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>> its like christmas coming a month early and then continuing for ten years. thats really how special it is. >> giovanni ribisi joins as sidekick. >> look, its the ice. oh. oh. that was so fast. >> he knows exactly what works and what doesnt. it is like working with a genius in that regard. by the same token youre invited to just bring everything you have and contribute as much as you can. >> sheep butter? >> a chance to contribute to seths unique brand of comedy is apparently worth pleading fo...

Middle of the wild west. where did that come from. >> the part of the grounding process to show this world through a modern lens. you know, we row month size this period but the fact is if you lived there it would have just been a horrible, miserable, terrible, depressing, dangerous place to be and, you know, particularly if you were not an alpha. >> dude, you really shouldnt drink. >> the character seemed like a good fit. you know, if i was doing a holocaust drama i probably would not cast myse...

All of those things to me felt really exciting. >> i like your bustle, by the way. >> oh, yeah, i really love that the most alluring fashion statement a woman could make today is to simulate a [ bleep ] >> simulation of a [ bleep ] right there. >> throughout the course of my career ive managed to continue to challenge myself and to try things that i havent tried and to keep scaring myself. im not really content creatively unless im doing something that scares me a little bit, that is stimulating...

They took. >> the first time youre hosting. >> days before the ceremony seth tells me he doesnt expect to win over critics. >> i go in at about minus-10 with the press so, got to get myself to at least a level where they can tolerate me and then maybe from there i have a shot at actually getting a positive review. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your host, seth macfarlane. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> thank you. >> the curtain rises february 24th, 2013. >> good evening, ladies and gent...

♪ okay, all right, get ready. im about to shoot a full load at your cans. all right. >> current focus, filmmaking as the writer, producer, director and star of "a million ways to die in the west." >> this is a weak -- >> what was it about the old west that made you say this is what im going to do? >> ive been a fan of westerns, both in film and television and it had been a while since anyone had really done a western comedy. >> the setting may be the old west but the script is full of seths ...

>> its okay. youre talking to an old soldier, too, you know. >> you know, the spirit and the bravery of those kids, you just cant imagine. and good morning to you. im richard lui. we start today with the victims of the deadly rampage friday night near the campus of uc santa barbara. members of the community searching for answers this morning. elliot rodger killing six people and wounding 13 others before taking his own life. the chancellor at ucsb has declared tuesday a day of mourni...

Nothing from the people from "family guy." this was kind of abrupt. people are going crazy over this. brian was in the street. you see him there. he gets hit by a car as they were preparing to play with stewie, and he couldnt recover from his injuries. it actually turned into a really sad and emotional episode of "family guy." >> why do this? >> good question. why do anything? seth mcfarlane decided maybe it was time. he voices brian, the dog. >> its not like they had a dispute with a character....

>> if you think of the mind of seth mcfarlane -- i wish i was in that mind. its a brilliant one. i could see he and the italian dog having brain versus brute battle. >> when i was at fox many years ago, i did one of the first interviews with him when he was still living with his mom up where they were. he is a genius guy. >> yeah. >> he does things his own way. thats very refreshing. and i think maybe the most impressive thing about this isnt the plot shift, but that they kept it quiet. >> exact...

Bring brian back. >> seth mcfarlane must answer his people. >> brian was the -- >> i wonder if it has anything to do with his personal load here. he does several voices on the show, the creative mastermind. i wonder if this changes the calculus in his participation, in terms of what he focuses on, bringing in other people. cnn national news, this is relevant. >> he loved "the sopranos" and loved pauly walnut, loved tony siricos character. he wrote this just for him. >> killed brian off, will bri...

0 this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. good morning, welcome to "new day," its tuesday, november 26th, 6:00 in the east. got to prepare for a heaping side of rain, sleet and snow to go with that thanksgiving turkey, unfortunately. right now holiday travel plans for more than 40 million are totally up in the air. the air may be the worst place to be. a monster storm on a collision coast with the east coast, take a look at the snow falling in pittsburgh. this is...