I just put up a newly updated schedule (cobbled together from about eleventy hundred different Webernet sources) for Family Guy. I wish that Fox would just update with a new schedule already! Here’s the new schedule: Family Guy Schedule for January 2009.

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We’re looking for a Family Guy fan to possibly interview as part of a new programme for the BBC celebrating the phenomenon that is Family Guy. Our team will be filming in LA, New York and Rhode Island in January and they want to hear from you.

We’re looking to find the biggest Family Guy Super Fan around. Can you lay claim to being the most knowledgeable Family Guy fan in America? Do you quote Peter Griffin in your sleep? Is your house a shrine to the show? Or maybe you have a friend who you think would be perfect, or even a group of friends! Get in touch.

If you think you might fit the bill and you’re based in LA, New York, Rhode Island or the surrounding areas - we’d love to hear from you! Please e-mail adam.wydrzynski@bbc.co.uk and let me know your Name, Age, and Occupation and tell me briefly what makes you such a big fan.

If you have any queries, let me know.

Many thanks,
BBC Family Guy Specials

If you feel like this fits you, please email adam.wydrzynski@bbc.co.uk. Filming starts soon, so make sure you get this in ASAP!

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The 1st: DaBoom (Season 2)

The 2nd: Blind Ambition (Season 4)

The 3rd: No Chris Left Behind (Season 5)

The chicken makes a 4th appearance in Meet The Quagmires (Season 5) but a fight is prevented.

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Here are the Griffin Family’s New Year’s resolutions:

Peter Griffin: To use my intestinal gas in more creative and constructive ways.
Lois Griffin: To stop thinking about that yoga instructor at my gym.
Brian Griffin: Cut down on consumption of my own crotch.
Stewie Griffin: Spend more time admiring Abercrombie & Fitch window displays.
Meg Griffin: Teach myself how to shave my legs.
Chris Griffin: I know I’m young, but it’s never too early to start eating more fiber.

And the Simpsons:

Homer Simpson: In 2009, I will finally get around to voting for President.
Marge Simpson: I’ll try to be more assertive if it’s okay with everyone else.
Bart Simpson: I plan to raise a family of skunks in Principal Skinner’s car.
Lisa Simpson: I will make the world a colder, greener, jazzier place.
Grampa Simpson: Let’s just make this the best 1933 we can.

And American Dad:

Stan Smith: To try and understand one Maya Angelou poem.
Francine Smith: To find out why jerk chicken is called jerk chicken. I hope it’s not why I think.
Hayley Smith: To date a guy who has at least part ownership in a car.
Steve Smith: I am hoping to reinstate Pluto as a planet with the ultimate goal of it getting me some action.
Roger Smith: To buy a Labrador Retriever, raise it, love it and stand naked in front of it to gauge its reaction.
Klaus Smith: I will touch Ricky Martin somewhere on his head or face.

images courtesy Fox Family Entertainment

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The characters of Peter and Brian are very similar to Larry and Steve from the shorts The Life of Larry and What a Cartoon: Larry & Steve, which feature a moronic man who adopts a talking dog and puts the dog through hell, and were both written and directed by Seth MacFarlane.

Before Seth MacFarlane created the idea of a regular half-hour series, he conceived of the Griffin family appearing as characters in animated shorts to appear on MADtv. Many of the regular voice actors (including Alex Borstein, Phil LaMarr, Debra Wilson and Nicole Sullivan) are Mad TV alumni. Alex Borstein was the first cast on this show and is the only “official” cast member as the voice of Lois Griffin.

“Quahog,” the name of the Griffin’s hometown, is also the name of an edible clam. The bar the characters frequently visit, “The Drunken Clam”, is a reference to this.

Brian’s voice is simply Seth MacFarlane speaking normally.

Seth MacFarlane based the voice of Peter Grifffin on a security guard he knew while going to college.

