Inside Family Guy: An Illustrated History

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Langley, Ryan (November 2, 2009). "Family Guy Party Game in Development". IGN . Retrieved April 20, 2010. On November 30, 2012, MacFarlane confirmed plans to produce a Family Guy film. [44] The project was put on hold while MacFarlane worked on Ted 2. [45] Inside Family Guy: An Illustrated History was released in May 2019, as part of the series’ 20th anniversary. [36] Live performances [ edit ] a b "US DVD Sales Chart for Week Ending Jun21, 2009". The Numbers. June 21, 2009 . Retrieved August 4, 2009.

Szalai, Georg (July 23, 2007). " "Family Guy" movie possible, MacFarlane says". Reuters . Retrieved August 31, 2009. MacFarlane recorded exclusive material of Brian's voice and other Family Guy characters for a 2007 pinball machine of the show by Stern Pinball. [39] In 2004, the first series of Family Guy toy figurines was released by Mezco Toyz, each member of the Griffin family had their own toy, with the exception of Stewie, of whom two different figures were made. [40] Over the course of two years, four more series of toy figures have been released. [41]Brian is an alcoholic and is very fond of dry martinis and is seen to have withdrawal symptoms in various episodes when he is told or forced to stop drinking. He smokes occasionally, although in the episode "Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington", after seeing Peter promoting a corrupt cigarette company, he quit smoking, a habit he resumed at the end of that episode. He also regularly smokes marijuana. After a brief stint as a drug-sniffing dog, he developed a cocaine addiction, but after spending time in rehab he managed to achieve sobriety. Poniewozik, James (April 11, 2004). "It's Not TV. It's TV on DVD". Time. Archived from the original on March 19, 2005 . Retrieved August 29, 2009. Behind the scenes of 'Family Guy' Character 'voice' star to speak". The Advocate. November 19, 2006. Itzkoff, Dave (November 30, 2008). "Fox seeks a new hit, this time in Cleveland— Seth MacFarlane gives sneak preview of 2009's Family Guy spinoff". The Toronto Star. p.E12. As of 2009, six books have been released about a Family Guy universe, all published by HarperCollins since 2005. [42] This include Family Guy: It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One ( ISBN 978-0-7528-7593-4), which covers the entire events of the episode " It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One", [43] and Family Guy and Philosophy: A Cure for the Petarded ( ISBN 978-1-4051-6316-3), a collection of seventeen essays exploring the connections between the series and historical philosophers. [44] which include Brian as a character.

Baldwin, Kristen (November 30, 2012). "Seth MacFarlane reveals Oscar contest, 'Family Guy' movie plans". Insidemovies.ew.com . Retrieved February 6, 2014. Family Guy Seth MacFarlane to speak at Class Day". Harvard Gazette. November 5, 2006. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012 . Retrieved October 18, 2009.

Brian's latest literary attempt came in the episode " Brian's Play", where he writes a play titled A Passing Fancy. The play becomes very popular in Quahog; however, Brian is upset when he realizes that Stewie had since written a play which was better than his. Stewie's play was eventually shown on Broadway. Brian became depressed, as he only wanted to be a good writer for the few years which remain of his life, and not have to be overshadowed by Stewie, who has his whole life ahead of him. Owen, Rob (May 1, 2005). " 'Family Guy' goes beyond TV with CD, movie". Press-Enterprise. Archived from the original on July 20, 2006 . Retrieved October 19, 2009. a b Bartlett, James (March 12, 2007). "Seth MacFarlane– he's the "Family Guy" ". The Great Reporter. Presswire Limited . Retrieved October 18, 2009.

A book written from Brian's point of view (actually written by Andrew Goldberg) was published in 2006. It was called Brian Griffin's Guide to Booze, Broads and the Lost Art of Being a Man. [45] See also [ edit ] In three months, MacFarlane created the Griffin family and developed a pilot for the show he called Family Guy. [15] Brian's character was largely based on Steve, and Larry would be the main inspiration for the Peter character. [16] Voice [ edit ] During the afterparty in Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, Brian explains about working on his novel after Family Guy was canceled.

Ahsan Haque of IGN has given Brian a positive review, calling him the best talking man-dog. [20] He also praised Brian's adventures with Stewie calling them, "center of many of the show's best bits". [20] Haque later made a list titled "Family Guy: Stewie and Brian's Greatest Adventures", where he stated that "Brian and Stewie paired together has always been a winning formula for Family Guy". They also praised the selection of Brian to play Chewbacca as they stated in the " Blue Harvest" review. In their list of "What Else Should Family Guy Make Fun Of?", IGN commented that Brian would be perfect to play Q, if Family Guy ever decides to make a James Bond parody. [21] Man's best friend is a poor understatement when it comes to dealing with Peter's constant mission to paint the world with all sorts of stupid. You'd think witnessing so much anti-thought would cut the poor guy a break, but no. And that's part of the character's charm: Always being on hand for the solid quip or sarcastic commentary. Having lived with the Griffins for many years, and being accepted (and audibly heard more than Stewie for some reason) as a peer, Brian has become a character as important to fans as the show's titular star." a b "FOX Announces Fall Premiere Dates For The 2009–2010 Season". The Futon Critic. June 15, 2009 . Retrieved April 3, 2010. Anthony D'Alessandro (26 July 2014). "Comic-Con: 'Family Guy' Feature Film On Hold; Season 13 Guest Stars & Stories Revealed – Deadline". Deadline. Moore, Frazier (2019-05-14). Inside Family Guy: An Illustrated History. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-211252-1.