Seth MacFarlane Reveals Why He Stopped Writing On Family Guy

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  • @diegovasquez840
    @diegovasquez840 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +317

    This makes a lot of sense. 2000s family guy and 2010s family guy are two completely different shows.

    • @GaryTongue-zn5di
      @GaryTongue-zn5di 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      *2001s, dumbass.
      It's still early 2000s, idiot.

    • @Freestyle80
      @Freestyle80 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      anything you dont like sucks obviously

    • @Theomite
      @Theomite 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      1999 _Family Guy_ is different than all of them.

    • @bluu4444
      @bluu4444 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      @@Freestyle80he didnt even say which is bad. just said they are different

    • @Pickledpenises666
      @Pickledpenises666 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not true actually

  • @takenbystorm
    @takenbystorm 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +681

    Family guy dvd menu still holds world records for keeping people awake.

    • @WOOOPdoctorFROGhere
      @WOOOPdoctorFROGhere 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

      ah the crackling fire menu of Stewie sat in an armchair

    • @hfield07
      @hfield07 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Accurate hahaha

    • @whitehawk45
      @whitehawk45 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "vagina junction, what's your function? Taking in sperm, and spitting out babies!"

    • @freebird0147
      @freebird0147 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Try the dvd menu for House of 1,000 corpses

    • @WOOOPdoctorFROGhere
      @WOOOPdoctorFROGhere 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@freebird0147 is it scary?

  • @123theprodigy5
    @123theprodigy5 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1122

    Despite being credited as executive producer, he’s not actually working on the show. His name is just there just to be there because it’s still his show no matter what.

    • @bensheard3969
      @bensheard3969 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      It's there because people want to THINK it's his show to either blame him or get more views. Not everything as about what's mine and yours some things are just ours

    • @theyenvy1368
      @theyenvy1368 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +115

      @@bensheard3969well no, he created it. it’s his show

    • @theyenvy1368
      @theyenvy1368 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bensheard3969are you retarded..?

    • @kavid8120
      @kavid8120 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      It’s there because he wants the money that comes when you’re credited as an EP

    • @DmanDice
      @DmanDice 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +89

      @@kavid8120
      If I still had to show up to do half of the voices including the main characters, I'd want that extra money too.

  • @RetroCollecto
    @RetroCollecto 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1028

    Seth’s speaking voice has gone from 100% Brian to about 50% Brian, 30% Quagmire and 20% Stewie

    • @janirobe
      @janirobe 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      Wow that's fucking funny

    • @janirobe
      @janirobe 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Wow that's fucking funny

    • @nikolaiknight3606
      @nikolaiknight3606 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Wow that’s funny af!

    • @JimTheCurator
      @JimTheCurator 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Whoa, that is fuck funny!

    • @youtubetrial7170
      @youtubetrial7170 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      Funny, fuck that is woah!

  • @ArturoGonzalez-uz1by
    @ArturoGonzalez-uz1by 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +164

    It’s like hearing about how Brian wrote family guy

    • @howyoudurrinhunneh
      @howyoudurrinhunneh 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Faster than the speed of love

    • @Jbluez1
      @Jbluez1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He copied Iron Eagle 3

  • @SerjTerrible
    @SerjTerrible 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2368

    Him saying he hasn’t wrote for Family Guy since 2009-2010 makes so much sense, that’s literally when the show deteriorated in quality in terms of its jokes
    Edit: Damn I got so much hate from the Family Guy fanboys telling me I’m wrong 😂. Whatever, I’ll stand by my statement, Family Guy fell off hard, but from what I’ve seen it’s gotten somewhat better in the very newest seasons. Still not as good as it used to be though. And no, it’s not nostalgia that makes the earlier seasons better, they just had genuinely better jokes and comedic material

    • @Joesbigbro78
      @Joesbigbro78 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +132

      Makes a lot of sense. After around season 8-9 it took a dive. Still 3-4 great episodes every season

    • @mxstunkxwn7390
      @mxstunkxwn7390 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      I thought the same thing right before I seen your comment

    • @ph-vf5hx
      @ph-vf5hx 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

      Really? I think from season 18 onwards it picks up and for me there are some really funny episodes, especially in s21, and the latest one

    • @grsl4026
      @grsl4026 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

      I disagree there, still funny as fuck.

    • @Logan-hw7mn
      @Logan-hw7mn 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Or maybe you’re just too old now?

  • @bobboboogaloo
    @bobboboogaloo 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +79

    3:31 This is the exact management lesson I've learned from dealing with multiple business environments on both the labor end and the operations end. Things work best when the boss is either there EVERY DAY and is doing the work and helping actually pull everyone along or they are NEVER THERE and let their GM or other managers actually run things according to how they see fit. Having "one hand in it" as he says, just throws everything off and devolves into micromanagement while showing neither trust nor true effort. Smart guy, and it shows he respects his showrunning and writing crew enough to get the job done.

