The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve are two animated short films
created by Seth MacFarlane in the mid-1990s that eventually led to the
development of the animated sitcom Family Guy. MacFarlane originally
created The Life of Larry as a thesis film in 1995, while studying at
the Rhode Island School of Design. His professor at RISD submitted
MacFarlane's cartoon to Hanna-Barbera, where he was hired a year
later.Later that year, MacFarlane created a sequel to The Life of
Larry called Larry & Steve, which featured the main character of his
first film, the middle-aged Larry, and an intellectual dog named
Steve. McFarlane was also hired as a writer for Disney's Jungle Cubs.
The short was broadcast as one of Cartoon Network's World Premiere
Toons in 1997. Executives at Fox saw both Larry shorts and contracted
MacFarlane to create a series based on the characters, to be called
Family Guy.Peter Griffin, one of the main characters in Family Guy,
was largely based on Larry, while Steve would be the main inspiration
behind the Griffin family dog, Brian. Fox proposed MacFarlane to
complete a 15-minute short, giving him a budget of $50,000. MacFarlane
stated that the pilot for Family Guy took half a year to create and
produce.Recalling the experience in an interview with The New York
Times, MacFarlane stated, "I spent about six months with no sleep and
no life, just drawing like crazy in my kitchen and doing this pilot."
Upon completion of the pilot, the series went on the air. The network
executives were impressed with the pilot and ordered thirteen
episodes, seven of which aired during the first season of Family Guy.
MacFarlane was offered a $2 million per-season contract. The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter