Current Events > Patrick Warburton Says His Parents Still Hate Family Guy 25 Years Later

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Patrick Warburton has voiced Joe Swanson on Family Guy since the shows first season 25 years ago, but the role has never exactly gotten his familys seal of approval. During a recent PaleyFest LA event celebrating Family Guys 25th anniversary (via People magazine), Warburton revealed that his parents hate the Seth MacFarlane-created animated comedy and their disdain for the show went so far that Warburtons mom once tried to get Family Guy canceled.

They hate the show even more today than they did 25 years ago, Warburton said. My father was in a monastery for three months. He almost became a monk. My mother [went] around the neighborhood when I was 13 years old passing out pamphlets on the sins of masturbation, [which] did not get me into the cool crowd. So they hate the show.

My mother belonged to the American Television Council and they were trying to get the show canceled, Warburton continued. I was helping support my parents with Family Guy money. She tried to get me to sign the petition [to cancel the show]. I said, Mom, if you dont think Im going to talk about this publicly, this is the greatest irony. Youre laundering money, youre laundering it to yourself. They hate it more today.

Family Guy features the voices of Warburton, MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis and Seth Green. Kunis joined the show in its second season, while the other voice actors have been with Family Guy since its inception.

Family Guy is a show thats been running for 25 years, Warburton told People at the event. Its a cartoon. Its satire. As long as it remains relevant and current and creative, it [will] continue to go and to move.
MacFarlane shared a similar view about the shows future during an interview with the Los Angeles Times. He said he does not see a good reason to stop yet.

People still love it. It makes people happy and it funds some good causes, MacFarlane added. Its a lot of extraneous cash that you can donate to Rainforest Trust and you can still go out to dinner that night. There was a time when I thought, Its time to wrap it up. At this point, weve reached escape velocity. I dont know that theres any reason to stop at this point unless people get sick of it. Unless the numbers show that people just are, Eh, we dont care about Family Guy anymore. But that hasnt happened yet.

New episodes of Family Guy air Wednesdays on Fox and become available to stream on Hulu the next day.

What did they think Seinfeld?

Remember the days when Seth MacFarlane wasn't a hack?

ForsakenHermit posted...

Remember the days when Seth MacFarlane wasn't a hack?

Aside from voices he hasn't really been involved in Family Guy for a long time

Irony posted...

Aside from voices he hasn't really been involved in Family Guy for a long time

The show went downhill when Brian became Seth's soapbox.

ForsakenHermit posted...

The show went downhill when Brian became Seth's soapbox.

Isn't Brian almost always portrayed as being sanctimonious and basically sniffing his own farts, rarely, if ever, actually able to back up what he preaches with any real knowledge or conviction?

ForsakenHermit posted...

Remember the days when Seth MacFarlane wasn't a hack?

As far as a creator goes he's always been a hack. I like him better as a person than a creator.

brian is a joke character, and one that's pretty clearly in the wrong almost all the time

ForsakenHermit posted...

The show went downhill when Brian became Seth's soapbox.

Soapbox? Brian became a joke

ForsakenHermit posted...

Remember the days when Seth MacFarlane wasn't a hack?

If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you. ~John 15:18

What Im gathering here is that his parents have always been losers

"Sins of masturbation", bloody religious people man, if God hates sex so much, why'd he bloody create it?

Edit: ^^^Will this get me done for horney posting?

Props to him for supporting them and still having a relationship with them. Sounds like a bridge i would burn.

I mean my parents have to be at least 20 years younger than his and I doubt theyre capable of relating to family guy

it's been a few years but i watched up through season 20 and that shit was fucking hilarious.

family guy be funny as fuck

might have to go watch seasons 21 and 22 now

Robot2600 posted...

it's been a few years but i watched up through season 20 and that shit was fucking hilarious.

family guy be funny as fuck

might have to go watch seasons 21 and 22 now

I still like the show. Always have. I know on here anytime you make a topic about it the majority of the posters have the opinion that it was only good for 3 years but I disagree with that. So many hilarious episodes from many different later seasons. Its always been my kind of comedy and I just love the characters. Ill watch until its done because its still great to me.

TheFalseDeity posted...

Props to him for supporting them and still having a relationship with them. Sounds like a bridge i would burn.

Supposedly, Warburton is a conservative himself, just not as right-wing as his parents are.

Patrick Warburton's Dad: "Too much masturbation will make you go blind!"

Patrick Warburton: "Uh, Dad, I'm over here."