    • @boweygroen4741
      @boweygroen4741 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Man this comment hit me

    • @sanad3235
      @sanad3235 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Summed up very well

  • @mikechoe97
    @mikechoe97 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +999

    I love Seth MacFarlane. I think he is a creative and comic genius, and Family Guy has had a great run, but it's no surprise when a show starts to go downhill after it's main creative voice decides to step away, just like The Simpsons, Spongebob and so many others. And Family Guy is no exception to this. It's also the same reason why South Park is still going strong to this day, as it's creators, Trey and Matt have never once stepped away from the writers room.

    • @123theprodigy5
      @123theprodigy5 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

      I disagree, creator or no creator, a show can still dip in quality, you can eventually run out of ideas. even though Matt Stone and Trey Parker still produce and right South Park, there have been some hit or miss episodes as the show progressed. South Park doesn’t have the same shock factor as it once did in its early days. since the guys are older now, it just sounds like they’re preaching to us now. Any rider of a successful TV series can eventually run out of ideas even if you’re the creative force behind it.

    • @perc3136
      @perc3136 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      Yeah there's been some really shitty seasons of South park ... like the member berries season was pretty lame

    • @bensheard3969
      @bensheard3969 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@perc3136happens to everyone pumping out nonstop content for 20 years

    • @bensheard3969
      @bensheard3969 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      ​@@123theprodigy5wrong on SO MANY FRONTS. creativity never ends it's the corporate horseshit ideas that are forced into the creators that ruins it. Hit or miss is bound to happen after 20 years but there is ALWAYS more to create. Your trying so hard to sound wise but just because your well is dry doesn't mean everyone's is

    • @bankiey
      @bankiey 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      I feel like South Park peaked years ago, before season 15 even

  • @johnjoe7278
    @johnjoe7278 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    nice of them to invite brian to the podcast and let him talk about his screen play

  • @stsamurai_
    @stsamurai_ 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +334

    Family Guy will always be a classic. The old seasons (1-5) are gold, but I really grew up with the next 5-10 and those just hit home every time with me (around when the animation changed to look new). One of those shows that will go down in history, kids my age talked about that show like it was the forbidden fruit when we were growing up.

    • @vshekar
      @vshekar 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Kids your age are morons

    • @silentk59
      @silentk59 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I will rewatch the first few seasons every now and then and literally cry with laughter. The original writers, as well as Seth, created some of the funniest things ive ever seen. Up there with The Simpsons best work, its just 10/10 hilarious.

    • @raichuraichu7632
      @raichuraichu7632 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      For real! I literally rewatch season 1-5 religiously! I'll move on to something else and then eventually always come back to those seasons, for literally years now LOL 💯👍

    • @Ytomany
      @Ytomany 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      fr i said that to my friend he said 1-4 and I am like wtf after watching them back alot really amazing epsidoes in season 5, i would say 5 is like the culmination and after that it started getting bad, but in the whole american dad is a better show.

    • @MrVariant
      @MrVariant 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Big book o' crap is a funny classic family guy comic despite the bad title lol

  • @jamesdean1307
    @jamesdean1307 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    My mom has had my brothers ringtone to Stewie saying Mom mom mommy momma for the last about 10 years and it's great.

    • @The-Legend-of-P
      @The-Legend-of-P 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Dude same here!

    • @Lexie9311
      @Lexie9311 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same here. My moms name is Lois so it’s perfect 😂

  • @KainGerc
    @KainGerc 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +349

    Well, he's still voicing half of the main characters and plenty of side characters so I wouldn't say he's OUT out of the show.

    • @mythicpeyote
      @mythicpeyote 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      I was just wondering how he does so much voice acting work between that and American dad and still has time to produce and work on other projects.

    • @p-slayer
      @p-slayer 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@mythicpeyoteA.I. probably

    • @mr.greasy6483
      @mr.greasy6483 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

      He actually does it from home or the studio he’s currently working at, he doesn’t go into the offices they use for either show

    • @websdontmatter5631
      @websdontmatter5631 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@p-slayerno I don’t think so

    • @davidpagan8559
      @davidpagan8559 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Keep in mind the dude is rather lonely. When you're as successful as he is at shaping American culture and animated comedy, you tend to be a workaholic. He definitely had to be in order to get Family Guy as special as it was to people growing up in the 1990s and the 2000s.@@mythicpeyote

  • @artofsam
    @artofsam 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    Its refreshing to hear someone say not everything has to be "art" and that as long as it stays true to itself its okay for something just to be lighthearted entertainment that does its job and he is right more often than not Family Guy is perfect for when you just want something on while eating takeout and you don't want to think too heavily about what to watch, many sitcom shows are like that for me (rick and morty, friends, frasier, father ted) in that sometimes I just don't want to concentrate on what I'm watching and know that its funny but also that its not going to annoy me by throwing a load of woke nonsense and political messages into my face. There is something to be said for appreciating "Kitsch" but I don't define it as trash in its meaning, to me Kitsch is something that brings you comfort in the same way as the old house you grew up in brings you comfort, its the joy of familiarity in a world that seems to be going out of its way to make you feel like you are not a part of it.

