Stan Smith who works for the CIA and is constantly on the alert for terrorist activity. Stan will go to extremes to protect his beloved America from harm as evidenced by the terror-alert color code on his fridge and his frequent knee-jerk reaction of shooting holes in the toaster whenever the toast pops up. In addition to Stans wife and teenage children the Smith household has two rather unconventional members. Theres Roger the sarcastic space alien who rescued Stan from Area 51 who deeply resents the fact that hes not allowed to leave the house and therefore has been reduced to drinking wine and smoking cigarettes and Klaus a lascivious German-speaking goldfish the result of a CIA experiment gone seriously wrong where the CIA tried to give a fish a German mans brain. Stans son is a dorky teenager who tries to be cool. His wife has had a past life of sex and drugs.
Review
Like Family Guy American Dad is unPC but it was meant to be that way. American Dad is one of those shows that has grown on me. When it debuted it occurred to me that it had the potential to become another successful primetime cartoon series. So far I am right.
When it comes to political stances Stan Smith and his daughter Hayley are mutually exclusive. Stan is conservative while Hayley is very liberal. It is fun to see such a conflict between the two characters. I guess it just goes to show that no matter how well parents and children get along with each other arguments are inevitable.
If you are weary of any primetime cartoonscomedies that you consider to be long in the tooth American Dad is a welcome alternative.