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'Family Guy' Sneak Peek: The Windows 7 Promotion

October 19, 2009 11:10:05

Some features from Windows 7 are promoted through "Family Guy" when Stewie is trying his hand on installing the new Microsoft program on Brian's laptop. This sort-of-new way to do an advertisement had been reported last week but a sneak peek from the cartoon's episode has just been released.

Brian does all the talking, boasting the program's abilities such as recording TV programs with DVR, organizing photos in the media center and easily switching between programs with the user-friendly interface. Underneath it all, Stewie only attempts to do his first Tweet.

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'Family Guy' Spares 'Weeds' an Emmy Jab

August 25, 2009 10:08:07

In a series of rant against its fellow Primetime Emmy Awards nominees, "Family Guy" has decided to exclude "Weeds". For five days in a row last week, the animated show had been pointing out the weaknesses of shows like "The Office", "How I Met Your Mother" and "30 Rock" but it stopped for three days before finally releasing the one for "Weeds".

Kicked off like the rest with the scene of Brian getting out of the shower, the "Weeds" footage sees Stewie asking the dog of which show will get his Emmy vote. When Brian said he is thinking about Showtime's series "Weeds", Stewie twirls his drink and says "Oh f**k this. I'm not doing one with f**king weeds."

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'Family Guy' Virals for '30 Rock' and 'How I Met Your Mother'

August 22, 2009 11:08:14

The latest two viral Emmy campaigns from "Family Guy" have been released. This time, creator Seth MacFarlane takes a jab at "30 Rock" and "How I Met Your Mother" that become the animated series' rivals at winning the Best Comedy title at the September gala of Primetime Emmy Awards.

In the "30 Rock" viral, Stewie expresses his disappointment of Brian planning to vote for the NBC comedy, saying "Really you like that guy with sayings on his head, the hat guy?" Stewie is referring to "30 Rock" character Frank who has many caps with writings like "Ninja Expert". While beating Brian, Stewie said "I don't wanna watch an extra Kenneth scene on the Internet". But the baby ended it with "It'd probably win though."

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Video: 'Family Guy' Mocking 'Entourage' Catchphrase

August 20, 2009 11:08:20

After bashing "The Office" and "Flight of the Conchords", "Family Guy" turns the wheel to "Entourage". This time Stewie said, "Am I supposed to care about a guy who has everything?" when Brian the Dog said that he was thinking about voting the HBO show as the winner of Best Comedy at 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

While beating Brian to bleed, Stewie yelled "Hug this out, Bitch!". He refers to Ari Gold's catchphrase in the first season when he asked Vince's manager Eric Murphy whether or not he wants to hug it out in order to resolve the dispute. After done with his beating, Stewie left Brian and said, "It's 'Sex and the City' with men."

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Video: 'Family Guy' Takes Jab at 'Flight of the Conchords'

August 19, 2009 11:08:27

"Family Guy" takes a second jab at fellow Emmy nominee, this time 'beating down' Brian the Dog for thinking about voting for "Flight of the Conchords" as the winner of Best Comedy Series at the 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Calling the HBO show "wacky", Stewie yelled to Brian, "They are not even from here!"

Stewie makes a reference to "Conchords" stars Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, who play fictionalized versions of themselves. They are both natives of New Zealand who migrate to New York City in order to seek fame and success in their music career.

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Video: 'Family Guy' Mocks Fellow Emmy Nominee 'The Office'

August 18, 2009 03:08:51

"Family Guy" is launching a self-campaign in order to win at the upcoming Primetime Emmy Awards. One way to do that is by mocking "The Office" in an online video that pin points the NBC series' flaw of keep revolving around the same space for six years.

Dubbed from an old episode, it shows Stewie beating violently Brian the Dog who answered "The Office" when asked which show he will vote to win an Emmy in September. In the end of the footage Stewie said, "Indians and Hispanics don't live in Scranton."

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'Family Guy' Creator: Baby Stewie Is Gay

August 14, 2009 09:08:03

There's a big reason why Stewie was so determined to conquer the world and kill his mother Lois on "Family Guy". The secret lies within the 1-year-old baby's sexual orientation, which creator Seth MacFarlane finally outed. "We had an episode that went all the way to the script phase in which Stewie does come out," MacFarlane who also gives voice to the character said.

In the September issue of Playboy, MacFarlane explained that there is a script where Stewie was harassed by the kids at school so he went back through time to "prevent a passage in Leviticius from being written: 'Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind. It is an abomination'. " The script was terminated though because it won't make sense.

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Lauren Conrad Voicing Herself in 'Family Guy'

April 14, 2009 04:04:01

Lauren Conrad is building up her 'self' pile with a guest stint on "Family Guy". The star of reality series "The Hills" is animated as Brian the dog's love interest and People has the first look of her cartoon version.

The picture is taking on the promotional photo of "The Hills", featuring Brian in Audrina Patridge's position and Stewie posing as Whitney Port. Conrad will fill in the voice herself for the May 3 episode called "We Love You Conrad".

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'Family Guy' Spoofing 'Star Trek: the Next Generation' Cast

March 25, 2009 01:03:00

This Sunday, March 29, "Family Guy" will include Star Trek fanatics and spoof them in the episode called "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven". The Griffin family attends the annual Star Trek convention, Stewie attends a Q and A session with the main cast of "Star Trek: The Next Generation". Stewie devises a plan to kidnap the cast and builds a transporter to beam the entire cast of Star Trek to his bedroom so they can spend a fun-filled day together in Quahog.

Filling voice of these Star Trek cast are the actual actors for the series. It includes Patrick Stewart, Levar Burton, Gates McFadden, Michael Dorn, Wil Wheaton, Denise Crosby, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner and Jonathan Frakes. "They were all very game. We had fun playing with who they are," said showrunner David Goodman.

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