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| Kara Vallow | .... | producer / animation producer / ... (143 episodes, 2005-2013) |
| Kenny Schwartz | .... | executive producer / co-executive producer (125 episodes, 2005-2012) |
| Rick Wiener | .... | executive producer / co-executive producer (125 episodes, 2005-2012) |
| Seth MacFarlane | .... | executive producer (120 episodes, 2005-2012) |
| Diana Ritchey | .... | animation producer / producer: animation (89 episodes, 2005-2013) |
| Mike Barker | .... | executive producer (85 episodes, 2005-2012) |
| Matt Weitzman | .... | executive producer (85 episodes, 2005-2012) |
| Mark Douglas | .... | co-producer / associate producer (79 episodes, 2005-2009) |
| Chris McKenna | .... | producer / supervising producer / ... (66 episodes, 2006-2011) |
| Nahnatchka Khan | .... | co-executive producer / executive producer / ... (60 episodes, 2006-2012) |
| Eli Dolleman | .... | associate producer (43 episodes, 2009-2011) |
| Brian Boyle | .... | co-executive producer / producer / ... (35 episodes, 2005-2012) |
| Erik Sommers | .... | co-producer / supervising producer / ... (33 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| Michael Shipley | .... | co-executive producer (32 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| David Zuckerman | .... | executive producer / co-executive producer (30 episodes, 2005-2009) |
| Jonathan Fener | .... | co-executive producer / supervising producer (29 episodes, 2006-2012) |
| Michael Wittenberg | .... | associate producer / assistant producer (28 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Carter Bays | .... | supervising producer (24 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Craig Thomas | .... | supervising producer (24 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Robert Cohen | .... | consulting producer (19 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Dan Vebber | .... | supervising producer / producer / ... (15 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Alan R. Cohen | .... | co-executive producer (15 episodes, 2010-2012) |
| Alan Freedland | .... | co-executive producer (15 episodes, 2010-2012) |
| Richard Appel | .... | executive producer (14 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| John Jacobs | .... | consulting producer (14 episodes, 2010-2013) |
| Jim Bernstein | .... | co-executive producer (11 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Murray Miller | .... | co-executive producer / supervising producer (11 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| Josh Bycel | .... | supervising producer (10 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Lew Schneider | .... | consulting producer (10 episodes, 2008) |
| Laura McCreary | .... | producer / co-producer / ... (10 episodes, 2010-2012) |
| Judah Miller | .... | co-executive producer (9 episodes, 2010-2012) |
| Erik Durbin | .... | producer / co-producer / ... (8 episodes, 2010-2012) |
| David Hemingson | .... | co-executive producer (6 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Matt Mckenna | .... | supervising producer / producer (3 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Brad Johnson | .... | consulting producer (2 episodes, 2005) |
| Jeff Diaz | .... | line producer (2 episodes, 2008) |
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| Etan Cohen | .... | co-executive producer (unknown episodes) |
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| Harry Sabin | .... | storyboard revisionist / storyboard artist (38 episodes, 2005-2013) |
| Ashley J. Long | .... | storyboard revisionist / prop designer / ... (35 episodes, 2008-2013) |
| Eric Fredrickson | .... | storyboard artist (32 episodes, 2006-2013) |
| Zeke Johnson | .... | prop designer / storyboard revisionist (31 episodes, 2005-2013) |
| Robert Goodin | .... | storyboard revisionist (30 episodes, 2009-2013) |
| Jeff Scott | .... | storyboard revisionist / storyboard artist (27 episodes, 2009-2013) |
| Erik Kuska | .... | storyboard artist / storyboard revisionist (26 episodes, 2005-2013) |
| Catherine Burch Aguilar | .... | prop designer / prop design (22 episodes, 2005-2013) |
| Patrick J. Kochakji | .... | storyboard artist (21 episodes, 2007-2013) |
| Brian Mainolfi | .... | storyboard artist (21 episodes, 2009-2013) |
| Ray Angrum | .... | storyboard revisionist (21 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Megan Kelly | .... | storyboard artist (19 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| Margaret Mathison | .... | retake storyboard artist (18 episodes, 2010-2013) |
| Simon Chung | .... | storyboard revisionist / storyboard apprentice (17 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Rudi Berden | .... | storyboard artist (16 episodes, 2009-2013) |
| Casey E. Coffey | .... | storyboard revisionist / storyboard artist (13 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Aldrin Cornejo | .... | storyboard apprentice (13 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| John Drake O'Day | .... | storyboard artist / storyboard revisionist (12 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Jon Fancher | .... | prop designer (12 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Jamie Iglehart | .... | storyboard artist / storyboard revisionist (11 episodes, 2010-2013) |
