Interesting Facts About Family Guy

1. FAMILY GUY WAS CANCELLED TWICE

Hard to believe about a show that is now entering its fourteenth season,Family Guyis approachingThe Simpsonswith regard to total animated domination of a generation butFamily Guywas originally cancelled twice in its first few seasons. The second cancellation was the longest (2002-2005), after which astounding DVD and syndication numbers, plus an online petition with over 100,000 names, brought the show back to life.

2. THE REASON MEG GRIFFIN IS ABUSED

Meg Griffin is a famous punching bag. One of the most famous instances of this is in the episode “Tales A Third Grade Nothing,” when Meg tells Peter that he’s a “smart fella,” and he replies: “And you’re a fart smeller, Meg!” then farts in her face. Actually, Peter farts on Meg all the time. Aside from being funny, there’s a real reason why Meg is the object of constant abuse. According to Seth MacFarlane, it’s the result of “a bunch of male writers not knowing how to write for a teenage girl.”

3. CARTER PEWTERSCHMIDT AND DOCTOR HARTMAN HAVE THE SAME VOICE

Few people do a lot of voices on The Family Guy: Seth MacFarlane, for instance, voices Stewie, Brian, Peter, and many of the auxiliary characters. But for those characters, he actually changes his voice, so although it’s recognizably him, there are shades of difference. But Carter Pewterschmidt and Dr Hartman, both voiced by MacFarlane, have exactly the same voice. It’s hard to notice because they’re hardly ever in a scene together. But in the episode “Believe Or Not, Joe’s Walking on Air,” they make an extended reference to this similarity.

4. THE REASON THERE ARE SO MANY HANNA-BARBERA CUTAWAYS

InFamily Guy, especially in the first few seasons, there are numerous Hanna-Barbera cutaways, specifically toThe JetsonsandThe Flinstones. For instance, the famous joke where George Jetson falls while walking Astro on the treadmill and then sends Elroy to his room so he can scold Jane. He thus had an intense familiarity and affection for their characters and design, and when he created his own show, he wanted to pay homage to it the only wayFamily Guyknows how by lampooning them.

5. “DAMN YOU, VILE WOMAN!” STEWIE’S FIRST WORDS

It’s hard to recall a time inFamily Guywhen Stewie’s entire characterization was a potent hatred for Lois. It’s no surprise, then, that his first words would be: “Damn you, Vile Woman!” While on other tv shows, the traditional first words are “mama,” or sometimes “papa” (usually as a plot device to guilt the mother character into prioritizing her child), inFamily Guythey’re a baby’s curse to the mother he feels imprisoned him in her womb.