  • @bigtommy9715
    @bigtommy9715 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    I hope if they do a movie he writes for it
    I miss his style and format so much
    Felt like an actual show at one point

    • @justin9744
      @justin9744 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What? No it did not. lol

    • @mewhzy1501
      @mewhzy1501 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@justin9744 yes it did. You're a dumbfuck.

  • @Overgross
    @Overgross 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    28 in March. Crazy that Family Guy is one of my first memories. Seth really helped curate an entire generation of humor.

  • @Heraclitean
    @Heraclitean 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    Damn, I had no idea he hadn't written on the show for so long.

    • @ChrisGee1371
      @ChrisGee1371 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Yeah he just shows up, does his lines for whatever characters he’s playing in the episode and leaves, Mila Kunis even said that she doesn’t even see Seth in the studio anymore

    • @toll2087
      @toll2087 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      It's pretty obvious. When he left is when the big dip in quality came

    • @Heraclitean
      @Heraclitean 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@ChrisGee1371 I figured he was at least approving scripts, and nudging stories here and there, given how integral he is with the voice acting. It's like being completely involved and not involved at all. Interesting.

  • @robertmitchell2901
    @robertmitchell2901 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    I can't imagine anyone else voicing Brian.

    • @peterortiz1160
      @peterortiz1160 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You mean Brian, Peter, Stewie, Quagmire, Carter, etc

    • @Foeisudhxj
      @Foeisudhxj 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@peterortiz1160 yeah but Brian is pretty much just Seth’s regular voice. There are plenty of people that can do great impressions of all of those other characters but Brian is literally Seth.

  • @JammastaJ23
    @JammastaJ23 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

    Perfect interview. It's infuriating how poorly some podcast hosts like can't let their guests finish and don't really listen.

  • @kenm2709
    @kenm2709 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    He's never been shy about voicing his opinion that family should have ended, you can tell he's just over family guy at this point, his show has literally become another simpsons, but the sad thing is many viewers agree while the simpsons has gotten good again, family is at its lowest point and it's probably only gonna get worse.

    • @Patrick-nq9ij
      @Patrick-nq9ij 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Funny because I was thinking the exact opposite. Simpsons is still going downhill as usual, while Family Guy is getting better with the humor and animation quality.

    • @jem2886
      @jem2886 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Stopped being funny around season 11-12 from 1-9 there wasn’t a single bad episode

  • @erikcareswell6768
    @erikcareswell6768 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

    Up until this interview.. I kinda thought I was one of the only people watching Family Guy (and American Dad) reruns to get to sleep every nite. Not because it is boring,... because it is familiar... it's home. Cheers Seth and thank you!

    • @Vekoma1261
      @Vekoma1261 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yup I do the same, an episode of FG, AD, Futurama, or Rick n' Morty is my night time jam haha.

    • @Michael-rn1mo
      @Michael-rn1mo 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah sure. You were one of the ONLY people. Hundreds of millions of people in the USA alone but yeah you are one of the ONLY ones who watched Family Guy as they went to bed

    • @mopedandbread8379
      @mopedandbread8379 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      shut up michael

    • @butters3063
      @butters3063 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Michael-rn1moyou’re a dork michael

    • @KaneAllen-rq5he
      @KaneAllen-rq5he 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Some shit stewi would say ​@@Michael-rn1mo

  • @jaylee6769
    @jaylee6769 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +330

    Definitely an iconic show that many of us grew up on. But unfortunately it lost much of its edge and then they just sorta started making cookie cutter episodes
    With that said though it’s still good even despite a lot of the horrible and corny jokes in the later seasons
    Definitely an interesting thing
    some of the gags and jokes are absolutely timeless and will always be funny
    The first five seasons are pure gold. And probably the next five are full of iconic moments too. But the first five are the best imo

    • @omarparedes2860
      @omarparedes2860 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I really stop watching between seasons 14-15

    • @fauxbro1983
      @fauxbro1983 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      family guy has always been mediocre

    • @LakotaLane
      @LakotaLane 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      ⁠@@fauxbro1983Gen-Y and 80’s babies have always been mediocre

    • @vshekar
      @vshekar 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He’s right, it was always a derivative mediocre show aimed at half-wits.

    • @user-mv9ec5cq3y
      @user-mv9ec5cq3y 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      You just know a good episode is coming on when the screen ratio is 4:3 haha
      The same can be said for American Dad

  • @austinjorgy6636
    @austinjorgy6636 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    I grew up with family guy 😂 the griffins are practically family to me

  • @alextorres-limon5548
    @alextorres-limon5548 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    The original run i liked more because it wasnt as direct and more light hearted. Even in the return the first few seasons were solid. I stopped caring around 2008-09. Todays FG just aint it for me from the little ive seen.

