Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane Recalls The Moment He Was Fired From Johnny Bravo
Before Seth MacFarlane ever created his hit Fox sitcom Family Guy, he was a part of the Johnny Bravo team. Now, as he has taken a moment to reflect on his time there, he couldn’t help but think about the fact that he was fired from the '90s animated series.
The Cartoon Network show was created by Van Partible and followed the life of Johnny Bravo, a self-proclaimed gym buff and womanizer. He was loosely based on and inspired by rock legend Elvis Presley as well as James Dean. Down to his voluminously tall slicked hair, cheesy grin, and black leather aesthetic, the character completely fulfilled the typical ‘bad boy’ stereotype. The series chronicles Bravo constantly seeking out and pursuing women to date who always wind up ultimately rejecting him in the end. As Bravo searches for love in all the wrong ways, he gets caught up in some strange, sticky situations that he has to get himself out of.
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The character of Johnny Bravo was voiced by Jeff Bennett, who might be most well known for his work as Brooklyn in Disney's Gargoyles and Kowalski in Nickelodeon's Penguins of Madagascar series.Johnny Bravo was overall quite the success, as it ran for four consecutive seasons on Cartoon Network. The show also generally received positive reviews and featured a number of guest stars, including Adam West, Shaquille O'Neal, Seth Green, and Donny Osmond. Johnny Bravo helped launch the career of many creators and writers, including MacFarlane before his time on Family Guy. Unfortunately, as MacFarlane told Wired, his time with the show was short-lived.
MacFarlane is taking the time to look back on his experience with the series, or rather the end. In the most recent episode of
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