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Season 1
1. Death Has a Shadow
Peter gets fired
after a raucous stag party, and receives an exorbitant amount of
money from the welfare department.
Guest Voices: Joey Slotnick (voice) Pat Summerall (Himself) Frank
Welker (Freddy on Scooby Doo)
First Airing: 31-Jan-1999 Episode Number: 1ACX01 Writer: Seth
MacFarlane Director: Peter Shin
NOTE: Ratings - 12.6/21
This was the most watched episode of all time.
In the DVD commentary for this episode, they mention that Lois
used to be a blonde. The scene where Peter is drunk on Communal
wine was cut from the first showing of the episode. It did air on
reruns, however.
2. I Never Met the Dead
Man
Peter crashes into
a satellite dish, knocking out the city's TV, and blames it on
Meg. However, Peter does rediscover the rest of life when he can
no longer sit in front of the boob-tube all day. Stewie schemes
to eradicate broccoli.
Guest Voices: Erik Estrada ("Officer Ponch" on TV) Joey
Slotnick (voice)
First Airing: 11-Apr-1999 Episode Number: 1ACX02 Writer: Chris
Sheridan Director: Michael Dante DiMartino
NOTE: Meg goes to James Woods Memorial Highschool. James woods is
the name of a Hollywood Actor. The connection is not clear, but
know that we're trying to figure it out :)
The old man who announces he's going to push a hoop with a stick
down a dirt road looks a lot like the creepy old man who tries to
get Chris to come down to the cellar for reasons unknown (this is
a G-Rated Site) His face is drawn very similarly, but he has a
different voice.
Ratings - 10.2/15
The James Woods connection is that he grew up in Warwick, RI. In
RI, many people praise him as "the local boy" and
usually, like all other RI natives are heavily praised by fellow
RIers(I should know)
During the end credits, Stewie pushes all of his broccoli to
Brian's plate, who gives him back the broccoli.
3. Chitty Chitty Death
Bang
On Stewie's first
birthday, Peter kidnaps a circus for entertainment, Stewie runs
away from home, and Meg makes a new friend who is in a suicidal
cult.
First Airing: 18-Apr-1999 Episode Number: 1ACX04 Writer: Danny
Smith (IV) Director: Dominic Polcino
NOTE: Ratings - 9.2/14
Look for the Hanson skit where Peter kills the boy band.
4. Mind over Murder
Peter punches out a
pregant woman and is under house arrest. He builds a bar in the
basement so that his friends will hang out with him, but it turns
into a singing venue for Lois. Stewie builds a time machine to
move time forward and alleviate his teething pain, but ends up
making time go backwards instead to erase the fact that his
blueprints for the device were seen by the entire bar.
First Airing: 25-Apr-1999 Episode Number: 1ACX03 Writer: Neil
Goldman and Garrett Donovan Director: Roy Allen Smith
NOTE: Ratings - 8.6/13
A reference to the Back to the Future trilogy, where Stewie
designs a time machine, looks at the blueprints and says
"Oh, yeah, that's where the Flux Capacitor goes!"
5. A Hero Sits Next
Door
Peter is jealous of
his new neighbor, a handicapped police hero, and tries to foil a
bank robbery to prove that he too can be a hero.
Guest Voices: Patrick
Warburton (Joe) Suzie Plakson (character voice) Jennifer Tilly
(Bonnie) Carlos Alazraqui
First Airing: 02-May-1999 Episode Number: 1ACX05 Writer: Mike
Barker and Matt Weitzman Director: Monte Young
NOTE: The Griffins neighbors Joe & Bonnie are introduced in
this episode.
Ratings - 8.7/13
6. The Son Also Draws
The whole family
takes a trip to New York to get Chris back in the Scouts when he
gets kicked out. On the way, they get lost and stop at a Native
American casino. Lois discovers an addiction to video poker, and
bets away the family car. Peter has to go on a vision quest to
prove he is Native American to get the family car back.
Guest Voices: Suzie Plakson (character voice) Bobby Slayton
(Lenny)
First Airing: 09-May-1999 Episode Number: 1ACX06 Writer: Ricky
Blitt Director: Neil Affleck
NOTE: Ratings - 8.0/13
7. Brian: Portrait of a
Dog
Peter enters Brian
in a dog show for some extra money, and although Brian originally
agrees to perform, once he realizes that he'll have to beg for a
treat he decides it's all too humiliating. After not receiving
the respect he feels he deserves at home, Brian takes off,
returning to the streets where Peter originally found him, and
gets arrested and sentenced to death. It's up to Peter to save
him, and he does so by bribing the city council.
Guest Voices: Joey Slotnick (Voice) Mary Scheer (Voice) Dick Van
Patten (Voice of Tom Bradford) Rachael MacFarlane Butch Hartman
(Voice) Wally Wingert (Voice)
First Airing: 16-May-1999 Episode Number: 1ACX07 Writer: Gary
Janetti Director: Michael Dante DiMartino
NOTE: Ratings - 8.8/13
Season 2
8. Peter, Peter,
Caviar Eater
It turns out that
Lois is from a rich family, and her aunt Marguerite dies and
leaves the Griffins her Newport, RI mansion. The family moves in,
and Peter, with some coaching from Brian, tries to become a
debonair gentleman. Peter bids $100 million on a vase at an
auction, and Lois gets fed up with how Newport has changed her
family. Peter finds pictures of old presidents with whores in the
house, and sells them to make enough money to pay off his $100
million debt and buy their old house back in Quahog.
First Airing: 23-Sep-1999 Episode Number: 1ACX08 Writer: Chris
Sheridan Director: Jeff Myers
NOTE: "We Only Live To Kiss Your Ass" recieved an Emmy
Nomination
Ratings - 3.4/5
9. Holy
Crap
Peter's retired and
very religious father drives everyone crazy after he moves in.
After his father fires him from his own job, Peter kidnaps the
Pope to convince his father that he's a good son.
Guest Voices: Danny Smith (IV) (Zeke the moody drifter doll) Colm
Meaney (Francis (voice)
First Airing: 30-Sep-1999 Episode Number: 1ACX11 Writer: Danny
Smith (IV) Director: Neil Affleck
NOTE: We are introduced to Peter's father in this episode.
Ratings - 3.7/5
10. DaBoom
Peter, warned about
the end of the world by a giant chicken, forces his family to
take cover in the basement for New Year's eve. They survive the
nuclear holocaust, and with help of a Twinkie factory in Natick,
they found New Quahog from the remnants of their lives. Peter is
mayor of the new town, but when everyone gets sick of the lousy
job he's doing, the Griffin family gets kicked out and heads for
a Carvel factory. Meanwhile, Stewie, who has been mutated into an
octopus, leaves behind eggs which hatch a whole bunch of violent
clones that destroy New Quahog. Then Pamela wakes up in
"Dallas" to find Bobby in the shower and tells him
about this awful dream she had about an episode of "Family
Guy."
