Stern Pinball Press Release

Meet the Griffins…America's new first family of comedy!

January 8, 2007 - Meet the Griffins…America's new first family of comedy! The Griffin family stars in the FOX Television show FAMILY GUY™, an animated show that is making adults of all ages laugh till they cry. FAMILY GUY™ is also Stern Pinball's newest pinball machine, designed by Pat Lawlor, his team at Pat Lawlor Design, and the engineers at Stern Pinball.

The FAMILY GUY™ pinball features original speech by FAMILY GUY™ show creator, Seth McFarlane. Seth offers up plenty of hysterical lines as Peter Griffin (the father), Brian Griffin (the family dog), Stewie Griffin (the baby who wants to take over the world), and other characters from the show. The FAMILY GUY™ pinball also features original artwork from the artists who create the FAMILY GUY™ television show, as well as famed pinball artists John Youssi and Margaret Hudson.

The FAMILY GUY™ pinball machine introduces a unique feature to pinball, Stewie's mini-playfield. Stewie's mini-playfield is a small pinball playfield that sits in the upper right hand corner of the main playfield. It has mini-flippers that the player controls with the regular flipper buttons when the game is in 'Stewie mini-playfield' mode. The mini-playfield even has ramps and targets to shoot at. All the while a toy of Stewie turns on its axis in front of the mini-playfield, taunting the player into believing they have no chance of beating Stewie.

Additional features on the game include: toys of each of the six Griffin family members by Mezco Toys; a Patriot Ale can with a Brian Griffin toy standing on top that can be struck by the ball (the game owner will be provided with an extra set of decals if they want to change Patriot Ale to Patriot Root Beer); two captive pinballs that when struck spell out P-I-N-B-A-L-L; and plenty of Multiball features.

Gary Stern says, "FAMILY GUY™ has great depth and is fun and easy to understand for the casual player. This is a great game for both home owners and game operators."

The FAMILY GUY™ television show was created for FOX in 1999 by animator Seth McFarlene. The show was cancelled once in 2000 and a second time in 2002. However, strong DVD sales and the large audience for reruns on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim convinced FOX to restart the show in 2005. So far, it is one of the few shows in television history to be canceled and later revived by the power of their fan bases. It is now the second highest watched comedy on TV, only behind Desperate Housewives. The sixth season of FAMILY GUY™ premiers in fall 2007, with a seventh season airing in fall 2008. FAMILY GUY™ also has over $35 million in DVD sales, with season five having just come out in November 2006.

The FAMILY GUY™ pinball machine will begin shipping in February 2007. Click to view our Family Guy Pinball Page.

To get your own Stern FAMILY GUY™ Pinball Machine, contact your nearest Stern Distributor.  You can also contact Jolly Backer at 708-786-7039 or by email.   You also contact Shelley Sax at 708-786-7030 or by email.

Click to learn more about Stern Pinball  or  about FAMILY GUY™

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