107 Family Guy Facts Everyone Should Know! (ToonedUp #18)

[Music] one of the most popular animated shows ever created yep that's right we are talking about Family Guy my name is Kasich and today here at Channel Frederator we are gonna be listing 107 Family Guy facts that you should know strap on everybody it's gonna be one bumpy road no no no no no no number one Family Guy is one of the few shows to ever be revived after cancellation in fact it was canceled twice at the end of the second season in the year 2000 Fox announced that it had been cancelled they quickly change their minds in July of the same year in order to third season then in 2002 Fox announced again that it had been canceled the popularity of reruns on Adult Swim and DVD sales had them bring it back they ordered more episodes in May of 2004 that premiered a year later in May of 2005 the show has been running constantly ever since gets easier when you get cancelled number two Juiz full name is Stewie Gilligan Griffin number three it costs two million dollars to make each episode of Family Guy number four Seth Green the voice of Chris has mentioned multiple times that Chris's voice is based on Buffalo Bill from the film Silence of the Lambs no Chris even did a parody of a famous scene in the film featuring that character number 5 the show is banned in Indonesia Taiwan Iran Vietnam Egypt South Korea South Africa and Malaysia I wonder who's gonna be next number 6 Peter and Brian are derived from the two lead characters of a short that Seth MacFarlane developed for Cartoon Network in 1997 the short was titled Larry and Steve and featured a man and a dog number 7 in 2009 Family Guy became the first animated show since the Flintstones to be nominated for an Emmy in the category of Outstanding Comedy Series all right boy number 8 death MacFarlane is a huge fan of the series all in the family and paid homage to it through the opening of Family Guy [Music] good old-fashioned values on which we used to rely number nine Family Guy premiered on January 31st 1999 following the Super Bowl another one of Seth MacFarlane shows American Dad also premiered following a Super Bowl in 2005 number ten Bonnie Swanson was pregnant for a hundred and sixteen episodes okay first of all Bonnie you've been pregnant for like six years alright either have the baby adults you finally gave birth in oceans three and a half push push get out of there get the hell out of my wife you little bastard number eleven creator Seth MacFarlane was scheduled to be on American Airline flight 11 on September 11 he had to take it but ran late due to a hangover and incorrect departure time missing boarding and the flight by a mere 10 minutes that is absolutely insane number 12 death MacFarlane originally wanted every episode of the show to somehow center around death why are you going number 13 MacFarlane had also planned for each episode of Family Guy to have an ominous title borrowed from an old 1940's radio suspense drama that had no relation or relevance to the show number 14 bender from Futurama and coach John McGuirk from home movies all made cameo appearances in the episode it's a trap I bet that makes you want to go watch it again huh you're welcome number 15 in 2009 High Times named Brian Griffin as their stoner of the year number 16 the main cast of Family Guy each makes somewhere between a hundred and seventy thousand dollars to two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars in episode number 17 the Parents Television Council has named Family Guy the worst TV show of the week over 40 times number 18 according to his license in the episode foxy lady quagmire was born in giggity giggity giggity that'll make them sixty-seven this year quagmire you look great for your age what's your secret carrots sometimes I grind them up in the juicer just eat them raw or insert them anally number 19 the massive chicken that constantly tussles with Peter is named Ernie number 20 Peter has changed Meg's full name from Megan to Megatron on her birth certificate number 21 in almost every episode one character says what the hell to another either but that doesn't matter with you number 22 the creators have license and picking when other characters can understand what Stewie is saying number 23 William age Maisie audition for the voice of Brian number 24 quagmire was imagined as an anachronistic 50s guy his voice is based on radio announcers of that time and then dr. he told me what to do ting tang walla bing bang laughing tang walla bing bang number 25 Neil Goldman is named after one of the writers of the show number 26 Peter was based on a security guard at Seth MacFarlane's College Rhode Island School of Design number 27 it takes a full