American Dad! - Series 2 - Complete (DVD)

Fantastic!!!
Amazon.co.uk Review
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

Synopsis
From the creators of THE FAMILY GUY comes another outrageous and over-the-top take on the American nuclear family. With his doting wife, Francine, at his side, Stan Smith CIA agent, anti-terror operative, and upstanding citizen runs a household that includes his ultra-liberal daughter, Hayley; his dweeb son, Steve; a sarcastic alien named Roger; and a lascivious German goldfish, Klaus.

I have to say, American Dad inspires me. It's a real gem of a programme that I'm glad I discovered.

Season 2 is a great continuation of Season 1, but with a few minor differences. Roger gets suitably vicious, Steve gets more gullible, Hayley gets more righteous and Stan & Francine continue in their rut.

It's an excellent season which I won't say too much on (I don't want to give it away), and well worth the money. However, Season 3 is even better...

If you like Family Guy you will love this. Amazing viewing another class cartoon for adults to add to The Simpsons and Family Guy.

i bought it for a birthday present and was great for the person i bought its for. i received great service.

american dad is the result of a conglomerate of 3 fantastic comedy writers from whom, we have got things like family guy. enough said!

Absolutely excellent American cartoon sitcom from the creators of Family Guy.
It is a satirical comedy which plays on all those american stereotypes, well worth watching!!

The price was right and the postage reasonable.The product was like new,a veru goopd ebayer indeed.Would purchase rom this ebayer again,Highly recommeneded

Right short n sweet cus im lazy but imagine the Fun of Family Guy with out the need to rely on "thats like the time wen i did x with x" jokes.

not as great as The Simpsons but with more wit than Family Guy well worth your time.

From the comical genius Seth MacFarlane, the man who created family guy comes American Dad a show that has all the hilariousness of FG, and then some. This second season is even more funny than the first one, i just couldn't stop laughing. There hasn't been an animated comical genius like him since Matt Groening.

very funny american cartoon - very similar to family guy and in ways i prefer it! not as good as the first season though

fantastic typical american animated series very funny and sometimes covers things that are happening or happened in USA with a edge.

Lethal good.Deadly buzz.God hates Americans.You deserve everything you get.A Jihad on the lot of yizz.

top class tv show , fans of the classic family guy would be well advised to check out this similar wacky family , great fun for adults and kids , works on two levels , plenty of extras as well , a" must watch dvd"