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Comedian-magician claims Fox's cartoon stole his act for use in the Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story.

Though it would initially appear impossible, apparently Jesus Christ and Carlos Mencia have something in common--they both may steal material from others...at least according to Family Guy.

In the direct-to-DVD feature Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, Fox's Family Guy portrayed the sandaled one as having abilities that "may have been exaggerated a bit." In one scene, Jesus is shown doing a goofy routine involving hand gestures and singing a simple tune.

While that may just be enough to send the deeply religious into a conniption fit, it was certainly more than enough for one magician to file a lawsuit. Art Metrano, who works as a comedian, actor, and magician, has sued 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane (whose name is misspelled on legal documents (pdf file) acquired by TMZ.com), and collaborators Steve Callaghan and Alex Borstein.

Metrano claims that the act that the animated Jesus performed was in fact his own that he has done before on shows such as The Tonight Show. The comedian is suing for copyright infringement.

TMZ.com has video of both the scene in question and a performance by Metrano from way back when. Though the video evidence seems to be damning, the real question is if Metrano's act is legally protected in any way.

Metrano has an extensive acting portfolio, and has appeared in shows such as Benson, Police Academy: The Series, L.A. Law, and Party of Five.

Family Guy, which has always been controversial because of its off-the-cuff humor, has been sued twice already this year. Carol Burnett brought charges against the show in March for the show's use of one of her characters, and a music publishing company sued the show for the its parody of "When You Wish Upon a Star" that contained anti-Semitic lyrics.

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Not a year goes by when Family Guy isn't sued for stealing from someone. Since Carol Burnett sued for the parody of her show over half a year ago (see neoportal article), there has been little issues with Family Guy until recently.

In a recent Family Guy story ark, Stewie, the baby, talks about going back in time to see whether or not Jesus could perform miracles, which then cut to Jesus performing really simply magic tricks. Art Metrano, also known as "The Amazing Metrano", claims that this act was his from when he performed it several decades ago.

From this, he has decided to sue for 2 million dollars, claiming copyright infringement, amongst others things. Representatives have not responded at this time.

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Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story! [Movie] By Mishtram
"We are surprised that Ms Burnett, who has made a career of spoofing others on television, would go so far as to sue Family Guy for a simple bit of comedy."

So said a 20th Century Fox, the producer of Family Guy, spokesperson when asked about the issue.

Carol Burnett, star of the hit show The Carol Burnett Show which ran through the sixties and seventies, is now suing Family Guy for amounts totaling 2 million dollars after the creators of Family Guy created what is believed to be a comedic representation of her character, with a modified version of her music playing in the background. She maintains that the use of her character disparages her publicity rights.

She also maintains that, after she rejected allowing them to use her show directly, they edited the script to make fun of her ear tug ending for her show.

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Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story! [Movie] By Mishtram
Very few portals get the same treat as having one of the excellent reviews done by Vito Raliffe to hit the site, and luckily, we are one of the first to get a chance at them. As his seventh review on games, Family Guy for the Xbox was given a 6.2 out of 10 as Vito's final verdict, the game losing marks when it came to lasting appeal, difficulty and the overall length of the game. His ending comments recommend that only if you are a fan of the game, that you should go, find it, rent it, play it once through and leave it well enough alone for as long as it lasts in your possession afterwards.

The entire review is here, with a small snippet below:

Anyone who is into basic beat-em-ups, and still enjoys arcade games like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or Captain America and the Avengers, can appreciate the old school simplicity of Peter’s adventure. You have a few different attacks, fight swarms of enemies, pick up objects and use them as weapons, gain power-ups to unleash special attacks, and even have a big green arrow telling you to “Go” to the next screen once you have defeated all of the necessary enemies. Feel nostalgic yet? If you are not into beat-em-ups at all and find them to become quickly repetitive, then playing as Peter will bore you in no time. If you can appreciate the basic gameplay and used to spend dozens of quarters a day at your local arcade or laundry mat on these types of games, then you will probably enjoy playing as Peter quite a bit, even if it just to remind you of the “good ‘ole days“.

We highly recommend you read it! If you find it useful, please click this link. Enjoy the Neoportal Feature, and thank you for coming to the Family Guy Neoportal for news and updates on the series!



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PLATFORMS: Family Guy [PC, Xbox, PS2, GC, PSP] By Mishtram
Over the past few weeks, neoportal staff have been reporting dismal review after another for the recently released Family Guy games, proving, once again, that like series such as The Simpsons and Futurama, that games based off these genres neither have the staying power nor the content to be able to make the game.

