Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (; born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer. MacFarlane is the creator of the TV series "Family Guy" (1999–present) and "The Orville" (2017–present), and co-creator of the TV series "American Dad!" (2005–present) and "The Cleveland Show" (2009–2013). He also wrote, directed, and starred in the films "Ted" (2012), its sequel "Ted 2" (2015), and "A Million Ways to Die in the West" (2014). MacFarlane is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, where he studied animation. Recruited to Hollywood, he was an animator and writer for Hanna-Barbera for several television series, including "Johnny Bravo", "Cow and Chicken", "Dexter's Laboratory", "I Am Weasel", and "Larry & Steve".
Introduction
Seth MacFarlane
Seth MacFarlane | Introduction
The Orville, American Dad and The Cleveland Show. Gilmore Girls", "The War at Home", "FlashForward". Gilmore Girls, The War at Home and FlashForward "The Orville",  "American Dad!", "The Cleveland Show"
when was family guy cancelled the second time
user
2002.
assistant
who were the creators of this show?
user
MacFarlane.
assistant
who is the main character?
user
Peter Griffin.
assistant
who is he?
user
He is a fictional character who is married to Lois Griffin and is the father of Meg, Chris, and Stewie.
assistant
who dubs the speech for this character?
user
Seth MacFarlane.
assistant
who are the ancestors of the character?
user
Father Mickey McFinnigan, mother Thelma, raised by Francis and Thelma Griffin.
assistant
who is the voice-actor mentioned above?
user
He is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer.
assistant
any other shows he has been in?
user
Seth MacFarlane is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer. MacFarlane began his career as an animator and writer for Hanna-Barbera for several television series, including "Johnny Bravo", "Cow and Chicken", "Dexter's Laboratory", "I Am Weasel", and created a sequel to his college thesis film "Larry & Steve". Since 1999, MacFarlane has served as creator, writer, executive producer, and lead voice actor in the adult animated sitcom "Family Guy" on FOX. He voices the characters of Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin and among other characters. The series has garnered critical acclaim with critics and audiences and has won numerous awards.
Seth MacFarlane filmography | Introduction
He also played the villain "The Manotaur" in Bob Boyle's animated kids series "Yin Yang Yo!". In addition, MacFarlane voiced Johann Kraus in the 2008 film "Hellboy II: The Golden Army". He also had a guest appearance in the animated film "" where he sings "That Was Then (And This is Too)", the opening theme. He had also starred in a commercial for Hulu in which he plays an alien presenting Hulu as an "evil plot to destroy the world", progressively as his famous "Family Guy" and "American Dad!" characters. He also lent his voice to the series finale movie of the Comedy Central series, "Drawn Together".
Seth MacFarlane | Guest appearances
He also provided Stewie's voice when he appeared as a brain tumor-induced hallucination to Seeley Booth in an episode of "Bones", writing his own dialogue for the episode. On May 8, 2009, MacFarlane was a guest on "Real Time with Bill Maher". Other than "Family Guy" and "American Dad!", MacFarlane voices characters in other cartoon shows and films. He voiced Wayne "The Brain" McClain in an episode of "Aqua Teen Hunger Force". He has also voiced various characters on Adult Swim's "Robot Chicken", including a parody of Lion-O and Emperor Palpatine as well as Peter Griffin in the Season 2 premiere – he even parodied himself in the Season 4 premiere, in which he renewed the show simply by mentioning it in a "Family Guy"-like cutaway after its fictitious cancellation at the end of Season 3.
Seth MacFarlane | Guest appearances
His comedy influences include people like Woody Allen, Jackie Gleason, Bill Maher, Mel Brooks, and Monty Python, while his musical influences include people like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Vic Damone, Johnny Mercer, Bing Crosby, Bobby Darin, Gordon MacRae, and the Rat Pack.
Seth MacFarlane | Influences
He made several guest appearances on TV series such as "Gilmore Girls", "The War at Home", "", and "FlashForward". In 2008, he created his own YouTube series titled "Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy". He won several awards for his work on "Family Guy", including five Primetime Emmy Awards and an Annie Award. In 2009, he won the Webby Award for Film & Video Person of the Year. MacFarlane has performed as a singer at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Royal Albert Hall in London. He has released six studio albums, in the same vein of his musical idol Frank Sinatra, beginning with "Music Is Better Than Words" in 2011.
Seth MacFarlane | Introduction
Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (; born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer. MacFarlane is the creator of the TV series "Family Guy" (1999–present) and "The Orville" (2017–present), and co-creator of the TV series "American Dad!" (2005–present) and "The Cleveland Show" (2009–2013). He also wrote, directed, and starred in the films "Ted" (2012), its sequel "Ted 2" (2015), and "A Million Ways to Die in the West" (2014). MacFarlane is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, where he studied animation. Recruited to Hollywood, he was an animator and writer for Hanna-Barbera for several television series, including "Johnny Bravo", "Cow and Chicken", "Dexter's Laboratory", "I Am Weasel", and "Larry & Steve".
Seth MacFarlane | Introduction
In May 2011, it was announced that MacFarlane would be reviving "The Flintstones" for the Fox network, with the first episode airing in 2013. MacFarlane said that he would provide the voice of Barney Rubble. In October 2011, MacFarlane was working on another animated series with Alex Borstein and Gary Janetti. In 2015, MacFarlane was developing sitcom called "2 Black Dudes" with J. Lee and Mark Mariano. All three series′ did not move forward with an order by the network. MacFarlane told "The Hollywood Reporter", "If I did a Broadway musical, I'd probably want to do something a little bit more old-fashioned...I wouldn't necessarily do something that was as edgy as what they [Matt Stone and Trey Parker] have done.
Seth MacFarlane | Other projects
In 2017, he appeared in Steven Soderbergh's heist comedy "Logan Lucky", alongside Channing Tatum and Adam Driver. In 2019, MacFarlane appeared in the Showtime limited series "The Loudest Voice".
Seth MacFarlane | Guest appearances
According to MacFarlane, the live-action thing didn't work too well. After that clip, MacFarlane showed the same scene, but with celebrities who didn't pay attention to the script. They messed up their lines so badly that MacFarlane, in his Peter voice, screamed "The script, guys! Come on!" MacFarlane served as a host to the Canadian Awards for the Electronic & Animated Arts's Second Annual Elan Awards on February 15, 2008. MacFarlane has also appeared on news shows and late night television shows such as "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and "Late Show with David Letterman". Three months later on March 24, 2007, MacFarlane was interviewed on Fox's "Talkshow with Spike Feresten", and closed the show by singing the Frank Sinatra song "You Make Me Feel So Young".