year to complete an episode of Family Guy for those of you who are confused in the comments multiple episodes are worked on simultaneously hope that clears it up guys number 28 there are two versions of almost every episode the versions aired on TV and the untouched versions found on the show's DVDs number 29 Seth MacFarlane was only 24 when Family Guy first aired this made him the youngest executive producer in all of network television you go Seth number 30 peter's boss angela is actually voiced by Carrie Fisher number 31 Adam West who appears in Family Guy as the mayor of Quahog loves the show and he definitely gets the love returned in full MacFarlane has said that Adam is the single most demanded character in Quahog number 32 the Family Guy franchise is worth two billion dollars money money money money give me money give me money give me money give me money give me money number 33 Seth MacFarlane has been accused of stealing Stewie from cartoonist Chris where Chris has a series titled Jimmy Corrigan the smartest kid on earth the main character Jimmy Corrigan bears a striking resemblance to Stewie and both physical appearance and certain personality traits number 34 Patrick Warburton is the voice of Joe Swanson row number 35 meg has had three different voice actresses and in contrast who makes unpopularity the ladies who have played her are all very lovely in the pilot of the show maid was voiced by Seth MacFarlane sister Rachel MacFarlane she was then voiced by Lacey Chabert who you may recognize from Mean Girls for a few episodes before Mila Kunis took over that is so fetch number 36 Family Guy has found beef with both South Park and the Simpsons South Park released a two-part episode titled cartoon wars that mocked Family Guy and even coined the term manatee jokes in relation to Family Guy's gags The Simpsons had a Peter Griffin cameo where the character was seen on a wanted poster with the charge of laser ismo Family Guy fired back with a scene that showed quagmire hooking up with Marge Simpson before being discovered by Homer Simpson and then being forced to kill the whole family at one point Fox finally stepped in to tell The Simpsons and Family Guy to stop ribbing one another eventually the two shows made up and even had an official cross over episode number 37 at one point Seth MacFarlane pitched the concept of Family Guy as a series of shorts from MADtv number 38 Paul Tucket pinch read Ayla's Peters preferred drink number 39 there are numerous references to the Jetsons and the Flintstones on the show number 40 brian has a tattoo of the famous comic strip character Ziggy number 41 a bumper sticker on Brian's car shows that he supported Dennis Kucinich in a presidential race number 42 before Family Guy was a thing creator Seth MacFarlane work at hanna-barbera number 43 in 2007 the creators of Family Guy were sue three times sounds like he was a pretty busy year for their legal team number 44 Louis was originally going to be blonde it's actually the reason that Chris is the only blonde Griffin he was supposed to have the same hair color as his mom to balance out Meg having Peter's hair color number forty-fives ethnic farlands favorite Family Guy moment is in the episode the boom when Lois brings up how much food they've wasted and he cuts to Peter attempting to feed Tom Selleck beans through the TV screen come on yeah hey hey none for you Higgins you've had your number 46 Seth MacFarlane's favorite Family Guy episode is road to the multiverse number 47 Seth MacFarlane's least favorite episode is forefather number 48 if you pay attention you'll notice that quagmire is left-handed number 49 Fox's pilot episode of Family Guy death has a shadow pulled in 22 point 1 million viewers on its first broadcast number 50 Family Guy is rooted in Rhode Island which is where Seth MacFarlane went to school number 51 I declare this land qohor Quahog was chosen as the name of the town in which Family Guy takes place because it was a generic but locally inflicted word the show producer Danny Smith wanted to avoid any conflicts or controversy Quahog is another term for hard clams which are commonly found in Rhode Island number 52 Seth MacFarlane has confirmed in a playboy magazine no less that Stewie is gay I know the guy what number 53 Stewie's voice is based on movie star Rex Harrison speaking for myself I am a theatre actor primarily number 54 in the episode loved thy trophies Julie spells out Redrum with building blocks which is a nod to the classic horror film The Shining here's Johnny it's murder backwards number 55 in the episode road to Germany there is a clever reference to the pop song 99 red balloons Nazi scientist is telling Stewie about their 100 hoop ballon