July
27
Comic-Con: MacFarlane Talks American Dad
[Posted by Erin Maxwell]
Seth MacFarlane and the cast of "American Dad" took the time to address their fans at Comic-Con with a table reading of in upcoming episode of "The 42-Year-Old Virgin." The group read through the script, which was accented with clips from the episode and a good amount of humor from both the stars of the show and the audience. MacFarlane even handled the hecklers with ease: "You know you're not in your house, right?"
The animated skein began running on Fox in 2005, but it actually first got its start back during the last presidential election. "We hated Bush," said MacFarlane. "It was during the election that Mike (Barker), Matt (Weitzman) and I came up with the concept. It looked like he would win again and we were frustrated."
With "The Simpsons Movie" opening in theaters, auds wondered if either "Family Guy" or "American Dad' was far behind. "We've been talking about it, but the trick is finding the time to do both the series and the movie at the same time. That's why 'The Simpsons Movie' took so long."
MacFarlane began his career at Hanna-Barbera before he took root at Fox with two hit toons. But the beginning of the road began with a simple project he started as a newbie. "The pilot for 'Family Guy' came from a student film I made just to get laughs. For anyone to get laughs. For Fox execs to get laughs."
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