Production Year: 1999 - Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green more
The first season of the prematurely-cancelled animated sitcom FAMILY GUY is collected on this parody-packed release. Witness the Griffin family in all of their goofiness, as little... more
breathtakingly derivative: does an animated series about the travails of a boorish, suburban yob with a saintly wife, a hopeless son, a clever daughter and a bab...
breathtakingly derivative: does an animated series about the travails of a boorish, suburban yob with a saintly wife, a hopeless son, a clever daughter and a bab...
Griffin family and their madcap adventures. The Griffin household includes two teenagers a cynical dog who is smarter than everyone else and a megalomaniacal m...
three seasons, plus two bonus discs of additional material including commentaries, deleted scenes and featurettes.Creator Seth MacFarlane drew on his own New England upbringing to create the dysfunctional Griffin family and the other less-than-endearing inhabitants of Quahog, Rhode Island. In addition to animating the original concept, MacFarlane also voices the show's three most indelible characters: recklessly stupid paterfamilias Peter Griffin, sophisticated pooch Brian and Stewie, the one-year-old obsessed with world domination.Though comparisons are inevitable, from the outsetFamily Guyestablished itself as no mereSimpsonsclone. Quahog is both a more realistic and far less cuddly place than Springfield. The Griffins and their neighbours inhabit a town where both random acts of violence and virulent verbal abuse are doled out on a regular basis; they indulge in copious (albeit mild) swearing; and the mocking of minorities, PC attitudes and pretty much anyone and anything else, is delightfully commonplace. Most joyfully distinctive of all, though, are the flashbacks, surreal episodes and sundry othernon sequitursthat continually interrupt the Griffins' daily lives.The show is also characterised by a plethora of pop-culture references, many of which will fall flat for a non-US audience. But the scattershot approach to jokes--they just keep coming and coming--ensures that for every one you don't get, there will be three that will have you in stitches. Rumours abound of a potential fourth season and even a movie; but for now this is the definitive collection.On the DVD:The Family Guy Collectionpresents the episodes on discs as they appeared in the original three box sets, with no extra features nor anything as useful as a "Play All" facility. Two bonus discs contain all the additional material: here 14 episodes have optional chatty, laid-back commentaries from MacFarlane and other members of the creative team. MacFarlane also appears in the short featurettes, talking about the show's creation and its interminable censorship problems. The rough-and-ready original pilot is also here, as well as animatic storyboards for selected scenes and seven TV promo spots. While the extra features alone are unlikely to tempt anyone who already has the series box sets, those who have only sampledFamily Guyso far will not want to miss this opportunity to own every joyous episode. --Mark Walker
Production Year: 1999 - Comedy - Director: Paul Weitz - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Jason Biggs, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Chris Klein, Seann William Scott, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Eugene Levy
Comedy - Director: Richard Boden, Mandie Fletcher, Martin Shardlow - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson
Production Year: 2004 - Comedy - Director: John Hay - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jimi Mistry, Kate Miles, Dougray Scott
Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
A review by TheDuke on Family Guy - Series 1 - Complete (DVD) February 23rd, 2004
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Advantages:
It's one of the funniest programmes on the telly .
Disadvantages:
Apart from a minor issue with picture quality, none .
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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Family Guy first appeared in my world years ago when it was first aired in the U.K. on Sky One, but if memory serves me right, it only lasted a few episodes before it disappeared for a while. However, those few episodes were enough for me to become hooked.
Jesus: "For my next miracle, I'm going to turn this water into funk!"
It's hard for me to offer up similar alternatives or even a one-line description of Family Guy, and the closest I can come up with is that it's a more risqué and surreal version of The Simpsons.
Stewie: "Damn you vile woman, you've impeded my work since the day I escaped your vile womb."
Family Guy follows the day to day life of the Griffin family from Quahog, Rhode Island. Peter is the supposed head of the household, although it's usually his stupidity or misfortune that an episode will concentrate on. Lois is his loving and long-suffering wife who will bring an element of common sense to the proceedings while balancing the complex issues of her children. Chris is a 13 year old boy with a desire for drawing and sitting in front of the telly with his dad. Meg is a sixteen year old girl whose main crisis in life is her lack of acceptance into some sort of "in crowd" of her peers, and this is her driving force throughout each episode when she's not being embarrassed by Peter's antics. Stewie is the youngest member of the Griffin family at just one year old, but he's already got ideas of world domination and in the first series he's already busy creating time machines and weather controlling devices to further his conquest. Last, and by no means least, is Brian. Brian is a dog. Not any ordinary dog though because he can talk and appears to be the only family member who can actually understand Stewie properly. He's also a voice of reason and can usually be seen with a martini or two in his paws.
Peter: "Oh, you people can kiss the fattest part of my ass."
For programmes such as Family Guy, it can be the characters as much as the writing/plot which makes or breaks a series. Like The Simpsons main two characters of Homer and Bart, it's Peter and Stewie Griffin who stand out as the most interesting characters. In fact, Stewie's accent (think of a cross between Vincent Price and an archetypal English gentleman and you'll be there) coupled with his world domination schemes make him the outstanding character in Series One.
