Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin - The Untold Story

Family Guy Volume 1 contains the ENTIRETY of Season 1 & 2 on 4 discs! On Disc 1, you have ALL 7 episodes of Season 1 (featuring Lacey Chabert as Meg), and on Disc 2 through 4, you have ALL 21 episodes of Season 2. Here are some episodes that are on each disc: Disc 1: Death Has a Shadow Mind Over Murder A Hero Sits Next Door Disc 2: Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater Holy Crap Da Boom Death Is A Bitch The King Is Dead Disc 3: I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar! If Im Dyin, Im Lyin Running Mates A Pictures Worth A Thousand Bucks Fifteen Minutes of Shame Road to Rhode Island Lets Go To The Hop Disc 4: Dammit, Janet! Hes Too Sexy For His Fat E. Peterbus Unum The Story On Page One Wasted Talent Fore, Father A great way to start off your Family Guy DVD Collection! I highly recommend it!

1. What are the two episodes per disk people talking about? Theres 5 to 7 on all of them. 2. Simpsons folks - there is no comparison. The two shows are too different. This is not a copy; its more creative and hard edged. The Simpsons is more polished; but Family Guy is funnier. (Sorry, its the truth.) 3. For a 2 1/2 season show; Ill let DVD sales and Cartoon Network ratings speak for me. It has been reported in TV Guide that Adult Swim is beating the ratings of Letterman, Leno and Kilborn (each) in 18 to 34 males. (Amazing) 4. I watch a lot of TV but I never knew Family Guy existed until it was already cancelled and they were showing the last episodes on Thursday. (2 hour blocks) If I didnt know about it; I doubt most others did. So its ratings were actually amazing. 5. DAMN FOX TO HELL!!! Fox totally screwed this show!!!!!!!

Often one will hear the phrase tossed about that a show was too edgy for TV. Usually, this is just apologia for a poorly conceived product, but in the case of Family Guy it is absolutely true. This is a show that was every bit as radical as South Park but in a much more sophisticated, droll manner. The odd thing is that at the same time its skewering every sacred cow imaginable (more on that latter) with brilliantly satirical writing, it was also producing some of the most hysterical physical (for lack of a better phrase for a cartoon) comedy I have ever seen on any show. Much like The Simpsons, Family Guy revolves around one family, in this case the Griffins. Thats pretty much where the similarities end though. Whereas the Simpsons interact with a huge cast of characters, and will frequently tackle an overarching theme, Family Guy involves a cast that is largely replaced from episode to episode (other than a few neighbors) and manages to turn utterly inane pop-culture references and mundane household events into major plot points. A particularly good example of this would be when Peter (the father) has his choice for the town parade theme selected; the fact that his theme revolves around an obscure reference to the `80s TV show Whos the Boss? barely even registers as odd within the context of the show. Also, whereas The Simpsons operate within the context of a `world that is relatively similar to our own, the Griffins have a talking, booze-swilling dog and a psychotic, super-genius baby bent on killing his mother. Furthermore, there are constant flashbacks, pop-culture references and super-natural visitors (Death appears in several episodes). All those details aside, what makes this show so brilliant is that its willing to tackle any subject. Bathroom humor? Done. Abortion? Done. Politics, the handicapped and sex? Done, done and done. There is absolutely nothing Family Guy wont tackle, and it does so in such a pragmatic way that one cant help but laugh. I suppose if youre really sensitive, this isnt a series for you, but since everyone and everything is a target, its hard to get too upset (especially since youll be too busy laughing yourself sick). In the end, Family Guy is the perfect blend of satire, physical comedy, pop-culture send-ups and excellent animation. It is a genuinely raw show that on more than one occasion left me thinking, Can they say that? and thats probably why its not on the air anymore. But its also hysterically funny, and well packaged on the DVDs in this set. While the extras are nothing to get worked up about, the episodes alone are more than funny enough to justify the purchase. Enjoy! Jake Mohlman

