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Family guy
Siobhan Arnold
About family guy


Family Guy is an American animated TV series,
created by Seth McFarland for the channel FOX. It
focuses on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family
living in the fictional city of Quahog. The pilot was
first shown in 1998 before being given the green
light for production and it becoming hugely
successful, despite being cancelled twice. The
family consists of parents, Peter and Lois, children
Chris and Meg, baby Stewie and the family dog
Brian.



The narrative for each episode is stand-alone,
usually about the family's mishappenings with
each other, their friends, or neighbours. At the end
of the episode, the problem is solved and the
family live on happily to suffer the next episode.



Family Guy is full of media and pop culture
references, pastiche and intertextuality are
perhaps the most dominant postmodern traits
within the show. These postmodern aspects are
used to create humour, episodes feature a huge
amount of references to virtually every subject
possible, with its use of the technique of ‘a million
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Family guy

  • 2. About family guy  Family Guy is an American animated TV series, created by Seth McFarland for the channel FOX. It focuses on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family living in the fictional city of Quahog. The pilot was first shown in 1998 before being given the green light for production and it becoming hugely successful, despite being cancelled twice. The family consists of parents, Peter and Lois, children Chris and Meg, baby Stewie and the family dog Brian.  The narrative for each episode is stand-alone, usually about the family's mishappenings with each other, their friends, or neighbours. At the end of the episode, the problem is solved and the family live on happily to suffer the next episode.  Family Guy is full of media and pop culture references, pastiche and intertextuality are perhaps the most dominant postmodern traits within the show. These postmodern aspects are used to create humour, episodes feature a huge amount of references to virtually every subject possible, with its use of the technique of ‘a million