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''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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Seth MacFarlane - Profile )〕 His professor at RISD submitted MacFarlane's cartoon to Hanna-Barbera, where he was hired a year later.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Family Guy'' Seth MacFarlane to speak at Class Day: Creator and executive producer of 'Family Guy' will headline undergraduate celebration )〕 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. 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. In addition, Steve would be the main inspiration behind the Griffin family dog, Brian.〔 Fox proposed MacFarlane 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'' (1995)== ''The Life of Larry'' is a 1995 animated film directed by Seth MacFarlane, who also stars as the majority of the characters. It also features a brief appearance from American politician Newt Gingrich in a cutaway gag that employs audio of one of Gingrich's speeches. The short features a middle-aged slob named Larry Cummings, his cynical talking dog, Steve, supportive wife Lois, and pudgy teenage son Milt. The film also features live-action segments shot at MacFarlane's home in Kent, Connecticut where he describes the film and its characters in the form of a pitch to a television network. During the live action segments, MacFarlane is being served cheesecake by his Asian servant, Wang, played by fellow student Chang S. Han. ''The Life of Larry'' was created as MacFarlane's thesis film during 1994–1995, while he was studying at the Rhode Island School of Design.〔〔 The animated film was created almost entirely by MacFarlane alone, with the exception being the live action sequence, which was filmed by classmates Sean Leahy and Greg Scalzo. Many of the jokes and cutaway gags used in ''The Life of Larry'' were later used in many of the first season ''Family Guy'' episodes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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