While reviews continue to be made about the overall badly done Family Guy game, here's a quick at a glance series of problems that both reviews and just simple joes playing the game had problems with, and a few bits that they liked:

  • There were three types of gameplay within the game, yet all three were poorly done. Not only did they miss key elements which other games themselves had, but they seemed unfinished, with absolutely no difficulty in doing to most simplistic of tasks.
  • Characters moved a lot more slowly then how they do in the show, taking away a lot of the feel that the show gives it when Stewie gets into an argument with his Teddy bear or when Brian moves his eyes at Peter getting drunk. This does not mean that the fans did not like how the game looked, but many did not like the small details and visual gags disappearing for a moment which makes Family Guy, Family Guy. Indeed, many people complained that it looked like something out of South Park, as did the original Simpsons game and the Futurama game.
  • The game tends to have a recycled premise. Gags, plots, even gameplay are all taken from the show, with little new being added for what could have been a successful game.
  • The game still has that sense of humour which has made it a world wide hit with fans today.
  • There is almost no lasting value with the game. Being highly repetitive, there is little to no point in replaying something that took many people only six hours (and some less!) to finish.

    So, in the end, do the people recommend the game? If you are not a Family Guy fan, leave it on the shelf, and if you are... leave it on the shelf. In about twenty reviews that have come off the net, only three recommended that die-hard fans get it. For the rest of us, it's better to forget that the game ever existed.
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    PLATFORMS: Family Guy [PC, Xbox, PS2, GC, PSP]     By Mishtram
    A Family Guy producer gave 100 people an inside look into the creation of the Family Guy shows which grace screens across the world at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.

    While there, Mike Henry, supervising producer, gave us some information on the upcoming season, including a drama called "Lois Kills Stewie", and an hour long special parody of "Star Wars: A New Hope". Also, Peter will finally become patriotic to his country, only to find out soon after that he is Mexican.

    Along with that, Henry also speaks about how he got into the industry, and his short spurt in the advertisement industry.

    "Our attitude toward the show is simply to be as funny as we can," Henry said.

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    Nov 25 2006 - Family Guy Review
    Another review has been put up for Family Guy, and once again, the reviewer beats down on the game, considering the game so out of date that he would have expected to see it on the NES system.

    According to the article, the graphics are bad, the gameplay is outdated, and originality was no considered when it came down to making the game. Overall, they have rated the game so poorly, that they recommend you forget that the game never existed, like many of the other Comedy-turned-video-games to have come out in recent years.

    A small snippet below:

    In fact, Family Guy could have just as easily been made back on the NES, given the outrageously primitive gameplay. The gameplay is split into three sections – you play as Stewie, Brian and Peter throughout different segments, and the gameplay styles are vastly and deliberately different. Stewie plays as a platformer/shooter, Brian plays stealth levels and Peter plays in a side-scrolling beat-em-up fashion. This wouldn’t be so bad if each style was done well, but they are probably the most basic one could ever imagine the genres to be. Brian’s levels are particularly lousy. Frustrating, tedious stealth levels have you hiding behind tables and creeping down hallways, avoiding the eyes of carbon copy enemies. The police officers sitting at tables have a few animations – look around, write on some paper and drink some coffee. Here’s a hint: walk past the table when he isn’t looking around. It’s insultingly monotonous and uninspired gameplay that can literally be represented the exact same way using some red blocks for tables and green dots for police officers. Wait, was that NES? Perhaps Atari 2600 instead.

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    PLATFORMS: Family Guy [PC, Xbox, PS2, GC, PSP]     By Mishtram
    Whilst die hard fans of the series might not think so, CNN certainly thinks that is the case with the game. The game seems to take the humour and style from the tv show and merge it brilliantly into the game, however the main part of the game - the gameplay - is slightly lacking, and in CNN's words:

    The problem with Family Guy is that none of the three game styles is executed exceptionally well.

    While it's an average game, Family Guy is worth the ride for fans of the TV show, but others should avoid this title like Peter avoids hard work and quality family time.



    Read the full review for the game here



    PLATFORMS: Family Guy [PC, Xbox, PS2, GC, PSP]     By Krunal
    The folks over at IGN got the chance to speak, exclusively, with Mike Henry, one of the many actors from the Family Guy series. He speaks briefly about the series and the chance that he might be parodied on the show, in a two page interview with IGN Editor Eric Goldman.

    IGN TV: The show is known in part for the many pop culture references. How do those come about? Do you write a scene, and then you think, "It would be funny if this happened…" or again, are you guys talking on your own about something you remember and it makes it into the show?