Guest Voices: Patrick Duffy (Bobby Ewing) Victoria Principal
(Pamela Ewing) Patrick Warburton (Joe) Danny Smith (IV)
First Airing: 26-Dec-1999 Episode Number: 2ACX06 Writer: Neil
Goldman and Garrett Donovan Director: Bob Jaques
NOTE: Ratings - 6.8/11
From this episode until the end of the series, Mila Kunis (Jackie
on "That 70's Show") takes over for the voice of Meg
Griffen.
For those who are too young to understand the ending of this
episode... On the TV show "Dallas," Patrick Duffy's
character was killed off in the finale of the eighth season. The
ninth season came and went, then in 1986, the tenth season opened
with Victoria Principal awakening to find Duffy showering --
meaning that every episode since his death had been her dream.
That infamous 1986 opening scene was recreated shot-for-shot for
Family Guy.
11. Brian
in Love
After Brian starts
having accidents in the house, he goes to a therapist who
convinces him that he's in love with Lois. Stewie refuses to be
potty-trained.
Guest Voices: Sam Waterston (Dr. Kaplan)
First Airing: 07-Mar-2000 Episode Number: 2ACX01 Writer: Gary
Janetti Director: Jack Dyer
NOTE: there was no Stewie destroying Mr. Rogers' Puppetland in
the original airing of this episode.
An incident in the news caused FOX to trim the Mr. Rogers scene
from the original broadcast at the last minute -- after they had
already run it over the wildfeed uncensored. The scene was later
put back in for reruns.
Ratings - 7.3/8
this was the first episode shown on Cartoon Network
Peter's line when Brian pees in the supermarket "Where do
you think you are, K-Mart?" was changed to "Where do
you think you are, Payless?" on FOX. CN airs this episode
with the Payless line.
12. Love
Thy Trophy
The Griffins and
their neighbors work together to build an award-winning float for
the town parade, but start a neighborhood war when their trophy
disappears. Meg wants a Prada purse like all her friends, so she
gets a job waitressing. She realizes that she makes much more
money in tips after someone mistakes Stewie as her son, so she
starts to play it up until Stewie is taken away by child
services. The neighborhood comes together to work as a team and
get Stewie back from his foster home, but it ends up that Meg has
to trade her new Prada purse for her little brother. It turns out
that Brian buried the trophy in the back yard because he likes to
bury shiny things.
Guest Voices: Patrick Warburton (Joe) Jennifer Tilly (Bonnie)
Danny Smith (IV)
First Airing: 14-Mar-2000 Episode Number: 1ACX13 Writer: Mike
Barker and Matt Weitzman Director: Jack Dyer
NOTE: Ratings - 5.4/8
During the end credits Stewie lays in his bed craving syrup.
During the hallucination he sees a copy of himself crawl on the
ceiling. This is a parody of the movie "Trainspotting".
13. Death
Is a Bitch
Peter finds a lump
in his breast and goes to the doctor. Although he gets a clean
bill of health, he writes on his form that he's dead so that he
doesn't have to pay his bill. Death gets a copy of the form and
comes to collect Peter, but when Peter tries to make a run for
it, Death sprains his ankle. While death is laid up on his couch,
Peter goes out on a rampage, jumping off buildings, drinking
hundreds of beers, and getting himself shot. He publicizes the
fact that the rules of Death no longer apply, so Death tells
Peter that he'll let him live as long as Peter fills in for him
while he's recuperating. Death sends Peter to do a high-profile
killing: the cast of "Dawson's Creek" on a plane. Peter
actually ends up thwarting the plane crash, but the event makes
the news, and at least the pilots died, so Death feels like
everyone is reminded that people can still die. Death leaves the
Griffins' with a promise to return soon.
Guest Voices: Norm Macdonald (Death) Danny Smith (IV) (Jack
Hanna)
First Airing: 21-Mar-2000 Episode Number: 1ACX14 Writer: Ricky
Blitt Director: Michael Dante DiMartino
NOTE: Ratings - 5.4/8
In a joke that people usually don't get, Death states that the
Griffin TV is so old that they probably get the DuMont Network.
DuMont is the long-forgotten 4th TV Network, which aired programs
from 1946-1956.
During the bar shoot out an animated Chow Yun Fat jumps through
the screen with his 2 pistols just like in his film "Hard
Boiled"
14. The
King Is Dead
When Lois becomes
artistic director of the local theater troupe and decides to put
up "The King and I," Peter takes over the show and
makes a mockery of it, setting in in the future with robots and
partial nudity.
Guest Voices: Patrick Warburton (Joe)
First Airing: 28-Mar-2000 Episode Number: 1ACX15 Writer: Craig
Hoffman Director: Monte Young
NOTE: Peter auditions by singing "Land of The Lost"
theme.
Ratings - 5.4/8
15. I Am
Peter, Hear Me Roar
After Peter gives
up a free boat for free tickets to a lousy comedy club, he gets
drunk at the comedy club and performs a little stand-up. People
laugh at him mainly because he's a drunk ass, but he takes it as
a testament to his comedy skills and starts telling tasteless
jokes at work. One of his female co-workers is offended, so he
gets sent to a sensitivity training class which he completely
fails. He is then sent on a womens' retreat, where is basically
turned into an overly-sensitive woman. Lois misses her old
raunchy husband, and when he brings her to a womens' rights
benefit, she ends up getting in a fight with one of the feminist
leaders. The cat fight brings Peter back to himself, and he
immediately takes Lois home and to bed.
Guest Voices: Candice Bergen (Gloria Ironbox) Danny Smith (IV)
First Airing: 28-Mar-2000 Episode Number: 2ACX02 Writer: Chris
Sheridan Director: Monte Young
NOTE: In the fight scene, the chef comes out with some pies &
sings, "10 Banana Creme Pies". Then the ladies knock
him down having him splatted with pies. A Sesame Street gag (The
Song of # series).
Ratings - 5.3/8
16. If I'm
Dyin' I'm Lyin'
Peter tells the
Grant a Dream Foundation that Chris is dying so that the network
will bring back their favorite cancelled TV show. When the
Foundation comes calling for the rights to the story of Chris's
death, Peter tells them that he miraculously cured Chris with his
divine powers. People in Quahog start worshipping Peter, which he
totally takes advantage of, until God sends down plagues to warn
the Griffins that he doesn't want people worshipping anyone but
him.
Guest Voices: Martin Mull (Mr Harris) Danny Smith (IV) (Dirk
Bandit, JJ and Tommy) Jeff Bennett (Announcer in Parody Sequence)
First Airing: 04-Apr-2000 Episode Number: 1ACX12 Writer: Chris
Sheridan Director: Swinton O. Scott III
NOTE: Ratings - 4.3/7
Chris' school is the Buddy Cianci Junior High. Mayor Vincent A.
