The third series of the 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... more
cartoon family even more animated than usual. As MacFarlane himself noted, he was inspired to go for broke, thinking that the series--already juggled like a hot potato...
cartoon family even more animated than usual. As MacFarlane himself noted, he was inspired to go for broke, thinking that the series--already juggled like a hot potato...
Hollywood 3. Mr Griffin Goes To Washington 4. One If By Claim Two If By Sea 5. And The Weiner Is... 6. Death Lives 7. Lethal Weapons 8. The Kiss Seen Around The ...
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: 2004 - Comedy - Director: John Hay - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jimi Mistry, Kate Miles, Dougray Scott
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: 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 - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
A review by jsrennie on Family Guy - Series 3 - Complete (Box Set) (DVD) February 21st, 2005
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Loved it
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How does it compare to similar films?
Outstanding
Advantages:
comedy genius
Disadvantages:
no dvd extras
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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An overweight stupid father, an attractive wife, 3 kids and a dog.... a cartoon show about a dysfunctional american family no its not the Simpsons its Family Guy.
The show focuses on Peter Griffin a toy factory worker living in a small town Quahog in Americas smallest state Rhode Island. A stupid overwight production line worker at the local toy factory. Voiced by creater Seth McFarlane
He has an inexplicably attractive red head of a wife (just a cartoon i know), Lois the ying to Peters yang she puts up with all of his antics in great humour. Voiced by Alex Borstein.
Eldest child Meg, achingly unpopular though dreams of the day she is not. Voiced by Mila Kunis (That 70's Show)
Eldest son Chirs also fat stupid and awkward.... like father like son! voiced by Seth Green (Austin Powers, The Italian Job)
Baby Stewie, hell bent on world domination a little baby genius with an impressive array of gadgets and weaponary. Tries time and again to kill his mother Lois but to no avail!
Brian, the dog.....that talks, alcaholic but good at heart both Peter and Lois' best friend, aspiring actor and enemy of Stewie.
ok so now you have the basic overview of the family on to the DVD, it is a 3 disc box set which contains all 21 episodes of season 3. The series is in my opinion the best of the three wiht some genius story lines that do verge on the risque but always produce top quality humour and plenty of laugh out loud moments.
Now with this being a box set of 21 episodes I will not give you an overview of some of what i beleive are the best episodes of each disc, that way when you purchase the box set (which i do urge you to do if you like comedy that is funny and in the vein of The Simpsons and South park) you will appreciate all episodes equally. Plus keeing it shorter may keep your attention and avoid it being skimmed!
Disc One
Mr Griffin Goes to Washington. In this hilarious episode Peters toy compnay is bought by a large cigarette corporation intent on invreasing thier market by advertising to kids. Peter finds out about thier plans (with help from his family) and is promoted to president to keep him quiet. Will he do the right thing or sell out for the perks of a well paid job. A genius episode of what int a greatly original theme however the impied comedy of how easy it is to bribe american politicians is great viewing for the many Anti Americans out there!
Disc Two
To Live and Die in Dixie. Chris is inadvertantly involved in a robbery but manages to identify the criminal in a poice line up. However when Peter inadvertantly gives the criminal a picture of his son with a list of his worst fears and timetable on (terrible luck!) and he subsequently escapes from prison they have to be relocated to the South, redneck county! Again genius observational comedy of peoples perceptions of Americans leads to many laugh out loud moments. The send up of the Dukes of Hazard is a particularly funny moment!
Disc Three
Road To Europe. Brian and Stewie end up in Saudi Arabia, while trying to get to London so Stewie can go an live in his television fantasy land, how are a baby and dog going to get back home wih no money? and where is that button from? Plus Peter finds out Lois doesnt actually like the band Kiss....does this spell the end of their relationship?
All 21 episodes are pieces of comic genius, and due to the amazing sales of the series on DVD the family is going to return for a 4th series even though it had been cancelled by Fox in the past. You can watch the episodes again and agian and notice more comedy the more you watch with more layers comedy than a comedy onion! season 3 i the best of what is out there and at only £15.99 in HMV is well worth the price. Personally i would say that it is the greatest comedy i have ever seen and just like in South Park there is always a genuine message beneath the madness.
The Info Certificate 15
Language - Some, Moderate Sex/Nudity - Some strong reference Violence - Infrequnt, Mild, Comic Other - Some drug use
Episodes average 21 minutes in length (full run time 452 mins)
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My Family Guy Review ofFamily Guy - Series 3 - Complete (Box Set) (DVD)by
bennyong
Advantages: Three Discs Packed With 21 Episodes Disadvantages: No Extra Feature
...of my fave shows The Family Guy. I was only able to watch odd episodes and never the whole season. My chance on getting the whole season collection on DVD was when I was given a £50 HMV voucher recently in an award ceremony during the Leap festival (http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/leap) organized by my University. It was an award to honor the contributions of student ambassadors. I was quite disappointed as the grand prize was 12 tickets to The London Eye ... ...a picture of a cartoon family caught my eye. It was The Family Guy Season DVDS from season 1 to 3. Since it was on sale, it only cost £11.99 each season. It was a great deal indeed. Without hesitation, I grab the whole collection of Season 1,2 and 3. The Family Guy is a cartoon series made in the US and shown on Fox TV. It airs on Channel 4 here but is currently off season. It consists of a regular US family, The Griffins lead by a weird father Mr. ...