    Henry: Well a lot of times, it's whatever the script needs. If we need a TV gag, like if the family's watching TV, and we need a big pop or big laugh to get through a scene that's going to get out a lot of story stuff, we'll send off a team of four writers. They'll sit in a room and come up with different ideas. It's as simple as that. "We need a TV gag!" So we'll go, "S**t, we've done M*A*S*H, we've done every other show…" So then we just kind of make up shows. We've got a wide age range. I think our youngest writer is 27 or 28, and our oldest writer is mid-'50s, so that's a lot of coverage as far as pop culture. For some reason, Seth loves 1920s, '30s '40s, '50s… Loves that stuff. So we're just having a good time remembering stuff.

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    Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story! [Movie]     By Mishtram
    The folks over at the South Bend Tribune recently released an article with their thoughts on the game, which found the game not to be up to the standards they had expected. While they thought the game had much of the feel of the show, they found the levels repeatedly boring, or painful in display, with bad controls and even worse site gags.

    Graphically, the game perfectly captures the look and feel of the animated show, and the voice work is done by the same people from the show, including "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane.

    But there's just not enough variety or originality to make the interspersed comedic nuggets worth mining.

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    PLATFORMS: Family Guy [PC, Xbox, PS2, GC, PSP]     By Mishtram
    Oct 19 2006 - Brian Goes Blogging
    Brian has become one of the most famous cartoon characters today, with most of his competition coming from the other Family Guy characters. So, with the recent announcement on an upcoming book, and his own beginning of blogging, the famous dog shares bits and pieces of the dirt which is the family he lives with.

    The book that was mentioned came out the seventeenth, and is currently being sold for fifteen dollars. The book is called Family Guy: Brian Griffin's Guide to Booze, Broads and the Lost Art of Being a Man.

    For more information, click the source below.

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    Oct 19 2006 - Family Guy Art Studio
    "What the Deuce Are You Staring At!?! A Collection of Interpretive Work"


    That, folks, is the title of the new Art Studio started up for Family Guy. The hit TV series has moved over to the art industry, with 21 pieces of art being shown, November the eighth, showcasing work based off of the Family Guy series.

    The exhibit was created by 20th Century Fox Television's Licensing & Merchandising department, and is beginning it's tour at Beverly Hills, Calif., Museum of TV & Radio, moving onto other international cities such as Toronto and Melbourne.

    "It's a testament to the genius of Seth MacFarlane's creation that Family Guy has proven to be much more than a television show; it's a full-fledged cultural phenomenon," said the presidents of Twentieth Century Fox, Gary Newman and Dana Walden. "[The Fox Licensing & Merchandising Team] had the brilliant idea to challenge artists to riff on the show, and their love for Seth's characters really shines through in these provocative pieces. We're very proud of the results."

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    Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story! [Movie]     By Mishtram
    Yesterday, Family Guy, the new videogame based upon the hit cartoon, was released for the PSP, PS2, and Xbox. The game sells for $29.99 across all three systems.

    For those of you wondering if the Xbox version of Family Guy will work on your 360, as of right now, it does not. I tried doing so, but there are no updates available for the game right now. Hopefully this will change soon.

    Look for our full review of the game (Xbox, PS2) in the future.



    PLATFORMS: Family Guy [PC, Xbox, PS2, GC, PSP]     By Vito Raliffe
    Destructoid recently put up an preview on the soon-to-be released Family Guy game, speaking shortly and frankly about what the expect from each character after the writer gets the chance to see a preview at 2K games. As they say, the bottom line "An 'M' rated LEGO Star Wars with Family Guy animation and humor."

    Along the way, you’ll see some prisoners giving each other backrubs and chasing that sweet prison ass around the showers. Funny stuff, I’m tellin’ ya.

    *snip*

    The game actually look fun and keeps a lot of that strange humor and fast cut away scenes (done with WarioWare-like mini-games) that you’d expect in something coming from the Family Guy.

    The game will be coming out in nine days.

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    Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story! [Movie]     By Mishtram
    The waiting is getting close to being over! The fouth season of Family Guy will be hitting DVD, available in November 14th, for a cool forty dollars American. For those of you who may have forgotten what this latest DVD's season was about, check out the Episode Guide for more information, and learn about PTV, Peter's own television channel, and other memorable episodes.

    The season comes in three disks, with 14 episodes in total accross them.

