American Dad!

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American Dad!
From left: Roger, Klaus, Francine, Stan, Hayley and Steve.
Format	Animated sitcom
Created by	Seth MacFarlane Mike Barker Matt Weitzman
Starring	Seth MacFarlane Wendy Schaal Scott Grimes Rachael MacFarlane Dee Bradley Baker
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	78 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	approx. 21 minutes
Production company(s)	Fuzzy Door Productions and Underdog Productions In Association With 20th Century Fox Television
Broadcast
Original channel	Fox & Adult Swim
Picture format	480i (SDTV) (2005-2009) 720p (HDTV) (2009-)
Original run	February 6, 2005 – present
Chronology
Related shows	Family Guy The Cleveland Show
External links
Official website

American Dad! is a satirical American animated series owned by Underdog Productions and Fuzzy Door Productions and produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television.

It was created by Seth MacFarlane, the creator of Family Guy, as well as two former Family Guy writers, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman. The pilot episode aired in the United States on Fox on February 6, 2005, thirty minutes after the end of Super Bowl XXXIX; the regular series began May 1, 2005, after the season premiere of Family Guy. American Dad follows the events of CIA agent Stan Smith and his family.

Contents 1 Episodes 2 Opening sequence 3 Crossovers with Family Guy 4 Main cast 5 Crew 6 DVD releases 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Opening sequence

Similar to other animated shows' opening sequences, American Dad! features a recurring gag that is changed for every episode, except for "Office Spaceman", which started with the sequence interrupted early. After Stan wakes up singing "Good Morning, U.S.A." and has breakfast with his family, he heads out his front door and picks up the newspaper waiting on his front porch. He then cartwheels into his car and drives to his CIA office. The front page headline on the newspaper is different for each episode, like in The Simpsons (e.g. couch gags, Bart's chalkboard gags or Lisa Simpson's saxophone piece). It is usually a topical joke such as "Child obesity up, pedophilia down" ("Four Little Words"), "Economy turns corner, falls down stairs" ("Roger Codger"), "Bush finally gets joke about last name" ("Deacon Stan, Jesus Man"), "Iran changes flag to middle finger" ("Black Mystery Month"), or "Israel pulls out of Gaza, Gaza not pregnant" ("A Smith in the Hand"). These headlines are satirical in nature, usually directed at the United States Government, the media or current affairs. A notable exception is the episode "Office Spaceman", whose headline, "ALIEN SPOTTED!" (featuring a picture of Roger on the front page), shifts the sequence directly into the episode itself.

As of season 4, the opening sequence has been replaced with a new one, starting with the episode "1600 Candles". While featuring the same music, most of the interaction with the family has been changed. Replacing the newspaper gag used in the first three seasons is Roger who pops up next to Stan in the family's SUV and sings the penultimate "Good Morning, U.S.A.!", wearing a different costume each time. Roger's sudden appearance causes Stan to end the sequence by crashing into the flagpole at the C.I.A. building.

[edit] Crossovers with Family Guy

Certain characters and locations have been featured in select episodes of Family Guy, another animated comedy created and produced by Seth MacFarlane.

• Roger makes a last-minute cameo in the episode "Meet the Quagmires", asking the Griffins "Who ate all the Pecan Sandies?". His line is a reference to a line he said early in the American Dad! pilot episode, asking Francine if she bought Pecan Sandies while she was out shopping.
• Roger appears in the hour-long Star Wars parody "Blue Harvest" in the cantina scene, socializing and sipping red wine with a glass in each hand.
• Stan Smith and Avery Bullock, as well as the CIA Headquarters, appear in the episode "Lois Kills Stewie". When they meet, Stewie calls Stan "Joe", then explains that he looks like someone he knows (Joe Swanson).
• Carol Alt is told she was mocked in an episode of Family Man, which she enquirers "the one with the fish?", she is then informed "no that's American Boy" alluding to American Dad and the similarities between both Family Guy and American Dad. This occurred in the episode "The Man With Two Brians".
• Judge from Family Guy makes a cameo appearance in the episode Phantom of the Telethon.

