American Dad Vol 6

Let me just say that I am glad that they finally have decided to release a full season. In the past, though the sets and features were great, we only got partial seasons. However, Volume 6 features all 18 season 5 episodes. Hopefully they keep it this way and release full seasons in the future. Here is a listing of the episodes, with bonus content for each disc:

DISC 1:

- In Country... Club (with Commentary featuring Matt Weitzman, Albert Calleros, Murray Miller, Judah Miller and Lauren Caltagirone)
- Moon Over Isla Island
- Home Adrone
- Brains, Brains, and Automobiles
- Man in the Moonbounce
- Shallow Vows

* Extras: Uncensored audio/scenes on select episodes and Deleted Scenes

DISC 2:

- My Morning Straitjacket (with Commentary featuring Mike Barker, Chris Bennett, Brent Woods and Matt Fusfeld, and Alternate Commentary featuring The Interdisciplinary Collective for American Dad Studies)
- G-String Circus
- Rapture's Delight (with Commentary featuring Mike Barker, Matt McKenna, Joe Daniello, Jeff Rebner and Kevin Thresher, and Alternate Commentary featuring The Interdisciplinary Collective for American Dad Studies)
- Don't Look a Smith Horse in the Mouth
- A Jones for a Smith (with Commentary featuring Mike Barker, John Aoshima, Jansen Yee, Laura McCreary and Matt Fusfeld, and Alternate Commentary featuring The Interdisciplinary Collective for American Dad Studies)
- May the Best Stan Win

* Extras: The Making of "Rapture's Delight", Uncensored audio/scenes for select episodes, and Deleted Scenes

DISC 3:

- Return of the Bling
- Cops & Roger
- Merlot Down Dirty Shame (with Commentary featuring Matt Weitzman, Josue Cervantes, Brian Boyle, Wendy Schaal and Dee Bradley Baker)
- Bully For Steve
- An Incident at Owl Creek
- Great Space Roaster (with Commentary featuring Matt Weitzman, Jonathan Fener, Joe Daniello, Micky Rose and Jordan Blum)

* Extras: Uncensored audio/scenes for select episodes, and Deleted Scenes

Also, as of now(3/20), in addition to not having the Bonus Content listed, Amazon does not have the art work posted for the set( Of course, that could change by the time you read this review) All they have at this moment is a generic photo of the Smith family with Animation Domination written across the top. In case anyone is wondering, the art work has been released and here it is:

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If you don't trust the link or if Amazon doesn't show links in reviews, or if the image is removed from the link by the time you view it, just do a Google image search of "American Dad Volume 6" and it should come up with a few results. The art work features the Smith family against a police mug shot backdrop wearing costumes from the various Volume 6 episodes.

Hopefully the info helped and hopefully you enjoy this show as much as I do! Buy the set, it's worth it, and tell your friends so this show lasts and lasts.

NOTE: I've now had a chance to view the whole set and it's contents and want to add that only some episodes feature uncensored audio/video. It says it on the back and some episodes the dialogue is still beeped. Seems a bit strange that they would do this with only a few episodes, but whatever. Thought it was worth a mention.

Most of the episodes are censored. First episode is uncensored but almost all of the others are bleeped out. Really sad. Look Fox/Seth we're all grown ups here. Not gonna offend anyone. Still love the show though just think we got screwed again.

One of the best shows on TV returns for Season 6 in this 18 episode boxed set.

Among the 18 were some of the best episodes this series has produced yet like when Stan gets addicted to crack or Steve pilots a drone bomber over Langley thinking it's a computer game, or when Roger becomes dictator of a small island nation. But of the 18 is probably the best American Dad episode ever, "Rapture's Delight", where the Rapture happens and Stan and Francine get left behind. Stan's selfishness causes Francine to leave him for Jesus and then the episode fast forwards 7 years. I won't give away spoilers but it's an awesome cross between Mad Max and T2's Judgment Day.

And the movie references are in most of the episodes - Lord of the Rings, Sideways, Alien, Police Academy, Rambo, they're all riffed on brilliantly. There's also some pseudo-movies the writers create themselves such as "Mind Quad" where a psychic quadriplegic goes on the run, a new squirrel movie begins (the last being the Gilbert Grape squirrels) and the saga of the jewel encrusted golden turd continues.

Other faves in this series are Stan as a cyborg, Steve going through war trauma after a Vietnam war re-enactment on a golf course, and Reggie the Koala returns. Plus there's a lot of uncensored stuff that you don't notice on TV - there's so much swearing on American Dad, or at least there is in this series, and you get to see Stan's junk too.

The extras on the DVD aren't great - "American Dad Honours Its Four Legged Friends" is basically an advert for the first 5 seasons on DVD while the Rapture's Delight extras are too short being at 5 mins max. The commentaries are funny though.

Overall, I loved it. Hours of entertainment and side jokes that I couldn't even begin to list in this review. The writing on the show is better than that of Family Guy and Cleveland Show put together and the plots seem to hang together better for repeated viewings. If you're a fan of the show and wondering if it's getting better or worse, the show is stronger than ever and this box set is a must buy. Who can wait each week for a single episode? An awesome collection, I used to think Family Guy was better but this season puts American Dad on top.

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