The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve are two animated short films created by Seth MacFarlane in the 1990s that eventually led to the development of the animated sitcom Family Guy. MacFarlane originally created The Life of Larry as a thesis film in 1995, while studying at the Rhode Island School of Design.[1][2] His professor at RISD submitted MacFarlane's cartoon to Hanna-Barbera, where he was hired a year later.[3] Later that year, MacFarlane created a sequel to The Life of Larry called Larry and Steve, which featured the main character of his first film, the middle-aged Larry, and an intellectual dog named Steve. The short was broadcast as one of Cartoon Network's World Premiere Toons.

Executives at Fox saw both Larry shorts and contracted MacFarlane to create a series based on the characters, to be called Family Guy.[4] Peter Griffin, the main character in Family Guy, was largely based on Larry. In addition, Steve would be the main inspiration behind the Griffin family dog, Brian.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_Larry_and_Larry_%26_Steve

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=021PPpmwX98#at=24

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Interesting, wouldn't mind seeing those are they on dvd?