It's rare for me to actually laugh out loud at a television programme, but in Family Guy there is at least one good laugh per episode, usually at one of Peter's flashbacks. I've tried describing these before to other people, but they really don't translate well outside of the programme itself. Throughout each episode, which generally follows the usual kinds of storylines of The Simpsons/Futurama or any recent American sitcom where there's a lesson to be learned and usually means that Peter has gotten himself into trouble. This will inevitably be solved along the line although not without a few surreal moments like the appearance of a cult leader trying to ascend to the next level or any one of Stewie's attempts to take over the world. The fact the show is animated gives the writers a licence to do almost anything they choose.
Watch one episode though, and you'll want to watch them all.
Over the course of the entire first series the quality of each episode remains high, and only sometimes will there be jokes you'll not get (usually references to American television programmes). Episodes do bear up to repeat viewing, and much like The Simpsons, you can dip in and out of them when you please.
Chris: "Cheesy Charlie's is great. They have a game where you put in a dollar and you get four quarters. I win every time."
As far as the voice acting goes, it's generally top notch as you would expect with most top class animated programmes. Most of the names might be unfamiliar to you although Seth Green (Austin Powers films, Idle Hands, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) as Chris with Lacey Chabert (Party of Five, Lost in Space, Yet Another Teen Movie) as Meg are the two names which might be recognisable.
Peter: "Listen Lois, I know you're a feminist and I think that's adorable, but this is grown-up time and I'm the man."
As far as extras are concerned, well, you'll get none. There are subtitles, of course, but this isn't even really counted as an 'extra' these days, is it? The picture quality is only average, especially for a cartoon, although it's still watchable but the sound is crisp and clear. For your money, you'll get two DVDs which cover the 14 episodes of Series 1, and with this currently going for less than £20 from the likes of Amazon, there's really no reason not to buy it.
Family Guy - Season One
Episodes on 2 Discs
Cast: Seth Green - Chris
Alex Borstein - Lois Lacey Chabert - Meg (season 1) Seth MacFarlane - Peter / Stewie / Brian
Plot: Family Guy is a prime time Cartoon show which many have said is an edgier version of 'The Simpson's'. It follows the Griffin family throughout their (Strange and Unusual) lives, the griffin family is made up of...
Stewie: An evil intelligent baby with a British accent who is intent ... ...comes from a very rich family who do not like Peter.
Brian: The talking dog who is witty and intelligent but loves a good martini.
Meg: The teenage daughter of the show, who is regularly the butt of the jokes.
Chris: The teenage son who is nearly as stupid and incompetent as his father.
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Originality: 2/10 - Although i don't agree with people that say Family Guy copied the Simpson's, i do think it took aspects from it and other ...
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Advantages: 2-disc set with the whole first series = big value for money Disadvantages: DVD contained no special features
..."So which is better - Family Guy or The Simpsons?"
For my money, I think I've worked it out. The Simpsons was an excellent, innovative programme. It was funny in a way we hadn't seen before, and it worked on many levels, and did pretty darn cleverly on every one. But it's passed its prime these days, and they only ever seem to repeat the ones you've seen a thousand times already. This gets boring. And of course, should you care to buy the videos, ... ...inevitably begin with some mundane family situation. Sound familiar? Yeah - that's 'cos so far, it's the Simpsons with new names.
But Family Guy goes that little further down the road of the un-PC, libellous, satirical and just generally insanely random than its founding father, or indeed any of its contemporaries - shows like King of the Hill, for instance. Largely due to the fact that it contains two characters the Simpsons don't have any equivalent ...
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Meet the Griffin's Review ofFamily Guy - Series 1 - Complete (DVD)by
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Advantages: Laugh out loud funny Disadvantages: Some people may find this offensive
...you a bit more about Family Guy as it is one of my all time favourite cartoon shows Fox Entertainment have bagged another classic cartoon along with the Simpson’s and Futurama they now have Family Guy on their books. Created by Seth MacFarlane this hilarious and subversive comedy will have you laughing out of your seat.
Family Guy is a cartoon designed for adults, hence being rated a 15, and does have some strong language in it so anyone allowing ... ...FAMILY
Peter Griffin
The Family Guy, Peter is forever upsetting his wife and children in attempt to be an all round good ‘Family Guy’ he is usually the butt of many of the jokes but is genuinely a big lovable oaf who can’t distinguish between his inner thoughts and his outer thoughts, thus usually voicing everything he thinks and getting himself in trouble doing so. He is supposedly the typical American Male, likes beer and TV and doesn’t know ...
