10 Amazing Facts About Peter Griffin

Amazing Facts About Peter Griffin - Family Guy

His full name is Peter Löwenbräu Griffin.
He is of Irish, Mexican descent.
The character of Peter Griffin was inspired by a security guard MacFarlane knew at the Rhode Island School of Design. The man, Paul Timmins, had a “big thick Rhode Island accent…with absolutely no self editing whatsoever.” Timmins is very proud of the honor.
At one time, Lacey Chabert, Cree Summer, and MacFarlane’s sister, Rachel, all voiced the character of Meg at one time before MacFarlane settled on Mila Kunis, who still voices Meg to this day.
Kunis was only 16 when she landed the role of Meg.
He wrote a number of erotic novels.
Peter is a fan of the band KISS and is incredibly proud when Lois reveals she once slept with Gene Simmons.
He loves television. In the episode If I’m Lying, I’m Dying he defrauded a television company to get the show “Gumbel 2 Gumbel” back.
Peter broadcast his own television station after the FCC ban; he called it PTV.
Peter is clinically obese, weighing in at 270 lbs.
Proud of his weight, Peter created the coalition for fat men in Fat Guy Strangler; he is nearly killed by Lois’ long lost brother.
His intelligence is so low, he is classed as mentally retarded.
Peter’s had many jobs including; towel boy, toy maker, fisherman, office lackey and starting center of the New England Patriots football team.x
He has gone undercover at James Woods high as Lando Griffin to stop a toad licking epidemic. The episode spawns the song “Give Up the Toad Now“; an homage to Grease.
When Lois conceded defeated over PTV, Peter unfurled a banner, claiming he was right. He had placed it there fifteen years ago and the clown inside it had died.
He is married to Lois, the daughter of the wealthy Pewterschmidt family.
He has three children; Meg, Chris and Stewie.
He is the biological father of Bertram, Stewie’s frenemie.
Peter had a son previously with Lois. Peter Griffin Jr died after Peter shook him too much.
His “best buddy” is an adopted dog, Brian.
Seth Macfarlane, the creator of Family Guy voices three Griffin family members; Peter, Brian and Stewie.
The Griffins live on Spooner Street, in Quahog, Rhode Island.
One of MacFarlane’s favorite scenes from the show is when Peter tries to get Tom Selleck to eat a spoonful of beans through the TV screen.
MacFarlane modeled Stewie’s voice on the character of Rex Harrison from My Fair Lady, which makes this scene even better.
In 2009, Brian and Stewie made a joke about “Bruce Jenner’s vagina”…that was 6 years before Jenner went through a gender reassignment surgery to become Caitlyn.
George Lucas, who is a huge fan of the show, gave MacFarlane permission to run with the Star Wars-themed episodes. That’s freakin’ sweet!
Quagmire’s one-of-a-kind look was based on classic comedian, Bob Hope.
MacFarlane admitted that the reason Meg gets so much abuse in the show is because there are “a bunch of male writers not knowing how to write for a teenage girl.”
It takes about one full year for ONE EPISODE to get on the air. That being said, they do obviously work on several episodes at once.
Almost every episode also has two versions, one for TV and one for the DVD. Needless to say, the DVD versions are much…dirtier.
When Family Guy first aired, MacFarlane was the youngest executive producer in all of network TV. He was only 24 years old.
The entire Family Guy franchise is worth about $2 billion.
In fact as of 2017, Family Guy has won 7 Emmy Awards.
And speaking of The Flinstones, MacFarlane also used to work for Hanna-Barbera, the house of The Flinstones and The Jetsons. There are several references to both of these TV shows in Family Guy because of MacFarlane’s affection and familiarity with those characters.
The Family Guy intro plays tribute to All in the Family. MacFarlane loved the classic 70s sitcom and wanted to pay homage to it in his own show.
After Family Guy was cancelled for the second time, more than 100,000 fans signed a petition to bring it back on the air.
Brian Griffin was named “Stoner of the Year” by High Times in 2009.
The main cast makes about $225,000 per episode.
The ultimate question…whether Stewie can be understood by his family…is still up for debate. Show creators pick and choose when Stewie can be heard and/or understood.
Joe’s wife Bonnie was pregnant for 7 years. She finally gave birth to Susie in season 7, episode 7.
The character of Neil Goldman is named after one of the show’s writers; however the real Goldman has not worked on any episodes featuring the character he helped name.
When producers decided to kill off Brian in 2013, the fan outcry reverberated off every wall. People signed petitions to bring Brian back and even boycotted the show. When Brian came back only two episodes later, fans thought their magic brought him back to life; however, it was all part of the storyline the whole time. Still, producers were overjoyed to know that Brian had so many fans out there!
MacFarlane voices SO MANY CHARACTERS on Family Guy, including Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, and Stewie Griffin. He also voices Glenn Quagmire, news anchor Tom Tucker, Lois’ father Carter Pewterschmidt and Dr. Hartman.
The character of Brian is heavily based on MacFarlane himself. They share the same “voice of reason”, hobbies, political views, and rationality.
Though Quahog, Rhode Island doesn’t exist in real life, there’s lots of speculation at this little town is based on Cranston, RI.
His best friends, and neighbors are; sex manic Glen Quagmire, paraplegic police officer Joe Swanson and African-American Cleveland Brown.
He was once best friends with Hollywood actor, James Woods.
His paternal father is Irishman, Mickey McFinnigan, the town drunk.
Francis Griffin (Peter’s step-father) is a devout Catholic and often commented on Peter’s lifestyle.
In Family Guy‘s retelling of Star Wars, Peter takes on the character of Han Solo.
His favorite song is the Trashmen’s “Surfin’ Bird”.
Peter toured the Pawtucket Brewery with Brian, in an homage to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
He has the least respect for his daughter Meg, coining the catchphrase, “Shut up Meg“.
He often fights Ernie the Giant Chicken.
He has out-farted filmmaker, author and political commentator, Michael Moore.
Seth Green based Chris’s voice on Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs.
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BFF’s Peter and Brian stemmed from creator Seth MacFarlane’s 1997 Cartoon Network short, Larry & Steve..
Family Guy was the first animated program since The Flinstones to be nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series at the Emmys. Take that, Homer Simpson! 😉
According to his driver’s license, Quagmire would be 70 years old today. The gang discovers he was born in 1948 in the episode, “FOX-y Lady”.
Every episode includes at least one character saying “What the hell?” to another.

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