  • @AutisticAl
    @AutisticAl 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +124

    What I find deeply interesting about Seth's view here is just how humble he is when it comes to passing the torch to a new studio of writers, producers and directors when really deep down we all know that Seth is basically 80% of the entire show just with his voice talents! Loved this man and all his projects since I was a young lad ❤

    • @po.russki
      @po.russki 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      He's getting a fat check with 5% of the workload. Of course he's happy.

    • @TaRAAASHBAGS
      @TaRAAASHBAGS 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@po.russkiYeah, Seth's whole career is putting effort into a property for a couple years then just dumping it to collect residuals. I doubt he's tearfully passing his "art" onto the new generation; more like a franchise owner buying a fourth and fifth Little Caesars.

  • @ShellShock794
    @ShellShock794 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    Family Guy has definitely gotten slightly worse but I still think it's hilarious. Not sure why everyone pretends it's terrible now

    • @miamismallman
      @miamismallman 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I agree its still funny but more often than not there are hacky jokes and it seems like they are chasing trends.

    • @blacksunshine9995
      @blacksunshine9995 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      The issue is that you can't remain fresh when you've been on air for over 20 years, following the same formula each and every episode, avoiding comparisons to your chief rival the Simpsons, and maintain dominance over the newer shows like Bobs Burgers and Rick and Morty. Then you have to walk the fine line of vulgar and actual good humor or else you lean too far into South Park and Drawn Together territory.

    • @OrbitScribblez
      @OrbitScribblez 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It just feels AI written

    • @davidpagan8559
      @davidpagan8559 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It isn't terrible. The "newer" writers want to make the characters more well rounded. When you used to watch Family Guy for the shock humor, and that was the only level of emotional investment you wanted to give the show, you wanted your quick joke to use as a social reference when you were in 7th grade and watching Family Guy made you edgy and offensive and (somewhat) countercultural. Family Guy knows their legacy and they want to change it.

    • @gumball4761
      @gumball4761 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Watched the newest Christmas episode. Joke were not funny and somehow dated. It simply isn’t good

  • @Adamdidit
    @Adamdidit 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    Family Guy was always a fantastic show for what it was. I have always preferred American Dad though.

    • @nepesilva2284
      @nepesilva2284 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      American Dad is to Family Guy what Futurama is to The Simpsons. The less popular show that’s also superior.

    • @kenrickeason
      @kenrickeason 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I prefer American Dad cause it is very story driven and that is awesome.. Plus Stan Smith is very likeable as a character..

    • @kenrickeason
      @kenrickeason 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@nepesilva2284That is a fact! It's always that way..

    • @johnbrowne2170
      @johnbrowne2170 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      American Dad sucks and I don't watch Futurama.

    • @leob4403
      @leob4403 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@kenrickeasonit's not a fact at all. Futurama and Simpsons are apples and oranges. It's like saying Metallica is better than Beatles or something like that. They are both the best in their respective genres. And American Dad is not better than Family Guy, not by a longshot

  • @joscrowd
    @joscrowd 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    I hope to see more shows from Seth.

    • @victoralire5067
      @victoralire5067 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      He’s doing Ted TV show that’s coming to peacock soon

    • @JeffreyMarksWorld
      @JeffreyMarksWorld 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@victoralire5067It's already on peacock

    • @victoralire5067
      @victoralire5067 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@JeffreyMarksWorld nice

    • @Quinzz
      @Quinzz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You should watch Orville, that's another one of his shows. It has a lot of the same cast.

    • @dr-johnnysins
      @dr-johnnysins 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Quinzzi was skeptical on orville but its genuinely good lol, even aside from the comedy its pretty entertaining

  • @SamTheLord-26
    @SamTheLord-26 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    The ted series was pretty good at least this first season

    • @mewhzy1501
      @mewhzy1501 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There's only 1 season. Tf. Are you braindead...

    • @cattysplat
      @cattysplat 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ah so that's why he's giving interviews.

  • @calebblack1420
    @calebblack1420 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    He educated me on movies and tv shows but also put a broadway showtune cancer in my brain.

    • @lisalegato0109
      @lisalegato0109 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I had a tumor in my brain back in September lol

  • @stickynorth
    @stickynorth 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    And to think he's also the main voices on American Dad! Stan and Roger... What a talent!

  • @DominickSpano
    @DominickSpano 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    I like Seth. I never took his media super seriously, and I mean that in a good way. I was never a mega Family Guy person, but surely I like Stewie and Brian and the original Ted was great when released. He also had a strong hand in Johnny Bravo writing, which was a fantastic show. At the end of the day he just makes fun and entertaining media.

    • @demonteprice5870
      @demonteprice5870 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      American Dad and The Orville are also both really consistently good.

  • @Prosper.x
    @Prosper.x 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    Finally someone who admits its luck snd doesn't make up a sob story on how he got to his position. I love the honesty

    • @Prosper.x
      @Prosper.x 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @ArchibaldMeatpants lol thats common sense, you work for what you want, nithing in kife is free buddy im pretty aware of that. And he's a hardworker no doubt but he doesn't bs and make up all these sob stories like Ellen who said she was homeless or Steve-O who's dad ran Pepsi and he acted like he was broke his whole life. Like I said finally someone who doesn't bs and admits its luck and not just his skills.

