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DVD Family Guy, Vol. 2 (Season 3)
The third and final season of Seth MacFarlane's late, lamented Family Guy finds television's most dysfunctional cartoon family even more animated than usual. As MacFarlane notes in a bonus segment about the controversial series' censorship battles, he was inspired to go for broke, thinking that the series, already juggled like a hot potato in the schedule (at one point, it aired opposite the mighty Friends), had been cancelled. Just as Spinal Tap walked the fine line between "clever and stupid," so did Family Guy gleefully mock the line between "edgy and offensive." Case in point is this set's holy grail: "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein," not aired during the series' original run, in which clueless Rhode Island patriarch Peter Griffin is convinced that if his lumpen son is to be rich and successful, he must become Jewish.
Like The Simpsons, Family Guy lends itself to multiple viewings to catch each densely packed episode's way-inside "one-percenter" gags (so-called by the creators because that is the percent of the audience who will get them), scattershot pop-culture references, surreal leaps, and gratuitous pot shots at everyone from, predictably, Oprah, Kevin Costner, and Bill Cosby to, unpredictably, Rita Rudner. Also like their Springfield counterparts, this series benefits from a great ensemble voice cast, with surprising contributions from a no-less-stellar roster of guest stars. Yes, that's actually Kelly Ripa as her "real" self, a heart-devouring alien in "Family Guy Viewer Mail #1," and June Foray popping in as Rocky the Flying Squirrel in "Brian Does Hollywood." Family Guy's stock has recently risen with its addition to Cartoon Network's "Adult Swim" lineup, a much better fit than prime time. To see Peter invite Charles Manson to a party for Sharon Tate ("but only if you don't embarrass me") is to marvel how much of this ever got on the air. Happily, it is on DVD. --Donald Liebenson
Family Guy reflects just how ridiculous, how humorously selfish, how absurd much of contemporary life is. A highly recommended way to spend a few minutes with the unfortunate risk of addiction.
Stiflingly unfunny, strained, crude but rarely clever
I have yet to see an episode of Family Guy that I found to be funny, and I've tried it on more than one occasion just to be be sure I wasn't missing something great after hearing all the hype; I concluded that I definitely was not after repeated attempts to give the show a fair try. I've yet to figure out why anyone likes the show for any reason, least of all the humor. The show does have one redeeming quality, the voice acting. Seth MacFarlane, Seth Green and others do excellent work that I normally find funny, but the talent is wasted on this nonsense.
I love comedy and animation and am a fan of many animated comedy shows: The Simpsons, South Park, Futurama, Venture Bros., Robot Chicken, Bullwinkle and others, and I have yet to see anything in Family Guy that makes it worth watching once, let alone repeatedly on DVD. The jokes are strained and have nothing to say, unlike the dark, incisive humor one finds in early The Simpsons, or on Futurama or South Park. As for being funny without making any particular social commentary, there are still plenty of animated comedy shows that are better at this too, like Harvey Birdman or the now defunct but once great Sealab 2021.
Save your money and buy the DVDs of any of the other comedy shows mentioned above. Avoid Family Guy the way Homer Simpson avoids spending time sober.
Here are the Griffins talking about this season!
"Hi I'm Peter Griffin"-Peter "I'm Lois"-Lois "I'm Stewie"-Stewie "I'm Brian the dog"-Brian "I'm Chris"-Chris "Meg here!"-Meg. "And We are here to talk to you about season 3 of our show"-Peter
Ep.1
Brian: I hate this episode!
Peter: I can see why!
Brian: They make me look like an idiot here
Stewie: You are dog
Lois: Stewie!
Brian: This episode is called "The Thin White Line" and this is the episode I take drugs.
Meg: Dad after Brian had his bad talk about his day why did you say something about Big Leauge Chew?
Peter: I was hungry at the time
Brain: Let me just back track a little twards the beginning of the episode I accedently said thet Dr. Kaplan's daughter was hot.
Chris: Was she blond?
Lois: Chris!
