"
Death Has a Shadow" is the pilot episode of the
animated series Family Guy. It originally aired on the
Fox network in the United States after
Super Bowl XXXIII on January 31, 1999. The episode is based on series creator
Seth MacFarlane's original pitch to Fox,
The Life of Larry, and is a remake of the original
Family Guy pilot. In the episode,
Peter loses his job after drinking too much at a stag party and falling asleep at work. He then signs up for welfare to keep his wife
Lois from finding out, but gets much more money than he expected. Lois finds out and Peter decides to dump the money from a blimp at the Super Bowl. He is then arrested, and must await his family's rescue.