A gag was animated for an episode that involved “The Newlywed Game”, featuring the biblical figures Mary and Joseph (the human parents of Jesus Christ). Bob Eubanks actually came in and did the voice of his character for the gag, but quickly pulled out after realizing the nature of the joke (he had just finished work on a “Christian Workout Video”).

Stewie’s voice is based on Rex Harrison.

The original idea for titles of episodes were supposed to be based on 1940s Mystery Radio shows. This is why the first few episodes have some sort of reference to death in them. Eventually the writers of the show had to start describing the episodes to one another (rather than simply using the titles), so that idea was dropped.

Lois was originally drawn as a blonde. After much debate, the creators decided to make her hair red.

Glen Quagmire drives a ‘57 Chevy Bel Air convertible.

Believing the series to be cancelled after season 2, many of the writers took on other jobs for different shows. The show was renewed for a third season at the last minute; many new writers were used for the new series.

The first part of the opening credits, where Lois plays the piano and sings with Peter, is a spoof of Edith playing the piano and singing with Archie during the opening credits of All in the Family.

By 2 May 2003, there was an online petition with over 111,000 names on it, to save the show.

When the series was first pitched to Fox, William H. Macy had auditioned for the role of Brian.

The boy with the upside-down face, newscaster Tom Tucker’s son, is named Jake.

As of the end of the third season the character of Bonnie Swanson is still pregnant. Peter even mentions this in Season 4, Episode 3. “Bonnie, you’ve been pregnant for like six years, alright? Either have the baby or don’t.”

Stewie’s full name is Stewart Gilligan Griffin.

The opening of the PTV episode, including the beating up of terrorists in the middle east, and Stewie riding his trike through the city, is a parody of the Naked Gun series of films.

Chris’s middle name is “Cross”. Peter’s middle name is Lowenbrau.

Seth Green reveals in the commentary on _Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin - The Untold Story (2005) (V)_ that the voice of Chris is based on Ted Levine’s performance as Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs.

The character of Neil Goldman, the boy who perennially chases Meg, is named after one of the show’s writers.

Meg goes to James Woods Memorial High School, and Chris goes to Buddy Cianci Junior High in fictional Quahog, RI. James Woods is from Warwick, RI, and Vincent “Buddy” Cianci, Jr. is the former mayor of Providence, RI. Peter graduated from James Garner High School.

The Griffin’s live at 31 Spooner Street, Quahog, Rhode Island.

The character of Herbert (the old man with a crush on Chris who lives on Spooner Street) only appeared in one episode, “To Live and Die in Dixie,” before the show was canceled in 2002. In the three years that followed, he became such a popular character among fans that he has made frequent guest appearances since the show began airing new episodes in 2005.

Ranked #12 in TV Guide’s list of the “25 Top Cult Shows Ever!” (30 May 2004 issue).

Brought back an unprecedented second time after its amazing DVD sales (record for best selling TV show on DVD), and its popularity on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, which a few times had a higher Nielsen rating than broadcast television at that time slot.

In “The Story on Page One”, the cover of the TV Guide featuring the likeness of ‘Luke Perry’ says in the bottom right corner, “If you can read this Family Guy is on the air”.

The gag reflects on the ever-uncertain airing of the show by Fox due to its content each week, and the writers in the second season often thought they would lose their jobs any day while in production.

Was voted No. 5 in a British TV poll to find the “100 Greatest Cartoons”. According to the British TV programme The 100 Greatest Cartoons, Seth MacFarlane’s favorite Family Guy moment is the scene from _”Family Guy” (1999) {Da Boom (#2.3)}_ where Peter is feeding Tom Selleck.

The show has been canceled twice, once following the second season, which caused the show to not air a new episode for a year, and the second (and longest) being between the third and fourth seasons, from 2002 to 2005.

This series is banned in Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Iran, South Korea, South Africa, and Malaysia.

In the early seasons in the opening credits, the pictures on the wall of Chris, Meg and Stewie, in the background, have blurred faces. Later on however, their faces appear normally.