Brain: Yes
Peter: I still want Big Leauge Chew!
Ep.2
Meg: This is the 2nd part of the last episode
Brian: This episode is much better
Stewie: Lois at the beginning of this episode I....
Lois put a binky in Stewie's mouth and Stewie fell asleep
Meg: Stewie is so cute when he sleeps!
Chris: Dad did you ever get that cell phone out of your stomach?
Peter: Yes. I pooped it out 1 month after I swolled it
Brian: The Woody I won was very nice.
Lois: Brain I hated the movie you dierected.
Peter: Yes so did I
Ep.3
Peter: Ahh the best Episode yet!
Lois: Peter you were the leder of a ciggaratte company!
Peter: But it was fun!
Lois: That's it I'm leaving!
Chris: Bye mom!
Lois: Bye Chris see you at home!
Lois goes home
Peter: How are we supposed to get home now?
Meg: Dad it is only 5 miles from here
Stewie: I'm up. Hey where did Lois go?
Chris: Mom went home
Stewie: Oh well I geuss I won't kill Lois now.
To the ranks of shows too brilliant and outrageous for prime time (The Ben Stiller Show, Andy Richter Controls the Universe), add Seth McFarland'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... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 15 April 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Family Guy lives! That's great news for the devoted fans who watched in record numbers the reruns on Cartoon Network and made the Family Guy DVDs bestsellers. It's bad news for Mel Gibson, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Fallon, Rob Schneider, Skeet Ulrich, Corey Haim, My Two Dads, and other pop-culture detritus this show's writers take infinite delight in kicking when they're down (or up, for that matter). The long, long, awaited fourth season begins with a bravado broadside at Fox, which canceled Family Guy in 2002. Peter Griffin (voiced by series creator Seth MacFarlane) recites a litany of 29 doomed replacement shows beginning with Dark Angel and ending with Greg the Bunny. From there, it's like the Griffins never left. The 13... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 29 November 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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For Family Guy fans, there are no freakin' sweeter words than "Never Before Seen." A triumphant homecoming for the Griffins, Stewie Griffin is not so much a movie as it is a not-yet-aired three-episode story arc enhanced with a home-video-exclusive "red carpet premiere" prologue and an epilogue (capped, of course, with a fart joke). Family Guy's resurrection is a television miracle, and its creators have rewarded the faithful by picking up right where they left off, offending any and all sensibilities (recasting Jesus as comic magician Art Metrano), dissing the celebrity disenfranchised (Ellen Cleghorne references, anyone?), and generally taking potshots at anyone on their enemies list (Stewie breaks the neck of a reporter for Entertainment Weekly, the magazine... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Peter Shin - Pete Michels DVD Release Date: Released the 27 September 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Okay, let’s get one thing straight right off the bat: Family Guy is not, never has been, and never will be, The Simpsons. Nor is it South Park, King of the Hill, or any one of a number of other shows on Adult Swim. But yes, it is in many ways a rip-off of those other shows (especially The Simpsons; let’s not even pretend otherwise). But so what? By now, you either think the show’s funny, or you don’t, and the derivativeness either bothers you, or it doesn’t. Volume 4 is likely to just cement your feelings one way or the other, because this collection features some of the funniest, and the most offensive material yet. It’s also the most cohesive. The show has always been incredibly erratic, turning on a dime to fit in all... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 14 November 2006 Usually ships in 6 to 11 days
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First thing, WHO said "Jarred Has Aides" wasn't a great episode? In fact I believe it to be one of the FUNNIEST of its particular season. Although, this season which has some fantastic episodes the subsequent 2 seasons are EVEN stronger, but this is a great followup to season 5.. with only a few.. well no real flat out duds, there's always SOMETHING in there.. but it doesn't quite stack up to the seasons around it.
Still.. Free Hat, Red Hot Catholic Love, Jarred has Aidea, The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers were some of the FUNNIEST episodes of the series.. and are easily in the top 25, the show reached its 100th episode in the 8th season with "I'm a Little Bit Country".
