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Family Guy Volume One: Seasons 1 & 2 | 154441__FAMILY_GUY_l
D'OH! ''Family Guy'' never quite lives up to ''The Simpsons''' genius
The Family Guy: © Fox

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DVD Release Date: Apr 15, 2003
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By Josh Wolk
Josh Wolk
Josh Wolk
Josh Wolk is a senior writer at EW and the author of ''Cabin Pressure: One Man's Desparate Attempt to Recapture His Youth as a Camp Counselor''

Watching the ''Simpsons''-doppelgänger Griffin clan -- with clueless dad, doting mom, and embarrassed daughter -- is like seeing a beloved celeb with fresh plastic surgery: It looks familiar enough to like, yet something's not quite right. Family Guy Volume One: Seasons 1 & 2 rips through edgy gags, TV references, and fantasy sequences (some of which are hilariously inspired), but Fox's other buffoonish family has none of ''The Simpsons''' heart. As Homer and family have shown, a cartoon doesn't always have to be this cartoonish.


Posted Apr 22, 2003
 

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