Family Guy season 3
| Family Guy Season 3 | |
|---|---|
| Season 3 | |
| File:Fguy vol2.png Family Guy, Volume 2 | |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | September 13, 2001 – November 9, 2003 |
| Season chronology | |
Family Guy's third season aired from September 13, 2001 to November 9, 2003. The entire season is included within the Volume Two DVD box set, which was released on September 9, 2003. The episode "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein" is included in this season list as Fox decided to wait almost a year after the previous episode to finally air it on network television. The series was canceled for the second time towards the end of the season. The final episode of the season aired on May 23, 2002. However, "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein", a previously banned episode from the third season, was aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim on November 9, 2003 and eventually on Fox on December 10, 2004.
Production
Dan Povenmire, who became a director on Family Guy during the series' second season,[1] took a more prominent role in directing by the third season, having directed five episodes. Creator Seth McFarlane granted Povenmire substantial creative freedom. Povenmire recalled that McFarlane would tell him "We've got two minutes to fill. Give me some visual gags. Do whatever you want. I trust you." Povenmire praised this management style for letting him "have [...] fun."
Povenmire brought realism, and material from his own experiences, to the visual direction of Family Guy.[2][3] For "One if By Clam, Two if By Sea"[4], several characters carried out fosse moves in prison — Povenmire went into the office of a color artist, Cynthia MacIntosh, who had been a professional dancer, and had her strike poses in order for him to better illustrate the sequence.[3] In the episode "To Love and Die in Dixie"[5] Povenmire drew on his childhood in the deep south to sequence a background scene where the "redneck" character nonchalantly kicks a corpse into the nearby river.[2]
Reception
"Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows" won an Emmy Award for Best Song. Creator McFarlane, the recipient of the award, noted that the episode's director Dan Povenmire[6] deserved to have received the award for the contribution the visuals made to the episode's win. Povenmire jokingly responded "That's a nice sentiment and all, but did he offer to give me his? No! And it's not like he doesn't already have two of his own just sitting in his house!"[7] In his review for the Family Guy Volume 3 DVD, Aaron Beierle of DVD Talk stated "Often brilliant, extremely witty and darkly hilarious, Family Guy was unfortunately cancelled after Fox bumped it around six or seven different time slots. Although this third season wasn't as consistent as the first two, it's still hilarious and fans of the show should definitely pick up this terrific set."[8]
List of episodes
| # | Total | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 | "The Thin White Line" | Glen Hill | Steve Callaghan | July 11, 2001 | 2ACX17 |
| 2 | 30 | "Brian Does Hollywood" | Gavin Dell | Gary Janetti | July 18, 2001 | 2ACX20 |
| 3 | 31 | "Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington" | Brian Hogan | Ricky Blitt | July 25, 2001 | 2ACX11 |
| 4 | 32 | "One If by Clam, Two If by Sea" | Dan Povenmire | Jim Bernstein & Michael Shipley | August 1, 2001 | 2ACX19 |
| 5 | 33 | "And the Wiener Is..." | Bert Ring | Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman | August 8, 2001 | 2ACX22 |
| 6 | 34 | "Death Lives" | Rob Renzetti | Mike Henry | August 15, 2001 | 2ACX21 |
| 7 | 35 | "Lethal Weapons" | Brian Hogan | Chris Sheridan | August 22, 2001 | 2ACX18 |
| 8 | 36 | "The Kiss Seen Around the World" | Pete Michels | Mark Hentemann | August 29, 2001 | 3ACX02 |
| 9 | 37 | "Mr. Saturday Knight" | Michael DiMartino | Steve Callaghan | September 5, 2001 | 3ACX04 |
| 10 | 38 | "A Fish Out of Water" | Bert Ring | Alex Borstein & Mike Henry | September 19, 2001 | 3ACX05 |
| 11 | 39 | "Emission Impossible" | Peter Shin | Dave Collard & Ken Goin | November 8, 2001 | 3ACX01 |
| 12 | 40 | "To Love and Die in Dixie" | Dan Povenmire | Steve Callaghan | November 15, 2001 | 3ACX09 |
| 13 | 41 | "Screwed the Pooch" | Pete Michels | Dave Collard & Ken Goin | November 29, 2001 | 3ACX08 |
| 14 | 42 | "Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother?" | Scott Wood | Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman | December 6, 2001 | 3ACX06 |
| 15 | 43 | "Ready, Willing, and Disabled" | Andi Klein | Alex Barnow & Marc Firek | December 20, 2001 | 3ACX07 |
| 16 | 44 | "A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas" | Brian Hogan | Danny Smith | December 21, 2001 | 2ACX03 |
| 17 | 45 | "Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows" | Dan Povenmire | Allison Adler | January 17, 2002 | 3ACX03 |
| 18 | 46 | "From Method to Madness" | Bert Ring | Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman | January 24, 2002 | 3ACX11 |
| 19 | 47 | "Stuck Together, Torn Apart" | Michael DiMartino | Mark Hentemann | January 31, 2002 | 3ACX10 |
| 20 | 48 | "Road to Europe" | Dan Povenmire | Daniel Palladino | February 7, 2002 | 3ACX13 |
| 21 | 49 | "Family Guy Viewer Mail #1" | Pete Michels Scott Wood Michael DiMartino | Gene Laufenberg Seth MacFarlane Michael Shipley & Jim Bernstein | February 14, 2002 | 3ACX12 |
| 22 | 50 | "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein" | Dan Povenmire | Ricky Blitt | November 9, 2003 | 2ACX05 |
See also
References
- General
- Callaghan, Steve (2005). Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide, Seasons 1-3. HarperCollins. ISBN 006083305X.
- Specific
- ^ Strike, Joe. (2008-02-01). "From Swampy & Dan Emerges Phineas and Ferb", Page 3". Animation World Magazine.
- ^ a b Callaghan (2005), pp. 174
- ^ a b Callaghan (2005), pp. 142
- ^ Callaghan (2005), pp. 140
- ^ Callaghan (2005), pp. 171
- ^ Callaghan, pp. 192
- ^ Callaghan, pp. 194
- ^ Beierle, Aaron (2003-09-05). "Family Guy — Vol. 3". DVDTalk.com. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
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