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Advantages: Hilariously funny, totally unique Disadvantages: No extras, you won't leave the house for days
...season of the hilariously funny family guy. The show was untimely axed after this first season but after mass complaints from the American public they had no choice but to create more. Anyone that has seen an episode of family guy will know the show is based around an "ordinary" family who live in a small town of Quahog. The show is full of literal humour and parallel story lines. The comedy is so different from anything else and has to be seen to ... ...quick run down on the family members:
Peter - The loveable fat man who never knows when to keep his mouth shut. He would do anything for his favourite TV shows, as long as his family don't get in the way. Or something like that anyway :S
Louis - The mother of the family who seems to get the brunt of everything Peter does wrong. She gave up the chance of inheriting millions to marry her true love and no matter how much trouble Peter gets her into, ...
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...dared to tread. Plus, the family of 'Family Guy', The Griffins, have a talking dog and baby hell bent of world domination...
That final sentence in my opening paragraph may already deter some people into thinking that this programme is too far-fetched and idiotic for their cultural palate. On the contrary! This 'cartoon' is an intelligent piece of humour, with precise writing and excellent visual gags contained along with sometimes surreal flashbacks ... ...bikini-clad daners. Yes, surreal is Family Guy's middle name!
The roots of the humour rely on plays on words, references to films/tv, surreal answers and scenarios and simple dry-wit. A few of my favourite quotes from this series include:
"Peter: Sorry Meg. Daddy loves ya, but Daddy also loves Star Trek, and in all fairness, Star Trek was here first."
"Peter: Oh my god, Brian, there's a message in my Alphabits. It says, 'Oooooo.'
Brian: Peter, ...
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Advantages: Laugh out loud funny, daring comedy. Disadvantages: None
...The deliciously satirical comedy that has graced our screens for 7 seasons and entertained me tremendously. Peter, Chris, Meg, Brain and ESPECIALLY my beloved Stewie make up one of my favourite animated comedy by far (beats The Simpsons by far... Sorry). This is definitely not one for the kids and I suggest if you have young impressionable children to hide the television as soon as familyguy comes on.
Main Characters
Peter - Is your 'typical' lazy, bumbling waste of space father. Who prefers a beer down at The Drunken Clam with his mates Joe, Cleveland, and Quagmire then to spend any time with his family. He is the epicentre of the comedy and always has some astonishingly ridiculous scheme he must achieve by the end of the episode be it getting his favourite show back on air by pretending his son has a terminal illness or selling his...
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Advantages: Very funny with loads of extras. Disadvantages: Expense isn't justified
...reduced to £10. I would say the same will happen this Christmas and you will be able to get this box set for around £40. You may even be able to get the season's 1 - 6 box set for around £50 which would be great value.
The good thing about this DVD set is you do get the two disc DVD "Familyguy uncovered". This DVD contains 14 episodes from familyguy that are uncensored. Sometimes you will find some scenes are shortens due to the content or that some words are bleeped out! If you are easy going and you let children of around 13- 14 watch familyguy on the TV then I would be careful about letting them see this DVD. There are some nudity scenes and some quite abusive words! All of these episodes have audio commentary from Seth explaining what was cut etc?
Other special features you get on this set include TV spots on Fox. These are just...
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Advantages: Hilarious episodes, great added features, massive content Disadvantages: Based on US culture, have to be vaguely familar with US culture
...Undoubtedly one of the best comedy programs about today, the complete boxset of FamilyGuy gives you nearly 100 episodes to laugh over for a price that is pretty cheap considering the amount of content it gives you, over 700 mins worth.
FamilyGuy is a cartoon comedy about a family living in the fictional town of Quahog. The family includes Peter (dad), Lois (mum), Meg, Chris and Stewie (kids) Griffin and their intelligent pet dog Brian.
Peter is a guy who spends most of his time down the pub with his friends Quagmire, Cleveland and Joe instead of paying attention to his family. Lois is the typical housewife who juggles housework, kids and a social life in a busy daytime schedule. Chris isnt the brightest of kids, and has an evil monkey living in his bedroom closet. Meg strives to be popular and beautiful but is ridiculed by...
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Plot: The first season of the prematurely-cancelled animated sitcom FAMILY GUY is collected on this parody-packed release. Witness the Griffin family in all of their goofiness, as little Stewie continues his quest for world domination, Brian (the dog) downs martinis, and the rest of the family tries not to look too stupid. The series features the voices of creator Seth MacFarlane, MAD TV's Alex Borstein, THAT '70S SHOW's Mila Kunis, and BUFFY's Seth Green..
DVD Description
The first season of the prematurely-cancelled animated sitcom FAMILY GUY is collected on this parody-packed release. Witness the Griffin family in all of their goofiness, as little Stewie continues his quest for world domination, Brian (the dog) downs martinis, and the rest of the family tries not to look too stupid. The series features the voices of creator Seth MacFarlane, MAD TV's Alex Borstein, THAT '70S SHOW's Mila Kunis, and BUFFY's Seth Green.
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DVD Region: DVD
Studio(s): 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment; Deluxe Video Service - Fox, BOULEVARD ENTERTAIMENT; D3 DIRECT
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