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Advantages: Very funny, great characters Disadvantages: None
Family Guy - Season 3 is the third series of the Emmy award-winning show, Family Guy. It was created by Seth McFarlane and was first broadcast in 2001. During this season and the previous one, Fox frequently moved the show to different days and times with hardly notice, and the ratings suffered a lot for this. In fact, Fox had already canceled Family Guy at the end of the second season, and it was only because of huge amounts of people creating websites, ... ...boundaries of what is acceptable and what isn't. The animation is crisp and fluid, it's no "Futurama", but it's still very good. Overall a very funny season with lots of memorable moments and plenty of laughs so any Family Guy fan should be more than happy, five stars! ...
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Advantages: 21 episodes. Good value for money Disadvantages: Some US jokes lost on UK audience
The Family Guy is a cartoon about an average dysfunctional US family and their talking dog. It has been the subject of controversy and censorship in the US and was dropped by Fox. In the pilot episode, Stewie, a talking baby with a British accent, was openly contemptuous of his loutish dad and already hatching a plan to kill his sweet-natured mother in a quest for world domination. Sounds weird right? But worth a look if only to see what the US censors ... ...to completely miss The Family Guy. In fact I’d never even heard of it until a mate offered to lend me the Season 3 DVD box set. I accepted coz I’m always on the look out for free entertainment, as the variety when I’m away at work is limited. I work on a survey vessel, currently in the Gulf of Mexico, so nipping down to Blockbuster ain’t an option.
The show itself is ruder and cruder than normal cartoons, hence the 15 certificate. Make no mistake, ...
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Advantages: fantastic witty program Disadvantages: not enough eppisodes
...if series 3. the griffin family get up to trouble in this great dvd.
with characters such as peter, meg, stewie, chris and lois.
these are the main characters:
peter the father, an irish american christian who is always causing havok and mischieve. he gets himself into situations that you cant even imagine, he works in a toy factory doing no work at all.
lois is the stay at home mum who also teaches piano, she puts up with the family and solves ... ...weapon or another.
brian the family dog who also talks and is madly in love with lois and also hangs around with stewie even tho they have a love hate relation ship.
the voices are played by:
seth macfarlane (who produces the show)n plays peter, stewie, brian griffin,glenn quagmire and news presenter yom tucker.
alex borstein plays lois.
seth green plays chris griffin.
and mila kunis (out of that 70's show) as meg griffin
episodes:
THE THIN ...
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Meet The Griffins Review ofFamily Guy - Series 3 - Complete (Box Set) (DVD)by
ReviewDude
Advantages: Very Funny Disadvantages: No Special Features
...TO THE GRIFFIN HOUSEHOLD
Family Guy - Now it's third fantastic season there are 21 brand new episodes across 3 DVD discs. If you have never seen the show before don't worry because if you have a husband, boyfriend or son aged 15+ they will love this. I'm not saying it's just for men because it's not women will love it to.
Each episode is around 25 minutes long and tells a story from the Griffin household. The family includes Peter, who 's like ... ...and kill his mother.
Family Guy comes in a lovely collectors box. Inside it there are three seperate DVD cases each with one disc inside. You must be at least 15 to watch the show because of some sex jokes but no swearing. The episodes are as follows.
Disc One -
The Thin White Line: Brian becomes a sniffer dog for the police but soon becomes a cocaine addict.
Mr Griffin Goes To Washington - Peters company is brought by a tobacco company. Peter ...
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Plot: Features the episodes 'The Thin White Line', 'Brian Does Hollywood', 'Mr Griffin Goes To Washington', 'One If By Claim, Two If By Sea', 'And The Weiner Is...', 'Death Lives', 'Lethal Weapons', 'The Kiss Seen Around The World', 'Mr Saturday Night', 'A Fish Out Of Water', 'Emission Impossible', 'To Live And Die In Dixie', 'Screwed The Pooch', 'Peter Griffin: Husband, Father Or Brother?', 'Ready Willing And Disabled', 'A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas', 'Brian Wallows And Peter Swallows', 'From Method To Madness', 'Stuck Together, Torn Apart', 'Road To Europe' and 'Family Guy Viewer Mail 1'.
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DVD Region: DVD
Studio(s): 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment; Deluxe Video Service - Fox
The third series of the 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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Main Language: English
Subtitle Language: English
Hearing Impaired Language: English
Technical information
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Full Frame
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Animated: Animated
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