    Fasten your sofa belts for another fiendishly futile attempt at world domination for Stewie-and a diaper full of fun for “Family Guy” fans around the globe! Boasting laughs as big as Peter’s waistline, these 14 hilarious episodes from season four find television’s most outrageous animated family in all sorts of comically compromising situations, including Chris doing chores for a dirty old man, Meg working as Mayor West’s intern, Lois reuniting with her homicidal brother, Brian attending college, Stewie attacked by a poltergeist and Peter starting his own religion. Holy crap!

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    PLATFORMS: Family Guy Volume 4 (Season 5) [Movie]     By Mishtram
    The Family Guy game got a little jolt as the first cinematic for the game was released, for the PSP, PS2 and the Xbox. To download the cinematic, click this link! Enjoy the video, and feel free to leave a comment on your thoughts at the bottom of this article.

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    Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story! [Movie]     By Mishtram
    GotFrag put up an article yesterday on the upcoming Family Guy game, speaking about what we can expect from the game, and what we will be doing in it, from smacking around old people and children as Peter, to using high-tech gadgets made by Stewie to take over the world faster than his brother. Yes, that's right, the rumours are true, the miniture Stewie will be coming back to face off against his brother in world domination!

    Meanwhile, as Brian, you will be collecting evidence to prove that he didn't get the prize-winning dog names Seabreeze pregnant, and Peter will be trying to stop Mr. Belvedere is out to take over the world after taking a nasty head injury.

    The game will be following the same kind of humour as the show, giving you a 20 hour episode of gaming instead of the half hour you usually get in front of the TV. All we can really hope for is that this game does not have the same problems that burst out from The Simpson's and Futurama making the move to the game world.

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    Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story! [Movie]     By Mishtram
    Tvsquad and the Arizona Daily Star both recently posted up articles on the Mother Tucker episode recently shown, both with reviews mentioned that the episode involving Stewie's and Brian's own talk show to be dull or boring. The quotes below.

    From the Arizona Daily Star:

    The riffs on all the intros played on the radio was funny at first, but just lame, lame, LAME! the next five times. And then there was the whole deal with Peter’s mom (Phyllis Diller) romancing Tom Tucker, the local news guy. Turns out Peter’s real dad wasn’t that nice, but Tom Tucker’s turning out to be a better father, and Peter instantly reverts to a 300-pound man-child who gets pushed on the swing, gets his scrapes kissed by Mommy and overdoses on sugar. But I bet the real Peter would have the same happen to him. The bit about Tom Tucker still talking like he’s on the newscast was a nice one, but it was the only one in a show that is starting to show some weakness.

    From TVsquad:

    And we're back, with what was, at best, an ok episode. Was it just me or did it seem like a lot of the cut away gags just didn't work this week?

    Not a great episode. The whole Peter story just didn't do much for me. As usual, the Stewie and Brian stuff was the best part of the episode. Slow start to the season, but there are 20 more episodes to get it right.

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    PLATFORMS: Family Guy Volume 4 (Season 5) [Movie]     By Mishtram
    Some unrest has grown in recent weeks as questions are asked about a Youtube video placed by a Canadian showing swearing on Family Guy.

    The show, which is supposed to be swearing free as a family show and as a show on Fox, apparently has differences between the supposedly censored version shown in the United States compared to uncensored version shown in Canada.

    Most of the viewer's maintain that there is not swearing in the episode, however, the user in question has also maintained that the video has remained unaltered.

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    Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story! [Movie]     By Mishtram
    Sep 29 2006 - Hell Comes to Quahog
    Hell Comes to Quahog

    On Monday the third episode of the fifth season(Sixth) has aired: Hell comes to Quahog
    Here is the episode summary:

    After Peter buys a military tank with Meg’s money, her car fund goes out the window and she’s forced to get a job at the newly built Superstore in town. However, the town’s economy begins to suffer when Superstore puts all the mom-and-pop shops out of business and sucks up the city’s power supply. Brian and Stewie decide to take matters into their own hands in order to save the town from the corporate giant

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    PLATFORMS: Family Guy Volume 4 (Season 5) [Movie]     By prowsezy G
    Not one, not two, but ALL of the Family Guy cast will be reprising their role in the Family Guy game lending their voice to the characters that they play.
      As he does on television, series creator Seth MacFarlane will provide voices for the portly patriarch Peter Griffin, his megalomaniacal son Stewie, and Brian, the family dog. While that covers the game's three playable characters, the rest of the Family Guy cast will fill out the game's supporting cast. Adam West will portray himself as the insane mayor of Quahog, Seth Green plays Chris Griffin, Mila Kunis is Meg Griffin, and Alex Borstein once again provides a voice for Lois Griffin.
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    Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story! [Movie]     By Krunal
    Aug 22 2006 - Sign the Stewie
    A few classmates from Sandusky High School have started a trend amongst their classmates, when they found a Stewie doll in a parking lot and decided to use it as a prank. However, instead of the doll ever becoming part of something diabolical like it was originally intended to (like it's namesake, Stewie Griffin), it's become more of a year related things for the seniors going to that school.

