Lost Pilot of ‘Family Guy’ Surfaces on YouTube
Family Guy superfans have seen at least some of the show’s 1998 pilot — seven minutes of Seth MacFarlane’s pitch have been included on DVDs in years past. But internet sleuths on the lookout for lost media recently uncovered the full 16 minutes, posting it to YouTube for the world to see.
Thank Redditor GhostTheDeadGirl for the find, buried on the web page of animator Robert Paulsen. “I actively searched for and found his portfolio page and the pilot was there,” she posted on Reddit. “I uploaded it to YouTube originally, as well as the internet archive.”
Can we get a round of high-fives?
Watch the pilot and you’ll see that several of the show’s trademarks were baked into the original recipe:
The cutaway gags were there from the first moment, with the Brady Bunch dad punishing son Greg in a poisonous snake pit before we’re even introduced...
Thank Redditor GhostTheDeadGirl for the find, buried on the web page of animator Robert Paulsen. “I actively searched for and found his portfolio page and the pilot was there,” she posted on Reddit. “I uploaded it to YouTube originally, as well as the internet archive.”
Can we get a round of high-fives?
Watch the pilot and you’ll see that several of the show’s trademarks were baked into the original recipe:
The cutaway gags were there from the first moment, with the Brady Bunch dad punishing son Greg in a poisonous snake pit before we’re even introduced...
- 3/21/2025
- Cracked
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