Family Guy – Peter Griffin

Peter Gilligan Griffin who is voiced by Seth MacFarlane in a Rhode Island accent is the head of the Griffin household on the animated series called Family Guy. Peter Griffin who is 43 years old is married to Lois,and they have a daughter named Meg, a two sons Chris and Stewie and a dog named Brian. He resides in Quahog, Rhode Island and works at Happy-Go-Lucky Toys where he makes toys and is employed by Mr. Weed. His favorite place to hang out at is The Drunken Clam with his friends Cleveland and Quagmire.Peter is a very unintelligent, immature person that enjoys doing things such as farting in his daughter Meg’s cereal and wiping boogers in her hair. He even took an I.Q. test that indeed confirmed that his intellect is slightly above being mentally retarded.

Besides being fat, accident prone, and a heavy drinker, he is in good health.

Peter gets randomly interrupted in episodes when a giant chicken comes out of no where and him and Peter begin to physically fight. Peter is the one who is always winning the fights, leaving the giant chicken dead however, you do see the chicken move a tiny bit showing that he is still alive for him to come back and interrupt him yet again.

Peter Griffin has made some guest appearances on some other shows other then Family Guy. He made a guest appearance on the animated series, The Simpsons because they think that Family Guy is a rip off of The Simpsons. Robot Chicken, South Park, and Late Show with David Letterman were also other shows that Peter Griffin has appeared on.

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Family Guy – Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane does many things such as being a singer, screenwriter, animator, comedian, actor, producer, and a composer. What Seth MacFarlane is best known for is being the creator of Family Guy and American dad.  He credits his inspiration to a number of comedians, citing Jackie Gleason as a big part of his growing view on what is funny.He not only created and produced Family Guy, but he also voiced several characters such as Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Peter Griffin, Tom Tucker, and Glenn Quagmire.

Family guy made it’s first television show appearance on January 31, 1999.  The random breaks in the show that go into a completely unrelated joke skit are what people either love or hate.  Although not adding to the story line directly, these small skits give the show many of the big laughs that fans tune in for.  Given the fact these can be interchangeable, there will never really be a shortage of ideas to continue to add the the spice of the Family Guy series. A family guy video game was also released in 2006. Seth MacFarlane also takes his casts members on the road so that he can voice his characters in front of a live audience. This gives the fans a chance to hear the future scripts that would be coming out. Family guy has been cancelled twice off of the air but because of the strong support that the fans put out with buying the DVDs, Fox reconsidered and put them back on.  Seth MacFarlane speaks at different universities throughout the United States. Seth is also the highest-paid producer and writer in history. Reportedly he is being paid $100 million by Fox T.V. Seth MacFarlane has received two Emmy awards for all of his vocal performances that he has done on Family Guy.

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