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Family Guy, Vol. 3 (Season 4, Part 1)
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| Part No: | B000AQ68Z0 |
| Manufacturer: | 20th Century Fox |
| MFG Part: | FOXD2231297D |
| Customer Rating: | 4.0 / 5.0 |
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The misadventures of the Griffin family, their brilliant talking dog, and their maniacal infant son intent on ruling the world.
Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 29-NOV-2005
Media Type: DVD
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 episodes are just as dense with bodily function jokes, surreal nonsense, gratuitous pop-culture references (the more obscure, the better), and edgier gags that recklessly cross the line on any number of levels ("Maybe I was wrong about you," Jodie Foster says to John Hinckley in the episode, "Model Misbehavior." "Maybe I was wrong about all men.").
The new season rewards longtime viewers with appearances by such series icons as the Greased-Up Deaf Guy and the Evil Monkey in Chris's closet, and makes no concessions to newcomers to the show (who will no doubt be scratching their heads over the more than two-and-a-half-minute digression in "Blind Ambition," in which Peter's nemesis, the Giant Chicken, returns to continue the smackdown that started in the season 2 episode "Da Boom." In "World Domination: The Family Guy Phenomenon," one of the bonus features included on this three-disc set, MacFarlane proclaims these new shows to be "the best we've done." A bold claim, but often enough, one is laughing too hard to prove otherwise. One minute, Family Guy dazzles with inspired animation (In "Breaking Out Is Hard to Do," Chris reaches for a carton of milk at the supermarket and finds himself pulled in to A-ha's classic music video, "Take on Me"). The next, it's wallowing in vomit ("8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter"). In addition to the freewheeling episode commentaries, this set also includes a great bonus, excerpts of cast "table reads" of two episodes. Back to the "World Domination" featurette. MacFarlane states, "It's the first time since we've been doing (the show) that I think it's safe to say that we're here to stay for awhile." Are you listening, Fox? --Donald Liebenson
| Episodes Nice, DVD not so much | 2010-07-21 | 4 / 5 |
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| This 3-disk set is actually rather good, includes 13 episodes. My box had a little bit of aging on the back obviously. If your a Family Guy fan, i say get it. The discs ran fantastically. My biggest drawback was that its only part one of season 4. The box art is the Griffins with their outfits that they wear in the opening, with Joe, Cleveland, Quagmire, Tom Tucker, Diane Simmons, Trisha Takanawa, Loretta Brown and Bonnie in the background. The Box Set is uncensored. All the episodes are from 2005, from May to September. I disliked the DVD programming, the Play all button should always be first in case someone doesn't have a dvd remote. I use a GPX dvd player and I lost my remote and my Universal Remote doesn't have a code for it. Every show i've ever bought on DVD has the play all button first. |
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| I love the show of Family Guy and this volume as well as all volumes make it great to enjoy the series in the event that its not on TV! |
| As Always A Riotous TV Show! | 2010-03-29 | 3 / 5 |
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| I can probably repeat myself when reviewing each volume of 'Family Guy', one of the funniest and cutting edge animated tv shows. Always pushing the envelope, this show almost knocked down many rules the FCC had placed for what tv can allow and restrict for viewers. Many kudos go to Seth for presenting his many talents. Only problem is why splitting the seasons up in volumes instead of just presenting each season as a complete season? |
| Back and as funny as ever...almost. | 2009-11-09 | 4 / 5 |
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Family Guy has a strange history. Although it was always well-received, the executives at Fox seemed to have a vendetta against the show, heavily censoring it and then finally canceling it before its time. However, strong DVD sales and high ratings on Cartoon Network pulled the series back from the brink. The result is this DVD volume which features the beginning of Family Guy's return. The show starts off strong again, although it doesn't quite have the same crackle that it once had.
Family Guy, like the Simpsons, has a number of divisive opinions. Some claim the shows have gone steadily downhill for years, while others claim that it's funnier than ever. My opinion on the series is the former, but most of that downhill slide came after this DVD volume. The episodes on this DVD include a terrific return to the airwaves coupled with a skewering of Fox's decision to cancel them in the first place. It fleshes out some of the minor characters of Quahog, such as Peter's neighbor Cleveland, and it gives the spotlight to Meg and Chris a bit more. Most importantly, it features an episode guest-starring James Woods that is one of the best Family Guy episodes there has ever been.
The reason I give this four stars instead of five is because while the episodes are very good, there are definite signs that the show has lost some of its focus over the years. Stewie has gone from being an evil baby to a continuous gay joke, although the creators do sometimes tap back into his sinister side. The cutaways become increasingly nonsensical as the writers start to rely more on one-note jokes than the plot of the show. And some running gags, particularly Peter's recurring fights with a giant chicken, will leave newcomers to the show cold. While these are all symptoms to the show's eventual slide, the episodes here remain in good form. While not quite as strong as seasons 2 and 3 were, this new Family Guy is still worth watching and will definitely earn its laughs. |
| Good product | 2009-08-16 | 5 / 5 |
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| The dvd came in good shape. Both the disks and case are in good condition and the dvd's play great. The order was delivered in good timing as well. |
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