"Buddy" Cianci, Jr. is the mayor of Providence Rhode
Island.
A reference to the Back to the Future trilogy, where the Griffins
watch a film named "Black to the Future". The main
character of the film, Funky McFly, goes back in time in a
DeLorean after shouting, "It's outta time, baby!" Later
he plays the theme from Shaft at the Enchantment Under the Sea
dance. A Marvin Berry-like character calls Isaac Hayes,
singer/songwriter for the 1971 blaxploitation classic (instead of
Chuck Berry, as in BTTF).
17.
Running Mates
Lois is running for
school board unopposed, but when Peter's favorite old teacher is
fired for being a wacko and Lois doesn't think he deserves his
job back, Peter runs against her. Peter runs a dirty race, and
ends up winning after publicizing a risque picture of Lois that
she gave him for their anniversary. Meanwhile, Chris is busted
peeping at girls in the locker room, so Peter gives him a
collection of pornographic magazines so that he can look at those
instead of the real thing. Peter seems to be making good changes
to the Quahog school system, but then the pornographic magazines
come to light. James Carville advises Peter to blame the
magazines on his wife, and he starts to, but then can't go
through with it. He ends up announcing that he did give Chris the
magazines, and he loves his wife, and he resigns from the school
board.
Guest Voices: Lee Majors (Himself)
First Airing: 11-Apr-2000 Episode Number: 1ACX09 Writer: Garrett
Donovan and Neil Goldman Director: John Holmquist
NOTE: Ratings - 4.7/7
During the end credits we see Peter's old teacher walking the
hallway and being shot by the hall monitor robot.
18. A
Picture Is Worth 1,000 Bucks
Chris gives his
father a painting for his birthday, and a SoHo gallery owner
spots it and admires it. The Griffins travel to New York so that
Chris can become a famous artist, but when Chris realizes that
one of the gallery owner's conditions is that he never sees his
father again, he realizes he doesn't have what it takes.
Meanwhile, Stewie becomes a Calvin Klein underwear model and
helps launch CK's new baby underwear.
Guest Voices: Candice Bergen (Murphy Brown) Jennifer Tilly
(Bonnie) Faith Ford (Corky Sherwood) Joe Regalbuto (Frank
Fontana) Dee Bradley Baker Charles Kimbrough (Jim Dial) Rachael
MacFarlane Danny Smith (IV) Joey Slotnick
First Airing: 18-Apr-2000 Episode Number: 2ACX07 Writer: Craig
Hoffman Director: Gavin Dell
NOTE: Ratings - 4.7/7
19.
Fifteen Minutes of Shame
Meg is sick of
being embarrassed by her family, so she ambushes them on a talk
show. A network executive is intrigued by their story, and gets
Peter to sign a deal to make the Griffins' daily lives into a
reality series for TV. Meg can't stand it, and quits the family,
living with the neighbors, while her role is re-cast with a perky
blonde. When the cameras start just following the blonde around,
the rest of the family realizes how silly it all is and they also
quit. The entire family is re-cast with Tom Arnold and Fran
Drescher playing Peter and Lois, and the real Griffins re-unite
with Meg and live in a hotel.
Guest Voices: Patrick Warburton (Joe) Jennifer Tilly (Bonnie)
Adam West (Mayor Adam West, and Priest) Will Ferrell Jay Mohr
(Wilshard Watkins (voice) Kevin Michael Richardson Lisa Wilhoit
(Voice of Meg) Danny Smith (IV)
First Airing: 25-Apr-2000 Episode Number: 2ACX08 Writer: Steve
Callaghan Director: Scott Wood
NOTE: Ratings - 4.4/7
The scene of Peter being drunk at church was originally in the
first episode, but FOX had it removed. Seth McFarlane, who loved
the bit, somehow snuck into this episode.
20. Road
to Rhode Island
Brian goes to pick
up Stewie from visiting his grandparents in Palm Springs, and
they miss their flight home due to Brian's drunkeness. During
their car-stealing, train-hopping, hitch-hiking trip back to
Rhode Island, they stop by Austin, TX so that Brian can deal with
his mother-abandonment issues. There they find that Brian's
mother has died and been stuffed by her owners, so they give her
a proper burial. Lois makes Peter watch relationship
communication tapes that are actually pornography. Chris and Meg
play a stupid word guessing game.
Guest Voices: Sam Waterston (Dr. Kaplan) Brian Doyle-Murray
Victoria Principal Wally Wingert Danny Smith (IV)
First Airing: 30-May-2000 Episode Number: 2ACX12 Writer: Gary
Janetti Director: Dan Povenmire
NOTE: a.k.a. "Brian and Stewie"
This episode is not likely to be repeated anytime soon. Stewie
tries to board a plane armed with a backpack full of weapons. He
gets by the x-ray technicians by distracting them with On the
Good Ship Lollypop. Once past them he mutters "Let's hope
Osama Bin Laden doesn't know show tunes."
Brian's mother is named Biscuit.
Ratings - 5.0/8
On 4/18/02, FOX did edit that airport x-ray scan scene due to the
9/11 tragedy.
And the X-Ray scene was also deleted from the Region 2 DVD of the
Second Season, and will, presumably, be also wiped from the
Region 1 DVD. Bastards.
The X-Ray scene is on the region 2 uk dvd, but after Stewie's
package is x-rayed (while they watch Stewie dance) the Bin Laden
scene is cut.
CN aired this episode without the part where Stewie tries to
board a plane armed with a backpack full of weapons and distracts
the security guards with On the Good Ship Lollypop because that
was the print FOX had after 9/11.
21. Let's
Go to the Hop
After a plane
smuggling psychadelic toads from Colombia crashes in Quahog,
toad-licking becomes the new drug of choice in the Quahog high
school. Peter infiltrates the high school undercover as a cool
kid and convinces all the kids to quit licking toads. Meg is
trying to be popular so that a cool kid will ask her to the
school dance, and decides to attend with her father since he's
established himself as incredibly cool. Peter, however, can't
help living out his own fantasies of being the cool kid in
school, and can't say now when the most popular girl in school
asks him to the dance, so he ditches Meg. When Peter and his date
are chosen as king and queen of the prom, Peter is overcome by
guilt, announces to the whole school that Meg broke his heart by
dumping him, and makes it look like his high school persona drove
his motorcycle over a cliff.