    • @morrisalanisette9067
      @morrisalanisette9067 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s luck he got this show but he prob would have had a diff type of show maybe . Mb on adult swim or somehrong

  • @thewebstylist
    @thewebstylist 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I def appreciate the visual touch Liz adds

  • @Ghostie.
    @Ghostie. 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    What an awesome guy! Do they get to discussing The Orville at all?

    • @mrexecutive
      @mrexecutive 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Unfortunately not

  • @Fritz_Lost_Sanity
    @Fritz_Lost_Sanity 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Family Guy will always be a classic comfort for me. I’ve fallen off the wagon for about the last 5 years probably, and there’s been some rough seasons here and there, but typically it’s still exactly what it needs to be: a ridiculous, quirky show. Even some of the latter rough seasons have good gems of episodes sprinkled through it.
    I’m glad he never limited himself though. The Ted movies, and now the series (I still have to put that on), American Dad, A Million Ways To Die In The West, The Orville-
    I just love Seth’s work. It’s such a mix: it can be intellectually funny, it can be so stupid it’s funny, it can just be plain funny.

    • @Jay-vj1km
      @Jay-vj1km 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Solid comment.

  • @swi616
    @swi616 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Family guy is my favorite comedy show. Seasons 1-12 have so much gold.

  • @president5301
    @president5301 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Amazing interview

  • @BongwaterWG
    @BongwaterWG 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Family Guy was basically the office compared to South Park in terms of being offensive, I think people exaggerate just how edgy they were and the amount of pushback they receive. Matt and Trey regularly received death threats from religious groups that's the big leagues 😂

    • @josh18230
      @josh18230 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The only people family Guy ever attempted to offend were religious Christians and political conservatives, yeah man, you're really poking the bear with those groups.

  • @user-bp1us2kq3d
    @user-bp1us2kq3d 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    kid from RI here. pisses me off he’s so humble he’s an actual straight legend to so many of us

  • @machineferret3359
    @machineferret3359 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    Seth for an anniversary can you please write the full season your writing was great and I can’t help but go back to old seasons it was just to good I grew up watching Family guy and I just loved waiting for the next episode to come on get a good laugh and make memories with family watching the show helped me through tough times

    • @RandysGutt
      @RandysGutt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      he’s not reading these you tard

    • @jazzwebster9851
      @jazzwebster9851 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He never wrote an entire episode, you know. That's not how it works

  • @Bizarro69
    @Bizarro69 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I'd love to see him on 'We Might Be Drunk'

  • @illegalTyrant
    @illegalTyrant 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Ayyye I’m not the only who loves falling asleep to family guy

  • @crawdad
    @crawdad 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Makes perfect sense. First bunch of FG seasons were brilliant. Then he clearly shifted focus on to American Dad and that show was fantastic for many many seasons.

  • @iago9711
    @iago9711 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Seths fingerprints were what made family guy special. Peter and everyone in his family had a distinct characterisation that became ignored by writers after Seth wasnt there to enforce his vision.
    A good example of what made family guy work well as a satire is that it was a TV show about TV. Peter was a dumbass, but he had an encyclopedic memory of American TV such as when he was on wheel of fortune and managed to guess "Alix Karis In Webster" with no hints whatsoever, or when he was on family feud and guessed "the flute that Pickard played first in hie imagination and then in real life in that one episode of star trek the next generation." The second Seth left, gone were all the obscure 80s TV references about the Honey Mooners or the Brady Bunch, and gone were the unique character traits of each character. Now every episode is a dumb idea like: "LOL peter is millenial!"
    Its the same thing that happened to the Simpsons with jerkass homer

    • @morrisalanisette9067
      @morrisalanisette9067 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Jokes by committee based on what’s trendy is all of those shows now

  • @nmpiars8936
    @nmpiars8936 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Impossible to not hear all the characters he’s voiced as he speaks

  • @AC3handle
    @AC3handle 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It should be noted the series was canceled around the 3rd season, and would have been dead, were it not for fans mass buying the dvds.
    Fox was like "oh well, this is actually a money maker. Lets try another season and sell more dvds.
    And what was great was they never had to pay million dollar and ep salaries to actors.

  • @TheDanimatorsChannel
    @TheDanimatorsChannel 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I wish someone would have a really serious talk with him on what his thoughts are on the total tonal shift of the series after season 3.
    I want to know if any part of him prefers the more wacky, character driven, heartfelt humor of the first 3 seasons.

  • @guardiane
    @guardiane 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Family Guy is one of those shows where it can pretty much say/do anything. It's like having a close friend that knows you well enough to insult you but make it slide. Where if anyone else were to insult you the same way, you wouldn't be having it. Shouldn't be fair, but that's just the way it is. It has established itself as "that show".

  • @cazmoe4325
    @cazmoe4325 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I can close my eyes to this and picture Brian talking

  • @stroopeproductions9769
    @stroopeproductions9769 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    He stopped writing for it about 12 years ago, that explains a lot…..

