Season 2 · Episode 20 · First aired 25 July 2000
Wasted Talent
Episode 20 of Family Guy season 2 (S02E20), the 27th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Dave Collard, Ken Goin, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman and directed by Bert Ring. First broadcast on 25 July 2000.
Story
Peter wins a place on a tour of the brewery run by Pawtucket Pat, a storyline modelled on the 1971 film of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Lois, meanwhile, needs a gifted pianist to beat her rival at a coming talent contest and cannot find one. She discovers that Peter can play to a professional standard, but only when he is drunk.
Voices
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Barbra Streisand, Piano Boy's Mom |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin, Teenager |
| Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin |
| Lori Alan | Diane Simmons |
| Carlos Alazraqui | Cheech Marin |
| Adam Carolla | Death |
| Gary Cole | Jerry Nelson, Various |
| Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown |
| Michael McKean | Pawtucket Pat |
Principal voice credits as recorded by IMDb, which lists up to ten credits per episode, so recurring characters can be missing here. Guest voices below come from Wikipedia and TVmaze.
Guest voices
- Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
- Adam West as Mayor Adam West
- Lori Alan as Diane Simmons
- Alex Borstein as Tricia Takanawa
- Adam Carolla as Death
- Carlos Alazraqui as Mr. Jonathan Weed
- Michael McKean as Pawtucket Pat
- Julia Sweeney as Woman in Restaurant
Season 2: episode 20 of 21
- E1Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater
- E2Holy Crap
- E3Da Boom
- E4Brian in Love
- E5Love Thy Trophy
- E6Death Is a Bitch
- E7The King Is Dead
- E8I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar
- E9If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin'
- E10Running Mates
- E11A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Bucks
- E12Fifteen Minutes of Shame
- E13Road to Rhode Island
- E14Let's Go to the Hop
- E15Dammit Janet
- E16There's Something About Paulie
- E17He's Too Sexy for His Fat
- E18E. Peterbus Unum
- E19The Story on Page One
- E20Wasted TalentYou are here
- E21Fore, Father
SourceFacts from Wikipedia: Family Guy season 2 (CC BY-SA 4.0). Spotted an error? See corrections.
Provenance
Facts only- Data refreshed
- 6 September 2026
- Verification
- Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: Wikidata lists fewer writers
- Licence
- Facts are not copyrightable. Source text on Wikipedia is CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikidata is CC0; IMDb data is used for verification under its non-commercial terms.
- Note
- The story summary and notes were written for this site from the sources listed, by Claude in Claude Code on 2026-09-08, awaiting editorial review. Facts only; no dialogue is reproduced. Voice credits: Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Guest cast data from TVmaze (https://www.tvmaze.com), CC BY-SA.