ed asner did the voice of santa on american dad.
who does the voice of santa on american dad?
ed asner
"hurricane!" was directed by tim parsons, in his first directing credit of the season. this episode marked the first time parsons has directed an "american dad!" episode since the seventh season episode "i am the walrus". it was written by erik sommers, which also served as his first writing credit for the season. sommers' last production credit was the sixth season episode "you debt your life". in addition to the regular cast, voice actor mike henry, actress lisa edelstein and voice actress kristen schaal guest starred in the episode as cleveland brown, sharri rothberg, and roger's one night stand respectively. recurring voice actors jeff fischer, mike barker, matt mckenna, and kevin michael richardson reprised their roles of jeff fischer, terry bates, buckle, and principal brian lewis respectively. in addition to his "american dad!" roles of stan, roger, and greg corbin, macfarlane reprised his "family guy" role of peter griffin, while henry guest starred as his role of cleveland brown. this episode marked the first time henry made a guest appearance on "american dad" since the season four episode "stan's night out". edelstein and mckenna reprised their roles of shari and buckle, having last done so in the season seven episode "best little horror house in langley falls".
hurricane! (american dad!)
in its early going, "american dad!" brought in strong ratings but fought an uphill battle in gaining widespread acceptance and approval from viewers and critics alike. the popularity of macfarlane and his involvement with "family guy" have led to foregone conclusions and prejudices against "american dad!" as a rip-off of the predecessor and some critics had already written off "american dad!" prior to its birth as nothing more than a pale imitation of "family guy" and macfarlane's attempts to get his old show back on the air. one example, prior to the "american dad!" series debut, a writer of "the washington post" published a piece that reads "but those same executives have also given macfarlane a whole new animated half-hour to play with in the disappointing "american dad!" the new series officially premieres in may but has a sneak preview tomorrow night in the coveted post-super bowl time period ... the look and pace of "american dad!" is the same as "family guy"."
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