who is the voice of stewie griffin from family guy?
Seth MacFarlane
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 When Brian advises Stewie to “ wait and see ” whether or not he has cancer , Stewie says “ Jim Henson had a wait and see attitude , and look what happened to him . Now we ’ ve got wrong @-@ sounding Muppets , ” a reference to Henson ’ s deadly Streptococcus pneumoniae infection that was discovered too late which led to his death in 1990 . The scene then cuts to Kermit the Frog and the Swedish Chef in a dialogue sequence , with much different voice tones . The two would later appear at the end of the show , discussing the preceding events , when Fozzie Bear walks in , and says in a deep voice ( supplied by actor Michael Clarke Duncan ) : “ Wocka wocka . Who wants to hear a funny @-@ ass joke ? ” . 

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 MacFarlane notes that he was surprised they were allowed to do the pickle gag , which consisted of Stewie placing a cucumber on the sofa where Patrick 's imaginary wife is sitting , but inserting it into her imaginary vagina ( to see if it would turn into a pickle ) , but suggests that maybe broadcasting standards did not fully understand the scene . The music song by the overweight people at a funeral for a murdered obese man was only shown on the DVD version and not televised , for timing purposes , and for potential boredom to viewers . The musical composition was recorded at Fox studios on the Gary Numan stage . George W. Bush is portrayed hiding in a tree house and Brian informing by Brian of Hurricane Katrina . Bush was offered the opportunity to voice himself , but declined . 

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 Seth MacFarlane voices three of the show 's main characters : Peter Griffin , Brian Griffin , and Stewie Griffin . Since MacFarlane had a strong vision for these characters , he chose to voice them himself , believing it would be easier than for someone else to attempt it . MacFarlane drew inspiration for the voice of Peter from a security guard he overheard talking while attending the Rhode Island School of Design . Stewie 's voice was based on the voice of English actor Rex Harrison , especially his performance in the 1964 musical drama film My Fair Lady . MacFarlane uses his regular speaking voice when playing Brian . MacFarlane also provides the voices for various other recurring and one @-@ time @-@ only characters , most prominently those of the Griffins ' neighbor Glenn Quagmire , news anchor Tom Tucker , and Lois ' father , Carter Pewterschmidt . 

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 MacFarlane was cast as four of the show 's main characters : Peter Griffin , Brian Griffin , Stewie Griffin , and Glenn Quagmire . MacFarlane chose to voice these characters himself , believing it would be easier to portray the voices he already envisioned than for someone else to attempt it . MacFarlane drew inspiration for the voice of Peter from a security guard he overheard talking while attending the Rhode Island School of Design . Stewie 's voice was based on the voice of English actor Rex Harrison , especially his performance in the 1964 musical My Fair Lady . MacFarlane uses his regular speaking voice when playing Brian . The voice of Quagmire was inspired by fast @-@ speaking radio advertising spokesmen from the 1950s . MacFarlane also provides voices for various other recurring and one @-@ time characters , including news anchor Tom Tucker and Lois ' father Carter Pewterschmidt . 

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 In his first official episode for the series , the show was written by Spencer Porter , who had previously worked as a writing assistant for series creator and executive producer Seth MacFarlane on both Family Guy , as well as The Cleveland Show and American Dad ! . In addition , the episode was directed by series regular Jerry Langford , his second episode for the season , the first being " Quagmire 's Baby " . Series regulars Peter Shin and James Purdum served as supervising directors , with Andrew Goldberg and Alex Carter serving as staff writers for the episode . Composer Ron Jones , who has worked on the series since its inception , returned to compose the music for " Brian Griffin 's House of Payne " . The opening scene of the episode , involving Stewie in the Star Wars @-@ like universe , was originally attempted to be animated by the traditional Korean animators , which regularly provide the animation for Family Guy . According to Shannon Smith , producer for Family Guy , half @-@ way through production of the sequence , they decided to approach a Vancouver @-@ based animation company instead , who had previously worked for Battlestar Galactica and Stargate . The sequence was created during the 2010 Winter Olympics , which took place in Vancouver , during which the company was on hiatus from their regularly scheduled work . 
