Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #487 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-04-20
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 403 minutes

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, CIA agent Stan Smith runs a household that includes his ultra-liberal daughter Hayley; his nerdy son Steve; a sarcastic alien named Roger; and a lascivious German goldfish, Klaus. Features the complete fourth series.

Customer Reviews

Info time
As with most American Dad and Family Guy (shudder) boxsets, this isn't so much the fourth season as broadcast as the end of the third and the start of the fourth. No matter, the episodes on offer here are crackers.

Tearjerker (a sort of Bond parody, and one of the finest AD episodes to date)
Oedipal Panties
Widowmaker
Red October Sky
Office Spaceman
Stanny Slickers II: The Legend Of Ollie's Gold
Spring Break-up
1600 Candles
The One That Got Away
One Little Word
Choosey Wives Choose Smith
Escape From Pearl Bailey
Pulling Double Booty
The Most Adequate Christmas Ever

For the most part these episodes keep the quality level high. As ever, the actual plots are awful, but its the gags you watch it for, and the gag rate is high. The series is getting better with age, so expect this to be the best of the four sets released so far.

Good morning, USA!
American Dad is on fire at the moment. I've always enjoyed it, but it has lived in the shadow of it's bigger brother, 'Family Guy', since it began.

And that really is unfair, because while 'Family Guy' of late seems to be getting increasingly desperate for your attention, and the overtly American references can leave a British viewer cold more often than not, 'American Dad' has been getting better and better.

Seen 'American Dad' before, and thought "Meh, it's alright, but it's not 'Family Guy'"? Forget that. Now is the time to return to it, and see just how deliriously good it's become. Despite what else has been said, the plots are very good and surprisingly clever, and it's willingness to go where other shows won't keeps it fresh.
It is, of course, a comedy, and the laughs come thick and fast, and louder than ever. But what I really appreciate about 'American Dad' is that it doesn't artificially fish for a giggle like 'Family Guy' tends to do. In fact, in one episode here, Stan so much as points out the fact, after talking, and leaving a long hanging silence: "What? Not everything is funny, sometimes you just need to get information out." Ironically, this willingness to be more relaxed and less hyperactive than Family Guy actually makes you appreciate the humour all the more (and there's plenty of that).

Really, I can't describe to you just how brilliantly this show is maturing. Dare I say it, quality-wise American Dad is moving in on the Simpsons in it's heyday, and I'm not exaggerating. This is the better show compared to Family Guy; if you've wathced before but lapsed, this is the time to return. If you're new to American Dad, this is where the best material lies (so far).
You're in good hands here, and I honestly can't wait to see where this show goes next. I can't recommend this high enough. By hook or by crook, get into it: you won't regret it.

Great show, not enough episodes
American Dad is the politically minded Family Guy. From the sick and brilliantly minded Seth MacFarlane, American Dad is the story of Stan Smith; an everyday all American dad with an everyday all-American family, except none of the above is true, Stan works for the CIA and is one of the most right wing men in the world. Stan's family is wife Francine, son Steve and daughter Haley, as well as camp, drunk alien Roger (one of TVs greatest comedy creations) and perverted, slightly insane, talking fish Klaus. Trust me it works.
American Dad is a show for the liberal minded who like to laugh and occasionally like to poke fun at right wing politicians who take themselves too seriously, as well as laughing at themselves. American Dad is very clever, it takes no prisoners and still gives you a feeling of happiness without guilt, perhaps unlike South Park.
This dvd box set is great it contains one of the greatest episodes 'Tearjerker' which is a spoof Bond, however it looses points because there are only a handful of episodes spread over far too many discs. This is clearly so they can make more money from more box sets so it's a little unfair but hey; it's American Dad, it's worth the box set, so you can sit back and watch over and over again.