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family guy vol 1 | Year: 1999 Classification: Television Actors/Actresses: - Seth Macfarlane I'll take Peter over Homer any day. It's so very rare that we find a "comedy" on TV that sets out to make us laugh and actually acomplishes that. It's even more difficult for a cartoon, due to the absence of a laugh track. Of the five major and semi-major cartoon comedies (The Simpsons, Futurama, King of the Hill, South Park, Family Guy), I find Family Guy to be by and large the best. Peter Griffin is essentially a synthesis of Hank Hill, Homer Simpson, Eric Carman, and Bender, and is funnier than any of them. Family Guy is funny because it's so brazenly irreverent. The show tosses political correctness out the window (which Fox was upset about regarding "When you Wish upon a Weinstein", which can be seen in the second DVD set later this year), taking jabs at pretty much everyone and everything. The cutaways and quick flashbacks are the show's trademark, and they are usually funnier than the main action. The show is also a brilliant mix of universally funny jokes to pop culture jokes of yesteryear. Seth MacFarlane said that the show uses older culture references because if the jokes are funny now when the subjects are dated, they'll be funny twenty years from now. This is why Family Guy never did a Titanic or Matrix parody. You can judge a persons relative cultural awareness by how many Family Guy jokes he or she gets. I have two favorite examples of this. The first (I forget which episode, it may even be in the third season) is when Peter says "While I may not agree with what you say, I will defend to the death your right to say it." This is a quote from Voltaire, an eighteenth century French satirist and writer. Very few people got that joke, but for those who did, it was very funny indeed. My other favorite culture joke is in the episode "Brian in Love". Brian is driving down a country road when he hits a man. He stops the car, runs back to the man, and goes "Oh my God, are you Stephen King?" "No," the man replies. "I'm Dean Koontz." "Oh," says Brian. Brian then proceeds back to his car and backs it over Dean Koontz. It has to be seen to be appreciated, but I thought I would die laughing when that happened. In order to get that joke, a person has to be familiar with the writings of both Stephen King and Dean Koontz, which is, again, appealing to a limited audience. Every single character from Peter and his family to the neighbors to Tom and Diane, the newscasters, to Mr. Weed to Death (who has made three appearances on the show at various times), every character is well defined and funny in their own special way. Peter has his stupidity, Stewey has his evil genius coupled with his age, Lois has her standard housewife attitude coupled with her rarely seen sensual side, Meg has her insecurity, Chris has his immaturity and childishness, I Remember Family Guy This show was on a couple of years ago and I faded in and out watching it. It was really hard keeping up with the schedule changes. What I remembered before getting this DVD was really funny. Now that I watched the DVD set of season 1 and 2 I know its funny. Since I wasn't a hardcore fan I really don't know much about all the censorship issues, but what I have been reading made me really sad. They should not censor shows on DVD. Its ridiculous! Alright back to the DVD. It has a few random episode commentaries complete with long "pauses" or moments of silence during the episode, I guess they ran out of things to say. It also has fox.com promos on disk one and a behind the scenes show on disk 4 (aprox 15 min). I would rate it down for lack of features but I'm just happy to see one of the shows I watched finally make it to DVD, instead of sitting on a wish list forever while people write futile petitions hoping that there cries will bring there show on DVD (i.e. Seinfeld, etc). E Peterbus Unum is one of the funniest episodes so far, its the one I remember the most from 2000. Great Show, Horrible DVDs I recently fell in LOVE with Family Guy, so I was thrilled when I recieved this set as a gift. I love the episodes, but there is one problem that is bothering me a lot. I can't get to the opening scenes! A lot of the episodes start at the main theme and not the opening scene that is listed in the scene selection. I know it can't be the malfunction of one disc, because they all do it. Also, viewing in "Play all" mode is extremely difficult as it doesn't seem to know which chapter it wants to play next. Worth buying for the episodes, but its worth it to know about the malfuction. Buy Family Guy Vol 1 at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Family Guy Vol 1 Search with the Priority Search Engine on Family Guy Vol 1 This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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