![]() With the cable out, Peter starts to lose it and go stir crazy. While Peter is teaching wife Meg to drive, they crash in to – and knock down – the main satellite dish that feeds the cable television company in Quahog. I Never Met A Dead Man (Original Air Date: April 11, 1999) After being led away by the police, the judge eventually releases him back to his family with a little urging from Stewie’s mind-control device. After his first check is too big ($150,000), he decides to give the money back to the people by going to the Super Bowl and dropping money into the crowd from a blimp. Regardless, the studio has given new life to the series on DVD and fans prayers have been answered with the marvelous boxed set coming to stores in mid-April.įor those unfamiliar with the show and the Quahog, Rhode Island residing Griffin family, we meet Peter (creator Seth McFarlane), the obese, heavy-drinking, and fun-loving father of the family who makes his living working in a local toy factory Lois (Alex Borstein), the calm, cool, and collected mother who spends her days giving piano lessons, putting up with Peter and avoiding the collateral damage her infant son’s latest invention might cause teenaged daughter Meg (Mila Kunis and Lacey Chabert in early episodes), who is constantly embarrassed by her family and someone who wants nothing more than to be considered cool and accepted by the popular kids at her school Chris (Seth Green), the overweight and dimwitted son baby Stewie (Seth McFarlane), the diabolical infant who is hell-bent on breaking away from his parents so that he can continue to carry out his plans of world domination and finally, there’s the family dog, Brian (Seth McFarlane) and he’s quite intellectual - he talks, walks upright, and drinks heavily - you know, just like your dog.Īnyway, there’s your quick introduction to the family so strap yourself in for a 10+ hour ride through Seasons 1 and 2 with Fox’s DVD boxed set release of Family Guy.ĭeath Has A Shadow (Original Air Date: January 31, 1999)Ĭommentary with Seth McFarlane, Alex Borstein, and David Zuckerman Fans revolted – websites sprang up – petitions were signed – letters were written – phone calls were made - and the show was saved for a third season only to be given the permanent dirt nap from Fox execs the next season.įamily Guy has got to be the single most horribly treated show in the history of television and it’s a shame that a network as willing to take chances as Fox couldn’t get it together in order to save the show for a few seasons longer. When Family Guy returned for a much longer run in its sophomore season, all was well with the show and with fans until Fox started screwing around with the airing of episodes and consistency was definitely one word that couldn’t be associated with Fox’s airing of Family Guy eps. The show became an instant cult classic and those who latched on to the show were absolutely rabid about it. ![]() The first season finished up in the spring of 1999 and was a quick and dirty seven episode job that did a marvelous job of introducing us to Quahog, Rhode Island and some of it’s most hilarious residents, the Griffin family. When the show debuted, it attracted a lot of media attention and received a nice heaping of praise along with some kind reviews from critics. ![]() Fox and Family Guy seemed to be a marriage made in heaven. The show touched on (and parodied) hot-button and pop-culture issues of the day and pushed limits that even live-action shows wouldn’t touch … and it was able to do all that and remain quite funny. While quite controversial, controversy was nothing new to Fox and Family Guy seemed to fit right in with the rest of their renegade (and very popular) shows. Seth McFarlane’s Family Guy debuted on the Fox network after the Super Bowl in 1999. Reviewed by David Williams (April 3, 2003) Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Butch Hartman, Mike Henry, Josh Peck, Patrick Warburton, Adam West, Lori Alan The animated adventures of this outrageous family will have your whole family laughing out loud. And Brian, the sarcastic dog with a wit as dry as the martinis he drinks. Stewie, the maniacal one-year-old bent on world domination. ![]() Chris, the beefy 13-year-old who wouldn't hurt a fly, unless it landed on his hot dog. Their daughter Meg, the teen drama queen who's constantly embarrassed by her family. Lois, the doting mother who can't figure out why her baby son keeps trying to kill her. Meet the Griffins: Peter, the big, lovable oaf who always says what's on his mind. Review Archive: # | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-L | M-O | P-R | S-U | V-Z | Viewer Ratings | Main Family Guy: Volume 1 - Season 1 & 2 (1999) ![]()
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