Post by nuke640 on Aug 9, 2023 22:15:55 GMT
So the Family Guy pitch pilot's been something of a white whale for me, it's extremely interesting and I've done about as much research as I can into its availability and production. I've attempted to contact people directly involved in its production to no avail since I don't have great methods of actually contacting those involved.
One detail that's piqued my interest super hard is the archived Tripod fansite "Family Guy Universe", due to it at one point being weirdly enough one of few sources to actually contain clips of it outside the 7 minutes of the beginning of the pilot archived online already.
fguniverse0.tripod.com/pilot.htm
Now being that this is a fansite, I'm unsure how these were obtained/uploaded. And I don't have much info on the guy behind the page, their email's long dead and the tripod page hasn't been updated in nearly 20 years. According to the individual links themselves, these clips were downloadable as zip files with names being the following:
"Notoyslong.zip" -Scene where Lois takes Stewie's mind control device. This one is already found as part of the 7 minutes available online.
"Philly.zip" -Scene where Peter is laughing at Tom Hanks in Philadelphia. This one is already found as part of the 7 minutes available online.
"Bikeshop.zip" -Scene where it cuts away to Peter's favorite Different Strokes episode where they're... at the bike shop. Not found online beyond a screencap and the version of the joke that's in the broadcast version of Death Has a Shadow.
"Laser.zip" -Scene where Stewie conceals the laser gun hidden in his supposedly only tuna fish sandwich. This one is already found as part of the 7 minutes available online.
"Asleep.zip" -Scene where Peter is asleep at his job following the stag party the night previous. This one is already found as part of the 7 minutes available online.
"Grenades.zip" -Scene where Stewie opens his box of chocolates to his mom, instead full of hand grenades. Not found as part of the 7 minutes but available in parts due to use in background clips in a 1999 interview with Seth MacFarlane.
"Bearattacks.zip" -Scene where the family watches a blooper from Joanie Loves Chachi in which a bear attacks. Not found online beyond a screencap and the version of the joke that's in the broadcast version of Death Has a Shadow.
Now these are already documented on LMW but I mention them because I'm wondering if there's any way to reach out to people who have maybe at some point way back when, or if by some miracle they were mirrored on another site. Plus, the existence of these clips here with no source implies a full version low quality uploaded and I feel like it would be hard for that to vanish without a trace. Regardless, I feel like either should still exist in some capacity though it's hard to look, I've searched through many archived Tripod and Angelfire pages dedicated to Family Guy, some even with clips still available to download but all to no avail. Would there even be any archival for it on the side of those at Tripod?
One detail that's piqued my interest super hard is the archived Tripod fansite "Family Guy Universe", due to it at one point being weirdly enough one of few sources to actually contain clips of it outside the 7 minutes of the beginning of the pilot archived online already.
fguniverse0.tripod.com/pilot.htm
Now being that this is a fansite, I'm unsure how these were obtained/uploaded. And I don't have much info on the guy behind the page, their email's long dead and the tripod page hasn't been updated in nearly 20 years. According to the individual links themselves, these clips were downloadable as zip files with names being the following:
"Notoyslong.zip" -Scene where Lois takes Stewie's mind control device. This one is already found as part of the 7 minutes available online.
"Philly.zip" -Scene where Peter is laughing at Tom Hanks in Philadelphia. This one is already found as part of the 7 minutes available online.
"Bikeshop.zip" -Scene where it cuts away to Peter's favorite Different Strokes episode where they're... at the bike shop. Not found online beyond a screencap and the version of the joke that's in the broadcast version of Death Has a Shadow.
"Laser.zip" -Scene where Stewie conceals the laser gun hidden in his supposedly only tuna fish sandwich. This one is already found as part of the 7 minutes available online.
"Asleep.zip" -Scene where Peter is asleep at his job following the stag party the night previous. This one is already found as part of the 7 minutes available online.
"Grenades.zip" -Scene where Stewie opens his box of chocolates to his mom, instead full of hand grenades. Not found as part of the 7 minutes but available in parts due to use in background clips in a 1999 interview with Seth MacFarlane.
"Bearattacks.zip" -Scene where the family watches a blooper from Joanie Loves Chachi in which a bear attacks. Not found online beyond a screencap and the version of the joke that's in the broadcast version of Death Has a Shadow.
Now these are already documented on LMW but I mention them because I'm wondering if there's any way to reach out to people who have maybe at some point way back when, or if by some miracle they were mirrored on another site. Plus, the existence of these clips here with no source implies a full version low quality uploaded and I feel like it would be hard for that to vanish without a trace. Regardless, I feel like either should still exist in some capacity though it's hard to look, I've searched through many archived Tripod and Angelfire pages dedicated to Family Guy, some even with clips still available to download but all to no avail. Would there even be any archival for it on the side of those at Tripod?
