Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin - The Untold Story

This is my favorite show ever and I was very upset when fox cancelled it. Fox is the reason the shows ratings went down because no one could find it. I would always go to see it and it would be on a different timeslot.I really dont think it is right to compare family guy to the simpsons. Yes, they are both about families but no one compares every live-action sitcom about families. And although the simpsons is a classic, and i love it, i have never laughed harder at any other show than at family guy. The show is written brilliantly and few comedies have been written on the same level as this show. It is a must buy, Ive never talked to anyone who hasnt like the show and thats including my mother and grandmother. The show definately steps over the politcially correct liine, but the way they do it is hilarious. Almost every line in this show has its own punch line, and I recommend this dvd set for anyone and the next one also, which I have pre-ordered. Every episode on both dvds is a classic in its own right. Buy the dvd sets and support Seth MacFarlanes comical genius.

Great series, but not many people talk about the commentaries, so I will. First off, not all the episodes have commentaries. I imagine this was to save space to include more actual episodes on each DVD by not commentarying everything. There are numerous spots in the commentaries where no one says anything at all, but most dont last more than 3-4 minutes each. I wondered if they had stopped entirely at one point. The voice actor who plays Lois is in most (if not all) of the commentaries, and shes very funny (as is Seth, of course). They do pick on the show (See that? It means Peter is REALLY STUPID) and on each other (No, really, just give me a Yes or a No, Seth, and dont explain, so we can sit here for 20 minutes in silence.) but occasionally Seth or Loiss voice actor will do a character voice cursing or saying something funny (thats quite a laugh). And, of course, theres mention of which scenes were considered riske at the time and which they had trouble getting past the censors. I wish the commentary was on all the episodes, though. Also, I kind of wish it was as full of info as the Futurama or Simpsons commentaries are. I got the feeling they were obligated to do the commentaries for Family Guy, and that perhaps it wasnt by choice.

Im old enough to have seen the original Star Wars trilogy as a first run in the theaters, and these things bring back memories. Family Guy is unique in that it riffs on a lot of pop culture references, but they arent all recent pop culture. Somehow, these meld together in an enjoyable parody of what most consider the best of the Star Wars movies. Without going into a lot of detail, they nail what needs to be nailed. The filler parts are a little hit and miss, and you can tell how drawn out this process is by watching the table reads. The famously ad-libbed scene from the original where Leia tells Han she loves him (after being so stand-offish the entire movie) is incredibly funny for pretty much anyone, while show-specific references (Stewies confused sexuality, Cleveland falling off of something saying, No, no, NO NO!, and so on) are geared toward Family Guy fans. There are a few dry spells that seem rushed. I get that Yoda is Chriss boss from the show and he has memorized every naked person scene from every movie, but why didnt he reference those with Yodas unique sentence structure? The Juicy Fruit ad seemed more suited to a regular episode rather than a movie parody. The exact same electricity is out seemed to exist just to give them another 20 second spoof of something on TV. As a whole, though, the package delivers. For those not familiar with Family Guy, it may seem bizarrely tasteless at times. For those that dont know the original Star Wars trilogy, the story references and the plot in general will probably be a little confusing as its part two of a trilogy. For fans of both, its well worth the price of admission.

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

A very funny movie that focuses on Stewie.

So now we come to Family Guy and their interpretation of The Empire Strikes Back. Its a follow-up to their previous Star Wars effort, Blue Harvest. How does it stack up compared with the first one? Its entertaining, but not quite as much so. Its funny, but not quite as much so. It looks great, and some of the jokes are wonderful, but theres something missing, and Im not sure what. It just didnt blow me away like Blue Harvest did. I did enjoy some of the jokes, especially when its pointed out that the Rebels fleeing Hoth could go in any direction, but charge straight at the enemy fleet anyhow, but other jokes (like one about robot camels), went on a little long and just didnt work. Fortunately one of the great thing about Family Guy is that if you dont like one joke, just wait a few seconds and another will be along. Overall theres just something lacking from the first effort. Its still good, and funnier than the vast majority of entertainment options out there, but its not quite on the same level of Blue Harvest.

