Family Guy

Family Guy is an animated TV series created by Seth MacFarlane. The comedy show centres around a family living in Quahog, Rhode Island. It's main characters are the Griffin family, with Peter Griffin perhaps the most involved of these characters.

The Show

Now in its 5th season, with seasons 6 and 7 already scheduled to arrive on tv within the next two years, Family Guy has become one of the most popular animated series on tv. However, the show has actually been cancelled twice since first airing in 1999 and was only resumed after strong DVD sales. The show uses many cutaway jokes that rarely add to the storyline and many of its storylines are parodies of tv shows and movies.

Movie

Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story was released in 2005 as a straight-to-dvd movie. The film focused on Stewie and the search for his real father. The movie was shown on tv but due to the content of the movie it had to be heavily edited.

Awards

Emmies: 6 nominations and winning twice (in 2000 for Outstanding Voice-over, and in 2002 for Outstanding Music and Lyrics)

Annies: 9 nominations, winning twice in 2006

Golden Reel Award: 3 nominations, winning once

Criticism

Family guy has come under criticism from many different sources. The show has been panned by certain tv critics, especially in entertainment weekly.

Many criticisms have stemmed from the arguments that Family Guy is very similar to the Simpsons and also that it relies on jokes unrelated to actual plot. The latter of these two arguments being made clearly in a two part episode of South Park, "Cartoon Wars".

The Griffin Family

Peter: The father of the family and very often the centre of major storylines. A low-intellect character that gets into many different crazy scenarios. Voiced by Seth MacFarlane

Chris: Son of Peter and Lois, very low-intellect, goofy schoolboy.Voiced by Seth MacFarlane.

Stewie: Son of Peter and Lois. A baby that talks, but only really listened to and taken seriously by Brian. Plans of world domination and evilness in earlier episodes and always with a sophisticated mindset and high intellect.Voiced by Seth MacFarlane.

Other Characters

Glen Quagmire: Quagmire is the sexed-crazed next door neighbour of the Griffin's. He is best friend with Peter, although Peter has no idea that Quagmire is obsessed with his wife, Lois.

His most memorable catch phrase is "giggity giggity giggity".

Voiced by Seth MacFarlane

Cleveland Brown: Cleveland is Peter's neighbour and friend. He was originally married to Loretta Brown but they divorced after Quagmire and Loretta had an affair. He has one son, Cleveland Jr, who has ADD. Voiced by Mike Henry

Mayor Adam West: Quahog's paranoid mayor, voiced by the Adam West of the old Batman tv shows.

Episode Guide

Season 1

1. Death has a Shadow
2. I Never Met the Dead Man
3. Chitty Chitty Death Bang
4. Mind Over Murder
5. A Hero Sits Next Door
6. The Son Also Draws
7. Brian: Portrait of a Dog

Season 2

1. Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater
2. Holy Crap
3. Da Boom
4. Brian In Love
5. Love Thy Trophy
6. Death is a Bitch
7. The King is Dead
8. I am Peter, Hear me Roar
9. If I'm Dyin' I'm Lyin'
10. Running Mates
11. A Picture is Worth 1,000 Bucks
12. Fifteen Minutes of Shame
13. Road to Rhode Island
14. Let's Go to the Hop
15. Dammit Janet
16. There's Something about Paulie
17. He's too Sexy for his Fat
18. E. Peterbus Unum
19. The Story on Page One
20. Wasted Talent
21. Fore, Father

Season 3

1. The Thin White Line
2. Brian Does Hollywood
3. Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington
4. One if by Clam, Two if by Sea
5. And the Weiner is...
6. Death Lives
7. Lethal Weapons
8. The Kiss Seen Around the World
9. Mr. Saturday Knight
10. Fish Out of Water
11. Emission Impossible
12. To Love and Die in Dixie
13. Screwed the Pooch
14. Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother?
15. Ready, Willing, and Disabled
16. A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
17. Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows
18. From Method to Madness
19. Stuck Together, Torn Apart
20. Road to Europe
21. Family Guy Viewer Mail #1
22. When You Wish Upon a Weinstein

Season 4

1. North By North Quahog
2. Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High
3. Blind Ambition
4. Don't Make me Over
5. The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire
6. Petarded
7. Brian the Bachelor
8. 8 Simple Rules for Buying my Teenage Daughter
9. Breaking Out is Hard to do
10. Model Misbehaviour
11. Peter's got Woods
12. Perfect Castaway
13. Jungle Love
14. PTV
15. Brian Goes Back to College
16. The Courtship of Stewie's Father
17. The Fat Guy Strangler
18. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz
19. Brian Sings and Swings
20. Patriot Games
21. I Take Thee Quagmire
22. Sibling Rivalry
23. Deep Throats
24. Peterotica
25. You May Now Kiss the...Uh...Guy Who Receives
26. Petergeist
27. Untitled griffin Family History
28. Stewie B. Goode
29. Bango Was His Name oh
30. Stu & Stewie's Excellent Adventure

Season 5

1. Stewie Loves Lois
2. Mother Tucker
3. Hells Comes to Quahog
4. Saving Private Brian
5. Whistle While Your Wife Works
6. Prick Up Your Ears
7. Chick Cancer
8. Barely Legal
9. Road to Rupert
10. Peter's two Dads
11. The Tan Aquatic with Steve zissou
12. Airport '07
13. Bill and Peter's Bogus Journey
14. No Meals on Wheels
15. Boys do Cry
16. No Chris Left Behind
17. It Takes a Village Idiot, and I married one
18. Meet the Quagmires

Season 6

1. Blue Harvest
2. Movin' Out (Brian's Song)
3. Believe it or not, Joe's Walking on Air
4. Stewie Kills Lois
5. Lois Kills Stewie
6. McStroke
7. Padre de Familia
8. Peter's Daugther