[edit] Main cast

• Seth MacFarlane as Stan Smith and Roger the Alien
• Wendy Schaal as Francine Smith
• Scott Grimes as Steve Smith
• Rachael MacFarlane as Hayley Smith
• Dee Bradley Baker as Klaus

[edit] Crew

• Mike Barker, Creator/Writer/Executive Producer
• Matt Weitzman, Creator/Writer/Executive Producer
• Seth MacFarlane, Creator/Writer/Executive Producer
• David Zuckerman, Writer/Co-Executive Producer
• Rick Wiener, Writer/Co-Executive Producer
• Kenny Schwartz, Writer/Co-Executive Producer
• Crystal Khan, Writer/Producer
• Mike Shipley, Writer/Co-Executive Producer
• Jim Bernstein, Writer/Co-Executive Producer
• Steve Hely, Writer/Story Editor
• Brian Boyle, Writer/Producer
• Chris McKenna, Writer/Story Editor
• Matt McKenna, Writer/Story Editor
• Dan Vebber, Writer/Supervising Producer
• Jon Fener, Writer/Supervising Producer
• Josh Bycel, Writer/Supervising Producer
• Dave Locke, Writer/Supervising Producer
• John Fitch, Production Editor

[edit] DVD releases

DVD Name	Release dates			Ep #	BBFC/IFCO/OFLC Rating	Additional Information
	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
Volume One	April 25, 2006	April 24, 2006	May 24, 2006	13	12/15/M	This 3 disc boxset includes the first 13 episodes from Season 1 (Pilot - Stan of Arabia: Part 2). Special features include commentaries, featurettes, and animatics. It was renamed 'Season 1' on region 2 and 4. When a compilation comprising Volumes 1-3 were released in the UK, Season 1 was renamed to Volume 1 much like its US counterpart.
Volume Two	May 15, 2007	May 28, 2007	May 21, 2007	19	12/15/M	This 3 disc boxset includes the remaining 10 episodes from Season 1 and the first 9 episodes from Season 2 (Stannie Get Your Gun - The Best Christmas Story Never). Special features include commentaries on all episodes, featurettes, multi-angle scene studies, and deleted scenes. An uncensored audio track is also available on the episode "Tears of a Clooney."
Volume Three	April 15, 2008	May 12, 2008	May 14, 2008	18	15/15/M	This 3 disc boxset includes the remaining 10 episodes from Season 2 and 8 of the first 9 episodes from Season 3 (Bush Comes to Dinner - Frannie 911), though "The Most Adequate Christmas Ever" does not appear on the DVD.[1] Special features include commentaries on all episodes, unrated audio, table read, and deleted scenes.[2]
Volume Four	April 28, 2009	April 20, 2009 [3]	September 2, 2009	14	15/15/M	This 3 disc boxset includes the remaining 8 episodes of Season 3 (including The Most Adequate Christmas Ever) and the first 6 episodes of Season 4. Bonus features include commentary on every episode, storyboards/animatics, multi-angle scene studios, deleted scenes and optional censored audio.
Volume Five	April 28, 2010	April 30, 2010 [4]	2010	18	15/15/M	This 3 disc boxset includes the remaining 14 episodes of Season 4 and the first 4 episodes of Season 5. Bonus features include commentary on every episode, storyboards/animatics, multi-angle scene studios, deleted scenes and optional censored audio.

• The Volume One release was retitled Season One for the Region 2 and 4 releases, however the subsequent releases retained the Volume titles.

• On the packaging for the Season 1 release on Region 2 DVD, there was no mention of audio commentaries or some of the bonus features whatsoever, leading many to believe they had been omitted from the release.

• The Region 2 and 4 DVDs do not have censored audio tracks on any episodes, although Volume 3 has so called "uncensored tracks" on the set, which was probably an error from the transfer because the tracks are already automatically uncensored on the set.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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• Official American Dad! website at FOX
• American Dad! at the Internet Movie Database
• American Dad! at TV.com
• American Dad! Wiki at Wikia

Preceded by Survivor: All-Stars 2004

American Dad! Super Bowl lead-out program 2005

Succeeded by Grey's Anatomy 2006

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