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Television Animation
Peter Griffin
Family Guy exists because of a student film. Seth MacFarlane made a short called The Life of Larry at the Rhode Island School of Design, sent it to Fox, and was given a series at twenty-four — one of the youngest executive producers in American network television at the time.
- First appearance
- Family Guy (1999), Fox
- Created by
- Seth MacFarlane
- Also known as
- Peter Löwenbräu Griffin
- Universe
- Family Guy
- Appears in
- animation, television, games
Who is Peter Griffin?
Family Guy exists because of a student film. Seth MacFarlane made a short called The Life of Larry at the Rhode Island School of Design, sent it to Fox, and was given a series at twenty-four — one of the youngest executive producers in American network television at the time. The show's defining formal device is the cutaway gag, in which a line of dialogue triggers an unrelated sketch, and it is genuinely structural rather than decorative: the plot is a delivery mechanism for jokes that have nothing to do with it. Peter is a deliberately extreme version of the sitcom father — the incompetence and appetite of Homer Simpson with none of the underlying warmth — and the series is regularly criticised for that on exactly the grounds it intends. It was cancelled twice and revived on the strength of DVD sales and syndication ratings, which was close to unprecedented.
Peter Griffin: the details
- First appearance
- Family Guy, January 1999, in the slot after the Super Bowl
- Created by
- Seth MacFarlane, who was twenty-four when the series was commissioned
- Came from a student film
- Developed from The Life of Larry, made at the Rhode Island School of Design
- The cutaway gag
- A structural device rather than a flourish — the plot exists to trigger unrelated sketches
- Cancelled twice
- Cancelled in 2000 and 2002, then revived on the strength of DVD sales and syndication ratings
- The revival was unprecedented
- One of the first series brought back specifically because of home-video performance
- Adult rated
- Explicit content throughout; this site does not carry the character on its kids' pages
Why Peter Griffin endures
The lead of one of the first television series revived on the strength of DVD sales, which changed how networks valued cancelled properties, and the vehicle for the cutaway gag as a structural comedy form.
What Peter Griffin looks like on a shirt
Signature motif: A round-headed man in a white shirt, green trousers, with glasses and a cleft chin
Flat vector shapes with heavy outlines, built for television animation economy — which makes them reproduce cleanly at any print size. The head-only print is the dominant treatment, and the design reads instantly in silhouette.
Flat vector shapes with heavy outlines, built for animation economy and therefore ideal for print at any size. Head-only prints dominate. White, green and yellow. Adult sizing only on this site.
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Who has played Peter Griffin
| Performer | Production | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Family Guy | 1999 | Voice |
Peter Griffin T-shirts: common questions
Who created Peter Griffin?
Peter Griffin was created by Seth MacFarlane, first appearing in Family Guy in 1999 (Fox).
What does a Peter Griffin T-shirt usually look like?
A round-headed man in a white shirt, green trousers, with glasses and a cleft chin. Flat vector shapes with heavy outlines, built for animation economy and therefore ideal for print at any size. Head-only prints dominate. White, green and yellow. Adult sizing only on this site.
Are Peter Griffin T-shirts made for children?
No. Peter Griffin comes from work made for older audiences, so we keep the character off our kids pages even where children's sizes are manufactured.
Who has played Peter Griffin?
Peter Griffin has been voiced by Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, 1999).
How much does a Peter Griffin T-shirt cost?
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