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( Spoilers for the most recent Simpsons episode )
I have to admit that I wasn’t that thrilled by the premiere of American Dad. There were a few decent jokes in the show. The bit about IKEA getting a contract to furnish Iraq was funny, and Bush receiving a phone call from God was kind of amusing (although they could have done more with it). There was an amusing thought-balloon gag, also. All of these were isolated gags, though, not humor that followed directly from the plot or the characters. Really, I didn’t find the characters to be particularly interesting or amusing. The dad’s paranoid conservative antics are amusing for a short while, but can’t really carry an episode. I’m sure they’ll get even more tiresome if they turn out to be the main thrust of the series, which is the impression I get. Seth MacFarlane continues the trend of surrealistic characters that he started with Stewie and Brian from Family Guy by giving the family an alien and a goldfish with the brain of a horny German. Unfortunately, the alien just wasn’t funny, and the goldfish was just annoying. The other characters on the show seemed fairly one-dimensional. I’ll probably watch at least a few more episodes of the show when it officially starts, but I can’t say I really find the central concept to be all that great.
I have to admit that I wasn’t that thrilled by the premiere of American Dad. There were a few decent jokes in the show. The bit about IKEA getting a contract to furnish Iraq was funny, and Bush receiving a phone call from God was kind of amusing (although they could have done more with it). There was an amusing thought-balloon gag, also. All of these were isolated gags, though, not humor that followed directly from the plot or the characters. Really, I didn’t find the characters to be particularly interesting or amusing. The dad’s paranoid conservative antics are amusing for a short while, but can’t really carry an episode. I’m sure they’ll get even more tiresome if they turn out to be the main thrust of the series, which is the impression I get. Seth MacFarlane continues the trend of surrealistic characters that he started with Stewie and Brian from Family Guy by giving the family an alien and a goldfish with the brain of a horny German. Unfortunately, the alien just wasn’t funny, and the goldfish was just annoying. The other characters on the show seemed fairly one-dimensional. I’ll probably watch at least a few more episodes of the show when it officially starts, but I can’t say I really find the central concept to be all that great.