Seth MacFarlane | Guest appearances
He has also appeared in the films "" (2008), "" (2009), "" (2010), "Tooth Fairy" (2010), "Movie 43" (2013), "Sing" (2016), and "Logan Lucky" (2017). MacFarlane has received numerous awards and nominations for his work on film, television, music, and video games. He has also received twenty-three Emmy Award nominations, winning five for "Family Guy". His directorial film debut in "Ted" earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. In addition, he has received five Grammy Award nominations and two British Academy of Film and Television Arts among others.
Seth MacFarlane filmography | Introduction
MacFarlane played Ziggy in the 2010 film "Tooth Fairy". In August 2010, he appeared as a guest voice-over in a sci-fi themed episode of Disney's "Phineas and Ferb" entitled "Nerds of a Feather". On September 15, 2012, MacFarlane hosted the season premiere of "Saturday Night Live", with musical guest Frank Ocean. The episode was MacFarlane's first appearance on the show. MacFarlane had a cameo in the 2013 film "Movie 43". MacFarlane collaborated with Matt Groening on an episode of "The Simpsons" and "Futurama". In 2016, he had a voice role in the animated film "Sing", as well as serving as a major performer on the film's soundtrack.
Seth MacFarlane | Guest appearances
Due to strong ratings, Fox picked up the back nine episodes of season 2, making a 22-episode season and bringing the total episode count of the show to 44. The series ended on May 19, 2013, with a total of 4 seasons and 88 episodes, and the character of Cleveland returned to "Family Guy" in the episode "He's Bla-ack!". This is the only animated series created by MacFarlane that does not have him voicing the main character. Seth MacFarlane played Tim the Bear until season 3 episode 10. Jess Harnell voices Tim from season 3 episode 11 onwards.
Seth MacFarlane | "The Cleveland Show"
He will occasionally use musical comedy for either his shows or movies.
Seth MacFarlane | Music
MacFarlane has been nominated for twenty-three Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on "Family Guy" and has won five times, in 2000, 2002, 2016, 2017 and 2019. He has been nominated for five Grammy Awards for his work in "", "Music Is Better Than Words", "Family Guy", "No One Ever Tells You", and "In Full Swing". He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for co-writing the opening song, "Everybody Needs a Best Friend", from his film "Ted" with the film's composer Walter Murphy. He has received numerous awards from other organizations, including the Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production and the Saturn Award for Best Television Presentation for the "Family Guy" episode titled "Blue Harvest", the MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo and the Empire Award for Best Comedy for "Ted".
Seth MacFarlane | Awards and nominations
Since then MacFarlane has co-created, co-writes, executive produces, and lead voices in FOX's "American Dad!" and wrote, co-created, executive produced, and had a supporting voice role in "The Cleveland Show", which was a spin-off of "Family Guy". In 2012, MacFarlane made his feature film directorial debut for Universal Pictures with "Ted", a fantasy comedy which was well received by critics and audiences. He went on to act, write, produce, and direct two more features for Universal—the western comedy "A Million Ways to Die in the West" (2014) and a sequel to his first film "Ted 2" (2015). In 2017, MacFarlane created his fourth show, "The Orville".
Seth MacFarlane filmography | Introduction
Negotiations for the show's "MADtv" connection fell through early on as a result of budgetary concerns. At age 24, MacFarlane was television's youngest executive producer. "Family Guy" first aired January 31, 1999. MacFarlane's work in animating "Family Guy" has been influenced by Jackie Gleason and Hanna-Barbera along with examples from "The Simpsons" and "All in the Family". In addition to writing three episodes, "Death Has a Shadow", "Family Guy Viewer Mail 1" and "North by North Quahog", MacFarlane voices "Family Guy"s main male characters – Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, and Glenn Quagmire as well as Tom Tucker, his son Jake Tucker, and additional characters.
Seth MacFarlane | "Family Guy"
What with Barker's departure from the series however, it is unclear if any of these plans have been scrapped or modified in any way.
Seth MacFarlane | "American Dad!"
The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer Seth MacFarlane.
List of awards and nominations received by Seth MacFarlane | Introduction
MacFarlane has appeared in sitcoms, comedy and news programs, independent films, and other animated shows. In 2002, MacFarlane appeared in the "Gilmore Girls" episode "Lorelai's Graduation Day". Four years later on November 5, 2006, MacFarlane guest starred on Fox's "The War at Home" as "Hillary's Date", an unnamed 33-year-old man who secretly dates teenaged Hillary in the episode "I Wash My Hands of You". MacFarlane also appeared as the engineer Ensign Rivers on "" in the third-season episode "" and the fourth-season episode "". During 2006, MacFarlane had a role in the independent film "Life is Short". He portrayed Dr.
Seth MacFarlane | Guest appearances
L. Brent Bozell III of the Parents Television Council, a common critic of the show, took offense at this episode's portrayal of Jesus. Bozell said "this lying, slacker Jesus is even dumber than Peter, the greatest idiot on animated television today." Tom Eames of entertainment website "Digital Spy" placed the episode at number nine on his listing of the best "Family Guy" episodes in order of "yukyukyuks" due its use of the 'Sufin Bird' song and quipped that "you never know when it might strike again." Seth MacFarlane was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his role as Peter Griffin in this episode, MacFarlane was also nominated for the Annie Award for Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production or Short Form for his work in "I Dream of Jesus", but lost to Ahmed Best for his role as Jar Jar Binks in "".
I Dream of Jesus | Reception
As a part of the "Johnny Bravo" crew, MacFarlane met actors and voiceover artists such as Adam West and Jack Sheldon of "Schoolhouse Rock!" fame. Meeting these individuals later became significant to the production and success of his "Family Guy" series. He also did freelance work for Walt Disney Television Animation, writing for "Jungle Cubs", and for Nelvana, where he wrote for "". Through strict observation of writing elements such as story progression, character stakes and plot points, MacFarlane found the work for Disney was, from a writing standpoint, very valuable in preparation for his career (particularly on "Ace Ventura").
Seth MacFarlane | Hanna-Barbera years
† A few shorts were later released online with censored language and dialogue between February to April 2010.
List of Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy episodes | Series Overview
Ned, a psychologist who advises a short man (played by "Freaks and Geeks" star Samm Levine) to have relationships with taller women. He is a frequent guest on the radio talkshow "Loveline", hosted by Dr. Drew Pinsky. MacFarlane appeared on the November 11, 2006 episode of Fox's comedy show "MADtv" and performed a live action re-enactment of a scene from the "Family Guy" episode "Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High". In the scene, Peter and Lois suspect Chris of murdering his teacher's husband. As a reaction, a terrified Meg jumps out the window. For the live-action sequence, besides MacFarlane, Nicole Parker played Lois, Ike Barinholtz played Chris, Nicole Randall Johnson played Meg, and Keegan-Michael Key played Stewie.
