'Family Guy' trivia and fun facts

Seth MacFarlane has admitted that the family's constant abuse of Meg is a result of "a bunch of male writers not knowing how to write for a teenage girl".

Seth MacFarlane based the voice of Peter Griffin on a security guard he knew while going to college.

George Lucas officially gave the producers clearance to do 'Star Wars' gags because he's a fan of the show.

The show has been canceled twice, once following the second season, which caused the show to not air a new episode for a year, and the second (and longest) being between the third and fourth seasons, from 2002 to 2005.

Meg's friends assumed her name was short for Megan. In actuality, when Lois hands Meg's birth certificate, to Peter, he alters it; Meg's birth name is Megatron Griffin.