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Seth MacFarlane was the Roast Master of "Comedy Central's Roast of David Hasselhoff," taped at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California on August 1, 2010.

According to Marc Malkin of E! Online: It was only about a minute into the show, when Roast Master, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane brought up the vid (of a drunken Hasselhoff trying to eat a cheeseburger while on the floor): "He's multi-lingual," MacFarlane said. "He can speak English, Spanish, German and...whatever the f--k that language was in the cheeseburger video.

In honor of his popularity in Germany, Hasselhoff entered the roast surrounded by dancing German beer girls while performing "Hooked On a Feeling.""Marlee Matlin called," McFarlane cracked, "and said, 'Please, David, no more singing."

Among the guest roasters were George Hamilton, Pamela Anderson, Jeffrey Ross, Jerry Springer, Hulk Hogan, Lisa Lampanelli, Greg Giraldo, and Gilbert Gottfried.

The show is set to air on Comedy Central on Sunday, August 15, 2010 at 10PM ET/PT. 

Check out more photos of the event by Getty Images/North America in our gallery, by clicking on the title of this article..

Talking to The Hollywood Reporter, Seth MacFarlane has revealed that he really wants Hollywood legend Woody Allen to guest on Family Guy. "Woody Allen would be kind of cool," said Seth, "but I don't think he'd ever do the show."

He's also confessed that they have tried to get Captain Kirk actor William Shatner on board but "not had a whole lot of luck". "We've probably poked a little too much fun at him!"

However, Seth's pleased with the long list of high calibre guests they have managed to do the show.

Would you like to see Allen or Shatner do Family Guy? Or is there someone else you'd really like on the show?

(via Digital Spy)

Seth and Rachael MacFarlane's mother, Ann Perry MacFarlane, passed away in her home in California with family around her on July 16, 2010 after battlling cancer.

Perry, as she was known, leaves behind her husband and children, one granddaughter, a sister who resides in Maine, and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

Following is an excerpt from an article at Newburyport News.com: "Throughout her adult life, Perry traveled extensively in the United States for the independent schools she represented. She and her husband Ron also traveled widely across Europe and the U.S. over the years.

In addition to being skilled in raising house and garden plants, loving to read and write, and cultivating deep friendships wherever she lived, Perry was an inveterate animal lover.

In lieu of flowers, Perry's family urges friends and relatives to make their donations to the Humane Society or ASPCA in her name."

All of us at Planet Family Guy offer our condolences to the MacFarlane Family.

Family Guy really struck gold when they decided to parody Star Wars: A New Hope with the Blue Harvest episode. It has been hugely popular and led to the parodying of the sequels with Something, Something, Something Dark Side and It's a Trap to be released later this year on DVD and Blu-ray.

However, Seth has confirmed that they won't be tackling the prequels at this year's Comic Con: "I don't think we'll be going that route," he said. "They're just too expensive. LucasFilm has been really great to us [this far]."

Instead it seems like they might be planning to take on another franchise: "We may tackle Indiana Jones, but we're going to take a break [from the parodies] first."

Is this good or bad news? What over movies would you like to see get the Family Guy treatment? Or perhaps you'd like to see the Smiths or Browns tackle something?

Just days after being re-named and previewed at this year's Comic Con, details of It's a Trap (previously named We Have a Bad Feeling About This and The Great Muppet Caper), the third and final installment of the Star Wars Satire have been released...

Seth MacFarlane was asked if Family Guy was still his favourite show, to which he responded: "I don't have a favourite show, I spend most of my day-to-day time on Family Guy... so it's impossible to do one animated show every week. Sometimes we don't. I'm not the type of guy who likes to spread myself... it makes me feel more administrated and less creative." Alex Borstein likened Family Guy to a vagina, which was met by cheers from the audience.

Seth dismissed the idea of other franchise parodies (the final is the Star Wars saga is out later this year) stating that LucasFilm is an exception. However, he also said that, "We may tackle Indiana Jones."

He promised an hour-long special featuring three full musical production numbers. Plus "there’s an episode called ‘Friends of Peter G’ which has [a number from a Sinatra movie] and a song called 'Mr Booze'". As well as singing that controversial Down's Syndrome Girl song Seth suggested that the character may return as, "the actress was cool and had a great time." "If you take out all the bullshit that surrounded the episode, the character worked great and I can see us bringing her back."

On the subject of a cross-over episode of the three shows he responded that it was always possible and that, "there is one instance in a upcoming episode where you see all three fathers together... It’s hard because you have three sets of writing staff who have to keep going full steam on their own shows."

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Here's what happened at this year's Family Guy Comic Con panel:

• The first 9 minutes of We Have a Bad Feeling About This (the third installment of Family Guy's Star Wars saga) now called It's A Trap were previewed
• It's A Trap will be released on Blu-ray and DVD December 21st ahead of being shown on Fox (see art work above)
• Guest voices for the third Star Wars installment include Patrick Stewart, Adam West, Carrie Fisher, and Rush Limbaugh
• In the upcoming ninth season Stewie will be going to the North Pole and Lois does porn!
• The season premiere will be a "who done it" type episode, according to Seth MacFarlane, and a lot of main characters will die; it's an hour-long special too
• Seth MacFarlane: "We may tackle Indiana Jones"
• Steve Callahan: "I wrote the episode that upset Sarah Palin, and I plan to write one that will offend smart people this year."
• In one episode in the ninth season Meg will take out all her aggression on the family; Alex Borstein thinks Meg is such an outcast because it is funny
• Seth MacFarlane sang the Down Syndrome song live!
• An upcoming episode will feature Peter, American Dad's Stan, and Cleveland
• Patrick Warburton mentioned a Meg/Joe moment in an upcoming episode, suggesting it gets 'intimate'
• Also in season 9 expect to see Mayor West join the Griffin family when he marries Lois' sister, Brian trip out on mushrooms and Peter goes to Alcoholics Anonymous - expect a Peter musical number

From TBS and the producers of 'Family Guy' comes 'Neighbors from Hell' (Mondays, 10pm/9c), an animated comedy starring the voices of Patton Oswalt, Will Sasso, and Molly Shannon.

It's about the Hellman family, who tries to follow the rule of SNORFIN--"Seem Normal and Fit in" as they are sent to Earth by Satan on a mission to destroy a super-drill that could burrow to the center of the earth and potentially expose Hell. The family quickly learns that "humans can be more evil than any demon ever could."

We are hosting a giveaway of a prize package consisting of one 'Neighbors from Hell' Weber Grill and one Devil oven mitt. -Check out this post's gallery for images of the prizes. U.S. entries only.  To enter for a chance to win, tell us about your own Neighbor from Hell in a comment post to this article. One entry per person, please. The winner will be selected on August 2, 2010.     

For more information about the show, videos including full episodes, downloads, games, and more, here's the link: http://www.tbs.com/shows/neighborsfromhell/

Prizes are supplied by the Neighbors from Hell team at TBS. - Special thanks to the Neighbors from Hell team from Planet-Family Guy.

UPDATE: Congratulations to "yunet", the winner of the Neighbors from Hell prize package! You will be contacted soon to arrange for delivery of your prizes. Thanks to all who participated, and to the Neighbors from Hell team.

Family Guy received a nomination for the 62nd Emmy awards this week in the Outstanding Music and Lyrics category.  The nomination is for the song Down's Syndrome Girl.

This was the show's only nomination and Seth's other shows didn't get any acknowledgement this year.  The Outstanding Animated Program category had the following nominees: The Simpsons, Alien Earths, The Ricky Gervais Show, Disney Prep & Landing, and South Park.