalities (especially Stewie) and each are funny in their own ways. There are also a lot of cliches that show up which can't help but be laughed at.

It is truly a shame (if not a travesty) that FOX Networks took this show off the air due to the fact that so many people were offended by it. They ought to put it back on.

Please...There is so much offensive things on TV anymore, they are hard to count. Interesting how a reality program that has 10 people living together having sex and getting drunk finds a way to stay on the air while a great and funny show like Family Guy (in which there are two married parents and two kids with a dog-the nuclear family) is thrown off. Amazing how the shows that set the poorest examples stay on the air. Some sensitive people are upset about a few comments on Family Guy when all of these reality shows are so trashy and risque.

The writers of Family Guy are very clever and deserve a lot of credit for this excellent program.

If you have an extra forty bucks lying around that you can't find anything to do with, go and spend it on this DVD package. You won't regret it.

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Summary: It was doomed from the start...
Review: The first time I saw this show I knew there was no way they could get away with these antics week after week. It is a shame that quick-witted, insightful commentary into American culture isn't more appreciated. Fox had a good thing going, but I guess they couldn't handle the pressure. Look at all dreck on the air now, and it curious to see that people were offended at Family Guy. The add-ons are a distraction to the DVD, but the episodes themselves are worth the admission.

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Summary: Amazing TV show -- sub par DVD bonus material
Review: Let me get one thing straight right off the bat: "The Family Guy" was one of the best animated comedies on the telly. It takes more risks at upseting the mainstream than "The Simpsons" but isn't so blatant in shock value as "Southpark." In fact, I seriously loved this series when it was on the air and I'm thrilled that now that it's available on DVD, I can watch my favorite episodes whenever I want. If you're a fan of the show, you need these DVD box sets.

However, if you want really cool added features, keep looking. Unlike the commentary for DVDs like "The Simpsons" it's almost as though Seth and gang have no idea what DVD commentary is for. In fact, for many of the episodes that actually DO have commentary, they sit in silence instead of actually commenting -- which kinda begs the question -- why is this called an audio commentary track when you barely comment?

Also, many of the comments really aren't that entertaining at all. Occasionally Seth M. or Seth Green will speak in their characters' voices to comment (which would have been sooo much more interesting if they continued to do so) but for the most part they just don't say much.

Highlights of the commentary do include the actress who does Lois' voice (she is damn funny).... but some of the other voice actors/actresses that are on the commentary seem to have been brought in at last minute. One of supporting voice actors even asks in geniune astonishment: "Brian the dog has a martini?" Which makes you kind of wonder if some of the actors even bothered watching the series they were in while it aired.

There's only one documentary (if you want to call it that) which is simply a long commercial for the show.

I was disappointed in the bonus material, but the episodes themselves are worth the price of the box set. I just hope in the future, more people who bother with DVD commentary do something other than just sit in silence.

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Summary: One of the funniest shows ever.
Review: i really love this show. the jokes are nearly every 3 seconds. even if i've seen an episode more than once i notice little funny things. these 4 dvds in my hand are the best dvds i've ever owned. this is the greatest, if not one of the greatest comedies ever.( it's one of the best along with: i love lucy,the simpsons,seinfeld,and friends) plenty of laughs. if you LOVE COMEDY this is a MUST OWN. p.s. FOX stop canceling great shows!!!...futurama...dark angel...family guy...

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Summary: Watch it, please
Review: I bought this because people said it was funny and I already have the other Simpsons tapes. I popped in the first episode. It was at about the time when the whole family screams "Oh No!" and the KoolAid guy bursts through the courtroom wall and says "OH YEAH!" that I realized this show was as good as, if not better, than the Simpsons. This show is hilarious, all the characters are great, with the exception of Chris sometime. Stewie, the 1-year-old who wants to take over the world, is arguably the funniest character from any animated show ever. The funniest parts of this show come in the flashbacks in the stories they tell, and these parts are funny and often. I bought this blind, but it defintely doesn't disappoint. 5 out of 5

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Summary: Funny, funny!
Review: What can I say? This show is as funny as the Simpsons ever were, and much more edgy.
It's a shame it had to go, but I have reruns and my DVDs :)

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Summary: Brilliance on a Disc
Review: The Family Guy is arguably the cleverest, funniest, most remarkable show of our time. The fact that Fox cancelled it for being too offensive proves how closed-minded and afraid of the truth the general public really is. Flip through televison channels for an hour, and once you see all the shallow, commercial, thoughtless nonsense that occupies the airwaves, then you will truly appreciate the genius of this show. This DVD is a must if your sense of humour is slightly deeper than watching stupid people make fools of themselves in front of cameras.

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Summary: This Show Is Freakin' Sweet
Review: Family Guy is the best show ever. It's a shame that they had to cancel it, as it's funnier than The Simpsons. THIS SHOW RULES!!!!! GO STEWIE!!!!!