SETH MACFARLANE’S CAVALCADE OF COMEDY
Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mike Henry, Phil Lamarr, John Viener, Rachael MacFarlane, Gilbert Gottfried, Wil Wheaton | Created by Seth MacFarlane | Directed by Greg Colton
A couple of years ago, Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy and the co-creator of American Dad, launched an all new YouTube channel called ‘SethComedy’ which, when launched, became the most watched YouTube channel, receiving over three million views in just two days.
Collected here on this all new DVD are 50 side-splitting animated comic shorts, including some from MacFarlane’s YouTube channel, but also many previously unseen skits featuring digs at every aspect of society – from pop culture to politics, sex to circumcision, via scat jokes and cat jokes. And this being DVD and not broadcast television there’s no limit on swearing, sex or vulgarity, so expect to see a mountaineer shit on a wedding, sex with a sheep, sex with Optimus Prime, Fred Flintstone taking a dump, and Quentin Tarantino performing a circumcision with a Hatori Hanzo sword, Aids Patient Zero, oh and did I mention sex with a sheep?
The highlight of all 50 skits, for me, has to be “The Scotsman Who Can’t Watch a Film Without Shouting at the Screen,” where else could you hear someone shout at Bender during the pivotal moment in The Breakfast Club as he argues with detention teacher Vernon, or Marty McFly in Back to the Future as he climbs in the DeLorean? It’s funny because it’s true! Who hasn’t thought the same thing once or twice?
Each short in Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Comedy feels like a deleted scene from Family Guy (minus the Griffins obviously) so if you’re not a fan of the throwaway jokes in each episode of that show then perhaps this DVD is not for you. But if you like your humour with a liberal dose of filth and a hint of juvenility then Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Comedy is most definitely going to appeal. That’s not to say there aren’t some misfires in the animated shorts, but with a greater ratio of hit than miss, and with 50 shorts on the DVD, you won’t feel too short changed – despite the brief running time.
EXTRAS:
Red Carpet Featurette
Stills gallery
*** (3/5)
