Family Guy 

In a wacky Rhode Island town, a dysfunctional family strive to cope with everyday life as they are thrown from one crazy scenario to another.

Creators:

Seth MacFarlane, David Zuckerman

Stars:

Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green

Won 8 Primetime Emmys. Another 27 wins & 90 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Seth MacFarlane	...	Peter Griffin / ... 325 episodes, 1999-2019
Alex Borstein	...	Lois Griffin / ... 325 episodes, 1999-2019
Seth Green	...	Chris Griffin / ... 324 episodes, 1999-2019
Mila Kunis	...	Meg Griffin / ... 315 episodes, 1999-2019
Mike Henry	...	Cleveland Brown / ... 308 episodes, 1999-2019
John Viener	...	TV Announcer / ... 250 episodes, 2005-2019
Danny Smith	...	Jim Kaplan / ... 238 episodes, 1999-2018
Patrick Warburton	...	Joe Swanson / ... 230 episodes, 1999-2019
Ralph Garman	...	Various / ... 195 episodes, 2001-2018
Alec Sulkin	...	Jesus Christ / ... 188 episodes, 2005-2019

Storyline

Sick, twisted and politically incorrect, the animated series features the adventures of the Griffin family. Endearingly ignorant Peter and his stay-at-home wife Lois reside in Quahog, R.I., and have three kids. Meg, the eldest child, is a social outcast, and teenage Chris is awkward and clueless when it comes to the opposite sex. The youngest, Stewie, is a genius baby bent on killing his mother and destroying the world. The talking dog, Brian, keeps Stewie in check while sipping martinis and sorting through his own life issues.

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Plot Keywords:

sexual reference | sexual innuendo | animal as human | pedophile | derivative | 

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Taglines:

UnCut, Un-PC & Unsuitable for Kids

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Fox.com Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Portuguese

Release Date:

31 January 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Family Guy

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Fuzzy Door Productions, Fox Television Animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Seth MacFarlane is a fan of the Star Trek franchise, explaining the frequent references to Star Trek in the show. In fact, MacFarlane even appeared in two episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise (2001) during its final two years of production.

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Goofs

In the living room, the rug will be purple, and either in the next couple scenes or in the next episode it will be yellow and vice-versa.

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Quotes

[Stewie reads a card and discovers his name written inside as the sender]
Stewie Griffin: Did you forge my name? How dare you. Is this backwards "S" supposed to be cute? Oh, I'm going to crap double for you tonight.

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Crazy Credits

Every few seasons, the instrumental version of the title theme that plays over the end credits is replaced with a new arrangement. To date there have been 5 main arrangements of the closing credits theme (this, of course, does not include "one-shot" versions that are relative to a specific episode.)

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Alternate Versions

In the DVD and Cartoon network version "Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows" during the Musical montage there was a small shot of the World Trade Center and when Brian is showing the woman Tarot cards Originally had President Bush holding a beer funnel on the last card of how the world will end. The FOX version cut the World Trade Center and changed the Bush tarot card to a Jerry Springer Card

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.7 (2011)

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Soundtracks

Lucky There's A Family Guy
Music by Walter Murphy
Lyrics by David Zuckerman and Seth MacFarlane
Performed by Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green and Mila Kunis

User Reviews

Another Great 1999 TV-show!

Family Guy is another of the best TV-shows that premiered in 1999! Family Guy kind of reminded me of The Simpsons a little bit but there both different. The way Family Guy is like The Simpsons is that they both have the same plot which is a sit-com about a dysfunctional family that lives in a medium sized town where anything can happen and plus the humor is slapstick. Peter Griffin (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) does his best to do what's right for the family, but along the way, he makes mistakes that are the stuff of legends and he is the not so bright one in the family, he speaks before he thinks which is hilarious. Then there's Lois (voiced by Alex Borstein) who is the most sane of the bunch. There is the two teenagers of the family Meg (Season 1 was voiced by Lacey Chabert and then Season 2 and beyond Mila Kunis did the voice of Meg) who is one of those kids who tries so hard to fit in but yet it doesn't work and I feel so sorry for her and then there's Chris (voiced by Seth Green) who is fat, not really that smart but yet spirited and kind of weird. Then there's Stewie (voiced by Seth MacFarlane, again), the evil baby who has an English accent and is this evil genius who wants to take over the world and then there is Brian the dog (voiced by Seth MacFarlane, again), who is the smartest in the family and likes to drink and smoke and doesn't really describe himself as a domestic animal and is trying to find his purpose. The show is so funny because it also makes fun of several movies and other TV-shows which is another thing Family Guy and The Simpsons are alike! The other characters in the show are Cleveland (voiced by Mike Henry) who is this all-around nice guy; Joe Swanson (voiced by Patrick Warburton) who is this tough guy who is in a wheel-chair because he paralyzed his legs and he mainly uses his upper-body strength and then there is Quagmire who is this sex-maniac who goes crazy for any woman that is sexy and I like the way Quagmire says "Alright!" and I say it the way he would said it now. Plus Adam West is in Family Guy playing the Mayor of Quahog, himself and Seth MacFarlane also worked with Adam West when MacFarlane was working in Hanna-Barbera! It premiered back in 1999 after the 1999 Super Bowl where the Denver Broncos won! Then in 2002 FOX canceled this series and then Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block came along and picked up the series for re-runs and then TBS and now it is going to make a return on FOX! You can get this series out on DVD too!

User Rating: 9/10

BOTTOM LINE: HILARIOUS AND A BIT LIKE THE SIMPSONS BUT DIFFERENT!