| Ralph Fernan | .... | storyboard artist (10 episodes, 2009-2011) |
| Brent Woods | .... | storyboard supervisor / storyboard artist (9 episodes, 2005-2009) |
| Shawn Murray | .... | storyboard artist (9 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Paul Lee | .... | storyboard artist (9 episodes, 2006-2012) |
| Paul Scarlata | .... | storyboard artist / storyboard revisionist (9 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Bob Bowen | .... | storyboard artist (8 episodes, 2005-2011) |
| Steve Wong | .... | storyboard revisionist / storyboard artist (8 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Jessie Romero | .... | storyboard revisionist (7 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| David P. Bonanno | .... | storyboard revisionist (6 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Steve Lenze | .... | storyboard revisionist (6 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Pamela Jorden | .... | color key (5 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Jacki Watson | .... | color key (5 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Matt Haber | .... | storyboard revisionist (5 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| David Lee | .... | prop designer (5 episodes, 2007-2013) |
| Jee Hyun Yoo | .... | storyboard artist (5 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Tim Parsons | .... | storyboard artist (4 episodes, 2005-2009) |
| Jansen Yee | .... | storyboard artist (4 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Michaelangelo Rocco | .... | storyboard revisionist / storyboard artist (4 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Ashlee O'Day | .... | storyboard revisionist (4 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Seung-Hyun Oh | .... | retake storyboard artist (4 episodes, 2009) |
| Lisa Bergqvist | .... | color key (3 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Jennifer Graves | .... | storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Micky Rose | .... | color key / color supervisor (3 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Yelena Tokman | .... | color key (3 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Josue Cervantes | .... | storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Fredrick Kim | .... | background design / background designer (2 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Chris Bennett | .... | storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2005) |
| Jeff Hong | .... | storyboard revisionist (2 episodes, 2005) |
| Rachel Stratton | .... | color key (2 episodes, 2005) |
| Mark Garcia | .... | storyboard revisionist (2 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Paul Cunningham | .... | storyboard revisionist (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Lisa Cardenas | .... | storyboard revisionist (2 episodes, 2009) |
| James Kim | .... | storyboard artist / storyboard revisionist (2 episodes, 2009) |
| Jacob Hair | .... | storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Tomihiro Yamaguchi | .... | storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2011) |
| George Kaprielian | .... | storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Mary Hoffman | .... | storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2012) |
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| Tom Welch | .... | assistant to supervising animation director / assistant to producers: animation / ... (74 episodes, 2007-2012) |
| Kasey Bell | .... | animation production assistant / animation assistant director (56 episodes, 2008-2012) |
| Ron Hughart | .... | supervising director of animation / supervising animation director (47 episodes, 2007-2012) |
| Jeff Rebner | .... | character designer (42 episodes, 2007-2013) |
| David Bastian | .... | timing supervisor / animation timer (37 episodes, 2005-2013) |
| Jim Feeley | .... | character design supervisor / character designer / ... (36 episodes, 2005-2013) |
| Harry Sabin | .... | storyboard revisionist / character designer (35 episodes, 2006-2011) |
| Albert Acosta | .... | retake director (34 episodes, 2006-2013) |
| Alexandra Enck | .... | storyboard assistant (33 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Kevin Thresher | .... | retake director / storyboard artist / ... (32 episodes, 2006-2012) |
| Ashley J. Long | .... | storyboard revisionist / character designer / ... (30 episodes, 2007-2011) |
| Caleb Meurer | .... | character designer / animation timer / ... (29 episodes, 2008-2013) |
| Bill Buchanan | .... | timing supervisor / animation timer / ... (28 episodes, 2007-2013) |
| Jamie Iglehart | .... | storyboard revisionist / production assistant: animation / ... (28 episodes, 2007-2011) |
| Brent Woods | .... | supervising director of animation / storyboard supervisor / ... (27 episodes, 2008-2012) |
| Celeste Pustilnick | .... | animation timer (25 episodes, 2005-2013) |
| Penelope Sevier | .... | animation checker (24 episodes, 2005-2013) |
| Christine Smith | .... | animation timer / timing supervisor (24 episodes, 2006-2013) |
| Jenni McCosker | .... | animation timer (24 episodes, 2008-2013) |
| Glenn Buswell | .... | retake coordinator / coordinator: retakes / ... (24 episodes, 2009-2011) |
