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 / ... 322 episodes, 1998-2019
Alex Borstein	...	Lois Griffin / ... 322 episodes, 1998-2019
Seth Green	...	Chris Griffin / ... 321 episodes, 1999-2019
Mila Kunis	...	Meg Griffin / ... 312 episodes, 1999-2019
Mike Henry	...	Cleveland Brown / ... 305 episodes, 1999-2019
John Viener	...	TV Announcer / ... 247 episodes, 2005-2019
Danny Smith	...	Jim Kaplan / ... 237 episodes, 1999-2018
Patrick Warburton	...	Joe Swanson / ... 226 episodes, 1999-2018
Ralph Garman	...	Various / ... 194 episodes, 2001-2018
Alec Sulkin	...	Jesus Christ / ... 185 episodes, 2005-2018

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 | dog | 

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Taglines:

On May 1st, We Get Reborn (Season 4)...

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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 Green reveals in the commentary for Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005) that the voice of Chris is based on Ted Levine's performance as Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs (1991).

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Goofs

In "No Chris Left Behind", the Morningwood Academy sign has "NO IRISH" crossed out and "IRISH OK" written under it. The next time we see the sign, there is no trace whatsoever of either line of the Irish text.

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Quotes

Chris Griffin: [driving around with Quagmire, sees a woman walking] excuse me you dropped something... my jaw! hehe all right.

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Crazy Credits

In the new HD seasons intro, the generic dancers on the stairs are replaced by actual characters from the show.

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Alternate Versions

Germany had the episode where Peter takes over for the Grim Reaper cut because one part had a scene where the Grim Reaper tells Peter over the phone about how bad the world would be if there was no death. The Grim Reaper then adds, "Imagine a world where Hitler was still alive" and the phone conversation cuts to a talk show called, "Hitler".

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Connections

Referenced in Welshy Reviews: Black Sheep (2012)

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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

We're All Lucky There's A Family Guy

Family Guy is without a shadow of a doubt an intriguing, funny, and unique experience every week it is aired. This television series has survived through adversity and overcame challenges after being canceled twice and brought back.

The humour of Family Guy is definitely something the future will call "family guy humour" it's random off the wall antics generally focus on priceless flashback sequences and stammering over awkward sentences to keep you laughing. The once very promising series is beginning to wear down however as season 5 was full of very dull and humourless episodes and i believe it is because of Ricky Blitt temporarily leaving the show to do The Winner which coincidentally flopped. Seasons 1-4 have been as pleasure and the first six or so episodes of Season 5 as well but only time will tell if this series stays as consistently funny as it's almost always been.

Many criticize it and claim it as a Simpsons rip off which is totally inaccurate and unfair. Homer Simpson is a dim witted easy angered character while Peter Griffin is a pop culture obsessed moron who always means well. Marge Simpson is an intelligent, nagging, wife while Lois Griffin is a good hearted mother whose party girl side is always emerging. Bart Simpson is a little hell-raiser who loves to cause trouble and pull pranks while Chris Griffin is a slow, dopey, lummox. Lisa Simpson is an intelligent, kind, liberal while Meg Griffin is a self pitying, neglected, border line suicidal loser. Maggie Simpson doesn't speak or do much throughout the show while Stewie Griffin is a quick witted baby bent on world domination with a lot of homosexual tendencies. The shows are very different and share few similarities.

The show revolves around family and the struggles and over the top things that occur throughout their daily lives. The humour is totally random with irrelevant and hysterical flashback sequences occurring throughout the episode and contains a ton of satire that is both offensive and true.

Seth MacFarlane reminds me of Quentin Tarantino with the way he pays homage to things he loved or remembers growing up and the pop culture references will make you think "oh yeah i remember that". I believe Family Guy will become a classic and in my personal opinion already has but i see a very sunny future for this great animated series. Watch out for it in the fall of 2007 as it enters it's sixth season with Ricky Blitt back on board.