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"I’m not beloved," CIA Agent Stan Smith is shocked to discover after eavesdropping on his mocking neighbours 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 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 is 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 humour. 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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Special Features Three disc edition contains 18 hilarious American Dad episodes Audio commentary on every episode Over 60 deleted and extended scenes Uncensored versions of selected episodes Comic-con table read
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
If you're reading this you're probably a fan already. This 3rd series is as good as any of the previous ones, clever and outrageous story lines, great jokes and some occasional hilarious profanity! This is a real pleasure to watch, again and again!
There's only a couple of bad points: Klaus is becoming less and less funny, the extras are good but not great, I miss the casts interviews and stuff like that. Also the quality of the DVD itself is disappointing, you can see it's just a cheap transfer of the original American DVD, especially when you pause the picture. On one episode the screen even wobbles noticeably for a couple of seconds.
These points however do not dtract from an overall great product that will give you hours of viewing pleasure.
Buy it and enjoy!
There's only a couple of bad points: Klaus is becoming less and less funny, the extras are good but not great, I miss the casts interviews and stuff like that. Also the quality of the DVD itself is disappointing, you can see it's just a cheap transfer of the original American DVD, especially when you pause the picture. On one episode the screen even wobbles noticeably for a couple of seconds.
These points however do not dtract from an overall great product that will give you hours of viewing pleasure.
Buy it and enjoy!
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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I won't go into the contents of this box or the quality of American Dad! as a series per se. I just want to point out, that the UK releases of American Dad! might be more or less chronological (box 3 leaves out the 8th episode of series 3, a christmas special), but are released not in a season-per-box way. Read: This "Volume 3" contains the episodes 10 to 19 of season 2 plus the first 7 episodes of season 3 and episode 9 of season 3. Basically all episodes (apart from the said x-mas episode) that were originally shown in 2007 in the US. Just to clear things up a bit.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Best Season yet!
Its just better than the others, they've boosted the certificate to 15 so you know its gonna have more swears, which personally, a swear can really complete a joke or it can be a joke of its own!
However, it is, admitedly more like Family Guy than the previous Seasons, so if u absolutly despise Family Guy, think twice. But, I love Family Guy so its all good!
Theres more rude humour (suffiecent amount, not too much), more swears, more laughs and more crys, BUY IT!
Its just better than the others, they've boosted the certificate to 15 so you know its gonna have more swears, which personally, a swear can really complete a joke or it can be a joke of its own!
However, it is, admitedly more like Family Guy than the previous Seasons, so if u absolutly despise Family Guy, think twice. But, I love Family Guy so its all good!
Theres more rude humour (suffiecent amount, not too much), more swears, more laughs and more crys, BUY IT!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Hilarious! American Dad is tops!!!
Absolute genius in this season! There are hilarious references to movies in these episodes, a common one relates to Roger and E.T, the episodes are A.T. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Michael Shaw
Great comedy beginning to polarise towards quirks
In its third season, American Dad retreads all the ground of the first two series, though missing the "Roger's Golden Nugget" mini-episode....wonder what happened to that? Read more
Published on 27 April 2010 by Mr. F. M. Havicon
Constantly improving
Like Family Guy did in its first few seasons, American Dad is just getting better and better with time. Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2010 by Ian Shine
I Like to watch
I like to watch this while i sit in my underware. It is fun. Like christmas and new year rolled into one. This brings me much joy, like the day my wife left me. Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2009 by Mr. H. Paul
Spot On
Everyone should get into American Dad!
Personally i could do without the extra features but hey,some people like them i guess.
10 out of 10
Personally i could do without the extra features but hey,some people like them i guess.
10 out of 10
Published on 19 Oct 2009 by M. Mcguire
Very Very Funny
The seasons get funnier, if your a fan of Family guy then you will love this,
Published on 7 Sep 2009 by KAT
American Dad
Tongue in cheek, risqué and utterly hilarious.
Not to be watched with the parents or young kids!!!
Not to be watched with the parents or young kids!!!
Published on 21 July 2009 by J. Hester
great!
Season three is another to be wondered at. Really, excellent work. The best is still season two, but 3 has it's own little gems. Read more
Published on 14 July 2009 by Larewen Evenstar
Brilliant
I enjoyed the third season even more than the previous two seasons and those were due to their sheer genius a tough act to follow.
Published on 3 Feb 2009 by B. Janssens
Hearsay??
Ok first off I bought this for my daughter so its not a review as such, just a report back on her perception of the product. Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2009 by P. W. Harris
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