Funny, entertaining and oftentimes hilarious American Dad: Volume Seven is now available on DVD and it’s Uncensored. Filled with some crazy and wicked episodes, the weekly-animated television show has never been seen like this. Not only are the ads stripped out of the episodes but also it doesn’t bleep out profanity and ‘shows’ more. If you are a big fan of the show or like your animation uninhibited, then pick up a copy of American Dad: Volume Seven.
The show follows CIA Agent Stan Smith (Seth McFarlane) with his idyllic wife Francine (Wendy Schaal), Haley (Rachel McFarlane) his left-wing daughter and his 14-year-old son Steve (Scott Grimes) as he goes from day to day sometimes in chaos other times just plain lost in mindless arrogance. Also, treated as a member of the family, Roger (Seth McFarlane) a sarcastic Space Alien lives in their attic. He gets himself involved in most of the family situations, but lately has been developing new disguises so he can go out in public more readily. Rounding out the family unit is their pet Klaus (Dee Bradley Baker) a nosey goldfish who has an opinion about everybody’s business. You know a ‘typical’ American family although more unconventional then most.
In season seven we find the family entrenched in some of the most ridiculous situations including trying to be the best decorated horror house on the block at Halloween. The Episode is called “Best Little Horror House in Langley Falls” and it’s probably the funniest one of the 19 episodes. For the past eight years the Smith’s have overshadowed the neighbors with their shock themed decorations, but a neighbor has come up with a high-tech horror-fest that has been intriguing all the trick-or-treater’s. But Stan will not be overpowered by technology and dives right in to ‘save’ the day.
In another episode called “Gorillas in the Mist” we find Stan wanting to be a better father so he invites his son Steve to go to a local zoo. At the zoo however Stan takes a wrong approach and ends up in the Gorilla enclave with very little time to get out. Also Roger tries to take Hayley to the cleaners with the outlandish idea that he can be a Country singer by writing a tearjerker of a song. You’ll just have to see how this very funny episode plays out.
The other seventeen episodes are:
- “100 A.D.”
- “Son of Stan”
- “Stan’s Food Restaurant”
- “White Rice”
- “There Will Be Bad Blood”
- “The People vs. Martin Sugar”
- “For Whom the Sleigh Bell Tolls”
- “Fart-Break Hotel”
- “Stanny Boy and Frantastic” 4.5/5
- “A Piñata Named Desire” 3.5/5
- “You Debt Your Life” 3/5
- “I Am the Walrus” 3.5/5
- “School Lies” 4/5
- “License to Till” 4.5/5
- “Jenny Fromdabloc” 3/5
- “Home Wrecker”
- “Flirting with Disaster”
Although the bonus features are a little slight, I enjoyed the Audio Commentary with several episodes, so after you view the 3-disc set, turn on a few and you will see what I mean.
Special features on the 3-disc set include:
- Deleted Scenes
- I Love Patrick Stewart
- American Dad at Comic Con 2010
- Audio Commentary on Select Episodes
FINAL ANALYSIS: A cool season for American Dad fans. [rating=4]
Specifications and additional film information:
- Cast: Seth McFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Rachel McFarlane, Scott Grimes, and Dee Bradley Baker
- Co-Creators: Seth McFarlane, Mike Barker, and Matt Weitzman
- Rating: Unrated, (Parental Discretion Advised), Originally rated TV 14 A
- Genre: Comedy, Animation
- Running Time: 463 min
- Street Date: April 17, 2012
- Original Air Date: Fox Television 2010-2011
- Language: English
- Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital
- Video: Color, Widescreen, 1.78:1
- Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
- Number of Discs: 3
- Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Writer, critic, film editor John Delia, Sr. has been on all sides of the movie business from publications to film making. He has worked as a film critic with ACED Magazine for more than 20 years and other publications for a total of 40 years. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Florida. John is a member of the Southeastern Film Critics Association and Critics Association of Central Florida Send John a message at jdelia@acedmagazine.com
