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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Family
EAN: 0024543069515
Format: Animated, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundFrenchOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 StereoSpanishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledSpanishDubbedDolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Model: 3007wfp
MPN: D2006951D
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 15, 2003
Running Time: 22 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: January 31, 1999
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
The misadventures of the Griffin family, their brilliant talking dog, and their maniacal infant son intent on ruling the world.
Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 15-APR-2003
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com:
To the ranks of shows too brilliant and outrageous for prime time (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 Awful 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 moved to echo the words of infant Stewie Griffin, the megalomaniacal 1-year-old 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 promise me last night?" asks his long-suffering wife Lois in one episode. "That I wouldn't drink at the stag party," he replies. "And what did you do?" she asks. "Drank at the stag part--oh ho ho, I almost walked into that one," he cackles. Other family members include teenage daughter Meg, a desperate high school social pariah; 13-year-old son Chris, a chip off his father's blockhead; and Brian, the family's sarcastic talking dog. But this series' true 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 where 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 another, Death (voiced by Norm McDonald) becomes an unwanted houseguest. Each episode plays fast and furious with surreal flashes (in one episode, Peter turns his house into a puppet) and pop-culture references and TV, movie, and commercial parodies that invite repeated 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
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
This show is funny, but you might not get at first, it sort of grows on you.
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To give you an idea of what Family Guy is like, imagine the Simpsons but without that small veneer that keeps it grounded in reality. Family Guy has the same old-fashioend sitcom core that has worked for generations - a stupid but well-meaning dad and his zany family - but adds a huge dose of ridiculous unreality to the mix. The show makes heavy use of random cutaways that exist for no other purpose but to be funny. It also holds nothing sacred, willingly making jokes at anything, even itself. Admittedly, ... Read More
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If you have never heard of the Griffins', well maybe you should start here. You will really enjoy the comedy of Seth MacFarlane. Laugh Out Loud Funny!
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This is my second copy of Vol. 1. The box was slightly damaged on the first copy and it bothered me so much I had to get a new one. I remember when Family Guy first debuted on TV thinking that the idea of a talking baby was ridiculous so I never bothered to watch the program. Then one day I was on YouTube looking at videos and saw a hilarious clip of Family Guy featuring Stewie. I started watching the program after that and was completely hooked after a couple of episodes. I own all the volumes of this ... Read More
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Love it. That's all I have to say. To add: its nice to have two seasons in one DVD box set.
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