Guest Voices: Gregg Allman Danny Smith (IV)
First Airing: 06-Jun-2000 Episode Number: 2ACX04 Writer: Mike
Barker and Matt Weitzman Director: Glen Hill
NOTE: Ratings - 4.5/8
22. Dammit
Janet
Lois notices that
Stewie is having a hard time socializing with other kids his age,
so she decides to put him in daycare with other kids. Stewie is,
at first, horrified by daycare, but then he meets a pretty girl
named Janet and learns what a serious crush feels like. He woos
her, and has a mostly one-sided relationship which ends when he
catches her eating some other boy's cookie. He tries to be
strong, but ends up groveling to get her back, and then finally
realizes that she was just using him for his cookies. Meanwhile,
Lois is bored without Stewie to take care of, so she gets a job
as a flight attendant. Peter, initially against Lois getting a
job, is all for it because then he can fly free. Lois is
miserable at her job, but Peter encourages her to keep it up
because he is enjoying flying all over the world and making
ridiculous demands from other flight attendants. Finally, Lois
and Peter end up on the same flight, and Lois busts Peter making
an ass of himself. She takes him into a bathroom to yell at him,
and the plane gets hijacked. They end up stuck in Cuba without
passports, and get on a raft with a bunch of Cuban refugees to
get back to the U.S.
Guest Voices: Mike Barker Mo Collins Camryn Manheim Haley Joel
Osment Wally Wingert Danny Smith (IV)
First Airing: 13-Jun-2000 Episode Number: 2ACX09 Writer: Mike
Barker and Matt Weitzman Director: Bert Ring
NOTE: Much like "Road to Rhode Island" this episode is
not likely to be shown again due to terrorist references.
The song Stewie Begins to sing as he rakes the leaves over the
trap door in the sand trap is Queen's Another One Bites the Dust.
The title of the episode comes from the song Dammit, Janet made
popular in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Ratings - 4.3/8
Despite FOX banning this episode after 9/11 because of the scene
on the plane where two guys hijack the passengers and Peter and
Lois get stuck in the bathroom, CN managed to air this, hijacking
scene and all.
23.
There's Something About Paulie
Peter and Lois go
to buy a second car, but when Peter refuses to listen to Lois's
good advice, they end up buying a lemon. Peter gets an offer from
the mob to steal his crappy car so he can get insurance to pay
for another one, and despite warnings from his friend, he takes
the deal. Of course, shortly thereafter, the mob comes to Peter
to ask for a favor. The Don asks Peter to take his annoyng
nephew, Big Fat Paulie, out to the movies. Big Fat Paulie ends up
coming home for dinner with Peter, and pissing off the entire
Griffin family. Peter tells Paulie that he can't hang out with
him anymore because Lois doesn't like him, so Paulie takes out a
hit on the Lois. When Paulie is killed in a drive-by, Peter and
Lois realize they have to go ask the Don to call off the hit as a
favor on the day of his daughter's wedding.
Guest Voices: Danny Smith (IV)
First Airing: 27-Jun-2000 Episode Number: 1ACX10 Writer: Ricky
Blitt Director: Monte Young
NOTE: Ratings - 4.3/8
24. He's
Too Sexy for His Fat
Peter tries to help
Chris lose weight, but when working out for a week doesn't make a
difference, he resorts to liposuction. Chris is scared off by the
plastic surgeon, but Peter undergoes the operation and ends up a
big stud. Lois is disturbed when she disapproves of Peter's
decision, but can't help being attracted to her new studly
husband. Peter is inducted into the Beautiful People's Club of
Quahog and shuns his "normie" family. Peter, distracted
by his own reflection in his rear-view mirror, crashes his car
and lands in the Quahog Lard Factory. When the bandages are
removed, he looks like his old self. Stewie, while tormenting
Chris on his diet, gains an enormous amount of weight and becomes
so roly-poly that he can't even reach his own mouth with his
hands.
Guest Voices: Danny Smith (IV) (Dr. Ling, James Caan, Keenan,
Lyle Lovett, Phineus, Quentin Tarantino and salesman) Mike Henry
(Broderick, Cleveland, cop, Eskimo man, performance artist and
Roman) Matt Weitzman (uncredited) clerk) Danny Smith (IV) (Dr.
Ling, James Caan, Keenan, Lyle Lovett, Phineus, Quentin Tarantino
and salesman)
First Airing: 27-Jun-2000 Episode Number: 2ACX10 Writer: Chris
Sheridan Director: Glen Hill
NOTE: Ratings - 4.8/8
25. E.
Peterbus Unum
When Peter tries to
get a permit to build a swimming pool in his back yard, he finds
out that his lot is actually not part of Quahog, and therefore
not part of the U.S., so he forms his own country of Petoria.
When Peter gets no respect in the U.N., he decides to invade his
neighbor's pool, which brings the U.S. Army to his border. The
Griffins can only survive so long with no water, electricity,
heat, or access to the United States, and finally, Lois and the
kids leave President Peter to his third-world country. Peter
finally repatriates only a week after seceding.
Guest Voices: Adam West (Mayor Adam West)
First Airing: 12-Jul-2000 Episode Number: 2ACX13 Writer: Neil
Goldman and Garrett Donovan Director: Rob Renzetti
NOTE: Brian's cousin Jasper is introduced in this episode,
although he is not named or referred to as Brian's cousin yet. He
will not be named until 3x01.
Ratings - 3.9/7
26. The
Story on Page 1
Meg wants to get
into Brown, but needs more extracurriculars on her transcripts,
so she tries to join the school newspaper. Meg gets a great scoop
on Mayor Adam West being insane and write a ground-breaking
article, but Peter thinks it's dull and replaces it with one of
his own outing Luke Perry (Meg's favorite celebrity) as gay. Luke
Perry threatens to sue Meg while Peter desperately tries to prove
that Luke Perry really is gay.
Guest Voices: Luke Perry (Himself) Adam West (Mayor Adam West)
Gary Cole (bartender, Dean Wagner and Jack) Nicole Sullivan
(Angelica, cheerleader and sorority girl) Wally Wingert
(auctioneer, Mr. Bubble and young professor)
First Airing: 18-Jul-2000 Episode Number: 2ACX14 Writer: Craig
Hoffman Director: Gavin Dell
NOTE: While Family guy often tuckers in pop culture figures, and
popular and less popular producers into their shows as jokes it
should be pointed out that none of the people credited in the
Sherry and the Anus opening are actually producers. In fact, with
the exception of Matt Barker, and Danny Goldman, they are not
even listed on the imdb.
Ratings - 4.2/7
Wally Wingert, one of the guest stars for this episode, recorded
the hit song Adam West, which is about Adam West, another one of
the guest stars for this episode.
27. Wasted
Talent
In a fabulous
take-off on "Charlie and Chocolate Factory," the local
brewery announces that it has put four silver scrolls in four
beers, and the lucky drinkers who find them will get a tour of
the brewery which has always been closed to visitors. Peter
drinks steadily for days until he finds the last scroll, and
excitedly goes for his tour of the brewery with Brian. He and
Brian are kicked out when they drink an experimental beer that
never goes flat. Meanwhile, Lois is desperate to find a piano
student that can win the piano competition, since she has always
come in second to her rival teacher, Alexis. When she discovers
that Peter plays the piano beautifully when drunk she plies him
with alcohol until he wins the competition for her.
