Seth+MacFarlene

=SETH MACFARLANE by: Anthony Hogeback=


 * 1) Seth MacFarlane his the founder of the “hit” television show family guy
 * 2) He was born October 26 1973
 * 3) He was born in Kent,Connecticut
 * 4) He began drawing cartoons at the age of 2 years old
 * 5) He had a comic strip published in his local newspaper when he was 8 years old
 * 6) He went to high school at the Kent school in Connecticut
 * 7) He went to collage at the Rhode Island school of Design
 * 8) He went there to study animation
 * 9) After graduating collage he got hired by Hanna-Barbara Productions (now Cartoon Network Studios)
 * 10) A professor sent his thesis film, "Life of Larry" (a precursor to "Family Guy") to Hanna-Barbara. He was a writer and or storyboard artist for the shows "Johnny Bravo", "Cow and Chicken", and "Dexter's Lab"
 * 11) He also did some work for Walt Disney on Jungle club
 * 12) The follow up to his thesis film was called Larry and Steve
 * 13) The fox network saw his film and liked it
 * 14) They offered him a deal for him to show his skits in between “Mad TV”
 * 15) Fox liked him to much that they gave him 50K to produce a 15 minute cartoon and that was the beginning of family guy
 * 16) Fox picked up the show and the first episode premiered after the super bowl on January 31, 1999
 * 17) Fox canceled Family Guy in 2002
 * 18) Fox hired Family guy in 2004
 * 19) When Family Guy was in absence He gave Fox the show “American Dad”
 * 20) It went into production in 2003 and premiered on Fox on February 6, 2005
 * 21) MacFarlane has won two Emmy awards for his shows on fox
 * 22) His dads name Ron
 * 23) moms name Is Perry
 * 24) with his stint as a writer at cartoon network he wrote for Johnny Bravo
 * 25) He also wrote for Cow and Chicken
 * 26) He created the show the life and Larry
 * 27) MacFarlane was supposed to board American Airlines flight 11
 * 28) he spoke at his collage the day before and was supposed to board on September 11 2001
 * 29) due to a travel mix up he arrived at the airport a few minutes late
 * 30) due to his mix up the flight attendant did not board the flight
 * 31) That plane was the first to hit the North World Trade center
 * 32) He called everyone to let them know that he was Ok 20 minutes after flight 11 hit
 * 33) He stated that if he were on the plane he would of not known what to do
 * 34) he was always sympathetic in his interviews about the attacks
 * 35) even though in his shows he makes slight jokes about the matter
 * 36) American flight 11 was scheduled to from Boston to La
 * 37) MacFarlane is a talented painter
 * 38) The Evil baby Stewie was based off his cousin
 * 39) He is an avid star treck watcher
 * 40) guest stared on a star treck a few times
 * 41) MacFarlane does the voices for Peter, Brian and Stewie and a lot more on family guy
 * 42) he won an Emmy in 2000 for voicing Stewie
 * 43) MacFarlane writes music and lyrics for his shows and in 2002 he won an Emmy for the lyrics for family guy
 * 44) in 2009 he won a webby award for film and video person of the year
 * 45) family guy is constantly criticized
 * 46) mostly criticized for its sometimes offending humor
 * 47) The creators of south park and the Simpson’s often criticize family guy as well
 * 48) He announced on a late night show called Conan that he was producing his first film call “ Ted”
 * 49) The movie is set to release In 2012
 * 50) MacFarlane also announced that he would be producing a album
 * 51) The album released on September 27, 2011
 * 52) He earned a bachelor of fine arts degree
 * 53) He also produced a show called the winner
 * 54) He his a fan of movies and TV
 * 55) He like science fiction
 * 56) also likes fantasy movies
 * 57) In 2008 MacFarlane created his own Youtube series
 * 58) The series was entitled Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy
 * 59) It has been announced that MacFarlane will produce a revival of Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstone//s// for the FOX network
 * 60) Fox has made a deal with MacFarlane that is worth over $ 100 million
 * 61) one of his ancestors is William Brewster who traveled to America on the Mayflower
 * 62) He first started creating animation at the age of 2
 * 63) he created Flintstone flip books
 * 64) When his local newspaper picked up one of cartoons it earned him $ 5 dollars a week
 * 65) When he was a high school student he originally wanted to work for Disney
 * 66) When he was in collage he created a series of independent films
 * 67) He was originally hired over a bunch of other applicants solely on writing ability
 * 68) When working for Cartoon Network he worked a lot on Johnny Bravos animation
 * 69) In 1996 he created his sequel to life and Larry called “ Larry and Steve”
 * 70) He left the company so he could create better humor that people could relate to
 * 71) At the age of 24 he was the youngest executive producer in TV
 * 72) His show “ The Cleveland Show” is a spin off of family guy
 * 73) The story line was that a character named Cleveland from Family Guy moved back to his hometown
 * 74) This gave MacFarlane more primetime fox television
 * 75) They sometimes incorporate his three shows into one big special
 * 76) He also often speaks at universities
 * 77) He is a strong democrat
 * 78) He also his a strong believer of legalizing Cannabis
 * 79) He also speaks about his believes about Gay Rights and Gay marriage
 * 80) He is unmarried without any kids

