Why you should love Seth MacFarlane

So before I begin my love fest, who is Seth MacFarlene? He’s the creator of Family Guy and American Dad as well as the following: actor, voice actor, animator, screenwriter, comedian, producer, director, and singer. In short he is super talent guy with a soothingly smooth American accent. His shows are based around political and social satire covering issues in a way that is nothing short of genius.

What I love and think is extremely clever about MacFarlene’s work is the way he gets the audience to explore the political or social undertones using comedy. A typical example of this is in the episode of Family Guy where the children in the show find out that they’re biracial and Stewie (the baby) then proclaims “Oh goody. I’m half black and half white, so everyone will accept me when I grow up!”. When you hear a joke like this you laugh and then when you think about why your laughing, you feel bad. This makes you reflect as to why you feel bad about it. The joke is funny because you know that Stewie’s assumption is wrong, but when you question why it’s wrong (hopefully) your answer would be because society has some serious problems.

MacFarlene is an atheist so religion and faith are common themes within his shows. He likes to joke about the assumptions in religion to get people to reflect and laugh. To pull another quote, it’s as Stewie says in a episode of family guy:

“Stay away from the church. In the battle over science vs. religion, science offers credible evidence for all the serious claims it makes. The church says, ‘Oh, it’s right here in this book, see? The one written by people who thought the sun was magic?’ I for one would like to see some proof that there is a God. And if you say, ‘a baby’s smile,’ I’m going to kick you right in the stomach.”

Aside from MacFarlene’s wit, which i like to think I have convincingly displayed, he is also an amazing singer with a deep passion for musicals and band bass bands. He has somehow managed to channel his passion for music through both of his animations with character commonly breaking out into song in a a style of a Broadway musical. He is also able to sing in each character’s voice (he voices most of the main characters) in perfect tune.

This and so much more is why Seth MacFarlene is such a cool dude.