Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest.
Original airdate: September 23, 2007.
Vocal Talent: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Mike Henry, Lori Alan, Johnny Brennan, Phil LaMarr, Patrick Warburton, Adam West
Guest Vocal Talent: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Rush Limbaugh, Leslie Nielsen (archive footage), Judd Nelson, Helen Reddy, Mick Hucknall
Director: Dominic Polcino
Buy Blue Harvest from Amazon.
Most Family Guy fanatics are well aware of the numerous references to Star Wars made in many episodes over the years, so it was probably inevitable they would pay tribute to the franchise at some point.
One night at the Griffins' home, the power goes out, and the family is left with no options for entertainment. Peter takes it upon himself to tell the story of Star Wars, starting with episode four, with many of the Family Guy characters reimagined as Star Wars characters.
As you may have guessed, most of the story follows the plot to Star Wars pretty faithfully, with the usual trademark pop culture references and adult humor thrown in. The DVD release also includes Seth MacFarlane sitting down and chatting with George Lucas, as well as a montage of Star Wars references and cutaway gags from older episodes of Family Guy. Also, as an easter egg, the crew from the show are seen reading through bits from this DVD's inevitable sequel, Something, Something, Something, Dark Side, which is tentatively scheduled to come out during Family Guy's eighth season, starting later this year.
Highly recommended.
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Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story. 2005 20th Century Fox. Original airdate on Fox: May 21, 2006.
Vocal Talent: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Patrick Warburton, Mike Henry, Phil LaMarr, Adam West, Danny Smith
Additional vocal talent: Drew Barrymore, Jennie Garth, Noel Blanc, Michael Clarke Duncan, Bill Fagerbakke, Larry Kenney, Don LaFontaine, Jason Priestley, Kevin Michael Richardson, Will Sasso, Tori Spelling, etc.
Director: Pete Michels
Available at Amazon.
A straight-to-DVD animated film where Stewie Griffin, lamenting his existance in the world, openly questioning on whether or not that Peter Griffin can be his real father. After struggling through swim lessons, a failed murder attempt on the best student in that class, and a brief alcoholic stage after following Brian Griffin's example where he controls anger through his drinking, Stewie sees a strangely familiar man on television, one who looks and sounds exactly like he does.
The man is currently in San Francisco, and Stewie vows to meet him. He and a reluctant Brian hitch a ride on Glenn Quagmire's cross-country Winnebago sex trip. They steal the vehicle in New Mexico after Quagmire is mugged and handcuffed to the bed by a cleaning woman. After arriving in San Francisco, Stewie is shocked to learn that the man he saw on TV is himself from thirty years in the future, taking a time travel vacation.
When the adult Stu Griffin returns to his proper time, Stewie stows away with him, and he learns that the future is not good to him at all. Stu passes Stewie off as a Nicaraguan adoptee named Pablo. To Stewie's horror, he finds out that his future self is a 35-year-old virgin who lives alone in an apartment, works at an electronic store, and collects cartoons from Parade Magazine. Stewie attempts to make Stu "cool", remaking his apartment, and setting him up on a date with a female coworker that goes great up until it's time to actually go to bed with her. His date gossips about the disaster the next day, costing Stu his job, and he comes home to see that his apartment has burned down. After complaining about the near-death experience at the pool, Stu and Stewie ask Lois (now in a retirement home with Peter) for money to buy a new time-travel watch. Lois agrees, and Stewie goes back in time, righting various wrongs, ending with changing events at the swimming pool that day.
While Stewie isn't figuring out where things went wrong, Peter gets a job at Channel 5 with a news segment called "What Really Grinds My Gears", which grates on Tom Tucker, who resents Peter's popularity. He and Lois also want to teach Meg and Chris to get dates so they can have some peace and quiet together, but soon question if the kids are really ready for dating.
Recommended.
Vocal Talent: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Patrick Warburton, Mike Henry, Phil LaMarr, Adam West, Danny Smith
Additional vocal talent: Drew Barrymore, Jennie Garth, Noel Blanc, Michael Clarke Duncan, Bill Fagerbakke, Larry Kenney, Don LaFontaine, Jason Priestley, Kevin Michael Richardson, Will Sasso, Tori Spelling, etc.
Director: Pete Michels
Available at Amazon.
A straight-to-DVD animated film where Stewie Griffin, lamenting his existance in the world, openly questioning on whether or not that Peter Griffin can be his real father. After struggling through swim lessons, a failed murder attempt on the best student in that class, and a brief alcoholic stage after following Brian Griffin's example where he controls anger through his drinking, Stewie sees a strangely familiar man on television, one who looks and sounds exactly like he does.
The man is currently in San Francisco, and Stewie vows to meet him. He and a reluctant Brian hitch a ride on Glenn Quagmire's cross-country Winnebago sex trip. They steal the vehicle in New Mexico after Quagmire is mugged and handcuffed to the bed by a cleaning woman. After arriving in San Francisco, Stewie is shocked to learn that the man he saw on TV is himself from thirty years in the future, taking a time travel vacation.
When the adult Stu Griffin returns to his proper time, Stewie stows away with him, and he learns that the future is not good to him at all. Stu passes Stewie off as a Nicaraguan adoptee named Pablo. To Stewie's horror, he finds out that his future self is a 35-year-old virgin who lives alone in an apartment, works at an electronic store, and collects cartoons from Parade Magazine. Stewie attempts to make Stu "cool", remaking his apartment, and setting him up on a date with a female coworker that goes great up until it's time to actually go to bed with her. His date gossips about the disaster the next day, costing Stu his job, and he comes home to see that his apartment has burned down. After complaining about the near-death experience at the pool, Stu and Stewie ask Lois (now in a retirement home with Peter) for money to buy a new time-travel watch. Lois agrees, and Stewie goes back in time, righting various wrongs, ending with changing events at the swimming pool that day.
While Stewie isn't figuring out where things went wrong, Peter gets a job at Channel 5 with a news segment called "What Really Grinds My Gears", which grates on Tom Tucker, who resents Peter's popularity. He and Lois also want to teach Meg and Chris to get dates so they can have some peace and quiet together, but soon question if the kids are really ready for dating.
Recommended.
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