when one of them pops oh damn number 56 for the show's 100th episode special Seth MacFarlane interviewed people who hated the show they had no idea they were complaining to the creator himself Oh Seth number 57 Seth MacFarlane killed off Brian to impart this message to his viewers never take those you love for granted for they can be gone in a flash number 58 the episode extra-large medium caused a large amount of controversy due to his portrayal of Down syndrome number 59 in the episode screwed the pooch Peter declares that if you were half the father that Brian was he would know more about his kids including who makes real father was Brian answers Stan Thompson of course meg misses his whole conversation number 60 Seth MacFarlane has said that the reason mega so mistreated is because of a bunch of male writers not knowing how to write for a teenage girl number 61 according to his birth records Peter Griffin was born as Justin Peter Griffin he discovers this when trying to open a checking account number 62 Louis is very unhappy when Peter shakes Stewie in the giggity wife this makes sense when you consider the fact that Peter has shaken one of their other children to death number 63 every fan of Family Guy knows about the fights between Peter and Ernie the giant chicken but not everything knows why they're fighting in the first place are you ready for this guys Ernie gave Peter an expired coupon kids a nerve number 64 there was a great against the show when it depicted a John F Kennedy PEZ dispenser getting its head shot off a gag mocking the president's real-life assassination number 65 Peter's middle name is Leuven brow this is revealed when he meets his real father Mickey in Ireland makes sense the Irish loved their beer number 66 in the pilot episode of Family Guy the viewer learns that Peter had his first fart at the age of 30 number 67 in the episode if I'm dying on Lion the Peter wishes to bring back a show called Gumbel to Gumbel one can imagine that this is a dig from Seth MacFarlane to Fox because Gumbel to Gumbel is the first show he pitched to the network number 68 in the episode north by North Quahog if you pay attention to the passion of the christ' to preview Jesus has a license plate with the letters W WI D on it it's a play on the popular phrase what would Jesus do the letters stand for what would I do number 69 in the episode ma Thomas behavior the Griffins make the newspaper when they win a boat race in the bottom corner of the paper you can read DVDs pause for headline joke millions disappointed number 70 when Mayor Adam West says I'm the only mayor west that's in trouble in the episode you may now kiss the guy who receives it's a reference to former Mayor Jim West from Spokane he was a strong opponent of gay marriage whose career ended over a gay sex scandal number 71 in the episode the story on page 1 you can read if you can read this family guy is on the air in the corner of the TV guy that's briefly shown number 72 in the episode meet the Quagmire's Peter and Brian disrupt history and Roger from American Dad makes an appearance who ate all the pay cam Sam days number 73 Seth Green was the only person auditioning for the role of Chris who didn't use a surfer dude voice here's some tasty waves cool buzz and I'm fine number 74 mayor Adam West mentions at one point that he has tousled with super beings before which is a nod to his rules as Batman in the 60s you mean precisely Robin number 75 during the Writers Guild of America strike that occurred from 2007 to 2008 seth macfarlane joined in and did not finish any episodes Fox went ahead and aired three episodes when they were only 90 percent complete without his permission MacFarlane has since declared this a colossal dick move number 76 according to its DVD commentary track Stewie Griffin the untold story was originally going to be called queer as Stewie it was going to focus on Stewie coming to terms with being homosexual the idea was scrapped as Stewie's ambiguous sexuality was more mileage for episodes number 77 Chris was originally going to be as fat as Peter but animators decided it would be too depressing number 78 for the timer portion of the episode retarded Joe creators wanted the original voice of timer lenny Weinreb to reprise his role you are what you eat from your head down to your feet they were turned down as his agent said he was just too old Seth MacFarlane did the voice instead number 79 grease summer was in consideration to voice make but Seth MacFarlane felt uncomfortable having an african-american woman play a white character number 87 ik farlan voices Peter Brian um Stewie hey quagmire giggidy carter tony danza from who's the boss says hey old Tom Tucker finish