the_griffin_family on Instagram: "Here's a fun, story-style fact about Family Guy's Brian Griffin, told in the long, engaging way you like: Brian Griffin might look like an ordinary talking dog, but behind the scenes he's one of the show's strangest "almost-human" experiments. Brian was actually inspired by one of Seth MacFarlane's early college animation projects called Life of Larry, where the family dog acted more like a sarcastic roommate than a pet. When Family Guy was created, this idea ev