Yeah, saw that earlier. Interesting to see the few jokes included in the real Family Guy as a throwback.
Here’s the second half of that episode, btw: http://www.break.com/articles/lifeoflarry2.html
Interesting! Thanks for the links.
Ahhh! Why does Brian look like a human?
Seth McFarlane also produced an original short for Cartoon Network called Larry and Steve, which featured a dumb human and his smarter-than-the-owner talking dog (although G-rated, of course). The voices he used to perform Larry and Steve are the same as those he would later use for Peter and Brian. (McFarlane worked for Hanna-Barbera early in his career.)