Though I am eagerly awaiting its arrival, I have seen the whole series when it was first run and through bootlegs. This show was the best thing to come out of Superbowl XXXI(?). It was the one the Atlanta Falcons lost. Anyway, The last episode was a surprise to me. Though it went of with a bang...I have longed for these episodes with its jabbing humor, unrelenting and ballsy steroetypes and just plain ole slapstick comedy. It was not for your faint of heart viewer. Like all cartoons, the first few epsiodes were finding it niche and cummulated with The Millenium Episode (DaBoom!) where, by and act fo god, and a huge chicken, many people who did not watch the show, began to recognize its humor. Kudos to the producers of Fox to fill the Fans bases hearts with the release of this set and the rest coming this September, hopfully with, Wish upon a Weinstein the unaired episode due to its strong stereotyping of of the Hebrew faith (Optimus Prime makes a cameo). Well, I have praised it enough, have started a small cult here in Iceland, now, I can actually show all of the episodes, and be the envy of an entire military community, AND country

Last night I watched the entire version of Family Guy Presents - Stewies Untold Story and I enjoyed it. As I read some of the past reviews, I noticed that some viewers didnt think of it like the TV show, and I could understand that viewpoint. It was a little slow in the beginning, but it ends with one of the best Family Guy endings ever. As far as special features go... I think there could have been a lot more features but I can only hope the producers hope to make this up to us in Season Four (Volume 3) of Family Guy coming out on DVD in late November. Finally, (as I was one of the first reviewers that mentioned this), to select the uncensored audio track go into Language Selection and select it from the menu. The edited audio track is the default one, and personally I believe that is a good idea for those younger viewers out there. Overall, I thought the movie deserved 5 stars and to Seth... send out more of those direct-to-DVD movies/specials from Family Guy!!

Amazing. I’m not super crazy about Family Guy or anything, especially lately, but this is a lot of fun. An entire remake of the original Star Wars trilogy in an animated format using the Family Guy characters and sense of humor? Brilliant! Yeah, there were parts that felt like they were reaching a little bit, but overall a lot of fun. If you have a special Star Wars section in your movie collection, it make a really cool addition even if you don’t like Family Guy. But if you do like Family Guy, enjoy spoof movies, are interested in a fun take on Star Wars, or just generally looking for a few cheap laughs, then this should do the trick.

I watched the Blu Ray last weekend and I thought it was great. Yes, the 4:3 bugged me, but Im sure they started the animation on this a while ago and animation is expensive, so give it a rest already. In fact, I know they did because some of the info in the pop-up video was well over a year old. It really felt longer than an hour, even the second and third times when I watched the pop-up and commentary versions. I loved the feature about recreating the original movie poster, that showed a lot of class on Seth and the Producers parts. Check out the level of detail in the ships, its crazy. I laughed out loud many times, got all the jokes and loved the profanity. A+ Seth! And again with Robot Chicken at the end! Freaking fabulous! I <3 MacFarlane and Green. Cant wait for the next one, and Ill be buying

Family Guy fans will enjoy this one, part II of the Star Wars Trilogy, personally I think it is as great as Blue Harvest, and the animation looks pretty sweet, and the jokes are good, some miss the mark put pretty much spot on with many inside jokes from past family Guy episodes, and we get Meg, who plays the swamp monster when Luke and R2D2 land on Dagaba, and Mort as Lando Calrisson, and the Chicken as Boba Fett, and some nice cameo voices from Family Guy favorite James Woods, James Caan, an old clip of Tom Sellick from Magnum PI. Definitely worth checking out on DVD where it hasnt been edited for TV... looking forward to the Final Chapter when they do Jedi, should be as entertaining as the last two, Family Guy is a great show!

Best movie series ever. Huge Family Guy and Star Wars fan and this one is absolutely genius. Its like they animated the film side by side with the original. I love the parts when they started to question their actions in the premise of the movie. For example, how come in the Empire Strikes Back they have to fly into the Empire. The planet got a 360 degree escape options and they choose to go with the hardest?

When this series first aired on TV, it was cancelled after a short while and was criticized to be a Simpsons knockoff. And really, there are similarities: The setting is similar, a guy, married, with three kids, living in a suburb, being extraordinarily stupid. Differences: The youngest kid is a criminal genius on his way to world domination, the two older kids are typical underachievers. Oh and they have a talking dog! Just like the Simpsons the show is outrageously hilarious, fantastically funny and absolutely politically uncorrect. You cannot put your finger on just what it is that makes it different from the Simpsons, maybe it is the pace (faster!) of the show, but if you like humour like the Simpsons, it is definitively worth watching.