American Dad!, Vol. 3
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Actor: Dee Bradley Baker, Rachael MacFarlane, Scott Grimes, Seth MacFarlane, Wendy SchaalBrand: Fox
Writer: Seth MacFarlane
Writer: Mike Barker
Producer: Etan Cohen
Writer: Matt Weitzman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Animated, Box set, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 22 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-15
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Product features:
- Condition: New
- Format: DVD
- AC-3; Animated; Box set; Dolby; DVD; Full Screen; Subtitled; NTSC
Movie Reviews of American Dad!, Vol. 3
Movie Review: Getting better and better
Summary: 5 Stars
The farther along American Dad gets, the funnier it becomes. By season three, the show's central characters have been established and their personality quirks have been tweaked to best appeal to the audience. The show leaps into the bizarre and hilarious with abandon, yielding some of the best comedy on modern television.
For those just coming to the show, all you need to know is that it follows the life of Stan Smith, a father of two who works for the CIA. Imagine Archie Bunker, but with access to high levels of government clearance and insane technologies. This season features Stan meeting his idol, George W. Bush (in one of the funniest depictions of Bush in modern media), luring his family into stasis tubes to get out of going on vacation with them, and ruining his best friend's life in a twisted but well-meaning attempt to prove that God exists.
While Stan remains the center of the show, the rest of the cast has their moments as well. Klaus becomes even more pathetic as he whiles away life from the inside of a fish bowl, Steve and his friends usually supply a solid B-plot, and Roger's obsession with disguises becomes even more emphasized here. Even Haley's hippie boyfriend Jeff gets his moment to shine as Stan finds that he and Jeff have similar father issues. The show is punctuated by sharp comedy and ridiculous situations, and there isn't an episode in the series so far that isn't good for some solid laughs.
On the slight down side, Fox has become increasingly lazy with these DVDs, so you're paying for half a season here, as has become their practice. It's not a huge hurdle now, but when the show starts to wane the price point will make it far too easy to drop. One episode, "The 42-Year Old Virgin," also has a major continuity glitch, as it assumes that Stan has never killed anyone, despite him having racked up a body count throughout the first few seasons. However, even that criticism is a minor one - I'm now nitpicking about continuity in a show that features Stan running through the Hereafter with a "Heaven gun" and fighting archangels during the Christmas special. The show is wacky, over the top, but still has heart and charm thanks to a sympathetic but dim-witted protagonist. It's well worth the money, and easily the best animated show on TV.
Summary of American Dad!, Vol. 3
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 08/05/2008 Run time: 418 minutes Rating: Nr"I?m not beloved," CIA Agent Stan Smith is shocked to discover after eavesdropping on his mocking neighbors in the episode, "I Can?t Stan You." With all the resolve this "pig-headed" Red State poster boy and George "The Dub" Bush devotee can muster, he vows, "I will make these people like me." For those still on the fence about American Dad, this collection of 18 episodes spanning seasons two and three ought to do the trick. These characters may not be as indelible as the Family Guy clan, but these episodes rarely flag. If the outrageous storylines don?t grab you, the rapid-fire random gags will. Like King of the Hill?s Hank Hill , Stan (voiced by series co-creator Seth McFarlane) is oft confounded by a world seemingly gone mad. Unlike Hank, he is the voice of un-reason. In "Surro-Gate," Stan?s dizzy wife, Francine (Wendy Schaal) agrees to be the surrogate for the Smith?s gay neighbors, prompting the disapproving Stan to kidnap the infant, as well as the brood of a lesbian couple. In "Black Mystery Month," Stan reveals a Da Vinci Code-like conspiracy involving George Washington Carver that?s plain nuts. In another episode, "Bush Comes to Dinner" for a night of drunken debauchery; some easy-target Bush-bashing redeemed when the President makes peace between Stan and his "lost cause" liberal daughter, Hayley (Rachael MacFarlane). Some of the best episodes focus more on the Smith family than politics. In "The Vacation Goo," Francine demands a real family getaway after discovering that all previous vacations were artificially created memories. In "Haylias," it is revealed that the unwitting Hayley is a brainwashed sleeper agent, who is activated by Stan to stop her from moving to France. "The 42-Year-Old Virgin" reveals another shocker: Trigger-happy Stan has never actually killed anyone! American Dad revels in guy humor. As Stan tells an unamused Hayley at one point, "You don?t get a willy, you don?t get the silly." American Dad brings the silly, but while the series is not above (or beneath) moth fart jokes, it is also smart enough to reference, say, Equus or the touching "When Somebody Loved Me" number from Toy Story 2. Stan?s geeky son, Steve (Scott Grimes), bitchy alien Roger (MacFarlane), and talking fish Klaus (Dee Bradley Baker) are no Chris, Brian, or Stewie, but this set contains some of their more memorable outings. In "Frannie 911," it turns out that it actually would kill Roger to be nice. In "Surro-Gate," Klaus vows revenge on Roger and Stan following a waterslide prank. American Dad fans will salute this three-disc set?s generous features, including a riotous Comic-Con cast table read of the episode, "The 42 Year-Old Virgin," nearly a half hour of deleted scenes (deleted jokes would be more accurate), unrated versions (with unbleeped profanities) of certain episodes, and freewheeling audio commentaries ("Hey, aren?t we supposed to talk about the episode?" one participant tries to steer one digressive conversation). --Donald Liebenson
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