Seth MacFarlane | Guest appearances
He has also done voice work for the films "Shrek the Third", "Horton Hears a Who!", the "Kung Fu Panda" film series, "The Spiderwick Chronicles", "Monsters vs. Aliens", "Paul", "Sausage Party", and Pumbaa in the 2019 version of "The Lion King".
Seth Rogen | Introduction
He has also made regular appearances in British TV comedy, in the shows "The Fast Show", "Randall & Hopkirk"," Jeeves and Wooster", "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps", "Harry and Paul" and "The Thin Blue Line". He played Inspector Norris in the "Black Books" episode "The Blackout", Inspector Terrence Brown in the first episode of "Dirk Gently" and voiced the Judge in the 2016 revival of the sitcom "Porridge".
Colin McFarlane | Television
The voice of Brian is provided by series creator Seth MacFarlane, who also provides the voices of many other characters including Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, and Glenn Quagmire. Brian's voice is MacFarlane's normal speaking voice. William H. Macy auditioned unsuccessfully for the role. In the episode "Road to the Multiverse", Brian was voiced by Japanese actor Kotaro Watanabe in a scene in an alternate universe where everything is Japanese (due to an American defeat in the Second World War).
Brian Griffin | Voice
The sets included brief audio commentaries by Seth MacFarlane and various crew and cast members for several episodes, a collection of deleted scenes, a special mini-feature which discussed the process behind animating "Road to the Multiverse", and a mini-feature entitled "Family Guy" Karaoke. In addition to the regular cast, anchor and political commentator Chris Matthews, voice actor Fred Tatasciore, opera singer Nathan Gunn, radio personality Eddie Sotelo and Kel MacFarlane, webmaster of the Seth MacFarlane fan site, guest starred in the episode. Recurring guest voice actors Ralph Garman, writer John Viener, writer Mark Hentemann, actress Alexandra Breckenridge, writer Alec Sulkin and writer Danny Smith also made minor appearances.
Dog Gone | Production and development
In addition to serving as one of the executive producers, MacFarlane provided voices for characters during the animated portions of the series. In 2013 and 2014, MacFarlane produced one season of a live-action sitcom called "Dads". The series, revolves around Eli, played by Seth Green, and Warner, played by Giovanni Ribisi, two successful guys in their 30s whose world is turned upside down when their dads move in with them. MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild executive-produced the series, with Sulkin and Wild writing.
Seth MacFarlane | Television producing
Seth MacFarlane voices three of the show's main characters: Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, and Stewie Griffin. Since MacFarlane had a strong vision for these characters, he chose to voice them himself, believing it would be easier than for someone else to attempt it. MacFarlane drew inspiration for the voice of Peter from a security guard he overheard talking while attending the Rhode Island School of Design. Stewie's voice was based on the voice of English actor Rex Harrison, especially his performance in the 1964 musical drama film "My Fair Lady". MacFarlane uses his regular speaking voice when playing Brian. MacFarlane also provides the voices for various other recurring and one-time-only characters, most prominently those of the Griffins' neighbor Glenn Quagmire, news anchor Tom Tucker, and Lois' father, Carter Pewterschmidt.
Family Guy | Voice cast
The season was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. The last animated program to be nominated was "The Flintstones" in 1961. Seth MacFarlane was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his role as Peter Griffin in "I Dream of Jesus". MacFarlane was also nominated for an Annie Award for the same episode, but lost to Ahmed Best from "Robot Chicken". "Road to Germany" was nominated for a Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing, but lost to the "" episode "Lair of Grievous".
Family Guy (season 7) | Awards and nominations
Seth MacFarlane voices three of the show's main characters: Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, and Stewie Griffin. MacFarlane chose to voice these characters himself, believing it would be easier to portray the voices he had already envisioned than for someone else to attempt it. MacFarlane drew inspiration for the voice of Peter from a security guard he overheard talking while attending the Rhode Island School of Design. Stewie's voice was based on the voice of English actor Rex Harrison, especially his performance in the 1964 musical drama film "My Fair Lady". MacFarlane uses his own voice while portraying Brian. MacFarlane also provides the voices for various other recurring and one-time only characters, most prominently those of neighbour Glenn Quagmire, news anchor Tom Tucker, Lois' father Carter Pewterschmidt and Dr.
List of Family Guy cast members | Seth MacFarlane
The following is a list of "Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy" episodes. Including the episodes released online, the release of the DVD and Blu-ray editions saw 27 exclusive episodes.
List of Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy episodes | Introduction
At the time, Borstein performed in a stage show in Los Angeles, in which she played a redheaded mother whose voice she had based on one of her cousins. The voice was originally slower, but when MacFarlane heard it, he replied "Make it a little less annoying...and speed it up, or every episode will last four hours". Seth Green was chosen to play Chris Griffin and Neil Goldman. Green stated that he did an impression of the "Buffalo Bill" character from the thriller film "The Silence of the Lambs" during his audition. His main inspiration for Chris' voice came from envisioning how "Buffalo Bill" would sound if he were speaking through a public address system at a McDonald's.
Death Has a Shadow | Production
Hartman. He explained on the Graham Norton Show that the voice for Glenn Quagmire is based on 1940s and 1950s radio commercials. He is the only cast member to be in every episode.
List of Family Guy cast members | Seth MacFarlane
Written by David A. Goodman, and directed by Dominic Polcino, series creator Seth MacFarlane came up with the idea for the episode while writing a pilot episode featuring two gay men. MacFarlane describes himself as "incredibly passionate about [his] support for the gay community", and finds it to be "infuriating and idiotic" that two gay partners "have to go through this fucking dog and pony act when they stop at a hotel and the guy behind the counter says, 'You want one room or two?'" In addition to the regular cast, actor Michael Clarke Duncan, voice actor Ralph Garman, actress Rachael MacFarlane, actress Chad Morgan, actor Charles Reid, actor Craig Reid, voice actor Kevin Michael Richardson, and voice actor Stark Sands guest starred in the episode.
