From now on, all periods will be called StevesBetter with your brother than some stranger right?Big girl, big girlHey listen, mom, dad, can I have a dog?That's my boy!Did you see Momento?Its not as good the second timeWoah, you here that Hillary, looks like you're a winner with Steve!Have you managed to contact your home planet yet?I'm thinking of cutting 3rd Steve, you in?So if its a statement, it should always be followed by a SteveDon't play coy you cardigan jessebelle, I have photographic evidence of you having sexual relations with a jack in the box manOh we just signed a contact with Ikea to furnish IraqEr, GezuntiteOh, you know I was going to do it yesterday but I got distractedOh dammit, he's gonna pee, nonono, nope just dustHappy Hour, munchmunchHelp me!Osama is that you?Rigging elections is my bread and butter RogerHey, you think that diploma will help you land a better section when you're waitressing at the Olive Garden?OK, I got a little carried away back thereI forgotHayley, wake up, I had a sugar crash and I fell asleep and i didn't do the paperMmm, dangerous, mmmMr Phillips, may I be excused, I'm having my SteveOh my God, my mom almost caught me throwing up last night, HEY my purseNo Roger, you cannot borrow the carOh my GodOh my God, score score score scoreOh, oh, ohSorry about thatSteve's big boy hair isn't going to come in any faster with you taunting himI have to study for my term paperFrancine, you be very careful out there today, we're at terror alert orangeAbsolutely notBasically the whole country is going to look like your first apartmentHey want to come back to my apartmentSure, you can vote for Shelly Maxwell, if you don't mind voting for a prostitute!Which means something might go down, look sharpYeah babyAmerican Dad! is a satirical American animated series produced by Underdog Productions and Fuzzy Door Productions for 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
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* 1 Characters
* 2 Opening sequence
* 3 Ratings
* 4 Appearance outside American Dad!
* 5 Main Cast
* 6 Crew
* 7 International Syndication
* 8 DVD releases
* 9 Episodes
* 10 References
* 11 External links
[edit] Characters
Main article: List of American Dad! characters
The show centers on the Smith family and the various obstacles Stan, a CIA employee, encounters with his immediate family and in his efforts to ensure the safety of his country. The Smith family lives in the fictional community of Langley Falls, Virginia in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The town name is a composite of Langley, a community located in McLean, and Great Falls, two unincorporated communities located in Fairfax County. Langley is also the real-life location of CIA headquarters.
[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. As Stan is singing "Good Morning, U.S.A." he heads out his front door and picks up the newspaper waiting on his front porch. The front page headline 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" or "Iran changes flag to middle finger" and "Israel pulls out of Gaza, Gaza not pregnant". These headlines are satirical in nature, usually directed at the United States Government, the media or current affairs. However, the current opening sequence is, as stated by the show's creators on commentary for the Volume 3 DVD, to be changed in the upcoming series.
[edit] Ratings
While the show has succeeded in being renewed, it has not matched Family Guy in ratings success. On a typical Sunday, American Dad! has slightly more than half the viewers and share of the Simpsons and Family Guy episodes that follow it on Fox. Its ratings are typically similar to the King of the Hill episode that precedes it.[1][2] For the week ending April 6th 2008, American Dad was Fox's least viewed primetime program.[3] However it does much better in the ratings following Family Guy than King of the Hill did during this time. Fox has ordered more episodes of all four comedy cartoon programs for the 2008 season.[4]
[edit] Appearance outside American Dad!
Some American Dad! characters have had appearances or cameos outside the show. These include:
* In The Simpsons episode "The Italian Bob" in a book of criminal suspects owned by Italian guards, Peter Griffin of Family Guy is labelled as "Plagiarismo" and Stan Smith "Plagiarismo di Plagiarismo".
* Certain characters and locations have been featured in select episodes of Family Guy, another animated comedy created and produced by Seth MacFarlane.
o 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.
o Roger appears in the hour-long Star Wars parody "Blue Harvest" in the cantina scene, socializing and sipping red wine.
o Stan Smith and Avery Bullock, as well as the CIA Headquarters, appear in the episode "Lois Kills Stewie". When they meet, Stewie accidentally calls him "Joe", then explains that he looks like Joe Swanson.
[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
* Seth MacFarlane, Creator/Writer/Executive Producer
* Mike Barker, Creator/Writer/Executive Producer
* Matt Weitzman, 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 Editer
Car Park Catchphrase with Roy Walker - BBC Radio 1
Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere
Dan Ashcroft (Nathan Barley series)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
David Brent (from The Office UK)
Ned Smanks (Nathan Barley series)
Claire Ashcroft (Nathan Barley Series)
George W Bush - State of the Union 2006
Doug Rocket (Nathan Barley series)
Gareth Keenan (from The Office UK)
Jonatton Yeah? (Nathan Barley series)
