American Dad on Fox Appreciation Thread

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Okay so this month the last new episode of American Dad on Fox aired. The show will continue in October on TBS, but for now let's appreciate a series that had a heck of a run!

My favorite bit has to be that "Daddy's Gone" music video. Wish I had a link handy (little help?).

[AFN: Judge Shred]

I didn't appreciate that show until one episode, the ET send up with the jewel encrusted golden turd. That is when the humor and style clicked for me. Now outside of Bob's Burgers it is probably my favorite animated sitcom. That show is brilliant.

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[SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts]

Boys12 music video was great as was the rest of the episode, especially the Tyler bit.

[Gravedigger's Biscuits]

Entertaining AND educational. Plus the animation style is great.

[Mayonnaise]

God, "Stan of Arabia" was amazing. Love "An Apocalypse to Remember" (the nuke drill episode) as well as "Best Little Horror House in Langley Falls" . Absolute favorites have to be "Rapture's Delight", "For Whom the Sleigh Bell Tolls" (war with Santa) and "Great Space Roaster" (Rodger's roast). The Saga of the Golden Turd was a great multi-episode bit.

Really the ones where Stan took a shit in the pool and bar mitzvah episode are the only ones I hate.

[4TheGlory]

It's an underrated show. I don't think its gets a lot of respect as it's seen as the inferior step brother to Family Guy. I wonder if American Dad came out before Family Guy, people would still feel that way?

[Bob Schlapowitz]

Sept 30, 2014 22:21:51 GMT -5 4TheGlory said:

It's an underrated show. I don't think its gets a lot of respect as it's seen as the inferior step brother to Family Guy. I wonder if American Dad came out before Family Guy, people would still feel that way?

I would hope so, since it's far, far superior to Family Guy.

[Crimson]

Sept 30, 2014 22:30:13 GMT -5 Bob Schlapowitz said:

Sept 30, 2014 22:21:51 GMT -5 4TheGlory said:

It's an underrated show. I don't think its gets a lot of respect as it's seen as the inferior step brother to Family Guy. I wonder if American Dad came out before Family Guy, people would still feel that way?

I would hope so, since it's far, far superior to Family Guy.

Seriously, I found American Dad to be lot a better than Family Guy.

[Neo: "The One" who CLAPS]

American Dad IS superior to Family Guy. It feels like the show that was the product of a mature sitcom writer in Seth Macfarlane. No matter how bad Family Guy got, I felt American Dad stayed consistent.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

The show spawned this:



Whether that is a good thing or bad is a question of personal taste.

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Ricky Spanish......


Yeah, as soon as American Dad got into its 3-4th season it really overtook Family Guy in terms of quality for me.

The stories are generally better and not so self-referential/ up its own ass.

The one where Stan had an eating disorder was crazy. During the big reveal I was like, "WHAT." which is pretty rare for me, especially in animated shows.

[Lazy peon]

Sept 30, 2014 23:49:09 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

The show spawned this:



Whether that is a good thing or bad is a question of personal taste.

Sigh.... now I need to see this.

[Arrow]

Oct 1, 2014 10:22:43 GMT -5 @personman01 said:

The one where Stan had an eating disorder was crazy. During the big reveal I was like, "WHAT." which is pretty rare for me, especially in animated shows.

That's exactly how I felt about the episode "The One That Got Away", where one of Roger's personas takes on a life of its own.

American Dad! eventually became the one of the weirdest, most experimental adult cartoons on television and that's what really hooked me onto it. Sure it was very funny and all, but I don't think Family Guy or The Simpsons would ever be capable of episodes like "Blood Crieth Unto Heaven" or "Rapture's Delight". It could take its storylines and characters in all kinds of directions. One episode could start out normal enough and end in a way that you'd never see coming. For example, Francine, bored with the life of a housewife, decides to take sometime for herself when she, Stan, Steve, Roger, and Klaus have to move into a hotel for a week. She eventually impersonates a dead businesswoman attending a meeting there, succeeds and becomes completely immersed in the persona, and ends up leaving her family behind to chase a new job. And then, decades later when she's older and lonely because she no longer has a family to spend time with, she (courtesy of a strange time-travel subplot) goes back in time to tell her past self not to leave her family behind. That's really creative, a lot of fun to watch, and beats a predictable and bland modern Simpsons episode any day. I hope the show is still as good on TBS.

And the Christmas episodes are all classics.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

Oct 1, 2014 10:41:51 GMT -5 Arrow said:

American Dad! eventually became the one of the weirdest, most experimental adult cartoons on television and that's what really hooked me onto it. Sure it was very funny and all, but I don't think Family Guy or The Simpsons would ever be capable of episodes like "Blood Crieth Unto Heaven" or "Rapture's Delight". It could take its storylines and characters in all kinds of directions. One episode could start out normal enough and end in a way that you'd never see coming. For example, Francine, bored with the life of a housewife, decides to take sometime for herself when she, Stan, Steve, Roger, and Klaus have to move into a hotel for a week. She eventually impersonates a dead businesswoman attending a meeting there, succeeds and becomes completely immersed in the persona, and ends up leaving her family behind to chase a new job. And then, decades later when she's older and lonely because she no longer has a family to spend time with, she (courtesy of a strange time-travel subplot) goes back in time to tell her past self not to leave her family behind. That's really creative, a lot of fun to watch, and beats a predictable and bland modern Simpsons episode any day. I hope the show is still as good on TBS.

Don't forget that episode included The Tender Vigilante, one of the funniest things the show's ever done.

As for the funniest thing the show's ever done, I give you this

[Tony Schiavontay]

Sept 30, 2014 19:34:59 GMT -5 Gravedigger's Biscuits said:

Entertaining AND educational. Plus the animation style is great.

I've never seen this and was never a huge fan of the show, but that was one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

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Oct 1, 2014 14:34:53 GMT -5 Jedi-El of Tomorrow said:

Oct 1, 2014 10:41:51 GMT -5 Arrow said:

American Dad! eventually became the one of the weirdest, most experimental adult cartoons on television and that's what really hooked me onto it. Sure it was very funny and all, but I don't think Family Guy or The Simpsons would ever be capable of episodes like "Blood Crieth Unto Heaven" or "Rapture's Delight". It could take its storylines and characters in all kinds of directions. One episode could start out normal enough and end in a way that you'd never see coming. For example, Francine, bored with the life of a housewife, decides to take sometime for herself when she, Stan, Steve, Roger, and Klaus have to move into a hotel for a week. She eventually impersonates a dead businesswoman attending a meeting there, succeeds and becomes completely immersed in the persona, and ends up leaving her family behind to chase a new job. And then, decades later when she's older and lonely because she no longer has a family to spend time with, she (courtesy of a strange time-travel subplot) goes back in time to tell her past self not to leave her family behind. That's really creative, a lot of fun to watch, and beats a predictable and bland modern Simpsons episode any day. I hope the show is still as good on TBS.

Don't forget that episode included The Tender Vigilante, one of the funniest things the show's ever done.

As for the funniest thing the show's ever done, I give you this

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