You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives | Production
The sets included brief audio commentaries by Seth MacFarlane and various crew and cast members for several episodes, a collection of deleted scenes, a special mini-feature which discussed the process behind animating "Road to the Multiverse", and mini-feature entitled "Family Guy" Karaoke. In addition to Visitor and the regular cast, actor Hart Bochner, James Burkholder, actress Aimee Garcia, Jack Samson, actress Stacey Scowley, Debra Skelton, Reginald VelJohnson, actor Tico Wells, actress Mae Whitman, and actor Bruce Willis guest-starred in the episode in both voice and live-action appearances. Recurring guest voice actors Alexandra Breckenridge, writer Steve Callaghan, voice actor Ralph Garman, writer Danny Smith, writer Alec Sulkin, and writer John Viener also made minor appearances.
Brian's Got a Brand New Bag | Production and development
Co-creator Seth MacFarlane, who provides the voice of Roger, also provided the voice of Sidney. MacFarlane is often very busy and does not have time to read the script before the table read. However, before voicing Sidney, the producers asked him if he could read the script the night before, to come up with a voice that sounded like an "old-fashioned Dick Powell." Rachael MacFarlane provided the voice of Judy Panawits. Diane Delano, John DiMaggio and J.K. Simmons guest starred in the episode.
The One That Got Away (American Dad!) | Production
I don't know why, but [creator] Seth MacFarlane really likes the sound of my voice. I'll never understand that. He just liked me and they call me back all the time to do different things." Breckenridge often does celebrity impressions in the series, such as Sarah Jessica Parker and Renée Zellweger. She also had roles in MacFarlane's web series "Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy". Breckenridge also guest starred in the episode "With Friends Like Steve's" of "American Dad!", also created by MacFarlane. In 2006, Breckenridge starred as Monique in the film "She's the Man". She has also appeared in a couple of series that have later been canceled, such as the FX drama series "Dirt" from 2007 to 2008, in which she played Willa McPherson, a young upstart writer.
Alexandra Breckenridge | Career
He described the atmosphere at Hanna-Barbera as resembling an "old-fashioned Hollywood structure, where you move from one show to another or you jump from a writing job on one show to a storyboard job on another". MacFarlane worked on four television series during his tenure at the studio: "Dexter's Laboratory", "Cow and Chicken", "I Am Weasel", and "Johnny Bravo". Working as both a writer and storyboard artist, MacFarlane spent the most time on "Johnny Bravo". He found it easier to develop his own style at "Johnny Bravo" through the show's process of scriptwriting, which "Dexter's Laboratory", "Cow and Chicken", and "I Am Weasel" did not use.
Seth MacFarlane | Hanna-Barbera years
Matthew McNulty was first cast as Seth to appear in the Christmas special. McNulty reprised his role as Seth throughout the third series which he said was always an option but was never a definite. He was only informed that he would be returning a month before filming began. McNulty explained that Seth is a "plot tool" and is a "useful tool" for the writers to help continue changing the show due to his ability to change the powers of other characters. Digital Spy's Morgan Jeffrey confirmed Seth would appear in the fourth series.
Seth (Misfits) | Casting and character creation
Seth Benjamin Green (born Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green; February 8, 1974) is an American actor, voice artist, comedian, producer, writer and director. He is known as a co-creator, executive producer, and most frequent voice on Adult Swim's "Robot Chicken" and has also directed the "Robot Chicken" "Star Wars" and "DC Comics" specials. Green has appeared in the films "Radio Days", "Rat Race", "My Stepmother Is an Alien", "Airborne", the "Austin Powers" series, "Can't Hardly Wait", "The Italian Job", "", "Without a Paddle", "Guardians of the Galaxy", "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2", and "The Lego Batman Movie". He is also known for his roles as Daniel "Oz" Osbourne on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel", voicing Chris Griffin on Fox's "Family Guy", and Jeff "Joker" Moreau in the" Mass Effect" video games.
Seth Green | Introduction
This episode was written by Matt Fusfeld and Alex Cuthbertson and directed by Josue Cervantes. Seth MacFarlane, the creator and executive producer of "American Dad!", as well as its sister shows "Family Guy" and "The Cleveland Show", served as the executive producer for the episode, along with series veterans Mike Barker, Rick Wiener, Matt Weitzman, and Kenny Schwartz. In addition to the regular cast, Sharon Lawrence and Shannon Sharpe guest starred in the episode. Recurring voice actors Curtis Armstrong, Elizabeth Banks, Mike Barker, Mike Henry, David Koechner, Teri Lyn Rodriguez, Patrick Stewart, Alec Sulkin, Daisuke Suzuki, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and John Viener made minor appearances as well.
The Scarlett Getter | Production
Stewie's voice was based on the voice of English actor Rex Harrison, especially his performance in the 1964 musical "My Fair Lady". MacFarlane uses his regular speaking voice when playing Brian. The voice of Quagmire was inspired by fast-speaking radio advertising spokesmen from the 1950s. MacFarlane also provides voices for various other recurring and one-time characters, including news anchor Tom Tucker and Lois' father Carter Pewterschmidt. Alex Borstein was cast as Lois Griffin, Tricia Takanawa, Loretta Brown, and Lois' mother Barbara Pewterschmidt. Borstein was asked to provide a voice for the original pilot while she was working on "MADtv". She had not met MacFarlane or seen any of his artwork and said it was "really sight unseen".
Death Has a Shadow | Production
The remaining 27 shorts were all released with the previous 23 released shorts on DVD and Blu-Ray on May 12, 2009. The few shorts that were later uploaded to YouTube in 2010 but were censored for language. Since these shorts weren't released separately with ending credits, it's currently unknown who wrote, directed, and voiced the following shorts.
List of Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy episodes | Exclusively on DVD: (2009; 2010)
Several sequences and gags were integrated into the episode from creator MacFarlane's 1995 thesis film "The Life of Larry", including the sequence where the Griffin family sees "Philadelphia", and a brief cutaway where Peter farts for the first time at the age of 30. MacFarlane was cast as four of the show's main characters: Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin, and Glenn Quagmire. MacFarlane chose to voice these characters himself, believing it would be easier to portray the voices he already envisioned than for someone else to attempt it. MacFarlane drew inspiration for the voice of Peter from a security guard he overheard talking while attending the Rhode Island School of Design.
Death Has a Shadow | Production
He performed a song insulting modern television to the tune of the song "The Fellas At The Freakin' F.C.C." performed in the episode "PTV". The song insulted TV shows such as "Two and a Half Men", "Desperate Housewives", and "Scrubs", as well as the final scene of "The Sopranos". In 2009, a special televised performance show aired entitled "Family Guy Presents Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show", in which voice actors Alex Borstein and MacFarlane performed songs from the show, as well as a parody of Lady Gaga's song "Poker Face" in the voice of Marlee Matlin, who appeared on stage as a guest during the performance.