your oatmeal sauce Jake Tucker Seamus you want to go out no okay in dr. Hartman Kim Basinger number 81 Jesus Mary and Joseph was held off from airing for a week in the wake of the Sandy Hook elementary shooting number 82 the night of the hurricane programming block that included Family Guy American Dad and the cleveland show was delayed from its original slot due to a severe weather outbreak that occurred number 83 Seth MacFarlane Short the life of Larry had a lot of gags that would be recycled and Family Guy including Peter getting fired putting the family on welfare and becoming rich due to a clerical error on his first welfare check number 84 kevin was originally voiced by Jon Cryer then by Seth MacFarlane and then by Scott Grimes number 85 mere minutes after Brian died some fans were already calling that he would be brought back when the summary for the Christmas episode that year was released they speculated that he would be coming back that episode even more though Fez correctly predicted how it would happen number 86 the show has some fantastic celebrity guest stars including drew Barrymore Robert Downey jr. Patrick Stewart and Mae Whitman number 87 almost all the animation for Family Guy is outsourced but and wrote to the multiverse the Disney segment was animated in-house it's a wonderful day Popeye number 88 meg is the only human member of the Griffin family whose mental name has not been revealed number 89 when Peter tries to brand Meg it's revealed that she already has an AW branded on her by Mayor Adam West number 90 Meg it cannot taste salt yeah I know it's hard to believe you lived all your life without knowing that fact number 91 due to a rare birth disorder makes heart is located in the same place as her brain it's a joke somewhere there I just can't think of it number 92 Lois was selected to be on the Olympic diving team but ended up pregnant with Meg she later becomes pro-choice poor Meg number 93 Lois hates the sound of squeaking plastic wrap number 94 Lois has possibly had a children there's Meg Chris and Stewie but there's also Peter Griffin jr. Dave Griffin Stewie's funny brother other brother from the theater and other sister who may have been killed by Meg number 95 Peter is a Star Wars fan he collects Star Wars collector glasses and Star Wars trading cards number 96 Peter can play the piano perfectly when he's drunk number 97 in the episode friends without benefits peter's twitter user name is pumpkin eater 69 social media is bringing us all closer together number 98 peter was born in mexico number 99 peter has an iphone which is important because if you have an iPhone that means you know you and Peter have something in common number 100 in one episode Peters ringtone is the theme song of the Cleveland show number 101 Chris's full name is Christopher cross Griffin which is omage the singer-songwriter Christopher Cross number 102 Chris has the same birthday as his voice actor Seth Green February 8 number 103 Chris and Stewie are the only members of the Griffin family who have yet to be put in jail number 104 Brian its Seth MacFarlane's favorite character obviously voices in my head are a legitimate psychological problem for man number 105 Brian voted for John McCain number 106 Brian drives a 2004 Prius and number 107 brian is the only character who said voices using his natural speaking voice hell you're doing the voices you dragged on say I've got this guy hey everybody I'm Phil Dunphy from boom big pants and this guy right here needs no introduction it's Robert Frane Zizi aka real real-life big riffing you're going to steal my luck if you like 107 facts by tuned up as much as we do you should click here and subscribe to channel Frederator absolutely if you guys want to get to moistur Madigan's with us you're boom big pants you can click right here and here's fact number 108 if you want an extra fact about Family Guy this guy right here Phil Dunphy maybe get punched in the face 60 times by a frickin chicken and I thank you video after New York Comic Con show guess what yeah revenge is sweet yeah thank you guys for watching our video don't forget to like the video if you liked the video delicious know that you liked the video they take forever to make in the comments section down below if you have any effects that we didn't say in the video feel free to post them and let us know which 107 facts video we should do next thank you for subscribing and remember Frederator loves you

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Length: 20min 24sec (1224 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 23 2015

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[u/Keyblade27]

I love that the guy at the ends name is Phil Dunphy.