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• Directors: Neil Affleck, Greg Colton, Gavin Dell, Michael Dimartino, Jack Dyer (III)
• Format: NTSC
• Number of discs: 7
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• DVD Release Date: November 29, 2005
• Run Time: 22 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BWFWFA
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #42,744 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Family Guy, Vol. 1
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). The Volume 1 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 and world domination: "Victory is mine!"

Family Guy, Vol. 2
The third and final network 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.

Family Guy, Vol. 3
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.").

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39 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best family Guy in this side of Quahog!, November 17, 2005

By	P. Burgos "J.D. NASHMAN" (Hanford, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Starting nov 29th. You can get all 3 volumes of the hit critically contreversal cartoon sitcom Family Guy, featuring Peter, Meg, Lois, Brian, Stewie, Brian and most of Peters friends including Mr. Quagmeyer and co. And more. Here are the episodes that will be included in this one huge bundle.


Season 1 (JAN-AUG 1999)


Death Has a Shadow (1/31/99)
I Never Met the Dead Man (4/11/99)
Chitty Chitty Death Bang (4/18/99)
Mind Over Murder (4/25/99)
A Hero Sits Next Door (5/2/99)
The Son Also Draws (5/9/99)
Brian: Portrait of a Dog (5/16/99)


Season 2 (Sept 1999-Aug 2000)

Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater (9/23/99)
Holy Crap (9/30/99)
DaBoom (12/26/99)
Brian in Love (3/7/00)
Love Thy Trophy (3/14/00)
Death is a B(i)tch (3/21/00)
The King is Dead (3/28/00)
Bonus Features
Commentary: "Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater" and "Holy Crap"
I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar (3/28/00)
If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin' (4/4/00)
Running Mates (4/11/00)
A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Bucks (4/18/00)
Fifteen Minutes of Shame (4/25/00)
Road to Rhode Island (5/30/00)
Let's Go to the Hop (6/6/00)
Dammit Janet! (6/13/00)
There's Something About Paulie (6/27/00)
He's Too Sexy for His Fat (6/27/00)
E. Peterbus Unum (7/12/00)
The Story on Page 1 (7/18/00)
Wasted Talent (7/25/00)
Fore, Father (8/1/00)

Season 3 Aug 2001-Feb 2002

The Thin White Line: A listless Brian gets a job as a police dog due to his uncanny ability to sniff out drugs. Actually, he becomes too good at his job and ends up at a rehab clinic where Peter decides to join him: "I'm on vacation. Oh, and if they ask, I'm also on smack."
Brian Does Hollywood: The second part of Thin White Line. Brian goes to LA to find his calling and ends up directing porn. His flamboyant cousin Jasper is hilarious.
Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington: Peter's employer is taken over by a cigarette conglomerate and they make him president of the company. Includes an "appearance" by Martha Stewart.
One if by Clam, Two if By Sea: The Brits get it in this episode when they turn the Drunken Clam into a British pub. Great Peter line: "We kicked your ass in WWII & we can do it again."
And the Wiener Is: Peter brags about being better than his son at everything, until he sees Chris' extra large manhood.
Death Lives: Peter has Lois go on a scavenger hunt for their wedding anniversary so he can go golfing (great idea!). Features a return of "Death."
Lethal Weapons: Lois fears her karate is bringing violence into her home which is a different take from the usual husband is jealous when his wife kicks someone's butt for him storyline.
The Kiss Seen Around the World: Meg becomes an intern at the news station alongside nerdy Neil Goldman. The "phony"guy was way over used in this one.
Mr. Saturday Knight: With Mr. Weed dead and the toy factory destroyed per his will, Peter pursues his dream of being a jouster at the Renaissance fair. Includes a reference to the Electric Company and Peter as a prostitute is hilarious.
A Fish Out of Water: Peter becomes a fisherman and must kill a legendary man-eating fish to pay off a loan.
Emission Impossible: One of my favorites. Lois & Peter want to have another baby and Stewie sets out to spoil their plans.
To Live & Die in Dixie: Chris identifies a convenience store robber and the family is put in the witness protection program in the Deep South where Chris finds a girlfriend and Stewie discovers a hankering for bluegrass.
Screwed the Pooch: Hilarious episode! Brian impregnates Lois' father's prized race dog and Peter must choose between his best friend and the newly established tolerance his father-in-law shows towards him.
Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother?: Another favorite. Peter discovers a black ancestor who was enslaved by Lois' family and tries to get in touch with his black roots.
Ready, Willing, and Disabled: Joe loses a robber and contemplates leaving the police force until Peter convinces him to enter the Special Person's Games and, like with South Park's take, steroids enter the picture. Great reference to `Touched By an Angel' ("Now where did the angel touch you.").
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas: After several unfortunate events, Lois goes off the deep end. Hey, let's see an entire KISS Saves Santa!
Brian Wallows and Peter Swallows: As part of his community service, Brian takes care of a mean old hag who ends up having a lot in common with him. This episode is almost touching.
From Method to Madness: The Griffins meet up with a nudist family.
Stuck Together, Torn Apart: Peter's jealousy almost ends his marriage while Stewie and Brian are glued together.
Road to Europe: Stewie is mesmerized by a public television children's show and sets off to England to join it. Meanwhile, Lois and Peter go to Kisstock and Peter is appalled (as would any KISS fan) that Lois does know the words to "Rock and Roll All Nite."
Family Guy Viewer Mail #1: Here's hoping there will be a #2. Three tales about Peter becoming a gelatinous blob (its hard to tell the difference...just kidding), the Griffins having superhuman abilities and a "Little Rascals" take-off.
When You Wish Upon a Weinstein: Controversial, never-aired episode where Peter hopes to make his son Jewish so he will be successful. (Unaired episode not aired until Dec 2004!)

Season 4 Jun-Aug 2005

1. North by North Quahog
2. Fast Times at Buddy Cianic Jr. High
3. Blind Ambition
4. Don't Make Me Over
5. The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire
6. Petarded
7. Brian The Bachelor
8. 8 Simple Rules for Buying My Daughter
9. Breaking Out is Hard To Do
10. Model Misbehavior
11. Perfect Castaways
12. Peter's Got Woods
13. Jungle Love


14. Extras
1. Commentary Tracks
2. Behind The Scenes With Stewie
3. Resurrection of Family Guy
4. Deleted Scenes
5. Animatics
6. Family Guy "Live In Las Vegas" Music Video

Go get it if you haven't yet!!!

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Order separately and save, November 28, 2005

By	N. Sanghvi - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This show is awesome. I just got these, but ordering this pack of all of them doesn't seem to have any advantage over ordering them separately, and separately they are $1.56 cheaper overall. It would have been cooler if there was some case for all 3 volumes or a discount for getting all of them together.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Family Guy, May 17, 2006

By	T. Lasky "sk8rboy101us" (Chatham, NY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The best comedy show ever. Better even than the almighty South Park, which, in it's later years, is starting to lose it's kick. Too bad. Fortunately, we've got Family Guy. The only thing is, the the fourth season is incomplete. They took a break for a month or two, and released the first half of the season, the second half was thought by many to be season 5, but was actually the latter half of the fourth. When they re-release all the episodes, I'll purchase, that.