Guess what happened on Sunday, November 24....
"Family Guy" decided to eliminate a major character for good.
Brian the family dog was hit by a car in the episode called "Life of Brian" and died. Producers thought "it could be a fun way to shake things up."
The episode began with Stewie destroying his time machine, meaning he didn't have a chance to save his best friend. There was not much time to grieve the death of Brian for it occurred within the first 20 minutes and the Griffins then adopted a new pet by the end of the episode.
Here's what the show's executive producer Steve Callaghan, spoke to E! Online
about the sudden death:
"Well, this was an idea that got pitched in the writers room and it sort of caught fire, and we thought it could be a way to shake things up," he said. "As soon as this idea came up, we started talking about what the next couple episodes could be and we got very excited about the way this change will affect the family dynamics and the characters."
Callaghan also explained why they chose to kill Brian, "It seemed more in the realm of a reality that a dog would get hit by a car. As much as we love Brian, and as much as everyone loves their pets, we felt it would be more traumatic to lose one of the kids, rather than the family pet." The new family pet is a fast-talking dog named Vinny voiced by "The Sopranos" star Tony Sirica.
"Where Brian was sort of a match for Stewie intellectually, Vinny is a good match for Stewie because he doesn't let Stewie get away with any crap," Callaghan said. "He'll call Stewie out on his b.s. freely."
Awwww poor Brian.. lol
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