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The "Laugh Alert" level is elevated with the release of this second volume of episodes that chronologically span seasons 1 and 2. You know the "there" that people talk about when they say, "Don't go 'there'?" Seth MacFarlane's American Dad leaves "there" in the dust. Take the holiday--excuse me, Christmas--episode, "The Best Christmas Story Never," which somehow melds Charles Dickens with a Ray Bradbury-esque cautionary tale of tampering with the past. CIA Agent and true patriot act Stan Smith (voiced by MacFarlane) loses the spirit of the season in a blizzard of PC secularism in which even the fugitive "Christmas rapist" must be referred to as "the holiday rapist." In the "is nothing sacred" world of American Dad, Christmas can only be saved by Stan accompanying the Ghost of Christmas Past (Lisa Kudrow) back in time to (don't ask) kill Jane Fonda (or Donald Sutherland), take over the direction of Taxi Driver from a drug-free Martin Scorsese, and shoot Ronald Reagan. The Smith family--wife Francine, geeky son Steve, and "peace-pusher" daughter Hayley--is still not as vividly drawn as the Griffins on MacFarlane's Family Guy (even Klaus, the talking German-accented goldfish admits in one episode that his "fish shtick" is getting thin), but one can't help salute the audacity of the oft-inspired writing. In "Stannie, Get Your Gun," Stan becomes a National Gun Association spokesperson after being accidentally paralyzed by his anti-gun daughter. "The American Dad After School Special" has an A Brilliant Mind-like twist as Stan battles an eating disorder brought about by Steve's new overweight girlfriend. In "Helping Handis," Steve becomes the big man on campus after he develops steroid-enhanced breasts.

Two episodes are standouts for their animation. "Dungeons and Wagons," as did South Park with "Make Love, Not Warcraft," creates a video game universe in which Steve rules. Near the end of "Failure Is Not a Factory-Installed Option," the screen adjusts to widescreen format, and the saga of the golden turd, begun in the first season episode, "Homeland Insecurity" compellingly continues with the jewel-encrusted oddity becoming the last temptation of an honest cop (Beau Bridges). American Dad is, as should be apparent, not for all tastes (or more sensitive viewers--the episode "Tears of a Clooney" drops some unbleeped F-bombs), but fans of the series are rewarded with this three disc-set's prodigious extra features, including rowdy, chaotic commentaries for all the episodes, a wealth of hit and miss deleted scenes, and a segment devoted to the production of "Dungeons and Wagons." --Donald Liebenson

Customer reviews (av rating: 4.5):

Rating: 5:
Superb, loved it : Amazingly funny, close to the bone. By this and laugh so hard you will need new eyeballs.

Rating: 4:
Better than Volume 1, But Missing Something... : First Off, American Dad is the Brainchild of Seth Macfarlane [Creator of Family Guy] and was First Written due to the Cancelation of Family Guy after Season 3. This DVD Cointains the Remaining Episodes from Season 1 and the First 9 from Season 2.
Though all of the Episodes are Hillarious and the DVD Extras are Superb it was missing something for me and that was on Episode 'Tears of a Clooney'.
When I saw the Episode 'Tears of a Clooney on TV I Laughed and Laughed but when you see the Uncut F-Word Episode on DVD it's not as Good. You See, The Censored Swearing on *Francine's Behalf was so much funnier than Hearing her Swearing Over and Over about Clooney being this and that.

Despite this though I thoroughly enjoyed all the Episodes and look forward to the Next DVD Release.

Note 1*: Francine in American Dad is the Mother Character for those who don't know.

Rating: 5:
the best dvd seaon set ive got : hi guys
if you like simpsons and liked that then this crazzy funny mad out of this world season 2 of american dad is the dvd box set for you Ł18 is nothig for the funny moments in this dvd i watched it 3 times over and ive only had it 2 weeks lol.

but realy buy this dvd as its great and will make you happy even if ur not in the mood lol.!!!!

Rating: 5:
Dad's What I'm TALKIN' About. : Of all the "adult" cartoons currently showing, this is the best. It knocks its main rival, the increasingly tired Family Guy, into a cocked hat - the extremely edgy dialogue and adventurous plots make this something grown-ups can get their teeth into. All of the supporting characters, including Klaus and Roger, get funny storylines of their own.

Rating: 4:
This boxset IS the 19 episode set : Just to clarify, ignore O.Robson a couple of reviews down as he is wrong. This Region 2 American Dad boxset is Volume 2 rather than Season 2 but it does contain 19 full episodes NOT 10 as that person (and certain other people have listed elsewhere) has incorrectly stated.

The episodes begin with "Stannie Get Your Gun" and runs through to "The Best Christmas Story Never" This is the remaining 10 episodes from Season 1 and the first 9 episodes of Season 2 from American TV.

The Region 1 release in the US is exactly the same so don't be fooled into importing it by thinking it's any better than Region 2. It's cheaper and better to get it here. So overall it isn't a full Season 2 from America but at least it's the rest of Season 1 and half of Season 2 rather than the incorrectly listed half of Season 1 alone.

As for the show itself, if you liked Volume 1 you'll buy it and if you like Family Guy you should buy it. Nuff said.

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