Family Guy (franchise) | Live performances
Critical response to MacFarlane's performance was mixed. Columnist Owen Gleiberman of "Entertainment Weekly" commented "By calling constant attention to the naughty factor," MacFarlane created "an echo chamber of outrage, working a little too hard to top himself with faux-scandalous gags about race, Jews in Hollywood, and the killing of Abraham Lincoln." Tim Goodman of "The Hollywood Reporter" praised MacFarlane's performance saying that he did "impressively better than one would have wagered." He also noted that he added "plenty of niceties with a little bit of the Ricky Gervais bite-the-hand-that-feeds-you thing and worked the juxtaposition rather nicely." He stirred up controversy in the form of a musical number titled "We Saw Your Boobs".
Seth MacFarlane | Television hosting
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy is an animated web series created by Seth MacFarlane.
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy | Introduction
Series creator Seth MacFarlane, David Zuckerman, Lolee Aries, David Pritchard and Mike Wolf worked as executive producer, while Craig Hoffman, Danny Smith and Gary Janetti worked as supervising producers. In addition to the regular cast, the episode featured the voices of actress and comedian Mary Scheer, actors Dick Van Patten, Joey Slotnick, and actress and sister of show creator Seth MacFarlane, Rachael MacFarlane. Recurring guest voice actors included actress Lori Alan, writer and animator Butch Hartman, and voice actor Wally Wingert.
Brian: Portrait of a Dog | Production
He performed a song insulting modern television to the tune of the song "The Fellas At The Freakin' F.C.C." performed in the episode "PTV". The song insulted TV shows such as "Two and a Half Men", "Desperate Housewives", and "Scrubs", as well as the final scene of "The Sopranos". In 2009, a special televised performance show aired entitled "Family Guy Presents Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show", in which voice actors Alex Borstein and MacFarlane performed songs from the show, as well as a parody of Lady Gaga's song "Poker Face" in the voice of Marlee Matlin, who appeared on stage as a guest during the performance.
Family Guy | Live performances
The sets included brief audio commentaries by Seth MacFarlane and various crew and cast members for several episodes, a collection of deleted scenes, a special mini-feature which discussed the process behind animating "Road to the Multiverse", and mini-feature entitled "Family Guy" Karaoke. In addition to the regular cast, series regular, writer and executive producer Danny Smith voiced the Evil Monkey. Recurring guest voice actors Chris Cox, actor Ralph Garman, writer Alec Sulkin and writer John Viener made minor appearances throughout the episode.
Hannah Banana | Production and development
In addition to the regular cast, actors Camille Guaty, Denis Martel, Ted McGinley and Ricardo Montalbán guest starred in the episode (Montalbán would one year later guest star in the episode "Moon Over Isla Island" on MacFarlane's other show, "American Dad"). Recurring voice actors Alex Breckenridge, Phil LaMarr, Ralph Garman, writer Mark Hentemann, writer Danny Smith, writer Alec Sulkin, Lisa Wilhoit and writer John Viener made minor appearances in the episode.
McStroke | Production
"Bordertown" ran during the 2015–16 television season. While MacFarlane regularly does extensive voice acting work for "American Dad!", he has left much of the show's creative direction up to Weitzman and Barker. MacFarlane has credited this move with helping to give the series its own distinct voice and identity. Though, as announced on November 4, 2013, Barker departed "American Dad!" after 10 seasons of serving as the show's producer/co-showrunner, resulting from creative differences as production for season 11 on TBS commenced. "American Dad!" was first shown after Super Bowl XXXIX, debuting with the episode "Pilot", which MacFarlane co-wrote. This February 6, 2005 series premiere was somewhat of an early sneak preview as the program would not begin airing regularly as part of Fox's Animation Domination until May 1, 2005.
Seth MacFarlane | "American Dad!"
He played US General Trent Stone in the 2014 original audio drama "Osiris" by Everybodyelse Productions.
Colin McFarlane | Voice acting
It was originally intended for Mayor West to beat Meg up when she is applying for a job within his office, but the scene was never used. The clay cars sketch was not animated by the regular show producers, rather it was drawn by Eileen Colehep, a woman who attended college with show producer Seth MacFarlane. The voice of Bruce the performance artist was performed by Mike Henry, and was originally scheduled to last longer, but it was reduced for unknown reasons. The concept behind the storyline of Peter and Lois performing in pubs when they were younger relates to MacFarlane's father, who used to do stage performances in bars.
Deep Throats | Production
Adkins made his debut in 1996, in the shows "Small Talk" and in "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch". He appeared in the series "ER", and "", and in the films "...First Do No Harm", "Stir", "Titanic". He voiced Duby in the film "Baby Geniuses". He had a role in the television movie "Wuthering Heights", and in the feature films "Funky Monkey", "Bad News Bears", "Privileged", and "Let Me In". Adkins also appeared in the television series "" and "Touched by an Angel", "Judging Amy", "", and "Crash".
Seth Adkins | Career
As much as this show has struggled creatively in the last couple years, this is a promising start to the new season." Series creator Seth MacFarlane won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for his work on this episode.
Pilling Them Softly | Reception
The episode was written by Wellesley Wild, who has been with the show since its fourth season. It was directed by Brian Iles, who would direct the episode "Back to the Woods" later this season. Series regulars Peter Shin and James Purdun acted as supervising directors for the episode. This is one of the episodes of "Family Guy" that was released after the show's creator, Seth MacFarlane, joined the Writers Guild of America strike. MacFarlane participated in the writing process and did record the voices of the characters that he normally plays for the episode, but he did not approve or participate in any post-production done to the episode.
McStroke | Production
He noted in an interview that he voices Peter and the rest of the characters partly because they initially had a small budget, but also that he prefers to have the freedom to do it himself. In another interview, he mentioned that Peter's voice is one of the most difficult to do. There have been several occasions where MacFarlane does not voice Peter. In the episode "No Meals on Wheels" (season 5, 2007), actor Patrick Stewart voiced Peter in a cutscene, but MacFarlane voices Peter for the rest of the episode. In the episode "Family Gay" (season 7, 2009), Seth Rogen provided a guest-voice as Peter under the effects of the "Seth Rogen gene".
Peter Griffin | Voice
The "Volume 7" DVD release features bonus material including deleted scenes, animatics, and commentaries for every episode. In addition to the regular cast, actor Harvey Fierstein, actor Chace Crawford, actress Erinn Hayes and actor Max Burkholder made guest appearances in the episode. Recurring voice actors Patrick Warburton, writer Alec Sulkin, episode writer Steve Callaghan, writer John Viener and show creator Seth MacFarlane's sister Rachael MacFarlane made minor appearances.
