Gus Balor

Gus Balor (born May 9, 1978) is the secondary main character of How Beautiful It Is to Survive, as well as the father and best friend of Oscar Balor.

Gus's personality was based on that of Stewie and Chris Griffin on the television series Family Guy. As such, Gus tended to be much more jovial-minded and easygoing than his friend Oscar, who was slightly smarter than Gus in some matters and slightly dimmer than he was in others. Like Stewie on Family Guy, Oscar was constantly on the lookout for get-rich-quick schemes, while Gus, like Stewie, found life satisfactory as it was but participated in said schemes because Oscar was his friend. Usually after Oscar had hatched one of his plans, Gus would usually show his agreement by laughing dumbly and saying "er huh huh... OK, Oscar!" or "huh huh huh... whatever you say, Oscar!"

Gus's interests included bowling, playing pool, poker, tinkering around in Oscar's garage and playing golf (though there were episodes where Gus did not know how to play golf). He, like Fred, was also a member of the Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes lodge and its predecessor in earlier episodes, the Loyal Order of Cremos. He is also a talented pianist and drummer.