    • @mrexecutive
      @mrexecutive 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      More like 15

  • @GrayScoutEpsilon
    @GrayScoutEpsilon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I miss the love Seth put into Family Guy. The full orchestra, the “road to” episodes….and so much more. Come back Seth!

  • @ekim64cub
    @ekim64cub 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The Swedish baker bit is one of my favorites.

  • @bensheard3969
    @bensheard3969 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    "it takes alot of ego to leave the show" his response "or trust". Mic drop. This mentality is key to making new relationships and keepimg them TRUST. "Its not about how many times you fall but how many times you get back up" rocky. You can say whatever you want about shows having hit or miss episodes but if those minds keep trying they will get to a better place. You have to trust the process and the people you choose to keep your legacy going.

  • @leodude8949
    @leodude8949 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    If family guy ever reaches it's last episode, I hope Seth returns to write for ot one more time, a final episode written by the creator would be a great send off.

  • @fredsorre6605
    @fredsorre6605 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The fact that he doesn't even remember the day he decided to stop running Family guy means he has stopped caring about it for while before he even decided to leave as the showrunner does it suck that he no longer writes any episode at all yeah as fan it does suck as quality went down quick and it just kept on dropping and I guess it will never recover until the show goes off the air.

  • @ErikVanRent
    @ErikVanRent 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This guy knows how to construct an interview! Class act

  • @davidpagan8559
    @davidpagan8559 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    He can't delegate emotional investment into multiple projects at the same time. It was either Family Guy or Ted and he was able to say "I have to step away from Family Guy to do Ted." and honestly that's a skill that I still have yet to learn.

    • @heroinmom153
      @heroinmom153 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ted sucked though. Should a stuck with FG, except Orville was worth leaving for

    • @The-Legend-of-P
      @The-Legend-of-P 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@heroinmom153teds just live action family guy

  • @jeffreysolano5717
    @jeffreysolano5717 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Cool it’s Jade and Peter and Stewie and Brian and Quagmire in the same room together lol

  • @frankieinjapan
    @frankieinjapan 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Seth was a comic genius in family guys prime. Stuff like "taking candy from a baby", or "the meatball in the vacuum" and just random bits like that always make me bust a gut laughing. The new seasons have fallen off, but theres always some memorable moments here and there. 20 years I've been watching this show, and i aint stopping anytime soon haha. It would be cool if seth came back to write though.

  • @Saint_Dan132
    @Saint_Dan132 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a class act x love the guy ❤❤ fr9m Scotland with love.

  • @Rmantvg
    @Rmantvg 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Peter Griffin interviews Seth MacFarlane

  • @MyUsernameIsAlsoBort
    @MyUsernameIsAlsoBort 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Was he running the show when Conway Twitty happened? That's when I stopped watching.

    • @corvus8638
      @corvus8638 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Huge Conway fan?

  • @NessaDotiktoknessahoangdooffic
    @NessaDotiktoknessahoangdooffic 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Seth ❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉

  • @bossfan49
    @bossfan49 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In case anyone was wondering (like myself) who the actress is... she is Elizabeth Gillies. I guess Zach's team didn't see fit to include her name anywhere in the description. I didn't see the whole podcast but I guess she was there talking about singing duets with Seth.

  • @Punk-Mask
    @Punk-Mask 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Seasons 3-8 are classic television. Did he really not care at all about letting the show go down hill? I guess he gets payed really well for it.

    • @9419cmcc
      @9419cmcc 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      He said himself it was just a job. Obviously being a little bit tongue & cheek but it seems clear his goal was to have a career in show business, not to create the best show ever

    • @itszaaaamzeh
      @itszaaaamzeh 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Setting out to make something revered as acclaimed as a classic is a surefire way to never make something like that. Most creatives aren't super anal or sentimental about something once it's off the ground

    • @trinityj1
      @trinityj1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I'm sure he cares, but obviously he wanted to do other things and he'd never be able to move on without making a clean break from being creatively involved.

    • @corvus8638
      @corvus8638 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not everyone wants to work on the same thing for their whole career. You’re making a lot of assumptions

  • @Azerrz
    @Azerrz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

  • @ZeusGee300
    @ZeusGee300 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    He will forever be a goat‼️

  • @xuxon24
    @xuxon24 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I think they do a fine job with the episodes that's why he is OK. I still laugh at the callbacks or the things they do like the Peter and Louis mother or the lost boys song in the table tenis match all that stuff it still has that old family guy feeling.

  • @Wbe1000
    @Wbe1000 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Can Seth come on to JRE already for Christ sake

  • @CornishCreamtea07
    @CornishCreamtea07 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    3:18 The people in every comment section on every Family Guy video on TH-cam need to hear that.

  • @JustSomeCanadianGuy
    @JustSomeCanadianGuy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Most random pairing of guests ever!!! 🤣

  • @RoboLenin
    @RoboLenin 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I remember the original short film on the "What a Cartoon!" show as a kid. It was weird, and peter was a little old man lol. What a cartoon had so many cartoon network pilots.

