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Family Guy Stewies Guide To World Domination

by Stewie Griffin
Family Guy Stewies Guide To World Domination

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ISBN13: 9780060773212
ISBN10: 0060773219
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For the first time ever a cancelled show has been resurrected on the basis of its cult following in syndication, on the internet and on DVD (Over 2.2 million DVDs sold to date!) and we've got the tie–in book authored by one of the show's hilarious lead writers and animators!

At first sight, the Griffens may seem like a normal blue collar family from Quonochontaug Rhode Island, but Peter (the family's loutish dad), Brian (the erudite, martini–swilling pet dog) and Stewie (the evil toddler son) set them apart from all others.

Now Stewie––a true baby genius and the most popular of the Griffen clan––speaks out. Having been hell bent on achieving world domination ever since he escaped the cursed ovarian Bastille he was incarcerated in for nine grueling months, he has finally decided that in order to rule the world we live in one must first understand it. Herewith are his musings on family, love, parenting, preschool, work, pop culture, politics and more. If only we knew then what Stewie knows now, adults everywhere could have defeated their mother's matriarchal tyranny and toppled the "gynocracy" she ruled over . . .and god knows what else!

This book is for the insufferable child in us all, eager to buck the ways of the old guard or just eager for a laugh.

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At first sight, the Griffins appear to be a normal blue-collar family from Quonochontaug, Rhode Island, but Peter (the family's loutish dad), Brian (the erudite, martini-swilling pet dog) and Stewie (the evil toddler son) truly set them apart from all others. Determined to achieve world domination from the moment he escaped his mother's womb (a.k.a. the cursed ovarian Bastille he was incarcerated in for nine grueling months), Stewie has finally deicded that to rule the world one must first understand it. At last, this true baby genius — and the most popular of the Griffin clan — talks openly about the peculiar dysfunction of his family and of the society we live in today. This book features his sometimes insightful, more often twisted, musings on family, love, parenting, preschool, work, pop culture, politics, and more.

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Based on Fox's animated series. Determined to achieve world domination from the moment he escaped his mother's womb (a.k.a. the cursed ovarian Bastille he was incarcerated in for nine grueling months), Stewie has finally decided that to rule the world, one must first understand it.

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With episodes of Family Guy now running on Fox, Cartoon Network, and TBS, the Griffins are taking over the airwaves. Discover how you too can rule your world with this handbook from one of the show's most popular characters!

Stewie Griffin is a maniacal one-year-old baby genius who sees clearly what's wrong with the world and is hell-bent on staging a coup d'état that would turn absolute power over to him! The first tyrannical leader on his hit list is his mother, Lois — the leader of the "gynocracy" making his young life totally insufferable. There are others, too.

Hell, if it weren't for his lack of muscle tone, toilet training, and his need for parentally provided sustenance, Stewie would have already gained control over most of the third world.

But even as a toddler Stewie knows that in order to rule the world you must first understand it. So he has compiled a book of his own musings on a wide variety of subjects: work, politics, religion, family, love, childhood, parenting, education, and more. What results is an anarchist's delight.

Helped into print by Steve Callaghan, one of the television show's lead writers, Family Guy: Stewie's Guide to World Domination features articulate young Stewie at his acerbic best.


About the Author

Steve Callaghan is a writer and co-producer of the Fox television series, Family Guy, and has worked on the show since its inception. His other writing credits include sitcoms on CBS and MTV, a variety of screenplays, and live sketch comedy (which he also performed while a member of the ACME Comedy Theatre in Los Angeles). Steve currently lives in Los Angeles.

Author Q&A

An interview with Stewie Griffin
"author" of
Family Guy: Stewie's Guide to World Domination

Why did you write this book?

Well, as I tell my minions, true domination can only result from bearing this single truth in mind: the key to being able to dominate the world is understanding the world around you. Hence, this weighty tome serves as a sort of guide toward that end. And besides, I figured Bill Clinton didn't do too shabby with his book. I mean, come on, that thing read like a giant braindump transcribed from doodled-on legal pads and soiled cocktail napkins and he certainly cashed in.