    Originally planning just to leave him on some porch to get signed, the three students came up with the idea of "Pass the Stewie", where the diminutive character is passed around to all the students in the year. When a student finds it on their doorstep, they are supposed to sign it and drop it off at another school member's doorstep.

    At the end of the year, the school will hold a raffle to see who gets the now famous Stewie doll, out of the 300 seniors residing in the area.

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    Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story! [Movie]     By Mishtram
    Family Guy recently lost out to the long running show, The Simpson's, as they sneak the Emmy out from Family guy's grasp once again for the Best Animated Show award.

    Saturday night's ceremony will be in a special on E!, next Saturday, which is two hours long. The awards themselves will be held on August 27th, and will be shown on NBC.

    While they might have struck out this year, there's always the next awards.

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    Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story! [Movie]     By Mishtram
    Bill Johnson, pro-family activist and president of ADA, the American Decency Association, has made a call out to the people of America to stop watching Family Guy.

    Johnson claims that the show elevates the spread of "sexual propaganda", when the show explored the creation of graphic novels, sexual innuendo, and several inappropriate fantasies involving harm to woman. Following that up, Bill Johnson also believes that this is just one example of the vulgarity present in typical programming in the time slot.

    Yum Brands is also a target of Johnson's, as subsidiaries such as Taco Bell, as they are sponsored by Family Guy. He urges all parents and other responsible members of the community to boycott these products.

    "You know, you just grieve on so many different levels because you also know that there are many, many families that are watching this that just are so undiscerning, aren't grounded," he laments. "And it's just becoming increasingly acceptable, this sort of so-called 'entertainment.'"

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    Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story! [Movie]     By Mishtram
    Family Guy recently increased it world-wide presence when Fox Mobile Entertainment, Airborne Entertainment and Mowave teamed together to lauch a multi-national mobile plan, with a Family Guy theme.

    With Family Guy growing in popularity outside of North America over the years, Fox Entertainment wanted to increase visibility of the hit TV series, using the ability to download images, voice messages and a variety of other tools from the Griffin family.

    So far, these services will be hitting such areas as the UK, Ireland, Austria, New Zeland and the Netherlands.

    “Stewie’s grand ambitions shine as a beacon to us as we set out to bring his message to new mobile territories." - Andy Schachtel, Mowave President.

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    Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story! [Movie]     By Mishtram
    On May 21st, FOX will air Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin the Untold Story at 8:30 PM. It wil last until 10:00 PM. In this originally made for DVD movie, Stewie has a near death experience at a swimming pool and decides to escape to San Francisco. While there, Brian and Stewie spot a man who looks exactly like Stewie. Stewie finds out that the man is actually himself in the future. Stewie realizes how miserable his future life is. He decides to go back in time and make sure that his life turns out differently.



    PLATFORMS: Family Guy Volume 4 (Season 5) [Movie]     By Sonecor
    "Untitled Griffin Family History" airs tonight on FOX at 9:00 PM. In this episode, the Griffins are robbed and the family escapes into a panic room Peter created. While the family is trapped in the panic room, Peter tells a story about The Griffin family ancestry and their great moments in history.



    PLATFORMS: Family Guy Volume 4 (Season 5) [Movie]     By Sonecor
    "Petergeist" airs tonight on FOX at 9:00 PM ET/PT. In this episode, Peter decides to build a multiplex. While he is digging he finds an ancient Native American skull. As a result, the house becomes haunted and Stewie is the first to cross over into "The Other Side." Lois enters "The Other Side" in an attempt to save Stewie. Adam Carolla is expected to to reprise his role as Death in this episode. Carrot Top and Jim J. Bullock are also expected to guest star as themselves.

    The title is an obvious reference to the movie "The Poletergeist."



    PLATFORMS: Family Guy Volume 4 (Season 5) [Movie]     By Sonecor


    "You May Now Kiss the...uh...Guy Who Recieves" will air April 30th, 2006 on FOX at 9:00 PM. In this episode, gay marriage rocks Quahog when Brian's gay cousin Jasper visits the Griffins and tells them he wants to marry his partner at their house. However, Mayor Adam West bans gay marriage and Brian crusades to help change the law to help his cousin. At the same time, Lois begins to rethink her position on gay marriage.

    Meanwhile, to get a girl's attention, Chris joins the Young Republicans group.



