Michael Fox MC 330:001 TV Analysis “Family Guy” 1. Technical A. The network the show runs on is Fox. The new episodes run on Sunday nights at 8 p.m. central time. The show runs between 22 to 24 minutes. B. The show has no prologue or epilogue in the most recent episodes. The show used to have a prologue that ran about 1 minute and 30 seconds. It also has an opening credit scene that runs 30 seconds. It does occasionally run a prologue for a previous show, but those are very rare in the series. C. There are three acts to the show. For this episode, Act I ran about 8 minutes, Act II about 7 minutes, and Act III about 7 minutes. The Acts are different in each episode. The show does not always run the same length every time so the Acts will change accordingly. D. The show has three commercial breaks. Each break is three minutes long. With this I will still need about 30 pages to make sure there are enough for the episode. 2. Sets A. There are two main “locations” in the show. These are the Griffin House and the Drunken Clam. The Griffin House has different sets inside and outside of it. For example, there are scenes in the kitchen, family room, upstairs corridor, Meg’s room, Chris’ room, Peter and Lois’ room, and Stewie’s room. There are other places the family goes, but those are not in all most every episode. B. I will describe each in detail by dividing the two into which is used more in the series. Griffin House (located in Quahog, RI) The outside of the house is a two story house. It is a yellow house with a blue roof. It has a garage and an extra guest room added to it. The door is red and the windows on the first floor are yellow with shutters on them. It is next to two different houses which are owned by Peter’s friends. When entering the house, the couch and the television are in the middle of the room. To the left is a wall with pictures of the family and a small table. To the right is another chair for someone to sit on next to the television. Past the couch is a doorway to a corridor that leads to the guest room and the kitchen. Next to the doorway is another door that leads to the kitchen. To the right of the doorway is a stereo system with speakers. Above the stereo are pictures of the children. There is also a stairway that leads to the upstairs part of the house. After entering the corridor the guest room is straight ahead. This room has a piano where Lois gives piano lessons and it also has a bay window built in. After leaving the guest room the kitchen is to the right. When entering the kitchen (from the corridor doorway) the kitchen table is in the middle of the room. It has a purple table cloth and chairs all around the table. To the left is a doorway that leads to the living room. Past the doorway is the refrigerator with cabinets above it. Further right is more cabinets which are connected to the stove. It is a white gas stove with a towel hanging off of the oven door. That is the end of the wall on the left. On the opposite wall are more cabinets on floor and coming off of the ceiling. In between the cabinets is a microwave. After leaving the kitchen into the door that is connected to the living room there are stairs to the left. Going up those stairs will lead to the upstairs corridor. When standing at the top of the stairs, the bathroom is located right in front of the top of the stairs. When entering the bathroom the sink is to the right with a medicine cabinet above it. Next to the sink is the toilet it has flowers and an air freshener on top of it. Across the doorway is the bathtub with a blue shower curtain. On the floor of the bathroom are blue rugs. After leaving the bathroom, to the right of the bathroom is Chris’ room. When entering the room the bed is in the center of the room. It has green covers with white pillows. On the right side of the room is his closet. It is very small and there is an evil monkey that lives in it. On the opposite wall is his desk with a computer at it. Next to the desk is a dresser with a television on top of it. On the wall to the left are pennants and other posters. After leaving Chris’ room, the right end of the corridor is Peter and Lois’ room. When entering Peter and Lois’s room the bed is in the center of the room. It has dark blue covers. On the wall next to the door is a dresser with four drawers. Also there is a picture of the family above the dresser. On the right wall of the room is a window with a small desk in front of it. Next to the window is another dresser with a mirror attached to it. On the wall across from the doorway is a window with blue curtains. The bed is up against that wall and there is a small night stand next to the bed. It has a small lamp on it. On the wall to the left is a closet with brown wooden doors. Next to the closet is a bathroom. When entering the bathroom there is a toilet on the left wall and the sink is next to the toilet. The sink has a small medicine cabinet with a mirror above it. There is a shower bathtub across of the toilet. After leaving the Peter and Lois’ room across the corridor is Stewie’s room. When entering Stewie’s room the crib is in the middle of the room and it has blue pillows and blue covers. On the right wall of the room is his toy chest, with children’s toys inside. On the opposite wall is a time machine in the corner, and a window next to it. To the left of the window is a small table with chairs next to it as a play area. On the left wall is another window. On the doorway wall there is the crib next to the wall with a changing table to the left. After leaving Stewie’s room to the right of Stewie’s room is Meg’s Room. When entering Meg’s room the bed is in the back left corner and has pink covers and pillows. On the right wall there is a small dresser with a television on it. On the opposite wall is a small couch with light blue throw pillows on them. Above the couch is a window. Next to the bed is a small night stand, with a lamp on it. On the left wall is part of the bed. In the left corner across from the bed is a small desk that has a mirror attached to it. Drunken Clam (located in downtown Quahog, RI) This is the local bar where Peter and his friends Joe Swanson and Glen Quagmire come to relax and drink. On the outside the Drunken Clam is a small one story building with a big neon sign that says the drunken clam. In the sign there is a bottle and an animated clam with eyes that takes drinks from the bottle and proceeds to get drunk. The building itself has a brown door with two windows in the front. The building itself is grey, but it has brick trim along the bottom of the building. The windows have blue shutters around them. There is also a fire hydrant on the sidewalk in front of the Drunken Clam. The Bar is between two different business buildings. When entering the Clam there are seats on the left wall of the bar. There are circular booths with tables in the middle. There are four of them that line the wall. On the opposite wall of the bar is different sports memorabilia and there are tables with chairs in front of the wall. In the right corners of the wall there are two different doors. Those doors are for the bathrooms. The door in the right corner is for the men. The door in the left corner is for the women. On the right wall there is the full bar in the middle. When facing the bar there are dart boards on the right side of the wall. To the left of the bar are a trash cans and another table with chairs. The bar itself is wooden with a full assortment of liquor on the wall behind the bar. Behind the liquor is a mirror which spans the length of the bar. There are many bar stools lining the outer part of the bar. The bar has two televisions at each corner of the bar that are connected to the ceiling. They hang down so the patrons can see. The ceiling also has multiple ceiling fans with light on them. Above the bar is a steamer of red and blue flags. On the wall connected to the door is an old 50’s jukebox that Peter sometimes uses to play music for the bar. C. There are 5 other sets in this specific episode: Sushi restaurant, Navy Battleship, Pawtucket Brewery, Quahog Theater, and Park Barrington Hotel.