At the heart of  American Dad , there’s a great deal  of absurdity. Nonsense and silliness are this show’s driving engine, and even still, “Max Jets” demands that we accept some pretty ludicrous things. Where, for example, is Roger getting more

It’s always exciting when a show takes on an audacious formal experiment, and “Blood Crieth UntoHeaven ,” an episode entirely in the form of a stage play, certainly qualifies as “audacious.” It makes sense that  American Dad  would do something more

For most of the recent history of  American Dad , the show has been using Roger to function  as, essentially, a new guest star every week, so it’s nice to see, in “The Adventures of Twill Ongenbone and His Boy Jabari,” an episode that actua more

It’s a little early in the year for a Mardi Gras/Lent episode, but  American Dad  decided to present us with “Finger Lenting Good” regardless. It’s actually a great fit for the show, with the excess of Mardi Gras and the restriction of more

American Dad  wants so bad to be shocking. At its worst, that means it devolves into a  Family Guy -style bad taste competition, but when it’s operating at its best abilities, like “Adventures in Hayleysitting,” the shock value is balanced with more

American Dad  is a show that  succeeds primarily on its manic cartoon energy. In “Why Can’t We Be Friends,” the show’s absurdity engine seems to be running mostly on fumes, and so we get a half hour that tends to take its time  wi more

There’s something a little frustrating about an episode of  American Dad  in which Roger wears one costume for the entire time, and it’s a boring one. At first, I assumed his balding yoga instructor was a one-off, a funny gag for the opening of more

American Dad  is a show built for delivering absurdity, and absurdity is exactly what “Can I Be Frank With You?” offers. Sure, it’s a combination of two ideas that could be completely hack premises: the suddenly-topical-again boy band, and the well-w more