    PLATFORMS: Family Guy Volume 4 (Season 5) [Movie]     By Sonecor
    "Peterotica" will air on FOX at 9:00 PM on April 23rd, 2006. After Peter reads an erotic novel he decides to write one of his own. Peter gets Lois's rich father, Carter, to publish the book. After Peter's book is put on tape, Carter is sued and loses all his money. He is forced to live as the Griffins do. Meanhile, Chris suddenly becomes a genius and is Stewie's newest rival.



    PLATFORMS: Family Guy Volume 4 (Season 5) [Movie]     By Sonecor
    Tonight, "Deep Throats" will air on FOX at 9:00 PM. After Meg interviews Mayor West, she suspects that he is corrupt. Brian and Stewie go undercover to try and his prove his guilt. In the meantime, Lois and Peter attend a folk dance talent show and their days of being hippes return.



    PLATFORMS: Family Guy Volume 4 (Season 5) [Movie]     By Sonecor
    On March 26th, 2006, "Sibling Rivalry" will air on FOX at 9:00PM EST. In this new episode, Lois thinks she is pregnant but it's a false alarm. As a result, Peter has a vasectomy and ends up losing his entire sex drive. After Lois gains a few pounds, Peter begins to get his sex drive back. Lois and Peter's sex life comes back but Lois's bad eating habits don't leave.

    In the meantime, Stewie has declares war on his half-brother Beltram for control of the playground.



    PLATFORMS: Family Guy Volume 4 (Season 5) [Movie]     By Sonecor
    "I Take Thee Quagmire" will air on FOX March 12th, 2006 at 9:00 PM EST. In this new episode, Quagmire gets involved with a maid Peter won on a game show. Quagmire asks the maid to marry him. Quagmire's old ways start to haunt him and he tries to get out of the marriage. In the meantime, Stewie is taunted by Lois while he is going through breast feeding withdrawl symptons.



    PLATFORMS: Family Guy Volume 4 (Season 5) [Movie]     By Sonecor
    2K Games is in the process of creating a video game for the favorite animated cartoon Family Guy. Previous cartoons made into video games include The Simpsons and South Park. The creator of the series, Seth MacFarlane will be helping to create the game. The official description is:

    Developed by High Voltage Software, Family Guy will feature the offbeat humor from the show's writers in an action/adventure style of gameplay, focusing on the lovable oaf Peter Griffin, his world domination-obsessed son Stewie and their talking, martini-drinking dog, Brian. Throughout the game, these popular characters wreak havoc in many of the same locations depicted in the animated series

    The game is expected to be released some time this year.

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    PLATFORMS: Family Guy Volume 4 (Season 5) [Movie]     By Sonecor
    Tonight there will be no new episode of Family Guy even though there are brand new episodes of both The Simpsons and American Dad. Instead there will be a repeat of "Brian Goes to College." There is not a new episode planned until March 12th where an episode called I Take Thee Quagmire will air. Next week, there will be a FOX Movie airing of Bad Boys II.



    PLATFORMS: Family Guy Volume 4 (Season 5) [Movie]     By Sonecor
    Look out Leno and Letterman, Stewie Griffin may have his own talk show.

    "Unsatisfied with television talk shows? Looking for something a little more high-brow, yet infantile? Then you'll be happy to know the precociously evil baby Stewie Griffin from TV's "Family Guy" will soon be the virtual host of his own talk show being developed strictly for the Internet.

    Fox has announced that Stewie's show, based on the familyguy.com website, will appear online later this year, bringing the animated little fellow ever closer to his goal of world domination. "

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    I wonder who his first guest will be.
    Started a forum thread on it. What's your opinion?
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    Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story! [Movie]     By Kemelok
    The next new episode of Family Guy will not air until January 29th, 2006. The show will aira week before the Superbowl. The episode entitled Patriot Gamesm will feature a story that involves last year's Superbowl winners, The New England Patriots.

    In the episode, Peter attends his high school reunion and meets Tom Brady, the quarterback for The New England Patriots. Brady is impressed by Peter when he throws up in the bathroom. Brady helps get Peter get on the professional football team. The Griffin family lives the high life until the fame starts to overcome Peter. In the meantime, Stewie develops a knack for sports betting.



    PLATFORMS: Family Guy Volume 4 (Season 5) [Movie]     By Sonecor
    Jan 08 2006 - New Episode Tonight


    Tonight, a new episode of Family Guy will air. In this episode (Brian Sings & Swings), Brian has an almost fatal accident which leads him to ponder what he's doing with his live. He thinks surviving has given him a second chance to do what he always wanted. One of these things is singing with Frank Sinatra Jr. Also, Meg begins to think that she might be attracted to the same sex.

