Danny Smith (writer)
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Daniel "Danny" Smith is an executive producer, writer and voice actor on the American
animated
television series
Family Guy
. He has been with the show since its inception and throughout the years has contributed many episodes, such as "Holy Crap", "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz
", "Chitty Chitty Death Bang
" and the Christmas themed episode,"Road to the North Pole
", "A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas". He is the only Family Guy writer who hails from Rhode Island, (although Seth MacFarlane attended the Rhode Island School of Design
) and was instrumental in the creation of the Griffins’ fictional home town of Quahog.
He is the voice of Ernie the Giant Chicken, Buzz Killington, The Evil Monkey, and Al Harrington of Al Harrington's Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm-Flailing Tubeman Emporium & Warehouse. In commentaries, he has stated that he recorded the fast-talking segments in one or two takes without any form of audio editing.
An experienced sitcom
writer, he has written for several television shows, such as Nurses
, 3rd Rock from the Sun
, Yes, Dear
and Head of the Class
.
Smith acted in many RIC Theatre productions, including one where he nearly cut off the finger of a fellow actor during a swordfight on stage. He also wrote and illustrated a regular feature in the school's paper, The Anchor
. This feature was called, Joe Flynn and His Dog Spot. One April Fool's self-parody of this feature was titled, Joe Flynn and His Dong Spots.
Smith succeeded current Today Show host Matt Lauer as the host of the Providence edition of PM Magazine in the early 1980s.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
animated
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
television series
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...
. He has been with the show since its inception and throughout the years has contributed many episodes, such as "Holy Crap", "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz
"The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz" is the eighteenth episode of the fourth season of Family Guy. The episode follows Peter's decision to find a new religion for himself...
", "Chitty Chitty Death Bang
Chitty Chitty Death Bang
"Chitty Chitty Death Bang" is the third episode of the first season of the animated comedy series Family Guy. The episode follows Peter after he tries to make amends for his son, Stewie's, first birthday party when he loses their reservation at a popular kids restaurant known as Cheesie Charlie's...
" and the Christmas themed episode,"Road to the North Pole
Road to the North Pole
"Road to the North Pole" is the seventh episode of the ninth season of the animated comedy series Family Guy. Directed by Greg Colton and co-written by Chris Sheridan and Danny Smith, the episode originally aired on Fox in the United States on December 12, 2010...
", "A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas". He is the only Family Guy writer who hails from Rhode Island, (although Seth MacFarlane attended the Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1877. Located at the base of College Hill, the RISD campus is contiguous with the Brown University campus. The two institutions share social, academic, and community resources and...
) and was instrumental in the creation of the Griffins’ fictional home town of Quahog.
He is the voice of Ernie the Giant Chicken, Buzz Killington, The Evil Monkey, and Al Harrington of Al Harrington's Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm-Flailing Tubeman Emporium & Warehouse. In commentaries, he has stated that he recorded the fast-talking segments in one or two takes without any form of audio editing.
An experienced sitcom
Situation comedy
A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...
writer, he has written for several television shows, such as Nurses
Nurses (TV series)
Nurses is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1991 to 1994, developed and produced by Susan Harris as a spin-off of Empty Nest .-Synopsis:...
, 3rd Rock from the Sun
3rd Rock from the Sun
3rd Rock from the Sun is an American sitcom that aired from 1996 to 2001 on NBC. The show is about four extraterrestrials who are on an expedition to Earth, which they consider to be a very insignificant planet...
, Yes, Dear
Yes, Dear
Yes, Dear is a television sitcom that aired from October 2, 2000, to February 15, 2006, on CBS. It starred Anthony Clark, Jean Louisa Kelly, Mike O'Malley and Liza Snyder....
and Head of the Class
Head of the Class
Head of the Class is an American sitcom that ran from 1986 to 1991 on the ABC television network. The series follows a group of gifted students in the Individualized Honors Program at the fictional Monroe High School in Manhattan, and their history teacher Charlie Moore...
.
Smith acted in many RIC Theatre productions, including one where he nearly cut off the finger of a fellow actor during a swordfight on stage. He also wrote and illustrated a regular feature in the school's paper, The Anchor
The Anchor (newspaper)
The Anchor is a weekly, student-run, 32-36 page tabloid-style newspaper for the Rhode Island College campus, established in 1928.-Objective:...
. This feature was called, Joe Flynn and His Dog Spot. One April Fool's self-parody of this feature was titled, Joe Flynn and His Dong Spots.
Smith succeeded current Today Show host Matt Lauer as the host of the Providence edition of PM Magazine in the early 1980s.