Having completed it with this purpose in mind, are you any closer to achieving complete enlightenment and thus world domination?

World domination is right around the corner for me. Just as soon as I can get my laptop and my PDA networked. I have an IT guy coming to look at it, but he keeps rescheduling on me. And regarding enlightenment, I try to get myself to yoga twice a week. It gives me a feeling of calm and centeredness while allowing me to scope out some of the neighborhood MILFs.

Just about every kid thinks they're adopted at some point in their life. And it's no secret that you are very different from the other members of your family. Genetically speaking, where do you suppose you get your unique brand of genius?

Having been incarcerated in her vile womb for 9 months I can say with certainty that wretched nasally-voiced redhead is my mother, but one glance at the fat man tells you I'm hardly a chip off the old moron. So, let's just say I wouldn't be surprised if you were to tell me the milkman has an enormous, football-shaped head.

If you could choose to join any other family in history what family would that be?

Dr. Phil's. Not because I think it'd be smooth sailing, mind you. You know, what if the guy's life is really a complete train wreck? Imagine the perverted pleasure I'd get observing the irony of someone like that lining his pockets by shouting inane aphorisms to white trash couples on national television.

You take television (and pop culture in general) to task in this book. If you had your own show what would it be like?

One part "Sonny and Cher." One part "Hawaii 5-0." Three Parts "Benny Hill."

However, I'm certain that such a show would inevitably get jostled around into six or seven time slots over a year and a half's time, only to be ruthlessly cancelled by the powers-that-be, whereupon I would have no choice but to command my loyal masses to lead a revolt to get the program reinstated on the airwaves. Or something like that, I don't know...

You also criticize the school system heavily in your book. If there were one mandatory thing in classrooms everywhere what do you think that should be?

Body armor.

You write extensively about young people today and some about the stresses of being a baby, too. If you could remain one age for all of life what age would that be?

Two. By then you're tall enough to reach most things around the house, yet I would assume people would take you a bit more seriously than when you were only one. However, you're still young enough to get away with having someone else demean themselves by changing your back-loaded diapers.

You also talk a good deal about the sexes in this book. You actually sound as if you are talking from personal experience. Have you ever been in love before?

Well, fans of the show would know that I was briefly in love with a harlot named Janet, before I realized she was only using me for my cookies. And there was one other love in my life, but pending legal action prevents me from discussing her publicly...or coming within two hundred yards of her.

You wax on about what you've learned from literature. What do you hope readers will learn from your book?

That while you can't choose the family you're born into, you can choose which method of enslaving them will prove most amusing to you.

Fashion Horrors is also a favorite topic in the book. You dress down several people for their poor sartorial judgment. But is there anyone you think consistently dresses to kill, as they say?

Of course, Ted Bundy always did. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but even you have to admit you totally set me up for that. On a serious note, though, I must say that naysayers be damned, I always thought Bjork nailed it.

Not even the local news escaped your sharp tongue. If you were ever to make the evening news, what would you hope it would be for?

I'm tempted to say, "making the best-seller list," but the honest answer is that I've always wanted to be featured in the sports round-up footage as one of those quirky fans who cleverly writes an acronym off the network that aired the game and then posts it on a giant poster. You know, like, "Can't Beat the Seahawks." That always tickles me. Of course, I don't particularly like the Seahawks...In fact, I've never even been to Seattle, but, you know, you see my point.

You cover a hell of a lot more than just these topics in your book, but two I have not yet mentioned yet, though I thought they are particularly interesting coming from a toddler, were the chapters on work and taxes. If you got a whopping tax refund...or a lot of money in royalties, what would spend that money on?

Weapons-grade plutonium, a manual on interrogation techniques, and a hoppity horse.


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Product Details

ISBN:
9780060773212
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
04/26/2005
Publisher:
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
Language:
English
Pages:
112
Height:
.28IN
Width:
7.54IN
Thickness:
.25
Number of Units:
1
Illustration:
Yes
Copyright Year:
2005
UPC Code:
2800060773214
Author:
Stewie Griffin
Author:
Steve Callaghan
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
American wit and humor

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