The Former Life of Brian | Production
McFarlane's best-known voice roles include JJ and Skip in the original series of "Bob the Builder", and as the narrator on the ITV gameshow "The Cube". He has also voiced God and Goliath on "", Jonah in the 1997 animated series "Captain Pugwash", as well as Bulgy the Double Decker Bus and Beresford the Crane in "". In addition, he played the part of dictator Thadius Vent in children's animation "Oscar's Orchestra", Sergeant Slipper in "Dennis and Gnasher", Elvis the horse in "Iconicles", Sparky the dragon in "Mike the Knight", and voiced several characters in the episode "The Sweater" of "The Amazing World of Gumball"..
Colin McFarlane | Voice acting
Editors of "Variety" put "Family Guy" in their contenders for the 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series; they stated that, depending on your sense of humor, Peter is either "a comedy genius" or "an obnoxious idiot". MacFarlane has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Voice-Over Performance category several times for voicing Peter and other characters; he won in 2016. He was also nominated in 2008 for an Annie Award in the Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production or Short Form for voicing Peter. Peter has ranked in several of IGN's top 10s (generally these lists are related to the show).
Peter Griffin | Praise
Lee was born and grew up in St. Louis. He grew up playing piano until he began playing professionally. "I started playing classical piano when I was 3. I did that all throughout my youth and in high school. I played at Carnegie Hall when I was 12 or 13." He has a bachelor's degree from Indiana University's Jacob's School of Music. He started working at Fuzzy Door Productions as a receptionist where he befriended Seth MacFarlane. "People would come up and just have a conversation with me. And Seth and I became cool because when he would come out of his office or the writers room just to get a break, we would just talk about regular life and laugh." He soon began working for MacFarlane on many of his projects and jump starting his career.
J. Lee | Early life and career
MacFarlane was the executive producer of a live-action sitcom starring Rob Corddry called "The Winner". The plot has a man named Glen discussing the time he matured at 32 and has him pursuing his only love after she moves in next door. Glen meets her son and both become good friends. The show ran on Fox for six episodes in Spring 2007. In August 2011, Fox ordered a 13-part updated series of "". MacFarlane co-produced the series with Ann Druyan and Steven Soter. The new series is hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson and began airing on the channel in March 2014, with repeats airing on the National Geographic Channel on the next night.
Seth MacFarlane | Television producing
He was voiced by the series creator Seth MacFarlane. Avery Bullock's wife, Mariam, who was kidnapped and held hostage by terrorists for three years, was also introduced and voiced by Jean Smart. Amy, one of Lisa Silver's friends and a frequent bully of Steve, was introduced during this season. Amanda Seyfried provided the voice for the character. J.K. Simmons provided the voice of Mr. McCreary, the founder and chairman of a local Bible print shop, and Reginald the Koala, another "volunteer" from the CIA's secret brain-swap program. He is voiced by Donald Fullilove until midway through next season, where writer Erik Durbin provides the voice.
American Dad! (season 5) | Production
"Family Guy" was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series, becoming the first animated program to be nominated in the category since "The Flintstones" in 1961. Commenting about the event, MacFarlane said, "We did this to drum up Emmy votes, so we could lose by fewer votes." In addition to the regular cast, actor Jackson Douglas, then-husband of Alex Borstein, appeared in the episode as Dale Robinson, actress Julia Sweeney appeared as Naomi Robinson, actress Rutina Wesley appeared as Cheryl, actor Wil Wheaton cameoed as an anti-abortion protester and actor Michael York voiced the nature narrator. Actor Gary Beach, voice actor Phil LaMarr, and comedian/actor Will Sasso guest starred as various characters.
Partial Terms of Endearment | Production and development
MacFarlane first started voicing characters on Hanna-Barbera shows including "Johnny Bravo" and "Dexter's Laboratory". Then after her work with Hanna-Barbera ended, MacFarlane began voicing many characters on Cartoon Network. In addition to voice acting, Rachael has also been involved in other aspects of animation, such as being a production manager for "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy" and "Welcome to Eltingville", and wrote an episode of "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy", titled "Educating Grim" – where she also met her husband. Seth MacFarlane asked her to help him with his new pilot for the Fox Broadcasting Company, which would become "Family Guy".
Rachael MacFarlane | Career
Henry’s break came in 1998, when MacFarlane contacted him about being part of a new show called "Family Guy." Mike agreed and joined the project as a writer and voice actor. Henry has stated that the inspiration for Cleveland's voice was based on "this guy that [he] had once played basketball with". During the show's first four seasons, he was credited as a guest star, but beginning with season five's "Prick Up Your Ears" he has been credited as a main cast member. Two episodes into the second season, "Family Guy" was taken off the network's permanent schedule and shown irregularly thereafter.
Mike Henry (voice actor) | "Family Guy"
In addition to the regular cast, actress Kaitlin Olson guest starred in the episode as Brenda Quagmire, making her the second cast member from "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" to appear on a Seth MacFarlane show, after Glenn Howerton on "The Cleveland Show", a spinoff of "Family Guy". Recurring guest voice actress Alexandra Breckenridge, writers Gary Janetti and Alec Sulkin, actress Jennifer Tilly, actor Patrick Warburton, and writer John Viener made minor appearances throughout the episode. Recurring guest voice actor Ralph Garman provided the voice of Jeff.
Screams of Silence: The Story of Brenda Q | Production and development
Since 2011, Thompson has voiced various characters on "Family Guy", "American Dad!" and "Skylanders Academy". While voicing a few sketches on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", Thompson also appeared on "The Cleveland Show" from 2011 until its cancellation in 2013.
Josh Robert Thompson | Voice acting
On September 10, 2008, MacFarlane released a series of webisodes known as "Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy" with its animated shorts sponsored by Burger King and released weekly.
Seth MacFarlane | "Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy"
Vallow went on to state that the episode " like a one-act stage play in a way," because it " rely on our standard cutaways and gags." In a first for the series, the only voice actor to perform in the episode was series creator and executive producer Seth MacFarlane, who portrays both characters. In addition, neither composer Ron Jones nor composer Walter Murphy contributed any background music to the episode whatsoever. The writer of the episode, Gary Janetti, wrote the episode based on a loose script written by MacFarlane, as well as various phone conversations about the structure of the storyline, and the various acts.
Brian &amp; Stewie | Production and development
Colin Andrew Ignatius Peter McFarlane (born 15 September 1961) is a British actor, voice actor and narrator. He is best known for his role as Gillian B. Loeb in two films of Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Trilogy", Ulysses in the STARZ television drama series "Outlander" and as the voice of Bulgy in the children's television series "Thomas & Friends".
