Family Guy - Season 1-12 [DVD]

To everyone who is a fan of this show; you must own the DVDs. The show is wonderfully sarcastic about current events and about popular culture. Peter and his friends (Joe, Quagmire and Cleveland) are so optimistic everytime they try something new which ultimately fails miserably, of course. Stewie always hatches new plans to either kill Lois or achieve world domination. Poor Meg, always being bullied by pretty much everyone. Chris, adorable and naive. Lois, the housewife who tries to keep Peter in line and who is oblivious to Stewie's plans toward her. And Brian is the (only) voice of reason, even though he's the family dog.A lot has been said about the episodes on this box as well as the specials. Now here's what's actually on this set:- This box contains 34 discs, in turn containing 182 episodes. These episodes are all episodes until 'Internal Affairs', minus a few exceptions, listed below.- The special 'Road to the North Pole' is part of this set (season 11) and does not need to be bought separately.- The special 'Happy freakin' Christmas' is made up of the two episodes 'A very special Family Guy freakin' Christmas' and 'Da boom'; both these episodes are part of this box set (seasons 2 and 3) and do not need to be bought separately.- The special 'Ho-ho-holy cr*p!' is made up of the two episodes 'Thanksgiving' and 'Jesus, Mary and Joseph'; the first is present in this box (in season 12), the second will be part of the season 13 release (so it's NOT in this box). But since both episodes are part of the regular releases of the seasons, this special also does not need to be bought separately.- The special 'Stewie Griffin: the untold story' is made up of the three episodes 'Stewie B. Goode', 'Bango was his name, oh!' and 'Stu and Stewie's excellent adventure'; these episodes are NOT on this box set and therefore do need to be bought separately (if one wishes to complete the collection).- The Star Wars episodes ('Blue harvest', 'Something, something, something, Dark side' and 'Episode VI: It's a trap') are NOT part of this box set and are separately available as well as in one box set called 'Laugh it up, fuzzball'. If one wishes to complete the collection, one should buy these specials as well.All of the other episodes are complete, albeit behind on the TV releases. (The final episode on this collection, while stated as being season 12, is actually the last episode of season 10. The DVD set called season 13, will be comprised of the episodes of season 11.)So I hope this clarifies what you will and will not find in this box set, but I definitely recommend it. It took me a while to get used to it, but now I love it. If you're a fan like me and want to watch it more often than just on TV, you should buy this collection.

So after having this box set for a year I'm now just realising this isn't seasons 1-12 at all. It's actually only up to the end of season 10. This wouldn't bother me because for the price it's still a good deal, but it's false advertising and therefore shouldn't be allowed to be sold. If you don't believe me, the final episode of disc 3 season 12 is Internal Affairs. Google it yourselves it's actually the final episode of season 10. If you want season 11 or 12 you'll have to buy them separately.

Being a fan of Family Guy from the start I found that the late-night slot on BBC3 was a bit tiresome so bought the box sets instead. Some people have compared this cartoon family with The Simpsons and certainly there are similarities. Like Homer and Marge Simpson, the patriarch, Peter Griffin has responsibilities far beyond his mental capacity and his wife, Lois is the one holding the family together. The children differ though. Sixteen year old Meg is the one everyone loves to hate and thirteen year old Chris is the awkward one. Stewie is the one year old psychopath who is determined to conquer the world but is never taken seriously by anyone except Brian, the family's talking dog. No one in this series thinks that a talking dog the least bit strange.Compared to The Simpsons, I think Family Guy to be far superior. The occasional strong language is more suited to an adult audience (swearing is bleeped out on BBC3) and fights and bloodshed are not uncommon occurrences. There are regular celebrity guest appearences who play themselves or provide voices. On the downside, this first series DVD boxset is devoid of extras but as an introduction to Rhode Island's premier dysfunctioal family it is well worth a look.

I ordered this for my daughter as she was looking for a replacement copy as her copy wouldn’t play anymore.*Update*My daughter is very pleased with it, says it works fine. So would recommend.

The first and in my opinion the best of the series available. Family Guy is a cross between The Simpsons and South Park, irreverent, crude at times, but with some wonderful quirks and no leanings whatsoever towards political correctness. If you get huffy about people taking the rise out of race, religion, colour, old age, disability, sex and much more, you will not like this.It is funny due to the fact that the characters do not realise that they are being comic and are oblivious to the unintentional humour they illicit. Like Marmite, it's not to everyone's taste but it cracks me up every time I watch it although some things do make me cringe in a "there's no way I would say that" kind of way.You do need a surreal sense of humour at times, but this DVD is a must for anyone who loves off-beat comedy. If you are easily offended keep away.

Funny funny funny!

perhaps i am ( in late middle age ) becoming the sort of nasty old ba****d that i used to hate so much.however, this is one of the few things on t.v that can make me laugh, both loud and long, and it goes without saying we could all do with that a lot more, i think.well done all the team at family guy.keep it coming.

Good in its day a bit dated now.