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''Family Guy'' is an animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that premiered on January 31, 1999. Before it's premiere, there was a 15 minute '''''unaired pilot''''' made sometime in 1998. This pilot would eventually become the series premiere, ''Death Has a Shadow''. Many differences from the final version can be seen throughout this pilot, such as different clothing, different character designs, and multiple scenes that were eventually cut. Aside from that, there's not much that's different from the final.
''Family Guy'' is an animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that premiered on January 31, 1999. Before it's premiere, there was a 15 minute '''''unaired pilot''''' made sometime in 1998. This pilot would eventually become the series premiere, ''Death Has a Shadow''. Many differences from the final version can be seen throughout this pilot, such as different clothing, different character designs, and multiple scenes that were eventually cut. Aside from that, there's not much that's different from the final.
==History==
FOX gave Seth MacFarlane a fairly small budget to create the pilot, namely $50,000, while most half-hour animated pilots cost about $1 million. Seth spent six months animating the pilot out of his house, and co-created the pilot with Jim Keeshen Productions. Jim Keeshen reportedly took all credit for making the pilot, and filed a lawsuit against FOX and Seth MacFarlane on June 1, 1999 (which was quickly dismissed on December 28, 2000).


==Availability==
==Availability==
The first 7 minutes of the pilot can be found online, but the rest of the pilot is replaced with a "Coming Soon" bumper. The rest of the pilot remains lost, and the only proof of its existence is through low-quality images from Tripod, and from a few images on the official IMDb page.
The first 7 minutes of the pilot can be found online, but the rest of the pilot is replaced with a "Coming Soon" bumper. The rest of the pilot remains lost, and the only proof of its existence is through low-quality images from Tripod, a few images on the official IMDb page and a few articles on Blogspot.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5009240/mediaindex?ref_=tt_mv_close IMDb page of the pilot.]
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5009240/mediaindex?ref_=tt_mv_close IMDb page of the pilot.]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Griffin Wikipedia article on Brian Griffin.]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Griffin Wikipedia article on Brian Griffin.]
* [http://www.phoenixgenesis.com/savesmc/blog/2005/11/family-guy-pilot-credits.html Credits for the pilot.]
* [http://savesmc.blogspot.com/2005/11/family-guy-pilot-pitch.html Article on the remaining 8 minutes of the pilot.]
* [http://www.phoenixgenesis.com/savesmc/jfkprod/familyguy/keeshen_fox_lawsuit.pdf The lawsuit between Jim Keeshen and FOX.]


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Revision as of 20:26, 18 February 2019

FamilyGuyPilotLogo.png

Original logo as seen in the pilot.

Status: Partially Found

Family Guy is an animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that premiered on January 31, 1999. Before it's premiere, there was a 15 minute unaired pilot made sometime in 1998. This pilot would eventually become the series premiere, Death Has a Shadow. Many differences from the final version can be seen throughout this pilot, such as different clothing, different character designs, and multiple scenes that were eventually cut. Aside from that, there's not much that's different from the final.

History

FOX gave Seth MacFarlane a fairly small budget to create the pilot, namely $50,000, while most half-hour animated pilots cost about $1 million. Seth spent six months animating the pilot out of his house, and co-created the pilot with Jim Keeshen Productions. Jim Keeshen reportedly took all credit for making the pilot, and filed a lawsuit against FOX and Seth MacFarlane on June 1, 1999 (which was quickly dismissed on December 28, 2000).

Availability

The first 7 minutes of the pilot can be found online, but the rest of the pilot is replaced with a "Coming Soon" bumper. The rest of the pilot remains lost, and the only proof of its existence is through low-quality images from Tripod, a few images on the official IMDb page and a few articles on Blogspot.

Gallery

The first 7 minutes of the pilot.

External Links