Guest Voices: Adam Carolla (Death) Patrick Warburton (Joe) Adam
West (Mayor Adam West) Danny Smith (IV)
First Airing: 25-Jul-2000 Episode Number: 2ACX15 Writer: Ken Goin
s: Dave Collard Director: Bert Ring
NOTE: In the scene where Pat is singing, two of the people in the
scene look exactly like Charlie and his Grampa Joe from Willy
Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
The song Peter plays to win the Piano Recital is the theme song
from Mary Tyler Moore
Peter also plays these tunes when he's drunk; Dallas, 9 To 5, The
Incredible Hulk closing theme & The X-Files.
In the past when Family Guy has parodied a song they have done it
in such a way that the song is slightly different than the
original as to avoid a copyright problem. However, the music for
"I've got a Golden Ticket" is the same as it is in
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. The same is true when
Pat sings his song, this is a direct parody of 'Pure
Imagination'.
Ratings - 4.2/7
28. Fore,
Father
Peter escapes
spring cleaning by going on a father/son camping trip with Joe
and Cleveland. Joe points out that Chris is lazy and
irresponsible, and points out Peter's lack of fathering skills.
Peter gets Chris a job at the golf course to teach him
responsibility, but it's there that he realizes that Cleveland's
son, Cleveland Jr., is a natural golfer and he decides to mold
him into a pro. Cleveland warns Peter about his son't short
attention span, but Peter is all wrapped up in proving his
fathering skills. Chris is depressed that his father has decided
to work on a new son, and turns to Quagmire who takes him out
womanizing and to a nudie bar. Luckily, one of the strippers
tells Chris to give his father another chance, and Chris is ready
to take back his father when Peter predictably fails keeping
Cleveland Jr.'s attention. After Stewie destroys a bunch of
Brian's first edition books, Brian gets his revenge. When Stewie
has a bad reaction to a recent vaccination at the doctor's
office, Brian convinces him that the injection wasn't to make
Stewie well, but actually to make him ill and control his brain.
Guest Voices: Patrick Warburton (Joe) Nicole Sullivan (bride,
Candie and Mary) Phil LaMarr (Gambler Dan and Rupert) Gary Cole
(Charles, Dr. McKenzie and Gambler Bob) Mike Henry (Cleveland and
Cleveland Jr.) Wally Wingert (Buck and Ned)
First Airing: 01-Aug-2000 Episode Number: 2ACX16 Writer: Bobby
Bowman Director: Scott Wood
NOTE: Ratings - 4.5/7
This was the last episode of Family Guy to air for almost 11
months. The show was renewed at the 11th hour by Fox, but due to
the nature of animated shows most of the writers had taken new
jobs. Once a new writing team was hired it would still take at
least 8 months to produce another episode. Fans eagerly awaited
the third, and what may end up to be ultimately the final season.
The Little House on the Prairie beginning (where the father trips
and humiliates his blind daughter) was edited out on FOX, but
appears on Cartoon Network.
Season 3
29. The Thin White
Line (1)
Brian feels like
he's stuck in a rut, and so he takes his therapist's advice and
tries to help others for a change. He ends up a very successful
drug-sniffing dog for the Quahog police department, but along the
way he gets addicted to cocaine. Peter is disappointed when the
Griffin family has to cancel their planned vacation in the
Bahamas to help support Brian who is in rehab, but decides to tag
along with his dog when he sees the beautiful clinic. A therapist
at the clinic tells Brian that Peter is a bad influence on him.
Although Brian defends his friend and leaves rehab in protest,
the wise dog realizes he does need some time away from the
Griffin family and leaves Quahog for parts unknown. To Be
Continued...
Guest Voices: Haley Joel Osment (Kid in bathroom) Leif Garrett
(Himself) Patrick Warburton (Joe) Carlos Alazraqui Thomas Dekker
June Foray (Rocky) Danny Smith (IV) Wally Wingert
First Airing: 11-Jul-2001 Episode Number: 2ACX17 Writer: Steve
Callaghan Director: Glen Hill
NOTE: We are introduced to Brian's gay cousin Jasper in this
episode.
Beginning with this episode, the lyrics to the theme song have
been slightly altered. Whereas Stewie used to sing "F'n
cry" before, he now sings "Laugh and cry." FOX, of
course, was responsible for that.
A clip shows Brian auditioning for a tv-commercial with a
"Toucan" (Follow Your Nose!).
Ratings - 4.1/7
30. Brian
Does Hollywood (2)
Brian is a
struggling screenwriter in Hollywood, which really means he's
waitering and washing cars. Brian's cousin introduces the lost
dog to a local producer who offers Brian a job directing... a
porno. Meanwhile, Stewie has a successful audition for Kids Say
the Darndest Things, and plots to use hypnotizing glasses on
national television to take over the world. The Griffins get a
free trip to Los Angeles due to Stewie's TV appearance and come
to visit Brian at work. Brian is ashamed of working in porn and
tries to hide it from his family, leading them to believe that
he's now a stuck-up Hollywood big shot. Brian is miserable when
he is nominated for a Woody Award for porn directing and can't
share it with his family. Luckily, Brian's cousin calls the
Griffins and tells them about the award. Brian's family is there
to support him when he wins the Woody, and he realizes that it
was a mistake to leave Quahog. Stewie's plot is foiled when Bill
Cosby unwittingly uses the young boy's glasses and hypnotizes
Stewie into being a complacent kid.
Guest Voices: Ron Jeremy (Himself) Jenna Jameson (Herself &
Niki) Ray Liotta (Himself) Gary Cole (Michael Eisner) Louise
DuArt Olivia Hack Kevin Michael Richardson Danny Smith (IV)
First Airing: 18-Jul-2001 Episode Number: 2ACX20 Writer: Gary
Janetti Director: Gavin Dell
NOTE: Ratings - 3.9/6
On both Fox and Cartoon Network, Brian's Woody Award has been
digitally blurred out.
31. Mr.
Griffin Goes to Washington
Peter's toy company
gets bought by a large cigarette company, and the toys are then
used to market cigarettes to children. When Peter, on Lois's
advice, confronts his new bosses about their evil use of toys,
they promote Peter to president to shut him up. Lois, pleased
with all the perks that come with Peter's new position, keeps her
mouth shut too, while Brian quits smoking in protest. Peter's
bosses send him to Washington to lobby against a bill that would
put them out of business, because they figure politicians will be
able to relate to a big dumb fat guy. When Lois finds Stewie
smoking a cigarette, she goes down to Washington to stop what
Peter's doing, and Peter ends up getting his tobacco company
fined $100,000,000.
