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Peter: Everybody I've got bad news. We've been cancelled.

Lois: Oh no Peter! How could they do that?

Peter: Well unfortuantely Lois, there's just no more room on the schedule. We just gotta accept the fact that FOX has to make room for terrific shows like Dark Angel, Titus, Undeclared, Action, That 80's Show, Wonder Falls, Fast Lane, Andy Richter Controls The Universe, Skin, Girl's Club, Cracking Up, The Pitts, Firefly, Get Real, Freaky Links, Wanda At Large, Costello, The Lone Gunman, A Minute with Stan Hooper, Normal Ohio, Pasadena, Harsh Realm, Keen Eddy, The Street, American Embassy, Cedric The Entertainer, The Tick, Louie, And Greg The Bunny....

Lois: Is there no hope?

Peter: Well I suppose if ALL those shows go down the tubes we might have a shot.

Family Guy (1999) - 29 trivia entries

Directed by Seth MacFarlane, starring Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Lacey Chabert, Mila Kunis, Seth Green (add more)

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This show was based on a short clip called "Larry and Steve" shown on the Cartoon Network. You can veiw the clip here: Larry & Steve Clip

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In the clip "Larry and Steve", Larry mentions a store called Stewie's.

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A Quahog is another name for a clam, thus all the jokes and places in town (like the drunken clam bar) the show makes reference about.

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The appearances of Quagmire and Cleveland are loosely based on Bob Hope and Jesse Jackson.

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The voices of Brian, Stewie and Peter (as well as other minor characters) are all voiced by the creator, Seth Macfarlane.

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During the opening theme when Lois and Peter are at the piano, when the series first started the pictures on the back wall are indecipherable but as the series progresses the pictures show Stewie, Meg and Chris's faces.

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In the episode where Meg gets a makeover, she has an assistant on her tour bus, Miss Swan. For all those who don't know, this is a character on Mad TV played by Alex Borstein who also voices Lois Griffen (Meg's mom).

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One of the best local jokes in the show is naming the Jr. High after the very notorious Providence mayor Buddy Cianci Jr., who is currently indicted and serving time.

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In the episode "Blue Harvest, part 1," Peter narrates a telling of Star Wars from his point of view. When Chris is walking through the bar, we see Bender from Futurama, Coach John McGuirk from "Home Movies," The Evil Monkey from Family Guy and The Alien from American Dad sitting in the background talking to people.

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The three skyscrapers that can often be seen on the horizon behind the Griffin's house are the actual buildings One Financial Center, 50 Kennedy Plaza and the Bank of America Tower in Providence, Rhode Island.

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"Something, Something, Something, Dark Side" is the only one of the three "Star Wars" spoofs in which the title doesn't come from something related to "Star Wars." It instead comes from a cutaway gag in the season 5 episode "Barely Legal."

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