Just do the Voices

Seth McFarlane, creator of Family Guy and voice of Griffins - Stewey, Brian (the dog), and patriarch Peter as well as Quagmire, spoke at Harvard's Class Day yesterday. Today the Exercises of Commencement clog most of Cambridge and hoard the sheriff of Middlesex County. There's a choice of what to watch: Larry Summers' final charge to graduates at the helm of Harvard University, Jim Lehrer of News Hour on PBS, or the Family Guy. Academics are local politics in Boston and commencement season often brings local stages to the national spotlight with great names and charges to graduates. Sometimes addresses are mired with controversy like Condi's address to Boston College grads. But we've got a thing for Family Guy. As the video shows, McFarlane began his address trying to bring a little bit of his experience to the class of 2006 before he moved into the crowd pleaser – the voices of Family Guy characters bestowing their Rhode Island styled knowledge. Fast forward to an hour twenty-five into the video to jump to Seth McFarlane's segment of the Class Day video.