Guest Voices: Danny Smith (IV) (Chris Berman, Harrison, John
Hinkley, Richie Cunningham's brother, and Sammy Sosa) Alyssa
Milano (Herself) Jack Sheldon (Voice of the Bill) Lane Schnaitter
(uncredited) Barbara Mandrell, Jeremy's mom and Natalie Wood)
Mike Barker (uncredited) Dilbert, doctor, Jeremy, and writer #1)
Craig Hoffman (uncredited) mother) Chris Sheridan (uncredited)
passenger, quiz master and security) Greg Garcia (uncredited) Pat
Buchanan) Matt Weitzman (uncredited) the senator)
First Airing: 25-Jul-2001 Episode Number: 2ACX11 Writer: Ricky
Blitt Director: Brian Hogan
NOTE: The Scene with the song "That Guy" is almost
identical to the intro to "That Girl" only with Peter
sitting in for Marlo Thomas.
Ratings - 3.9/6
32. One If
By Clam, Two If By Sea
When a hurricane
strikes Quohog, everything is destroyed including The Drunken
Clam, but is bought out by a Brit who turns it into an English
pub. As it happens, pub owner Nigel Pinchley and his family move
in next door to the Griffins, and Stewie tries to teach Nigel's
Cockney-accented 3-year-old daughter how to speak proper english.
Guest Voices: Danny Smith (IV) Patrick Warburton (Joe) Jennifer
Tilly (Bonnie)
First Airing: 01-Aug-2001 Episode Number: 2ACX19 Writer: Bobby
Bowman Director: Scott Wood
NOTE: Originally scheduled to air on July 25, 2000.
Ratings - 4.1/6
33. And
the Wiener is...
Peter, used to
beating Chris at every game they play, is intimidated when he
realizes that Chris has a bigger penis than he does. Peter tries
to compensate by getting a very phallic sports car and joining a
gun-club, but when Chris saves him from a bear attack, he gets
some perspective and tells his son that he's lucky to have such a
big penis. Meanwhile, Meg joins the Flag Girls, and tries to act
like she's now a popular cheerleader, but the cheerleaders mock
her and cover her with stinky meat at a football game. Meg, on
her mother's advice, is still friendly, and finally gets invited
to a cheerleader's birthday party. Lois plans Meg's revenge on
the popular kids, but Meg backs out of their complicated plan at
the last minute, claiming that these people are now her friends.
Meg regrets her decision when she is tricked into kissing a pig.
Guest Voices: Fairuza Balk (Connie) Danny Smith (IV) Patrick
Duffy (Jack) Debra Wilson (Janet) Patrick Warburton (Joe)
First Airing: 08-Aug-2001 Episode Number: 2ACX22 Writer: Mike
Barker and Matt Weitzman Director: Bert Ring
NOTE: Ratings - 3.9/6
On American TV, this episode had a warning about sexual innuendo
and situations before the opening theme.
On FOX, this episode had a warning about sexual innuendo and
situations before the opening theme. Cartoon Network didn't air
this with the FOX-made warning, only the usual warning that they
have before Adult Swim shows.
34. Death
Lives
When Peter sets up
a distracting scavenger hunt for Lois so that he can sneak away
and play golf on their anniversary, he is struck by lightening.
While he hovers in limbo, Death comes to give him a revelation.
Through flashbacks of his relationship with Lois, Peter realizes
that if he doesn't pay more attention to his beloved wife, she
will leave him. At the same time, Peter gives Death dating tips,
and gets the grim reaper a date with a girl from a pet store...
who turns out to be incredibly boring. Peter gets out of limbo
just in time to surprise Lois with Peter Frampton playing
"their song" when she arrives to bust him playing golf.
Guest Voices: Adam Carolla (Death) Peter Frampton (Himself)
Estelle Harris (Death's Mom) Chuck Woolery (himself) William
Gallaway (Aquaman, Jr) Norman Alden (Aquaman, Sr.) Wally Wingert
(the midget) Mike Henry (Cleveland, Cleveland Jr. and foreign
guy) Estelle Harris (Death's mom) Lori Alan (Diane)
First Airing: 15-Aug-2001 Episode Number: 2ACX21 Writer: Mike
Henry Director: Rob Renzetti
NOTE: Although Death has already returned to the show in
"Wasted Talent" This marks the first time since
"Death is a Bitch" that he speaks with Peter.
Ratings - 4.2/7
35. Lethal
Weapons
Bonnie convinces
Lois to join her Tae-Jitsu class and Quahog is invaded by New
York "leafers" coming to look at the pretty colored
leaves in fall. Lois quickly becomes a black-belt, and Peter uses
his new dangerous wife to drive away all the annoying New
Yorkers. However, Lois's new-found violent side finds its way
into the Griffin household, and after trying counseling, the
whole family has an all-out brawl to get it out of their system.
Guest Voices: Michael Chiklis (Bronx Guy #1) Johnny Brennan
(Horace, & Bronx Guy #2) Peter Gallagher (Jared) Thomas
Dekker (Michael Banks) D.D. Howard (Katie Couric) Patrick
Warburton (Joe) Jennifer Tilly (Bonnie)
First Airing: 22-Aug-2001 Episode Number: 2ACX18 Writer: Chris
Sheridan Director: Brian Hogan
NOTE: Ratings - 4.2/7
While training, Lois kicks Lucy (Peanuts) from the behind after
pulling the football away.
36. The
Kiss Seen Around the World
When Meg, due to
her crush on Tom Tucker, the newscaster, applies for an
internship at the local television station and gets the job, she
is disappointed to find that her news partner is the most reviled
nerd in school, Neil. Caught in a life-threatening news
situation, Meg laments that she never had a first kiss and agrees
to kiss Neil only to find that he taped the whole thing in order
to broadcast it across the world. Meg broadcasts her own news
that she has no interest in Neil, sending him to the ledge on top
of Town Hall. She breaks his fall, only to find out that he had
no intention of jumping and was just trying to get her attention
again. Stewie's prized new tricycle is stolen by the neighborhood
bully, but the bully soon learns not to screw with Stewie.
Guest Voices: Hugh Downs (Himself) Abe Vigoda (Himself) Michael
Chiklis (Cartoony Crewman, & Mechanic) Johnny Brennan (Mort
Goldman) Nicole Sullivan (Mrs. Goldman) Tara Strong
(Beth/classmate/teenage girl) Phil LaMarr (Minister) D.D. Howard
(Jane Fonda) Mark Hentemann (Chief McKenzie) Ralph Garman (Dustin
Hoffman) Michael Chiklis (Mechanic/cartoony crewman) Gary Cole
(Principal Shepherd) Johnny Brennan (Mr. Goldman/Horace) Mike
Barker (Buff guy) Lori Alan (Diane) Lisa Wilhoit (Connie
D'Amico/girl)
First Airing: 29-Aug-2001 Episode Number: 3ACX02 Writer: Mark
Hentemann Director: Pete Michels
NOTE: Neil Goldman is the name of one of the writers from Family
Guy.
