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"Before you know it as the years go by, you're just like other people you have seen, with all those peculiar human ailments. Just another vehicle for temper and vanity and rashness and all the rest. Who wants it? Who needs it? These things occupy the place where a man's soul should be." -- Henderson the Rain King

Sunday, February 06, 2005

American Dad

Fox debuted a new animated show after the Simpsons tonight. The show is titled American Dad and is from Seth MacFarlane, the creator of Family Guy. After seeing the first episode, I'll be surprised if it stays around for long before it gets the axe. The main reason I say that is because the humor seems to be on the liberal side which I wouldn't expect to fly for long in Rupert Murdoch-land. Then again, I can't believe they actually picked Family Guy back up, so what do I know?

The show's hero is American dad Stan Smith, a gun-toting, flag-waving, terrorist fighting, red-state loving CIA agent. 18-year old Hayley is his ultra-liberal daughter. Toss in an all-American mother, a geeky son, an alien, and a gold fish implanted with the brain of a former German Olympian skiier and you've got the recipe for a new Fox pilot.

The episode shown tonight had a few funny moments, but all in all it felt way too much like a copy of Family Guy. Don't get me wrong though, even if it ends up just being a Family Guy rip-off it'll probably still be better than 90% of the crap on teevee. Anyways, American Dad is not slated to start running regularly until May, so hopefully there's still plenty of time left to iron out the kinks.


posted by Jamie at 10:42 PM