  • @ninjalemurdude
    @ninjalemurdude 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I don't think Seth is some irreplaceable genuis or anything, but he understood the show. I feel like the show really lost the plot shortly after he stopped writing. None of the characters are unique anymore. They're all the same kind of terrible.

    • @ninjalemurdude
      @ninjalemurdude 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There are the occasional good episodes still, but the first several seasons were nearly all good episodes.

    • @aailli
      @aailli 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think even at its best, Family Guy was just a decent show. The jokes always came before everything else (characters, storylines, etc.), but in the first few seasons, they were generally pretty funny. At some point the show lost its air of light-heartedness and became more edgy in a mean-spirited/graphic way, and to me, that always signified the end of its charm. Early Family Guy has a certain playfulness that just isn't there in later seasons. It's like watching a comedian become more cynical over time.

  • @mwalden1598
    @mwalden1598 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    For over a decade Family Guy stayed mostly away from direct political attacks and poked fun at both sides. After Trump, the quality of writing took a huge nosedive. Way too much politics.....attacks on republican senators that many viewers wouldn't even know (insider political hate)....low level attacks on Trump that may as well appear on banal late night TV. When Seth says "the show sets out to be funny"......I agree, pre 2016. After that, the writers are trying to "educate and influence". Its obvious and too bad.

  • @Co_olImagination
    @Co_olImagination หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There is an episode that came out around this time of stewie revealing his real voice and how he’s always been insecure of his voice so he use a British one, stewie’s real voice sounds like Seth in this interview!

  • @randomgeekcrap
    @randomgeekcrap 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    Well can't he write a few episodes because his writing is missed

    • @bensheard3969
      @bensheard3969 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Stop watching is my advice

    • @UltimaKeyMaster
      @UltimaKeyMaster 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Let him live a little instead of wishing he was killing himself to make more of the product.

  • @HOWEZY4769
    @HOWEZY4769 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Watched a new ish episode recently, just before christmas, where peter gets pressured into trying streaming services and in a very cliche way, once he tries it. Hes obsessed, literally like stan in american dad with the my morning jacket episode. Staunchly against it until he tries it, and then when he tries it. It becomes his personality.
    One of the jokes is just peter naming off 100 netflix shows back to back without any jokes in between. Felt like youtubers who'd stretch 1 min of content into 10 so they could get ad rev. Modern family guy seems pretty awful

    • @dinosaurclub
      @dinosaurclub 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      they love that naming off 100000 things gag that goes on, they do it to eat up air time like you said, saw an ep at the gym and they did it with the name of this rich woman. She had like 500 names and took up like 7 mins of the show here's just one scene of it lol th-cam.com/video/Nm8DBcuxAPE/w-d-xo.html

  • @Hunter_s_morrison
    @Hunter_s_morrison 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thr Peter hits his knee ohhhhhhh aaaahahahah for 2 min straight .....still love

  • @datboi42
    @datboi42 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I didn’t even pay attention to who the lady was the whole time. Whole time it was Jade from Victorious lol

  • @ChristianFrates1997
    @ChristianFrates1997 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    He has many connections with Dan Schneider. Seth dated Amanda Bynes in 2008 and had many of Dan’s writers worked on Family Guy.

    • @gamerguy2458
      @gamerguy2458 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Any other fun facts to share?

  • @MrSwinefuzz
    @MrSwinefuzz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I didn't know Family Guy had writers. It just seems to just, you know, happen.

    • @blacksunshine9995
      @blacksunshine9995 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I was surprised they even had animators. I thought those characters just appeared on screen and someone filmed them walking around.

    • @deontecoleman7047
      @deontecoleman7047 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It's just a bunch of seals in a tank...

    • @marknemeth267
      @marknemeth267 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@deontecoleman7047*manatees

  • @dab56
    @dab56 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    loved this❤❤

  • @CoffeeStain-Music
    @CoffeeStain-Music 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The reason why the show is still on today is just the business climate of television and even film. Fox would much rather hold on to the brands of Simpsons and Family Guy forever and just put them on TV because its familiar to people instead of taking a chance on the next Simpsons or Family Guy or entirely new genre in general. I'm glad KOTH never became like those shows.

  • @wellplayedninjas
    @wellplayedninjas 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I remember going to blockbuster with my dad EVERY weekend to rent the same 1-5 seasons of FG to rewatch and laugh at the same jokes. It was just that good. Culture impact is an understatement. It changed comedy and what an animation tv show could be!

    • @morrisalanisette9067
      @morrisalanisette9067 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ya true ppl forget now but the show was cutting edge at the time

  • @terrellsm2522
    @terrellsm2522 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    as someone who jus binged all 20 seasons of family guy i really dont think the shoe is even as bad as ppl say there was never a season that hasnt had me dying laughing imo

  • @oddiunapologetic
    @oddiunapologetic 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My only regret about being a fan of Seth McFarlane is that he didn't take over writing for Movie 43.😢, that movie could have been comedy gold for him.

