More Family Guy Comes Out
Published on: 24th November, 2006
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Just in time for the holidays comes the next installment of one of the most popular DVD series to come out. Family Guy Season 4 [20th Century Fox, $39.99, 315 minutes] gives the viewer the 14 episodes from 2005-06.The popularity of Family Guy comes from not the raunchiness, but from the popular culture satire contained in the episodes. The iconoclastic producers poke fun at everything from Star Wars to commercials like Sugar Smacks. They do it in a way that will make the viewer laugh out loud more than one time per 22 minute episode.
Even though this is a cartoon, it’s obviously aimed at a late 20s – late 30s audience. References from 1970s kid shows and 1980s TV shows and movies will trigger one’s memories of times past, while also exposing his or her deep down thoughts on those projects.
As a show goes, it’s kind of standard. The bumbling father, Peter, with the sensible mother, Lois, lead the band of Griffiths. The three kids are television stereotypes of those characters and the Brian the dog is the most sensible character of the group. The plots are also standard at best, but of course that doesn’t matter.
It’s the skit comedy throughout each episode with the “push the envelope†attitude of the producers, which make watching Family Guy worth it. At times you wonder how it gets on network television, but maybe the shows creators are wondering that too.
It affordably priced, so it’s worthwhile to pick up for yourself or as a present for the holidays.
Rating: ****
But the set at Amazon.com.