    Make sure you watch this episode tonight and then discuss it here.
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    PLATFORMS: Family Guy Volume 4 (Season 5) [Movie]     By Sonecor
    What cartoon show is better is no longer just discussed on the internet. The Simpsons and Family Guy are taking the feud one step further. Many recent episodes have included gags aimed at the cartoon shows that air on the same network on the same night.

    In The Italian Bob, a book if Italian Criminals insinuates that Family Guy and American Dad are plagarists of The Simpsons. In a recent episode of Family Guy, Stewie is shown running Homer over with his Big Wheel similiar to the way Marge's car does in the series famous opening.

    Mike Barker, executive producer of American Dad says that there are some things are said at parties, but the rivarly is very nerd-like. Family Guy says they have put more Simpsons gags in their more recent episodes. The war will wage on.



    PLATFORMS: Family Guy Volume 4 (Season 5) [Movie]     By Sonecor
    Tonight, the usual Sunday night line up will be taking place on Friday. This is due to the fact that FOX is airing a Sunday night Movie Special: Vertical Limit. Family Guy will still start at 9:30 PM.

    The Family Guy episode that is being aired is rerun, The Courtship of Stewie's Father. Peter discovers that Stewie likes it when he hurts Lois. Lois gets fed up and Peter takes her side. Stewie feels betrayed and Peter ends up taking Stewie to Disney World in Florida. Meanwhile, Chris has to do some chores for his old neighbor Herbert after breaking one of his windows.

    There won't be another new episode of Family Guy until January 8th at its usual time. It will involve Brian having a near death experience. He sees his life in a new light and starts singing with Frank Sinatra Jr. In the meantime, Meg realizes she might be a lesbian.



    PLATFORMS: Family Guy Volume 4 (Season 5) [Movie]     By Sonecor
    The "second" fourth-season premiere on September 11th, 2005 was originally slated to be The Perfect Castaway. However, according to the FOX schedule, Peter's Got Woods will air instead.

    In The Perfect Castaway, Peter goes on a fishing trip with his friends and they end up on a deserted island. Although it's not confirmed, FOX may have changed the episode due to the fact that the plot may remind some people of Hurricane Katrina and the recent incidents in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.

    In Peter's Got Woods, Brian starts to date one of Meg's teachers. As a result, Peter and Brian's friendship grows weary and Peter starts hanging out with James Woods. In the meantime, Stewie reads and is greatly affected by The Da Vinci Code

    The Perfect Castaway won't air until the 25th of September. On September 18th, FOX will air Jungle Love.

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    PLATFORMS: Family Guy Volume 3 (Season 4) [Movie]     By Sonecor
    According to The Advocate Magine, a scene in The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire, which first aired on June 12th, 2005, has offended many AIDS groups. In the scene, Peter tells Cleveland that is wife Loretta cheated on him because he has a great talent of breaking bad news to people.

    As usual, the scene then flashbacked to Peter with 3 others singing a song about AIDS like a Barbershop Quartet to a young man (who has the stereotypical "gay" goatee).

    The lyrics are:

    Peter: You have AIDS.
    Quartet: Yes, you have AIDS.
    Peter: I hate to tell you, boy, you have AIDS.
    Quartet: You got the AIDS.
    Peter: You may have caught it when you stuck that filthy needle in here.
    Quartet: Or maybe all that unprotected sex which we hear.
    Peter: It isn’t clear
    Quartet But what we’re certain of is that you have AIDS.
    Peter:Yes, you have AIDS. Not HIV
    Quartet: But full-blown AIDS.
    Be sure that you see that this is not HIV, but full blown AIDS.
    Not HIV, but full-blown AIDS.
    Barbershop Quarter Man: I’m sorry, I wish it was something less serious
    Quartet: But it’s AIDS. You’ve got the AIDS.

    The FOX Television Network said that viewers of Family Guy should expect the shocking and sometimes "tasteless" humor. They argued that the point was to show how bad Peter was at breaking news to people, not to make fun or offend anyone with the horrible disease.

    Fox spokesman Steven Melnick said, "Over the years, Family Guy has skewered virtually every ethnic, religious, and social group. The audience that tunes into this series is well-aware of what to expect from the show: a subversive and sometimes shocking comedic view that occasionally skirts the borders of appropriateness. This scene is not a joke about HIV but rather Peter’s ignorance and inability to convey bad news. Given the nature of this series as well as the well-established cluelessness of this particular character, the scene, while certainly abrasive, is not beyond the expectation of the Family Guy audience."

