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Favorite Quotes
What are some of your guys favorite quotes? For a list of some funny quotes take a look at this page in the Family Guy Portal: here . One of my favorites would have to be this quote: Meg Griffin : I can never go to school again! Stewie Griffin : Oh, yes, Meg, yes, yes yes, everything was going...

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Family Guy vs. The Simpsons.
Alright Theres been argumant about which is better The Simpsons or Family guy. If you think Family Guy is better say why but if you think The Simpsons is better say why....

Family guy all day
To compare family guy to the simpsons is like comparing a old horror flick and a new one....family guy is the 2007 version of the simpsons (despite them startin their seasons back up) now i admit that the simpsons have been on for ever and i love the show to death...but the comedy on the simpsons ju...

Did Family Guy Go Too Far?
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 scen...

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Dec 06 2007 - Family Guy Sued Once Again For Stealing Act

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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Mar 21 2007 - Carol Burnett Sues Family Guy

"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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Nov 25 2006 - A Glimpse Into Family Guy

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 05 2006 - IGN Exclusive With Mike Henry

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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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.

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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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Oct 08 2006 - Destructoid Game Preview

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.

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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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Oct 05 2006 - Cinematic From Family Guy Game Released

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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Oct 05 2006 - GotFrag Family Guy Game Preview

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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Sep 30 2006 - Cursing on Family Guy?

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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Aug 24 2006 - Family Guy gets Origional Voices

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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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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Aug 20 2006 - Family Guy Misses Out In The Emmy's

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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Aug 15 2006 - Family Guy Lewdness Gone Too Far?

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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Aug 13 2006 - Family Guy International Mobile Plan

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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Feb 09 2006 - Recent Portal Updates for Feb 08, 2006

Family Guy Volume 4 (Season 5) (Movie)
Season Information, Episode Guide,
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Crew Guide

Feb 07 2006 - Recent Portal Updates for Feb 06, 2006

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Jan 28 2006 - "What the deuce?" Family Guys's Stewie gets his own talk show

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.
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