Colin McFarlane | Introduction
Krusiec provided various voices for multiple episodes of Seth MacFarlane's animated series "American Dad!".
Michelle Krusiec | Television and voicework
MacFarlane has been nominated for five Grammy Awards for his musical work. He hosted the 85th Academy Awards in 2013 and was also nominated for Best Original Song for the song "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" from "Ted".
Seth MacFarlane | Introduction
This episode was written by Erik Sommers and directed by Shawn Murray. Seth MacFarlane, the creator and executive producer of "American Dad!", as well as its sister shows "Family Guy" and "The Cleveland Show", served as the executive producer for the episode, along with series veterans Mike Barker, Rick Wiener, Matt Weitzman, and Kenny Schwartz. In addition to the regular cast, John DiMaggio, JB Smoove, Nick Kroll, Rose Byrne, Werner Herzog, and Wayne Brady guest starred in the episode. Recurring voice actors Elizabeth Banks, Mike Barker, Mike Henry, Patrick Stewart and John Viener made minor appearances as well.
Ricky Spanish | Production
Seth MacFarlane, the creator and executive producer of The Cleveland Show, as well as its sister shows Family Guy and American Dad!, served as the executive producer for the episode, along with series veterans Mike Henry and Richard Appel. This episode featured guest appearances from Will.i.am and T-Pain, as well as several recurring voice actors and actresses for the series. "Your Show of Shows" was originally intended to air as the twenty second episode of the second season of "The Cleveland Show", airing a week after the third part of a fictional crossover event between "American Dad!", "The Cleveland Show", and "Family Guy".
Your Show of Shows (The Cleveland Show) | Production
Seth Morris (born May 21, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, and writer known for his recurring roles on programs such as "Go On", "Happy Endings", "The Hotwives of Orlando", "Kroll Show", and "Childrens Hospital".
Seth Morris | Introduction
Henry met MacFarlane at the Rhode Island School of Design and kept in touch with him after they graduated. A few years later, MacFarlane contacted him about being part of the show; he agreed and came on as both a writer and voice actor. Henry based Cleveland's voice on one of his basketball partners in Virginia. During the show's first four seasons, he was credited as a guest star, but beginning with season five's "Prick Up Your Ears", he has been credited as a main cast member. During a live broadcast of "Loveline," Seth McFarlane announced that a "Family Guy" spin-off featuring Cleveland was currently in the works with the studio and writers.
Cleveland Brown | Development
From there, he expanded into several other particular voice roles in such animated series as "The Angry Beavers" (Daggett), "Invader Zim" (Zim), "Kim Possible", "Dave the Barbarian" (Ned Frischman), "Zatch Bell!" (Kanchomé), "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy" (Billy and his father Harold), "Ben 10" (Grey Matter), "Squirrel Boy" (Rodney) and "Shorty McShorts' Shorts" as Dudley. In 2001, he began performing in sketch comedy with Fred Willard in his sketch comedy group, The MoHos. He would perform with Fred on various talk shows including "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", he also appeared in an episode of "Saturday Night Live" in the shorts "Bear City" and briefly appeared on "Tosh.O".
Richard Steven Horvitz | Career
David Goodman comments, regarding the plot partially following Herbert that "there is always a bit of trouble pitching a Herbert storyline to the network." Samm Levine had originally been selected to voice Kyle, but the character was recast because, as show producer Seth MacFarlane comments, "it seemed a lot funnier when Peter was beating up a kid if he was younger and more defenseless." A deleted scene had been made which showed Chris asking for money and stating "I spent my last ten bucks on a ham costume," and Peter replying with "it's just sitting there right now, but you know what the great thing is, it's just three months until Halloween and I am done." Peter's ancestor shown preparing to wrestle with a kangaroo was described by Seth MacFarlane to be "a very strange gag," which was added after the other parts of the episode had been created.
The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Production
MacFarlane has a baritone voice. He is a pianist and singer who, in his early years, trained with Lee and Sally Sweetland, the vocal coaches of Barbra Streisand and Frank Sinatra. In an interview with NPR, MacFarlane commented on their vocal training, to which he said "They really drill you," he said. "They teach you the old-style way of singing, back when you had no electronic help. ... [They teach you to] show your teeth. If you look at old photos of Sinatra while he's singing, there's a lot of very exposed teeth. That was something that Lee Sweetland hit on day in and day out, and correctly so, because it just brightens the whole performance." In 2009, he appeared as a vocalist at the BBC Proms with the John Wilson Orchestra in Prom 22 "A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals".
Seth MacFarlane | Music
The first season, with additional content, was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on May 12, 2009 and was released on DVD in the UK on January 25, 2010. In addition to the 23 episodes officially released online, 27 episodes were exclusively included on the DVD and Blu-ray release. The release uncensored the first eleven episodes which were censored online.
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy | Home media
In addition to these sketches, Kenan Thompson as Diondre Cole, Jason Sudeikis as Vance, and Fred Armisen as Giuseppe appeared in the monologue of the April 17, 2010, episode hosted by Ryan Phillippe, in which various "SNL" characters question why MacGruber has a movie yet they do not.
What Up with That | Episodes
MacFarlane has served as an executive producer during the show's entire history. The first executive producers were David Zuckerman, Lolee Aries, David Pritchard, and Mike Wolf. "Family Guy" has had many executive producers in its history, including Daniel Palladino, Kara Vallow, and Danny Smith. David A. Goodman joined the show as a co-executive producer in season three, and eventually became an executive producer. Alex Borstein, who voices Lois, worked as an executive and supervising producer for the fourth and fifth seasons.
Family Guy | Executive producers
Outside of the "Star Wars"-themed episodes, "Road to the Multiverse" plays on the running gag, but with Stewie (MacFarlane once more) provoking the "Robot Chicken" universe counterpart of Chris by asking "How does it feel to be on a major network for thirty seconds?", which prompts Chris to say "F*** you!" Chris' birthday is February 8, the same day as his voice actor, Seth Green.
Chris Griffin | Identification with Seth Green
Originally from Florida, he began modeling at age of 12, and soon began appearing in commercials and on the stage. He made his first appearance on television in 1998 on the "Late Show with David Letterman" and his first film appearance that year in a small role in "Hot Boyz". His first notable role was the recurring character of Carver Washington on "Any Day Now" (1998–2000). Other recurring roles soon followed including Nick on "The Amanda Show" (1999–2000), Jesse Robbins (the nephew of Peter Benton) on "ER" (2000), and Anthony Marcus on "The West Wing" (2002). He also appeared in an episode of the sitcom "The King of Queens" in 2000.
