One Of The Main Characters On “Family Guy” Was Killed Off Last Sunday Night
After more than 11 seasons with the Griffin family, we thought we had seen it all on Family Guy.
In Sunday night’s mind-blowing episode of Seth MacFarlane‘s animated hit series, audiences were shocked to discover that Brian, talking comical and part liberal dog was hit by a car and died.
E News recently spoke with the Executive Producer of Family Guy about the death of Brian in a recent interview. Here, the executive producer points out why they did it and the reaction they receive from the rest of the cast.
Why did you feel like you needed to bring another dog into the Griffin family right away?
It felt like the way that this show was conceived by Seth all those years ago, it was this entire family unit including the parents, kids and a dog. So by losing Brian, it felt like a void needed to be filled both comically, and also for the interpersonal relationships between all the characters. We felt that we needed to fill that role.Of all the actors in the world, why did you have The Sopranos‘ Tony Sirico come in to voice the role of Vinny, the Griffin’s new dog?
I think it was Seth’s idea actually to get Tony to come in. He’s a big fan of The Sopranos and always loved Tony Sirico in particular and he thought it would be fun to write a character based around his voice and his personality and just who he is as an actor.We saw a little bit of Vinny’s personality in tonight’s episode. How does Vinny’s demeanor compare to Brian’s?
Oh they’re very different. Brian was very smart and studios and intellectual, and Vinny is just a lot more of a rough around the edges.VOTE: Help your favorite shows in our new Fall TV Obsession Tournament!
Brian and Stewie were extremely close and developed a very strong bond over these past 11 seasons. Will Vinny and Stewie continue to grow closer?
Vinny is a really good match for Stewie. Where Brian was sort of a match for Stewie intellectually, Vinny is a good match for Stewie because he doesn’t let Stewie get away with any crap. He’ll call Stewie out on his B.S. freely.What’s coming up in the next all-new Family Guy episode airing Dec. 8?
It’s just a regular, run-of-the-mill episode. Well, actually it’s a super funny episode. Peter and Quagmire form a Simon and Garfunkel folk-type singing duo and there’s a lot of funny and original songs that they write, which as you might expect, are really absurd and silly and stupid.