| Fred Kim | .... | background designer / background painter (23 episodes, 2005-2013) |
| Pam Kleyman | .... | animation checker (23 episodes, 2005-2013) |
| Micky Rose | .... | color supervisor / color key artist / ... (23 episodes, 2007-2013) |
| Hunilla Fodor | .... | animation timer (21 episodes, 2008-2013) |
| Tyrone Thompson | .... | retake coordinator / coordinator: retakes / ... (21 episodes, 2008-2012) |
| Tom Dankiewicz | .... | background designer (20 episodes, 2006-2013) |
| Nick Dubois | .... | background designer (20 episodes, 2007-2013) |
| Steven Milosavleski | .... | animatics (19 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Juli Murphy | .... | animation timer (19 episodes, 2009-2013) |
| Fides Belmonte | .... | background designer (18 episodes, 2008-2013) |
| Alex Zabolotsky | .... | color designer / color key (17 episodes, 2010-2013) |
| Margaret Mathison | .... | storyboard artist (17 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Pamela Jorden | .... | color designer / color key / ... (16 episodes, 2005-2013) |
| Andria Venturina | .... | animation production assistant (16 episodes, 2008-2012) |
| Patty Shinagawa | .... | retake director (16 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Thomas Horvath | .... | animatic editor / animation production assistant / ... (15 episodes, 2007-2013) |
| Chuck Maiden | .... | color designer / color key (15 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Michael Loya | .... | retake director (15 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Harry McLaughlin | .... | animatic editor (12 episodes, 2005-2013) |
| Zaida Rodriguez | .... | storyboard coordinator / layout coordinator / ... (12 episodes, 2009-2011) |
| Anthony Lioi | .... | supervising director of animation / second timing supervisor / ... (11 episodes, 2005-2009) |
| Aldrin Cornejo | .... | animation production assistant (11 episodes, 2009-2011) |
| Greg Nelson | .... | animatic editor (10 episodes, 2005-2013) |
| Amy Reynolds | .... | retake supervisor (10 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Milton Gray | .... | animation timer (10 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Sean Isroelit | .... | animatic editor (9 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Brett Pierce | .... | animation production assistant / production assistant: animation / ... (8 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Valerie Fletcher | .... | character designer / animation assistant director (8 episodes, 2008-2010) |
| Jason Jones | .... | animation production assistant (7 episodes, 2010-2012) |
| Carlos Ortega | .... | character designer (6 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Mike Yang | .... | animatic editor (6 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Ray Valenzuela | .... | animatics / animatic editor / ... (6 episodes, 2007-2013) |
| Megan Smithyman | .... | coordinator: design / animation production assistant / ... (6 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Dante Fabiero | .... | storyboard artist (6 episodes, 2010-2012) |
| David P. Bonanno | .... | storyboard artist (6 episodes, 2010-2011) |
| Fides Gutierrez | .... | background designer (5 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Ron Brewer | .... | storyboard artist (5 episodes, 2005) |
| Heather Shrewsbury | .... | retakes (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Dimitri Rentzis | .... | animation timer (4 episodes, 2005-2010) |
| Tom Pope | .... | animation timer (4 episodes, 2009) |
| Elizabeth Kwon | .... | animation timer (4 episodes, 2011) |
| Michael Kaweski | .... | overseas animation supervisor (3 episodes, 2005-2010) |
| Dong-Young Lee | .... | overseas animation director / overseas animation supervising director (3 episodes, 2005-2010) |
| Lisa Bergqvist | .... | color key / color key artist (3 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Acacia Caputo | .... | lip assignment (3 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Becca Ramos | .... | background designer (3 episodes, 2005) |
| Dusty Wakefield | .... | character designer (3 episodes, 2005) |
| Christopher Smith | .... | character designer (3 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Mike Kalec | .... | animatics (3 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Tomihiro Yamaguchi | .... | animation assistant director / storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2009-2011) |
| Younghee Higa | .... | animation timer (3 episodes, 2010-2012) |
| Kristina Mickahail | .... | color designer (3 episodes, 2011) |
| Julia Kalantarova | .... | color designer (3 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Lenore Smith | .... | animation production assistant (3 episodes, 2012) |
| Amy Watson | .... | animation production assistant (3 episodes, 2012) |
| Tim Parsons | .... | storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2005-2009) |
| Steve Wong | .... | storyboard artist / storyboard revisionist (2 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Gordon Hammond | .... | character designer (2 episodes, 2005) |
| Tim Long | .... | animation timer / lip assignment (2 episodes, 2005) |
| SoonJin Mooney | .... | animation timer (2 episodes, 2005) |