In “No Chris Left Behind,” when the biplane pilot is flung out of his seat by Peter and the Chicken during their fight, Glen Quagmire’s facial features are modeled after Bob Hope.

Stewie’s e-mail address is loismustdie@yahoo.com.

Peter’s drink of choice is Pawtucket Patriot Ale.

All of the high end hotels seen on the show have Barrington in their name. Series creator Seth MacFarlane has stated they are named after the city of Barrington, Rhode Island, a very upscale community.

Brian drives a Toyota Prius.

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UPDATED JANUARY 6, 2009 Now I’m getting new information that “Road to Germany” will be airing on January 25. If this is frustrating to you, believe me, I GET IT. There are conflicting reports of Family Guy’s schedule coming at me about every five minutes.
UPDATED: Just got new information from IMDB, not sure how accurate this is, but I’m still waiting on my Fox contact to get me the official information. Here’s the latest scoop:

1/18/09 Ocean’s Three and a Half

1/25/09 Family Gay

2/8/09 The Juice Is Loose!

2/15/09 Anchorwoman: The Legend of Lois Griffin

2/22/09 Three Kings

3/1/09 Episode 420

??? Not All Dogs Go to Heaven

??? Something, Something, Something Dark Side

Hi Family Guy fans! Hope you all had a great Christmas holiday and got everything you wanted. Here’s the latest from Fox and my own super sleuthing on what we can expect in January:

January 4: No new Family Guy; all four Fox animation shows are pre-empted for a special episode of “24″.
January 11: Again, no new Family Guy due to “24″.
January 18Family Guy due to the NFC Championship game.
January 25: Probably (hasn’t been confirmed yet) repeats of “Love Blactually” and “I Dream of Jesus“.

The following Sunday is February 1, which is Super Bowl Sunday, so obviously we’re not going to get anything new that day. Looks like the first date we can expect a new Family Guy episode will be February 8, 2009.

image courtesy Fox Home Entertainment

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First, from American Dad, an injunction prevents Langley Falls from lighting its annual Christmas tree.

Next, a clip from Family Guy season 3 in which Peter gives the family’s Christmas gifts to charity.

Next, Stewie has a nightmare about Santa Claus:

Happy Holiday!

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CLIP FROM “KISS SAVES SANTA”

KISS #1: But, Mrs. Claus, who would kidnap Santa?

MRS. CLAUS: Well, Ace, that’s what I want you boys to find out.

GENE SIMMONS: Someone stole Santa? That does not rock!

KISS #2: Easy, Gene. Guys, let’s go save Christmas. To the Kiss Copter!

KISS: Yaaay!

BRIAN: So, Peter, did you get everything you wanted for Christmas?

PETER: You bet. A week’s vacation, a new VCR. And best of all, my own copy of “Kiss Saves Santa.”

TITLE: Kiss Saves Santa

CLIP FROM “KISS SAVES SANTA”

(SANTA HOLDS HIS GUITAR)

KISS #1: You just practice that guitar, Santa. Next time we’ll let you do a solo.

MRS. CLAUS: (laugh) Don’t encourage him!

EVERYONE: (laugh)

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“In these challenging economic times, we’ve asked all of our showrunners to trim their production budgets by 2%, an assignment which they have all embraced,” a 20th spokesman said. “Everyone understands that revenues are down and these steps are necessary to protect our business.”

The budgets for these shows are so enormous that I don’t think a 2% cut is going to affect anything much, but still, it’s definitely not a good sign for our economy.

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First, Peter tries one last selling tactic to convince Lois to have sex at the office.

Quagmire and Cleveland talk about porn at the Happy Clam:

Peter talks to a sales guy who is selling him footie pajamas and discovers he can poop while wearing clothes:

Peter thinks he may be a god after discovering that he has the power of static electricity:

Peter tells Joe that he doesn’t want his kind frequenting Peter’s House of Munch:

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