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“Family Guy” never does anything halfway or even three-quarters. It’s whole-hog for the adult cartoon set in Quahog, R.I.

So when Fox Home Entertainment releases a “Family Guy” DVD gift set, it doesn’t just collect all the episodes thus far released (90 shows on the 16 discs included in five previous DVD volumes). And it doesn’t only add the straight-to-DVD movie “Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story,” plus a bonus disc of new material including deleted scenes, recording booth footage, storyboards and guest star interviews.

Oooooh, nooooo. The “Family Guy Freakin’ Party Pack” (just out at a list price of $150, widely discounted to the $100 range) is a chunky, clear plastic lunchbox with blue metal corner bumpers and yellow side handles, crammed to the gills with playtime paraphernalia -character-face pingpong paddles with matching balls and net; series-themed poker chips, dice and playing cards; and a nifty zippered Stewie CD case holding all 18 precious discs.

It certainly adds up to, as the set’s disc-shaped contents booklet proclaims, “uncensored pee-in-your-pants fun!” The Fox DVD press release lies not when it promises, “Now, audiences can relive every offensive and outrageous moment from the past eight years, including all of Peter’s adventures at the Drunken Clam, Brian’s foray into the adult-film industry, Stewie’s plots for world domination and more.”

Obviously, “Family Guy” is not a cartoon for kiddies. Series creator Seth MacFarlane made that clear from the first episode, which premiered on Fox after 1999’s Super Bowl XXXIII (Denver’s John Elway wins the big one a second straight time). In case you’re wondering whether this new DVD party pack is suitable for your little family guy, here’s a little hint from the TV.com synopsis of that premiere adventure, “Death Has a Shadow”:

“After Peter heavily drinks at a bachelor party, even though he told Lois he would not, he gets fired from his job at the Happy-Go-Lucky toy factory for being hung over. Peter soon applies for welfare, but after a mix-up, gets sent a check for $150,000. Eventually, Lois finds out, and Peter decides to return the money by dumping it from a blimp at the Super Bowl. He is arrested as a result.”

Father knows best? Not in this subversive gagfest.

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