    Craig E. Thompson, the executive director of an AIDS project in Los Angeles said that the scene should be "socially unacceptable" to watch. He said that the scene was just as funny as singing about someone with cancer. He also said that the scene disgraces AIDS and "reinforces homiphoiba."

    Gene Copello, an AIDS Institute Director said that Family Guy acted irresponsibly by airing the scene. He said FOX should make an immediate apology to all the people living with HIV or AIDS. "There is nothing comical about a person lying in a hospital bed dying of AIDS or any other disease."

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    PLATFORMS: Family Guy Volume 3 (Season 4) [Movie]     By Sonecor
    As we all know, Family Guy didn't have the best ratings. Plus the fact that the show was outrageous in many ways didn't help it either. So thus, during the third season, Family Guy was cancelled for good (according to Fox) and fans cried at this. Despite the thousands of e-mails sent to Fox demanding it to be back on the air and the peition (which has now reached 100,000), Fox stayed tall and keep the show buried.

    It was in 2003 the show had reruns on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim late night television. It was a bang, beating out The Late Show with David Letterman and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on many occasions. To top that off, DVD sales hit 2.2 million in the first year and is still growing to this day, a feat that few have done.

    Due to the extreme amount of success, Fox decided to do the unpredictable and bring back the show. Yet again this was a feat that few shows have copied.

    The first episode of season 4 of Family Guy aired on Fox and did damage. With 11.9 million views tuning in to see Family Guy's comeback, hitting at #25. Along with the huge ratings, Family Guy has been nominated for an Emmy and has a direct-to-DVD movie coming out soon aswell.

    Family Guy is back and you can't stop it.



    PLATFORMS: Family Guy Volume 3 (Season 4) [Movie]     By Darknet
    Family Guy announced this week that they will be releasing the third volume of their very popular DVD sets. These DVD sets were a key part in the movement to bring Family Guy back to the airwaves.

    The DVD set will include 13 episodes from Season 4. 10 of them have already aired, and 3 of them will be airing in September. The DVD is slated to be released November 29th, 2005.

    As of now, we know there will be audio commentaries on selected episodes, a featurette on how Family Guy returned, animatics, deleted scenes, a featurette where Stewie shows us behind the scenes of Family Guy.

    Episodes of Season 4 that have no aired yet will be added to the DVD Set after they have been released. It was also revealed that three uncensored episodes are going to be included on the direct-to-DVD movie Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story.



    PLATFORMS: Family Guy Volume 3 (Season 4) [Movie]     By Sonecor
    It was announced mid-July that Family Guy was up for an Emmy nomination for the episode, North by North Quahog. The episode was written by Family Guy creator, executive producer and actor Seth MacFarlane. The episode involved Peter and Lois trying to destroy the sequel to Passion of the Christ during their second honeymoon.

    They will be competing against The Simpsons, SpongeBob Squarepants, Samurai Jack and South Park.

    This isn't the first time Family Guy has been nominated for an emmy. Family Guy was nominated and won The Outstanding Music and Lyrics for the song You’ve Got a Lot To See. They were nominated in the same category for We Only Live To Kiss Your Ass.

    They were also nominated for the episode, Road to Rhode Island.

    Seth MacFarlane was nominated for his role as Stewie as well.




    PLATFORMS: Family Guy Volume 3 (Season 4) [Movie]     By Sonecor
    Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story was leaked from a special DVD Premiere more than two months before the movie was about to be released on September 27th, 2005. FOX Officials were told that a very high quality rip of the movie was on Peer-2-Peer Networks.

    FOX has recently been trying to increase the protection against its copyrighted materials by making big arrests in cases similiar to this one.

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    PLATFORMS: Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story! [Movie]     By Sonecor
    Family Guy announced earlier this summer that they will be releasing a DVD Movie on September 27th, 2005. The movie will also be released on UMD Mini for PSP. It's total runtime is 83 minutes.

    There is little known about the movie except that it involves Stewie trying to find out who is real father is.

    Some special features will include an Unrated Audio Track, Full Screen Feature, an audio commentary, a preview for Season 4 of Family Guy, an American Dad Preview, a Featurette that will tell about the making of the movie, and some animatics.

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    PLATFORMS: Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story! [Movie]     By Sonecor
    In an interview with Family Guy creator 'Seth MacFarlane' he mentions a recent Simpsons episode where a Homer Simpson clone is clearly recognised as Peter Griffin. MacFarlane says this is clearly a jab at Family Guy.

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