Andrew McFarlane (American actor) | Biography
After "Christmas Guy" aired, Seth MacFarlane tweeted, "you didn't really think we'd kill off Brian, did you? Jesus, we'd have to be fucking high."
Brian Griffin | Death and resurrection
Seth's quite vulnerable too and... well, I’m not. No, I am quite vulnerable too. He’s basically me, but just like a younger version of myself!" In December 2011, it was announced that Higson had finished filming with "Hollyoaks" and that Seth's final scenes will air at the end of that year.
Seth Costello | Character creation and development
The voice of Peter is provided by MacFarlane, who also provides the voice for Brian, Stewie and Quagmire. MacFarlane also provides the voices for various other recurring and one-time only characters, most prominently those of news anchor Tom Tucker, Carter Pewterschmidt (Lois' father), and Dr. Hartman. MacFarlane has been part of the main voice cast from the beginning of the series including the pilot, and has voiced Peter from the start. MacFarlane chose to voice Peter and several other characters himself, believing it would be easier to portray the voices he already envisioned than for someone else to attempt it.
Peter Griffin | Voice
MacFarlane also created and wrote a short titled "Zoomates" for Frederator Studios' "Oh Yeah! Cartoons" on Nickelodeon. Executives at the Fox Broadcasting Company saw both "Larry" shorts and negotiations soon began for a prime-time animated series.
Seth MacFarlane | Hanna-Barbera years
This series is a compilation of animated sketches released on YouTube. The series, which aired several episodes a month, was originally sponsored by Burger King, who sponsored the first 10 shorts, with videos appearing on their official channel. The series was then sponsored by Priceline.com, and finally, Nike. There are a total of 50 episodes. It has seen a successful launch on MacFarlane's YouTube channel, "SethComedy", becoming the most watched YouTube channel of the week, generating three million video views within two days of the first episode was released. MacFarlane later expressed disappointment with the quality of the series, believing he had been unable to give the show the commitment it needed at the time.
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy | Background
Green is a co-creator, co-producer, writer, director, and most frequent voice of the Emmy-winning stop-motion sketch comedy TV series "Robot Chicken", for which he does many voices and has appeared in animated form. Green is friends with the band Fall Out Boy, making a cameo in their music video, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race". He also appeared in "Weird Al" Yankovic's "White & Nerdy" music video. He made two appearances on "The Soup" in 2007 and 2008, using his first appearance to lampoon Internet celebrity Chris Crocker. He voiced the character Jeff "Joker" Moreau, pilot of the "SSV Normandy" and later the "Normandy SR2", in the video games "Mass Effect", "Mass Effect 2", and "Mass Effect 3".
Seth Green | Later work
Seth MacFarlane, the show's creator, called Kunis back after her first audition, instructing her to speak more slowly, and then told her to come back another time and enunciate more. Once she claimed that she had it under control, MacFarlane hired her. Ernie the Giant Chicken was introduced in this episode. He is an anthropomorphic chicken who serves as a rival to Peter. He has a long, unexpected fight with Peter, which interrupts the main storyline. This has become a running gag, having reappeared in episodes such as "Blind Ambition", "Internal Affairs", "No Chris Left Behind" and "Meet the Quagmires".
Da Boom | Production
MacFarlane voices three of the show's main characters, Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin and Stewie Griffin. He has stated that he already knew what kind of voice he was looking for the main characters so it was easier to do it himself. Peter's voice is inspired by the voice of a security guard MacFarlane overheard talking while attending the Rhode Island School of Design. Stewie's voice was based on the voice of English actor Rex Harrison, particularly on Harrison's performance in the 1964 musical drama film "My Fair Lady". Brian's voice is MacFarlane's regular speaking voice. In addition MacFarlane provides the voice of various recurring and one-time characters, most prominently those of the Griffin's neighbor Glenn Quagmire, news anchor Tom Tucker and Lois' father Carter Pewterschmidt.
Griffin family | Casting
Macfarlane was part of the one-night celebrity performed staging of Howard Ashman's unproduced musical "Dreamstuff". The musical was re-imagined by Howard's partners Marsha Malamet and Dennis Green and performed one night only at Los Angeles' Hayworth Theatre as part of the Bruno Kirby celebrity reading series, directed by actor Michael Urie. Luke starred in the show alongside Eden Espinosa, Vicki Lewis, Fred Willard and David Blue. Macfarlane starred in the world premiere of stage drama "Reverberation" in February 2015 at Hartford Stage in Connecticut.
Luke Macfarlane | Stage
At 24, after a brief career in advertising, Henry moved to California to pursue acting. There he began taking classes at the Groundlings Theater and performing stand-up comedy. After three years in Los Angeles, Henry returned to Virginia to shoot short comedy films that he wrote and acted in. During that time, Henry often acted in his brother Patrick's student films at the Rhode Island School of Design. It was there that he was introduced to his brother's college roommate, Seth MacFarlane. The two quickly became friends. "We immediately hit it off and cracked each other up and kept in touch," Henry says.
Mike Henry (voice actor) | Early career
MacFarlane developed a "Family Guy" spin-off called "The Cleveland Show", which focuses on the character of Cleveland Brown and his family. The idea for the show originated from a suggestion by "Family Guy" writer and voice of Cleveland, Mike Henry. Fox ordered 22 episodes and the series first aired on September 27, 2009. The show, which was picked up to air a first season consisting of 22 episodes, was picked up by Fox for a second season, consisting of 13 episodes, bringing the total number to 35 episodes. The announcement was made on May 3, 2009 before the first season even premiered.
Seth MacFarlane | "The Cleveland Show"
Because of atypical scheduling of the show's first 7 episodes, "American Dad!" has a controversial season number discrepancy in which many are divided as to how many seasons the program has had. Beyond division between media journalists and fans, there has been conflicting reports as to what season the show is in even between "American Dad!" creators and the show's official website—both from its original Fox website and now from TBS website. At Comic-Con 2013 on July 20, "American Dad!" co-creator Mike Barker hinted that an "American Dad!" movie—centering on the Roger character and set from his birth planet—is in the works and partially written.
Seth MacFarlane | "American Dad!"
Rachael MacFarlane worked on the show providing incidental voices, and her brother told her she was good at it and asked her to stay, prompting her to move from New York City to Los Angeles. This launched her career as a voice actress; she remained an incidental cast member on "Family Guy" for several years and began getting other voice-over work on her own, working for both The Walt Disney Company and Cartoon Network. In 2005, her brother Seth cast her in his second major prime time animated show, "American Dad!", where she voices Hayley Smith, protagonist Stan Smith’s rebellious teenage daughter.
Rachael MacFarlane | Career