    • @hipsterelephant2660
      @hipsterelephant2660 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Weirdly enough he was only in the American version.

    • @johnbrowne2170
      @johnbrowne2170 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Easily the worst movie ever made. I wouldn't toss it in a garbage can because it would stain the can forever.

  • @MrNiceguyofficial
    @MrNiceguyofficial 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ive been singing surfin bird for my newborn son😂

  • @Barrettt870
    @Barrettt870 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    South Park already explained why in their banned episode

    • @bensheard3969
      @bensheard3969 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Explained what

    • @frankfort4717
      @frankfort4717 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bensheard3969that episodes were built around the cutaways that mostly tethered to things like products fox support etc. they stopped putting interesting plots very early on

    • @NTB_Santoe
      @NTB_Santoe 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bensheard3969I assume he’s talking about the cartoon wars episode. South Park has more than one banned episode, so that was confusing for him to write that lol.
      In the cartoon wars episode of South Park, they make a joke that they use manatees to create jokes for family guy, so they don’t need humans to write for them.

    • @bensheard3969
      @bensheard3969 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@NTB_Santoe right. This is just further proof that the actual writers don't need to be hired to keep making more episodes

  • @masterofallgoons
    @masterofallgoons 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Probably because he was replaced by manitees

  • @dannynaylor5366
    @dannynaylor5366 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I often put family guy on, on my phone and put it on my pillow to fall asleep to... until it makes me laugh and I wake up😂😂

  • @musics4me
    @musics4me 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As I suspected, Liz has voiced on Family Guy, American Dad! and Robot Chicken. Love playing six degrees of separation

  • @keytrononit3
    @keytrononit3 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Show sucks without his writing let's be real

  • @ramaladingdong4998
    @ramaladingdong4998 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I’m convinced when South Park crushed family guy and when the Simpsons creators called up Matt and trey personally to thank them for doing that cause they hated the lazy writing, I think that’s when Seth was done with family guy

    • @ashleykutcher76
      @ashleykutcher76 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      South Park is literally where brain cells go when they die 😂

    • @clanofclams2720
      @clanofclams2720 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@ashleykutcher76you mean the only comedy on TV that puts real thought into the writing?

    • @BuzzFlowExpress
      @BuzzFlowExpress 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ashleykutcher76And Family Guy is different, how?

    • @dougmasters4561
      @dougmasters4561 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      LOL
      Stop, why would THAT have anything to do with it?
      Nobody cared, and nobody currently cares what animators with a stick up their ass thinks about another animator. Family guy is and was so well insulated, why on earth would he have given a shit about that?

  • @Eric3567-p7y
    @Eric3567-p7y 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Family Guy is a national treasure please don't stop making the episodes

    • @vetarlittorf1807
      @vetarlittorf1807 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No. It's on life support. It needs to have the plug pulled.

  • @Static27o
    @Static27o 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great questions that gave Seth space to share.

  • @michaelwood9559
    @michaelwood9559 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    That’s obvious he outsourced the writing responsibility to manatees

    • @TheSapphireLeo
      @TheSapphireLeo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Speciesist and/or insulting to non-"human" animals and manatees?

  • @snowman9642
    @snowman9642 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Too bad Seth couldn’t be like the South Park guys and stuck to one thing.

    • @bensheard3969
      @bensheard3969 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It's his choice really. If he thinks there is nothing for him to explore it's his choice to move on

    • @DavidLLambertmobile
      @DavidLLambertmobile 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      South Park? With Tony awards 🏆? Restaurants? Music? Books?

    • @mewhzy1501
      @mewhzy1501 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Stuck to one thing?

    • @mewhzy1501
      @mewhzy1501 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Southpark had video games and movies and specials, live events... should I go on?

    • @DEADEYESTUDIO
      @DEADEYESTUDIO 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      No artists should move on if they’re lost interest rather than being trapped doing the same shit over and over. It’s like the artists grow, but the fans don’t and just want to see the same thing over and over. Fuck that, exploring new projects is what artists should do.

  • @WessyD123
    @WessyD123 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Keep doing The Orville Seth!

  • @radamesocasio4152
    @radamesocasio4152 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing Zach

  • @Deknis
    @Deknis 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This dude can never go a day without mentioning Trump even when it’s something unrelated and non political. 😂

    • @Podcastforthewin
      @Podcastforthewin 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He's a hollywood liberal. its written in their contracts

    • @corvus8638
      @corvus8638 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same with the people who constantly bring up Biden

    • @Podcastforthewin
      @Podcastforthewin 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@corvus8638 umm.. That's cause he's actually the president. Trump isn't.

    • @zmharrison91
      @zmharrison91 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Kind of like people who have been wearing the hats and flying the flags for the last 8 years

    • @corvus8638
      @corvus8638 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Podcastforthewin Oh he is? What happened to Trump is actually still leading the government secretly? Don’t think we forgot