| Jacki Watson | .... | color key (2 episodes, 2005) |
| Gabi Payn | .... | lip assignment (2 episodes, 2007-2013) |
| Christine Ishimine | .... | animation timer / timing supervisor (2 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| George Rincon | .... | animatic production assistant: Animatics / animation production assistant (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Mike L. Mayfield | .... | animation timer / assistant director: animation (2 episodes, 2008) |
| Diana Ritchey | .... | animation producer (2 episodes, 2008) |
| Josue Cervantes | .... | animation assistant director / storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2009) |
| Patrick Gleeson | .... | animation timer (2 episodes, 2009) |
| Maureen Mlynarczyk | .... | animation timer (2 episodes, 2009) |
| Jeffrey Scott-Smith | .... | storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2009) |
| Becky Bristow | .... | animation timer (2 episodes, 2011) |
| Alex Campos | .... | background designer (2 episodes, 2013) |
| Brian Mainolfi | .... | storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2013) |
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| Sheikh 'Ubi' Ubaid Mahmood | .... | animatics (unknown episodes) |
| Kari Salrin | .... | animatics (unknown episodes) |
| Erin Sirpenski | .... | animatics (unknown episodes) |
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| Parker Deay | .... | assistant: writers / production assistant / ... (75 episodes, 2005-2012) |
| Jordan Blum | .... | executive assistant / production assistant / ... (60 episodes, 2007-2012) |
| Karolyn McKenzie | .... | production assistant (56 episodes, 2008-2011) |
| Matt Fusfeld | .... | assistant to writer / executive assistant / ... (48 episodes, 2005-2012) |
| Jeff Chiang | .... | assistant: writers / writers assistant / ... (42 episodes, 2009-2013) |
| Eric Ziobrowski | .... | office coordinator / writers assistant / ... (37 episodes, 2009-2013) |
| Travis Bowe | .... | executive assistant to producers / executive assistant / ... (31 episodes, 2005-2009) |
| Marci Proietto | .... | production executive (27 episodes, 2005-2010) |
| Delayna Michelle Ishee | .... | production assistant (26 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Alessia Costantini | .... | assistant: writers / assistant to writers (25 episodes, 2009-2011) |
| Oscar Sosa | .... | first accountant / first assistant accountant (23 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Tom Welch | .... | production secretary / assistant to producers / ... (23 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Liddane Sanders | .... | production controller (19 episodes, 2005-2013) |
| Erik Sommers | .... | executive story editor (18 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Jaydi Samuels | .... | assistant: Seth MacFarlane / assistant to seth macfarlane / ... (18 episodes, 2010-2013) |
| Lauren Calta | .... | production assistant / receptionist (17 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Katie Krentz | .... | assistant to production executive / executive assistant (17 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Keith Heisler | .... | executive story editor / writers assistant / ... (15 episodes, 2005-2011) |
| Paul Stroud | .... | assistant: Mike Barker/Matt Weitzmann / production assistant / ... (12 episodes, 2010-2013) |
| Charles Suozzi | .... | writers assistant / production assistant (12 episodes, 2010-2013) |
| Henry Montgomery | .... | assistant: Seth MacFarlane / assistant to seth macfarlane / ... (12 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Amy Reynolds | .... | production coordinator (10 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Sarah Peters | .... | executive assistant / assistant: Mike Barker/Matt Weitzmann (10 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Thomas Horvath II | .... | production assistant (10 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Allie Crane | .... | assistant: Kara Vallow / assistant: (10 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Adam Catino | .... | production assistant (9 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Mario Kyprianou | .... | production assistant to writers / production assistant (9 episodes, 2005) |
| Amanda Bell | .... | production manager (9 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Patricia Burns | .... | production coordinator (9 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| George Rincon | .... | production coordinator (9 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Zaida Rodriguez | .... | production coordinator (9 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Laura Hilker | .... | assistant: Kara Vallow (8 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Eric John Cookmeyer | .... | design coordinator / production coordinator (8 episodes, 2005) |
| Jeff Rigler | .... | production coordinator (8 episodes, 2005) |
| Chris Dallman | .... | production assistant / assistant: Diana Ritchey and Ron Hughart (7 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Leslie E.A. Rider | .... | assistant: Kara Vallow / assistant: kara vallow (7 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Jeff Winkle | .... | production assistant (7 episodes, 2009) |