Ratings - 4.3/7
In a fantasy scene, Brian & Peter portray Mr. Peabody &
Sherman.
The bag blowing in the wind sequence that Peter becomes
distracted and obsessed with is, of course, swiped from American
Beauty. Without, however, God's sassy denouncement.
37. Mr.
Saturday Knight
Peter's boss, Mr.
Weed, dies suddenly (at the Griifins' house, as it happens), and
the toy factory dies with him. Not surprisingly, Peter's
"career transition" is less than smooth. Then he
decides to follow his 25-year-old dream and become a jouster at
Quahog's Renaissance Faire.
Guest Voices: Carlos Alazraqui (Mr. Weed) David Berry (kid #1 and
Billy) Fred Tatasciore (Chevy Chase) Jackson Douglas (vacuum
repairman) Johnny Brennan (Mafioso and Mort Goldman) Justin
Koznar (Kid #2 an Alfalfa) R. Lee Ermey (Coach) Rachael
MacFarlane (Barbara, Maid Madeline, and Margot Kidder) Ralph
Garman (Gene Rayburn) Will Ferrell (Black Knight) Charles Durning
(Francis) Adam Carolla (Death) Jimmy Kimmel (man in suit,
renaissance guy, and Death's dog) Tara Strong (Singing Meg) Danny
Smith (IV) (Jester) Mike Henry (friar and minstrel) Phil LaMarr
(minister, Ollie, and pimp)
First Airing: 05-Sep-2001 Episode Number: 3ACX04 Writer: Steve
Callaghan Director: Michael Dante DiMartino
NOTE: Ratings - 4.3/6
38. A Fish
Out of Water
When Peter decides
to become a fisherman, he takes out a large loan to buy a fishing
boat and unwittingly gives up everything he owns as collateral.
Faced with losing the family home, Peter resorts to desperate
measures to get the money and hunts down a famous man-eating fish
for the reward money. Meanwhile, Lois and Meg hit the beach for
Spring Break.
Guest Voices: Patrick Warburton (Joe) Brian Doyle-Murray (Salty)
Danny Smith (IV)
First Airing: 19-Sep-2001 Episode Number: 3ACX05 Writer: Alex
Borstein and Mike Henry Director: Bert Ring
NOTE: Postponed from September 12, 2001 due to the World Trade
Center bombing.
Then scheduled to air on September 13, and postponed another day
for the same reason.
Rescheduled again for September 14. then postponed until
September 19.
Fish Out of Water finally aired on September 19, all the premier
shows have been moved foward a date, ie: Love Cruise, That '70s
Show, and Undeclared.
Ratings - 3.9/6
39.
Emission Impossible
Peter and Lois are
inspired by her pregnant sister Carol to have another baby.
Stewie is appalled at the prospect of another sibling and vows to
keep Lois and Peter from sleeping together. After various
attempts to stop them, Stewie shrinks himself down to a
microscopic size and enters Peter's body in hopes of destroying
all of his sperm.
Guest Voices: Majel Barrett (Computer in Stewie's Ship) Wallace
Shawn (Bertram) Adam West (Mayor Adam West) Carol Kane (Carol)
Shawn Pyfrom (Oliver) D.D. Howard (Mrs. Brady) Mike Henry
(Cleveland Jr., and Thug #2) Gary Cole (Mike Brady and thug #1)
David Berry (Bobby) Tara Strong (baby)
First Airing: 08-Nov-2001 Episode Number: 3ACX01 Writer: Dave
Collard and Ken Goin Director: Peter Shin
NOTE: This episode out ranked the President's Address to the
Nation.
Ratings - 3.5/5
40. To
Live and Die in Dixie
When Chris sees a
convenience store hold up and identifies the thief in a police
line-up, the Griffins are put into the witness protection program
and must relocate to a small town in the deep south. While they
are there, the townspeople put on a Civil War re-enactment and
re-invent history by having the South win -- with laser swords.
But when Peter questions the historical truthfulness, the town
turns on him and he must fight his own battle
Guest Voices: Waylon Jennings (Himself) Brian Dunkelman (Buck
Owens) Ralph Garman (Paul Simon, Agent Jenkins and Jeff
Foxworthy) Kathleen Wilhoite (Sam) David Berry (Ryan) Danny Smith
(IV) (Officer Horowitz and Mr. Stevenson) Jane Lynce (Barbara)
First Airing: 15-Nov-2001 Episode Number: 3ACX09 Writer: Steve
Callaghan Director: Dan Povenmire
NOTE: Ratings - 3.4/5
Waylon Jenning's last role before he died.
41.
Screwed The Pooch
When Brian joins
Lois and Peter on their visit to the Pewterschmidits, his pent-up
sexual energy is unleashed on the Pewterschmidit's dog Sea
Breeze. After the vet informs them that Sea Breeze is pregnant,
Mr. Pewterschmidt refuses to let Brian near her. Brian decides to
sue him for custody of the puppies.
Guest Voices: Bob Barker (Himself) Patrick Warburton (Joe) Phil
LaMarr (doctor, judge, lawyer) Don Lafontaine (Fox announcer)
Mike Henry (dog owner, Cleveland and wine tasting man #2) Ralph
Garman (motel clerk, veterinarian and Ted Turner) Johnny Brennan
(Mort Goldman) Gary Cole (Michael Eisner)
First Airing: 29-Nov-2001 Episode Number: 3ACX08 Writer: Dave
Collard and Ken Goin Director: Pete Michels
NOTE: Ratings - 3.1/5
42. Peter
Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother?
When Chris begins
to embrace African-American culture, Cleveland takes him to an
Irish heritage museum to teach him about his own culture. In a
genealogy book, Chris discovers that he has an African-American
ancestor. Meanwhile, when the Peterschmidts come to visit, they
reveal a secret and bribe Peter to keep it quiet. But after Peter
accepts the bribe, he makes a harsh realization.
Guest Voices: John Riggi (Dennis Miller) Meredith Scott Lynn
(girl) Kevin Michael Richardson (league member #2 and black
professor) Rachael MacFarlane (Jill, woman, animatronic wife and
animatronic Irish woman) Phil LaMarr (Donald, chapter president,
rapper and black comedian) Chris Cox (George W. Bush) Wayne
Collins (basketball player and league member) Danny Smith (IV)
(announcer, scientist #2 and leper)
First Airing: 06-Dec-2001 Episode Number: 3ACX06 Writer: Mike
Barker and Matt Weitzman Director: Scott Wood
NOTE: Glitch: The closed captions for this episode aired during
The Bernie Mac Show on the previous day.
