" Stanny Boy and Frantastic " is the tenth episode of the seventh season of American Dad! . It aired on Fox in the United States on January 23, 2011. This episode centered around Stan and Francine couples, who were bored with their lives. In a desperate bid to get out of the house, Stan and Francine bring Hayley tickets to the circus to invite and bond with the couple. While on the show, they both met Tom and Cami, a young couple. The four came out at various events, and Stan and Francine began to have trouble following the fast-paced lifestyle of Cami and Tom.
The episode was written by Laura McCreary, and directed by Pam Cooke and Valerie Fletcher. It receives most of the positive reception once it's released, with lots of praise coming from the main storyline. It was witnessed by 4.80 million homes during its original broadcast. It featured guest appearances from Paget Brewster, Sarah Chalke, Anthony Michael Hall, Kevin Michael Richardson, and Elmarie Wendel.
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Plot
Fearing that their lives became boring, Stan and Francine set out to make some new friends. They meet a young couple named Tom and Cami who have an active, free-to-child lifestyle, and to maintain friendships, Stan and Francine pretend to be young and childless as well. However, Tom and Cami were involved in activities such as rock climbing, free-running (parodied in District 13), and lots of drinking, which began to take its toll on Smiths. Unable to follow but do not want to lose their friends, they sabotage the couple's birth control in the hope that having a baby will slow them down. Unfortunately, the stress of unexpected pregnancy destroyed Tom and Cami's relationship, and when Stan and Francine tried to patch it, they accidentally acknowledged sabotage and were in their 40s, ending friendships. After going through all this, however, Stan and Francine decided that they liked "slow" and relaxed.
Meanwhile, Roger and Steve see an ad for a cotton-candy gun and decide to buy it using a Greg Corbin credit card (Klaus asks to get in on the action, but the couple insults him and says that the fish can not enjoy Candy-Cotton). When the gun turns out to be useless, they decide to get a refund but start reconsidering when they hear the projected waiting time is two weeks, only for Klaus to convince them to stay afloat. After two weeks of frustration, they finally managed to get a real person and were told how to get a refund, where Klaus observed that the money would return to Greg, not them. Roger and Steve then realize this and ask Klaus why he holds them, with the fish saying it is revenge because the two said he could not enjoy portable items, then added that while he can not enjoy cotton candy, he can be happy to make they suffer, saying that they will never get back the two weeks they wasted. After he left laughing hysterically, Roger asked Steve if they were stupid enough not to know when the fish gave them a business.
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Production
"Stanny Boy and Frantastic" was written by Laura McCreary, and directed by Pam Cooke and Valerie Fletcher. In addition to the main cast, guest Sarah Chalke starred in the episode as Cami, and Anthony Michael Hall will play Tom's role. Paget Brewster and Elmarie Wendel will be guest stars as an unspecified role. This will be the first time Brewster has made guest appearances on American Dad since the 6th episode of "Rapture's Delight." Along with reprising her role as Hayley, Rachael MacFarlane will be voicing a variety of recurring characters. Kevin's voice actor Michael Richardson also made a minor appearance as well.
Reception
"Stanny Boy and Frantastic" was aired on January 23, 2011 as part of an animated television channel on Fox. This was the first show in the block, the second consecutive week that started the "Dominance Animation" lineup. Followed by The Simpsons , Bob's Burgers , and her sisters show Family Guy and The Cleveland Show . It is seen by the 480 million households, despite being aired at the same time with ABC's, the AFC Championship at CBS, and Dateline NBC . This episode earned a rating of 2.2/5 in 18-49 demographics, a significant increase from previous episodes, and a 34% increase in total views from the previous episode "Fart-break Hotel", seen by 3.58 million households during initial airing.
"Stanny Boy and Frantastic" met with positive reviews from television critics. Rowan Kaiser from The A.V. Club writes, "After a rather boring episode last week, American Dad returned to form with a decent episode about Stan and Francine befriending a younger couple." However, he will criticize the subplot of the episode, saying that the rest of the episode is "a nuisance". He went on to give episode B, the highest grade of the binding night with the The Cleveland Show episode "Like a Boss", and Bob's Burgers episode "Sacred Cow", while printing more high from the episode of The Simpsons "Homer the Father". Jason Hughes of TV Squad wrote, "I love when comedy talks to me about something I can tell and I think American Dad is pretty clever in approaching how our lives change over time with increasing age in ways that can be linked by both sides of the situation. "
References
External links
- "Stanny Boy and Frantastic" in IMDb
- "Stanny Boy and Frantastic" on TV.com
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