I am a long-time Simpson fan...ever since the Simpsons first came on the scene back in the late 80s I would watch the show every chance I got. But over the years the Simpsons started getting a little stale. And thats when Family Guy came in. Family Guy is, by far, the funniest animated television series since the Simpsons were in their prime. Were weighing in alot of shows here...Ren and Stimpy, Futurama...but theres something about Family Guy that just warrants gut-busting laughs. Maybe its Quagmires ridiculous attempts at picking up women, Peters wealth of ignorance, little Stewies attempts at world domination, or just the random silliness thrown in to all of the episodes, such as appearences by the Kool Aid man, the Two Scoops sun from the old Raisin Bran commercials, references to the old Incredible Hulk television series...and alot more. Family Guy is definitely not for the kids...all of the situations are adult and sometimes are borderline risque (which got the series cancelled, unfortunately). The network censors and committees have no idea what theyve done...they threw away a gold mine. While it could never truly replace the Simpsons, Family Guy was well on its way to becoming the new dominant animated series on Fox. The Simpsons have been stale the last few years...Family Guy breathed new life into prime time animation that you just dont see anymore. Its too bad, really. In any case, dont pass up the opportunity to own every episode on DVD!! Fans will love to have all episodes on dvd, I know im looking forward to it. And even if youve never seen it, then take my advice: Pick it up anyway! You will not regret it! The extra features are a little bare bones, but it doesnt matter. The show has enough laughs to keep you coming back...even watching the same episode twice wont lessen the amount of laughs you get from it. Definitely a great idea to put this classic but short lived series on DVD!

Let me get one thing straight right off the bat: The Family Guy was one of the best animated comedies on the telly. It takes more risks at upseting the mainstream than The Simpsons but isnt so blatant in shock value as Southpark. In fact, I seriously loved this series when it was on the air and Im thrilled that now that its available on DVD, I can watch my favorite episodes whenever I want. If youre a fan of the show, you need these DVD box sets. However, if you want really cool added features, keep looking. Unlike the commentary for DVDs like The Simpsons its almost as though Seth and gang have no idea what DVD commentary is for. In fact, for many of the episodes that actually DO have commentary, they sit in silence instead of actually commenting -- which kinda begs the question -- why is this called an audio commentary track when you barely comment? Also, many of the comments really arent that entertaining at all. Occasionally Seth M. or Seth Green will speak in their characters voices to comment (which would have been sooo much more interesting if they continued to do so) but for the most part they just dont say much. Highlights of the commentary do include the actress who does Lois voice (she is damn funny).... but some of the other voice actors/actresses that are on the commentary seem to have been brought in at last minute. One of supporting voice actors even asks in geniune astonishment: Brian the dog has a martini? Which makes you kind of wonder if some of the actors even bothered watching the series they were in while it aired. Theres only one documentary (if you want to call it that) which is simply a long commercial for the show. I was disappointed in the bonus material, but the episodes themselves are worth the price of the box set. I just hope in the future, more people who bother with DVD commentary do something other than just sit in silence.

This is my second copy of Vol. 1. The box was slightly damaged on the first copy and it bothered me so much I had to get a new one. I remember when Family Guy first debuted on TV thinking that the idea of a talking baby was ridiculous so I never bothered to watch the program. Then one day I was on YouTube looking at videos and saw a hilarious clip of Family Guy featuring Stewie. I started watching the program after that and was completely hooked after a couple of episodes. I own all the volumes of this show and look at them often laughing hysterically. I would love to choose my favorite characters but that would be impossible since they are all so funny. If you havent watched this program, you are cheating yourself out of an extremely funny and witty show.

Well it has arrived, the second instalment in the Family Guy Star Wars project. Now that I have finally seen it after months of anticiaption I have to say it was good, but it was definitely not what Empire was to New Hope. First and foremost, this second installment was not going to be a surprise like the first one was. Something 3X Darkside was based on the exact same map as Blue Harvest Macfarlane and company stuck true to the origional film using their infamous humor and pop culture references. I will say there were some moments that caused me to laugh a lot so that was a plus. Another plus was the new characters introduced to play the rolls of the new Star Wars characters...yes even Meg makes her triumphant return. Still, there are some flaws here. I think that this new installment could have been a little different. An example would be how Peter tells the story, it didnt have to be another blackout. Also, the end of the episode ends up in another battle between Chris and Peter about Robot Chicken which makes no sense what so ever because Seth MacFarlane has plenty of Roles on Robot Chicken so Ihave no idea why he takes shots at it. Most importantly as a Family Guy fan I am not a fan of the fact that Stewie is an ambiguously gay character. If you want to use that comedy in the show its one thing, but dont bring that persona to Darth Vader. This is a movie that is suppose to be dark and it is really hard to lighten up a chapter such as this. Though all in all I think it was a well done piece of work and I am looking forward to Family Guy: We Have A Bad Feeling About This, I sure hope that thre will be a total of six episode, because I think they will rip Episode 1 to know end which will be pee in your pants hillarious!