Ratings - 2.9/5
43. Ready,
Willing, and Disabled
When Joe loses a
thief in a chase, he also loses his self confidence and pride as
a police officer. Peter becomes determined to help Joe and offers
to train him for the decathlon at the Olympics for handicapped
athletes. Peter spikes Joe's drink with steroids and he goes on
to win the gold medal and fame. Meanwhile, Stewie, Meg and Brian
fight over a money clip and twenty six dollars.
Guest Voices: Danny Smith (IV) (evil monkey, district attorney
and agent) Patrick Warburton (Joe) Adam West (Mayor Adam West)
Tony Danza (Joe in T.V. movie) Valerie Bertinelli (Bonnie in T.V.
movie) Alex Rocco (Angel and Bea Arthur as Peter in T.V. movie)
First Airing: 20-Dec-2001 Episode Number: 3ACX07 Writer: Alex
Barnow and Marc Firek Director: Andi Klein
NOTE: Ratings - 3.0/5
44. A Very
Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
Christmas gets off
to a rocky start for the Griffins when Peter accidentally gives
all of the family presents away and they have to go shopping on
Christmas Eve. Meanwhile, at home, Brian gets caught in a sticky
mess with the Christmas tree and ends up burning Lois dinner.
Coming home to the mess, Lois has to struggle to keep her
Christmas cheer.
Guest Voices: Danny Smith (IV) (Ace Frehely, Asian shopper,
Herbie the Elf, Joaquin, kid, old man, Skeeter, Snuggles, and
wise man #1) Kiss (Themselves) Patrick Warburton (Joe) Jennifer
Tilly (Bonnie) Matt Weitzman (Matt Weitzman (uncredited) as
shopper #1, sniper and soldier) Gary Janetti (uncredited) as
Godzilla and wise man #3) Garrett Donovan (uncredited) as dream
Santa) Craig Hoffman (uncredited) as announcer, mall Santa and
papa) Mike Henry (Cleveland and FBI agent)
First Airing: 21-Dec-2001 Episode Number: 2ACX03 Writer: Danny
Smith (IV) Director: Brian Hogan
NOTE: Ratings - 2.8/6
This was the lowest rated episode of the series.
45. Brian
Wallows and Peter's Swallows
When Brian finds
the dating scene unbearable, he drowns his loneliness in alcohol
and gets arrested for drunk driving. A court judge sentences him
to care for a cranky elderly woman who winds up being the love of
Brian's life. Meanwhile, Peter grows a beard which becomes a nest
for endangered birds.
Guest Voices: Patrick Warburton (Joe) Adam West (Mayor Adam West)
A.J. Benza (Host)
First Airing: 17-Jan-2002 Episode Number: 3ACX03 Writer: Allison
Adler Director: Dan Povenmire
NOTE: RatinGuest Voices: 3.4/5
While this was not the SOURCE of the episode's material, CBC
Radio One ran a segment on its show As it Happens about a man
named Grant Griffen who's apartment in Florida was overrun with
bats that he could not have exterminated or removed because they
were endangered. This story ran June 27, 2002, long after this
episode was ever written or aired, but it sure is a cute bit of
irony that a man with nearly the same name has a real life
problem like this.
Episode won an Emmy for its musical number.
During the musical number on the FOX version, one of the tarot
cards was changed from George W. Bush to Jerry Springer. Also the
World Trade Center towers were digitally removed after 9/11 (the
same reason why the George W. Bush tarot card was changed to
Jerry Springer). Both of these deleted parts have been shown on
Cartoon Network.
46. From
Method to Madness
When Brian
auditions for a role at the local theater, Stewie is discovered
and enters the Quahog School of Performing Arts. Meanwhile, Peter
rescues a man from the ocean only to discover that the man is a
nudist.
Guest Voices: Chris Cox (Mark and Jeff Campbell) Fred Willard
(Dave Campbell) Mark Paredes (Pasqual) Denis Martell (Santos)
Rachael MacFarlane (Olivia and ballerina) Jane Lynch (Dotty
Campbell and ballet teacher) Ralph Garman (Bernie)
First Airing: 24-Jan-2002 Episode Number: 3ACX11 Writer: Mike
Barker and Matt Weitzman Director: Bert Ring
NOTE: Ratings - 4.0/6
On American TV, this episode had a warning about nudity before
the opening theme.
47. Stuck
Together, Torn Apart
Lois runs into an
old male friend from school and they renew their friendship. When
Peter finds out, he becomes jealous, to say the least. Meanwhile,
Brian and Stewie get themselves stuck together with
industrial-strength glue.
Guest Voices: Jennifer Love Hewitt (Herself) Patrick Warburton
(Joe)
First Airing: 31-Jan-2002 Episode Number: 3ACX10 Writer: Mark
Hentemann Director: Michael Dante DiMartino
NOTE: Ratings - 4.0/6
48.
European Road Show
Brian and Stewie
stow away on a plane they think is bound for England. They're
wrong, and soon they're in Saudi Arabia, at the beginning of a
long, strange trip back home. Meanwhile, back in the U.S., Peter
and Lois have an odd encounter with KISS.
Guest Voices: Kiss (Themselves) Andy Dick (Himself) Michael
McKean (Pengrove Pig)
First Airing: 07-Feb-2002 Episode Number: 3ACX13 Director: Dan
Povenmire
NOTE: The opening credits are much like the ones in "Road to
Rhode Island" which are a take off of old 40's movies.
Ratings - 3.9/6
49. Family Guy Viewer
Mail #1
In a special
three-story episode, Brian reads viewer mail and tries to answer
the questions: What if the Griffins were little, What if Peter
found a Genie lamp and What if the Griffins had super powers
Guest Voices: Alex Trebek (Himself) Adam Carolla (Death) Patrick
Warburton (Joe) Adam West (Mayor Adam West) Regis Philbin
(Himself) Kelly Ripa (Herself)
First Airing: 14-Feb-2002 Episode Number: 3ACX12 Director: Scott
Wood
NOTE: Ratings - 4.3/7
The theme music that plays for Peter while he's ridin' on the bus
has been used in the show before, most notably in 2x20 Wasted
Talent (see if you can spot where)
50. When You Wish Upon
a Weinstein
An inspirational
visit from a successful Jew -- who could be the answer to Peter's
financial crisis -- leads Peter to push Chris to go Jewish, so he
too will be successful.
Guest Voices: Mike Barker Andrea Beutner Ricky Blitt Mark Hamill
(Luke Skywalker) Mike Henry Ed McMahon (Himself) Peter Riegert
Mary Scheer Ben Stein (Rabbi) Nicole Sullivan Wally Wingert
First Airing: UNAIRED Episode Number: 2ACX05 Writer: Ricky Blitt
Director: Dan Povenmire
NOTE: It is reported that this episode will be included with the
Season 3 Eps that are being released on DVD in North America in
September of 2003
Rumours seem to point to the heavy number of Jewish jokes within
this episode as for the reason it didn't air.
This episode will be on the Season 2 DVD and video being released
in the UK in January 2003
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