Family Guy, Vol. 1 (Seasons 1 & 2) | 
 enlarge | Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.98
Buy Used: $9.93
You Save: $30.05 (75%)
New (84) Used (74) Collectible (2) from $9.93
Rating:  685 reviews
Sales Rank: 641
Format: Animated, Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 4
Running Time: 22 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 1.3
MPN: FOXD2006952D
Model: 3007wfp
UPC: 024543069515
EAN: 0024543069515
ASIN: B000083C6V
Theatrical Release Date: January 31, 1999
Release Date: April 15, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
| |
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 10/21/2008
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
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 680 more reviews...
 How can a series be good without Pauly Shore, Carrot Top, or Bob Saggot? November 12, 2008
Lemmy Seyer Hardawn
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
The jokes and comedy on this show are nowhere near the quality of good comedians like Pauly Shore, Carrot Top, or Bob Saggot.
 STOP complaining Please!!! October 23, 2008
Jason S. Greene (Illinois)
I wish people would just enjoy the show for what it is instead of bashing it on here. If (in my opinion) you want to comment on it say something positive not negative. THere's enough negative crap in the world as it is. Sure every show and movie out there has flaws. Nobody is perfect. You know there is a button on your t.v. remote that says on/off you know. Stewie is my fave character! I got the family guy bendable set and a Stewie plush animated doll. HILARIOUS!!! SOmeone always comments on it when new people come over. You know they should make a movie: "Chucky vs. Stewie"! That would've been better I believe than the "Seed of CHucky". THink about it, there both bout the same size and both have overalls. Hmmmm. What you all think? Just a idea. I got a few Chucky dolls from 12" to 30" too. That Stewie Halloween costume is cool too!
 Freakin' Awesome! September 26, 2008
John A. Clements
You can never go wrong with Family Guy!
----n.W.o. 4 Life!
I cry from laughing so hard September 25, 2008
GoMavs37 (Texas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is my favorite televison series. The episodes are laugh-out-loud funny and so is the commentary by the cast and crew.
These seasons were terrible August 6, 2008
NYCmitch25 (New York, USA)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I like Family Guy and apparently so does America since Seth was just signed for a pile of money throughout 2012. Honestly these first seasons are absolutely terrible, these seasons illustrate how they were trying to borrow from the Simpsons too heavily and not very good at it as well. It was only after they found what works for them (cheap cude and over the top) and flash backs later on which make them worth watching. I suggest to skip these first few seasons as they add little to the plot and really make for some aweful comedy.
|
|
|