| Michael Wittenberg | .... | production assistant / post audio coordinator / ... (6 episodes, 2005-2009) |
| Andrew Goldberg | .... | assistant: Seth MacFarlane (6 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| E. Tavares Black | .... | production coordinator (6 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Erik Durbin | .... | writers assistant / writing assistant / ... (6 episodes, 2005) |
| Erin Sirpenski | .... | production assistant / design production assistant (6 episodes, 2005) |
| Sarah Mozal | .... | assistant office manager (6 episodes, 2011) |
| Sam Brenner | .... | production assistant (6 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Gideon Boomer | .... | production assistant (5 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Ray Valenzuela | .... | production assistant (5 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Matt Caliri | .... | production assistant (5 episodes, 2005) |
| Sheikh 'Ubi' Ubaid Mahmood | .... | production coordinator (5 episodes, 2005) |
| Chris Long | .... | office coordinator / post audio coordinator / ... (5 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Liz Kelly | .... | production assistant (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Artie Johann | .... | assistant to seth macfarlane / assistant: Seth MacFarlane (5 episodes, 2009-2011) |
| Alex Cuthbertson | .... | story editor / executive story editor (5 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Sarah Lynn Critchett | .... | production assistant (4 episodes, 2005) |
| Rob Hunter | .... | production assistant (4 episodes, 2005) |
| Karin Perrotta | .... | production coordinator (4 episodes, 2005) |
| Mike Kalec | .... | production assistant (4 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Kasey Bell | .... | production assistant (4 episodes, 2009-2013) |
| Tom Dennis | .... | payroll accountant (3 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Ron Hughart | .... | supervising director (3 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Roxanne Osco | .... | production assistant / production coordinator (3 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Neal Boushell | .... | executive story editor (3 episodes, 2005) |
| Nahnatchka Khan | .... | executive story editor (3 episodes, 2005) |
| Sam O'Neal | .... | executive story editor (3 episodes, 2005) |
| Kari Salrin | .... | production assistant (3 episodes, 2005) |
| Tyrone Thompson | .... | production coordinator / production assistant (3 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Spencer Porter | .... | assistant to Seth Macfarlane / assistant to seth macfarlane / ... (3 episodes, 2007-2010) |
| Tanya Leal Soto | .... | assistant: Forest Whitaker (3 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Jason West | .... | production assistant (3 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Brett Pierce | .... | production assistant (3 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Aldrin Cornejo | .... | production assistant (3 episodes, 2009) |
| Lindsay Flinn | .... | assistant: Kara Vallow (3 episodes, 2011) |
| Justin Chiang | .... | receptionist (3 episodes, 2013) |
| James Hobson | .... | production assistant (2 episodes, 2005) |
| Megan Smithyman | .... | production assistant / production coordinator (2 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Glenn Buswell | .... | production coordinator (2 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Andria Venturina | .... | production assistant / retake production assistant (2 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Steve Hely | .... | executive story editor / story editor (2 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Rochelle Linder | .... | office manager (2 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Anthony Lioi | .... | supervising director (2 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| James Martin | .... | first assistant accountant (2 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Chris McKenna | .... | executive story editor / story editor (2 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Matt McKenna | .... | executive story editor / story editor (2 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Arthur Johann | .... | assistant to seth macfarlane (2 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Eddie Mega | .... | production assistant / receptionist (2 episodes, 2011-2013) |
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I love this show. It's such a relief to see a show like "American Dad," especially on Fox. It can't be helped that some people are too unconscious to understand the desperately needed, hilarious criticism that it offers. It's "Sullivan's Travels" meets "Dr. Strangelove," rolled up into an animated series. Yeah, it's probably too smart for the masses, but we have to start somewhere. If it's marketed like "The Family Guy," during DVD release, then hopefully it will later be recognized for its absolute brilliance. Speaking of brilliance, airing the first episode immediately after the Super Bowl was unquestionably the most impeccably timed programming in the history of television. Did I mention that I love this show? That I need this show for sustenance?