Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin - The Untold Story

Above all else, FAMILY GUY is a funny, funny show. I almost always watch TV, DVDs, or video when I eat my meals, but I have discovered that it isnt entirely safe to do so while watching this show. It is funny to a degree that simply isnt compatible with eating food. What is amazing about the show is that while on one level it will strike just about any viewer as a semi-ripoff of THE SIMPSONS (just check all the SIMPSONS references in other reviews--it is almost impossible not to compare the two), it nonetheless manages to come across as remarkably fresh and--paradoxically--underivative. Although the show uses a number of voiceover artists, the majority of the voices are supplied by only two actors: Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein (who will be familiar to fans of MADTV). It isnt fair to say that MacFarlane is the Matt Groening of FAMILY GUY, since Groening does so much less in the SIMPSONS. MacFarlane is the creator of the show, voices most of the male characters, and is one of the main writers. Alex Borstein voices most of the female characters and is also a writer. FAMILY GUY is THE SIMPSONS on speed and with a bawdy streak. Like the Simpsons, the show recreates a small town and introduces a host of characters. Like most people, my two favorites are Stewie, the one-year old evil super genius who also doubles as the youngest Griffin, and Brian, the talking family dog, who is also exceptionally literate and an alcoholic. Unlike THE SIMPSONS, where Lisa and (usually) Marge are voices of reason, absolutely no one on FAMILY GUY really has their stuff together. Brian, Meg, and Lois are relatively sane, but all can exhibit bizarre behavior at key times. Brian can serve as the voice of reason, but his drinking problem can get out of control at inopportune times. This show is absolutely NOT for the children. There is a huge amount of sexual humor, frequent references to genitalia, and the next-door neighbor is a sexual predator. The show was designed with a late nighttime slot in mind, and it shows. Much of the humor is scatological, and there really are no sacred subjects. To be honest, when the show goes off color, I generally find it to be less funny than in the more primetime moments. Much of the humor becomes ritualistic (a detractor might say formulaic). For instance, whenever any character uses the phrase like the time you know you about about to get a flashback. Transitions can be rapid, unexpected, and exceedingly weird. And unlike THE SIMPSONS, when they introduce a song, it is almost always exceedingly funny. Just dont try to eat and watch FAMILY GUY at the same time.

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!

Love this show! So much better with the Star Wars spoof! AWESOME!!!

You get the movies on DVD, Blu Ray and digital copies. One of my DVD versions would not play on any of my players. Too much hassle to send them all back. Especially since I watch the Blu Ray versions. Other buyers may want to check every disc just in case they think that is important. As for the content, I am a Family Guy fan so I liked them all. However, Its a Trap is about as good as Return of the Jedi compared to the first two Star Wars movies. In other words, slightly dissapointing but with some good moments.

This is the story of Peter Griffin,his wife Lois,his children Meg,Chris, & Stewie (my favorite).They live in Rhode Island where they get into a lot of crazy situations.I discovered this show a couple years ago on dvd and it has been one of my favorite since.Im glad they are bringing it back.Its fun watching Peter being an idiot and watching the matricidal babys plans get foiled once again.If your a fan of raunchy and far-out humor I would highly reccomend this.There are so many great gags youll have to watch the episodes over because you will be laughing so hard you might miss one.Pick it up as soon as you can.

I bought this as a gift for my brother. He was thrilled to get it. He’s a huge fan of both Star Wars and Family Guy, so it was perfect. Highly recommend!

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 not much of a Family Guy fan, but am a Star Wars fan, so I had to give this a shot. The 3 disc set isnt cheap, and the replay value is average at best, but its pretty high quality. Maybe my favorite quality to these discs is that the filmmakers utilize actual Star Wars sound effects and music, and it sounds great. This is a precursor to the soon-to-be released BluRay Star Wars releases.

For those who havent seen this show you are missing out. This is animation at its funniest. All 6 major characters are well thought out and written with gusto. The supporting characters are hilarious once you get familiar with them. It was a shame this show was cut short. Its pretty risque but it pays off bigtime. Stewie the baby is my favorite. He is a baby with a sort of a mad-scientist meets Frasier Crane persona who works that English accent to the utmost levels of extreme snobbiest. The show is politically incorrect so if you are offended by that sort of stuff stay away. My only complaint is that Peter the father is a poor mans Homer Simpson whos predictable antics sometime get a little tiresome. Other than that is high quality DVD with some OK extras and semi interesting commentaries. Bottom Line: Family Guy aint for families but its friggin hilarious. Hopeless ubergeek Simpsons worshippers (myself included) should love this.

purchasing this dvd box set was one of the worst decisions I have ever made. Even as I sat in front of my laptop watching episode after hilarious episode, I could faintly hear the sound of all my ambitions and dreams come tumbling down around me. Within fifty-two hours of the fateful package from Amazon.com arriving in my university mailbox, I had watched all 28 episodes at least once, the eight with commentary twice (once without, once with) and all the special features. thats roughly 14 hours, or ten hours more than I ended up sleeping during that period. If you have anything important to do, I urge you, do not buy this product. However, if you love non-sequiteur, surrealist comedy and you wont be too saddened by, say, flunking genetics, buy this box set. Buy this box set if its the last thing you do.