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
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Aunt Bee |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin, Hipster #1, El Dorado Parking Employee |
| Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin |
| Carlos Alazraqui | Mr. Jonathan Weed |
| Ricky Blitt | Joel (Milano's Lawyer) |
| Gary Cole | Chairman |
| Louise DuArt | Bobby |
| Olivia Hack | Jeremy's Mom, Baby Smokes-A-Lot Toy |
| Mike Henry | Bruce 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
- E1The Thin White Line
- E2Brian Does Hollywood
- E3Mr. Griffin Goes to WashingtonYou are here
- E4One If by Clam, Two If by Sea
- E5And the Wiener Is...
- E6Death Lives
- E7Lethal Weapons
- E8The Kiss Seen Around the World
- E9Mr. Saturday Knight
- E10A Fish Out of Water
- E11Emission Impossible
- E12To Love and Die in Dixie
- E13Screwed the Pooch
- E14Peter Griffin: Husband, Father... Brother?
- E15Ready, Willing, and Disabled
- E16A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
- E17Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows
- E18From Method to Madness
- E19Stuck Together, Torn Apart
- E20Road to Europe
- E21Family Guy Viewer Mail #1
- E22When You Wish Upon a Weinstein
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