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Season 3 · Episode 3 · First aired 25 July 2001

Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington

Episode 3 of Family Guy season 3 (S03E03), the 31st Family Guy episode overall. Written by Ricky Blitt and directed by Brian Hogan. First broadcast on 25 July 2001.

Story

A tobacco company, El Dorado, buys the Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory. Lois suspects the new owners of marketing cigarettes to children. Peter goes to challenge the management but is instead made company president, and the family is showered with perks. The board sends him to Washington to lobby against a new anti-smoking bill. Back home, Lois finds Stewie smoking and takes the family to Washington. As Peter prepares to address Congress he sees Stewie coughing, and instead urges the politicians to reject the company's proposal. They do, El Dorado is fined and the company goes bankrupt.

Voices

VoiceCharacters
Seth MacFarlanePeter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin
Alex BorsteinLois Griffin, Aunt Bee
Seth GreenChris Griffin, Hipster #1, El Dorado Parking Employee
Mila KunisMeg Griffin
Carlos AlazraquiMr. Jonathan Weed
Ricky BlittJoel (Milano's Lawyer)
Gary ColeChairman
Louise DuArtBobby
Olivia HackJeremy's Mom, Baby Smokes-A-Lot Toy
Mike HenryBruce the Performance Artist

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

  • Carlos Alazraqui as Mr. Jonathan Weed
  • Gary Cole as Chairman
  • Danny Smith as Harrison
  • Jack Sheldon as The Bill
  • Ricky Blitt as Bob Doyle

Season 3: episode 3 of 22

  1. E1The Thin White Line
  2. E2Brian Does Hollywood
  3. E3Mr. Griffin Goes to WashingtonYou are here
  4. E4One If by Clam, Two If by Sea
  5. E5And the Wiener Is...
  6. E6Death Lives
  7. E7Lethal Weapons
  8. E8The Kiss Seen Around the World
  9. E9Mr. Saturday Knight
  10. E10A Fish Out of Water
  11. E11Emission Impossible
  12. E12To Love and Die in Dixie
  13. E13Screwed the Pooch
  14. E14Peter Griffin: Husband, Father... Brother?
  15. E15Ready, Willing, and Disabled
  16. E16A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
  17. E17Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows
  18. E18From Method to Madness
  19. E19Stuck Together, Torn Apart
  20. E20Road to Europe
  21. E21Family Guy Viewer Mail #1
  22. E22When You Wish Upon a Weinstein

Season hub with air dates and credits for all 22 episodes

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