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Starring:
Directed By: Scott Wood (II), 
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Release Date: 2005-02-06
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Format: Animated,  Box set,  Closed-captioned,  Color,  Dolby,  Dubbed,  DVD-Video,  Full Screen,  Subtitled,  NTSC, 

Editorial Reviews and DVD Information about American Dad!, Vol. 1

Product Description
From the delightfully twisted creative minds behind Family Guy comes American Dad the animated tour de force featuring CIA operative Stan Smith his outrageous family and Roger the alcoholic extra-terrestrial who lives with them! Follow the adventures of the Smiths from the California desert where Stan's wife Francine relieves her wild youth at the Burning Man Festival to Saudi Arabia where the entire family is sentenced to death by the Vice and Virtue Police! Whether it's rigging elections erasing memories chasing sleazy strip clubs or staging "bum fights" it's all in a day's work for Stan and it's all here in the side-splittingly hilarious first 13 episodes of American Dad!Bonus Features:Select episode commentary by Creators & Producers Mike Barker Matt Weitzman Seth MacFarlane and others"Making of Featurette"Animatic ComparisonsTable ReadDeleted Scenes & much more! Episode DescriptionDisc 1:PilotThreat LevelsStan Knows BestFrancine's FlashbackDisc 2:Rodger CodgerHomeland InsecurityDeacon Stan Jesus ManBullocks to StanDisc 3:A Smith in the HandAll About SteveCon HeirStan of Arabia (1)Stan of Arabia (2)System Requirements:Running Time 292 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR UPC: 024543233619 Manufacturer No: 2233361

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Whether American Dad! will ever enjoy Family Guy's cult status remains to be seen, but the first 13 episodes of its inaugural season, collected in this extras-laden three-disc set, are promising. After a few episodes, CIA agent Stan Smith and family gradually emerge from the Griffins' formidable shadow, and the show finds its own comic voice. And it sounds a lot like Paul Lynde. That would be Roger (voiced by Seth McFarlane), the housebound alien who saved Stan's life at Area 51 and now lives with the Smiths. Not as inspired a creation is Klaus, the German-accented goldfish who lusts after Stan's wife, Francine. He does, though, have an inspired meta-moment in the episode "Bullocks to Stan," in which he provides faux scene-specific commentary (during the episode!) in anticipation of the show's release on DVD ("I wasn't sure about the Squeaky Fromme reference," he offers, "but it's a smart joke, and the fans have come to expect that from us"). As for the rest of the clan, Steve's children are the typical dysfunctional siblings: Steve, a socially awkward geek, and Hayley, a liberal counterpoint to red, white, and blue-blooded Stan--at least liberal enough to sleep with Stan's boss, Bullock (playfully voiced by Patrick Stewart) in the episode "Bullocks to Stan."

Though the jokes in American Dad! are not as free-associative as in Family Guy, McFarlane cannot seem to resist dispensing with character integrity for a gratuitous potshot at, say, Lisa Kudrow. But as with Family Guy, American Dad! tears at the sitcom envelope. The blasphemous episode "Deacon Stan, Jesus Man," had the distinction of being voted "Worst TV Show of the Week" by the Parents Television Council. And American Dad! has its own version of Family Guy's surreal titanic bouts between Peter Griffin and that chicken. The episode "Homeland Insecurity" features a digression in which a Department of Water and Power worker greedily kills his partner over a gem-encrusted gold "turd," only to find out his wife is having an affair. As he wails to the heavens, the words "To be continued" appear onscreen. According to the audio commentary, the writers do indeed intend to continue this compelling soap opera. So that's something to look forward to. --Donald Liebenson

Customer Reviews for American Dad!, Vol. 1

Will always be in the shadow of Family Guy
Yes, it is a "funny" series. However, it is not even close compared to Family Guy, which shares the creators with this series. The jokes are flat and if you have seen it once, you will never watch an episode again. Heck, I watched some Family Guy episodes 5 times...

Sadly, I never really got into the series and after series 1 I completely lost interest in the series.American Dad!, Vol. 1

Better than expected
When this show first aired I, like many, assumed it was going to just be a lesser version of "Family Guy", and indeed the first few episodes seemed to bear this out.

I think it was somewhere around "Homeland Insecurity" and "A Smith in the Hand" that I began to change my mind on the show. That was when it began to show some real potential and begin to shine on its own, regardless of what was going on in "Family Guy".

"American Dad!" contains some of the sharpest political satire this side of Steven Colbert and John Stewart. Like Colbert is mocks the state of affairs in the nation today with an "everything is rosy!" attitude, and that's something I always enjoy. It also helps that this show can go even more over-the-top than "Family Guy" can.

Really there's not too much more I can say about this show. If you like funny, sharp, intelligent political satire, you'll get a big kick out of it. If you don't, well... you're doomed, so there. :PAmerican Dad!, Vol. 1

Good but still a Family Guy Fan
I wanted to watch something else than Family Guy for awhile. It was entertainning but still I like Family Guy or American Vol 2 betterAmerican Dad!, Vol. 1

not as funny as family guy but still good
Don't expect this to be exactly like family guy. It's a very funny show though!!!American Dad!, Vol. 1

Yeah, the boss is being a real "Catch-You-Next-Tuesday..."
AMERICAN DAD is what was missing from our lives. Enjoy ;-)American Dad!, Vol. 1