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 * Anthony Hogeback**
 * October 10, 2011**
 * Mr.Shupp period 2**

**//__ Seth MacFarlane __//** //Seth MacFarlane is arguably one of the best animation and or cartoon writers, producers of all time with his “HIT” television show Family guy. Seth MacFarlane is the soul writer, producer, and animator of “Family Guy, American Dad, and The// //Cleveland// //Show”. MacFarlane was born on October 26 1973 in Kent,// //Connecticut// //to Ron and Perry MacFarlane. He started to get into drawing Flintstone characters at the age of 2. At age 8 he began getting into animating characters by making flip books; pretty soon his local news paper picked up his cartoon and paid Seth $ 5 dollars a week to keep making new ones every week. He went to// //Kent// //high school in// //Connecticut// //where he studied film and animation. As a high school student MacFarlane always dreamed of working for Disney in high school he created a series of short a film that were showed weekly and that’s what really started his pursuit of his animation career. After graduating high school he went to attend the// //Rhode Island// //school// //of// //Design////. There he studied and majored in animation. When in collage he created a film called “Life and Larry” which would later inspire him to create family guy. His collage professor saw talent in him so he sent MacFarlane’s short film to Hanna-Barbara Productions (Cartoon Network) and she hired him over other applicants solely based on writing ability. The network “FOX” had seen MacFarlane’s short films as well as “Life and Larry” so the Television show hired him as well to do skits for Mad TV. MacFarlane also did some work for Disney writing for the television show “Jungle Clubs”// //While he was at Hanna-Barbara Productions (Cartoon Network) he wrote story lines for television shows such as Johnny Bravo", "Cow and Chicken", and "Dexter's Lab" although he mostly worked on Johnny Bravo. While at Hanna-Barbara Productions (Cartoon Network) he made his sequel to “Life and Larry” called “Larry and Steve” After “FOX” had been letting MacFarlane do his skits for “MAD TV” for a couple years “FOX” gave MacFarlane $50,000 dollars to make his own 15 minute cartoon show, that show was later Family Guy. It premiered on// //January 31, 1999// //after the super bowl. The show later began airing regularly in May of that year. MacFarlane does the voice of “Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Glenn Quagmire, Tom Tucker, and Carter Puitershmit as well as other characters for which he as won Emmy awards for such as, a webby award, and Emmy for voicing Stewie and others. The thought for the evil baby Stewie came to him because of MacFarlane’s real life cousin. After a few good episodes hear and there Fox decided to cancel “Family Guy”. In its absence a movie was made called the “The untold story of Stewie Griffin” which skyrocketed sales. In it cancellation DVD and movie sales turned “Family Guy into a Billion dollar franchise. Also in Family Guy’s cancellation days MacFarlane started writing for a new show called “American Dad” in 2003. The first episode premiered on “FOX” on// //February 6, 2005// //, it has not been canceled to date. On //// September 11, 2001 //// MacFarlane was set to return to studios in Los Angles after a speech at a university from the //// Boston //// area. Due to him running a little late at the airport after the plane had already boarded they would not let him go on the plane. That flight was American Flight 11 and was the fist plane used in the terrorist attacks on //// September 11, 2001 ////, the flight hit the //// North //// Tower //// of the world trade center. // // No one on the flight survived. Although in real interviews when he is asked about it he is very sympathetic and forgiving, in his Television shows he sometimes jokes about the matter. In 2008 he began making his own youtube series entitled “Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy”. In 2009 he continued to progress with his cartoons making a spin-off of Family Guy called “The// //Cleveland// //Show” which is based off that on of the long time characters from Family Guy (////Cleveland// //Brown) returns back to his hometown in// //Virginia////. Since MacFarlane now has 3 primetime cartoon series on “FOX” he sometimes makes specials incorporating all three shows into one. Last year “FOX” made a deal with MacFarlane worth over $100 million dollars. He announced that he would be producing a film in 2012 called “TED”. He also announced that he would be making a new television series on “FOX” called the Flintstones. He also released album on September 27, 2011. Although he has had great success he has received a lot of criticism about Family Guy’s rude humor, people like the South Park and Simpsons writers and founders were one of the few to criticize. MacFarlane is unmarried without kids and is a strong believer on Gay marriage rights but states many times he is not gay. You could say he is living the American dream, He has set the standard for all comedy cartoon series of all time. Every cartoon is compared to family guy one way or another and that’s why I think he has a forever standing effect on American society because you always hear people talking about the latest episode or quoting lines, everyone loves it and will never stop and that’s why he stands out in American society.// Works Cited

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