--- title: "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein (S03E22) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e22-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein: Family Guy season 3 episode 22 (S03E22), first released 9 September 2003. Writer and director credits." --- # When You Wish Upon a Weinstein Episode 22 of Family Guy season 3 (S03E22), the 50th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Ricky Blitt and directed by Dan Povenmire. First released on 9 September 2003. ## Story Peter gives Lois's emergency savings to Jim Kaplan, a con man selling volcano insurance. Lois tells Peter to get the money back. Quagmire and Cleveland credit Jewish men for their wealth, so Peter decides he needs one to handle his finances. Max Weinstein's car breaks down outside the house, and Peter pressures him into helping get the cash back from Kaplan. After dinner with Max and a synagogue visit, Peter decides converting Chris to Judaism would make him successful. Father and son drive to Las Vegas for a quick bar mitzvah. Lois, tipped off by Brian, stops the ceremony, but the offended congregation attacks the family. On the bus home Lois argues that success does not depend on religion, and Peter accepts he was wrong. The bus turns out to be full of nuns, who attack them for straying from Catholicism. ## Production and reception - Ricky Blitt wrote the episode and Dan Povenmire directed it; it was produced in 2000 as a holdover from the second production season. ([Wikipedia: When You Wish Upon a Weinstein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_You_Wish_Upon_a_Weinstein)) - Fox executives feared the episode could be read as antisemitic and refused to broadcast it; it first aired on Adult Swim on 9 November 2003 and reached Fox on 10 December 2004. ([Wikipedia: When You Wish Upon a Weinstein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_You_Wish_Upon_a_Weinstein)) - Guest voices included Ben Stein as the rabbi, Mark Hamill, Ed McMahon, Peter Riegert, Phil LaMarr, Mary Scheer, Nicole Sullivan and Andrea Beutener. ([Wikipedia: When You Wish Upon a Weinstein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_You_Wish_Upon_a_Weinstein)) - Seth MacFarlane said on the DVD commentary that two rabbis approved the script, and that around 70 per cent of the show's writers were Jewish. ([Wikipedia: When You Wish Upon a Weinstein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_You_Wish_Upon_a_Weinstein)) - Bourne Company, owner of When You Wish Upon a Star, sued over Peter's parody song in 2007; a US district judge ruled in 2009 that there was no copyright infringement. ([Wikipedia: When You Wish Upon a Weinstein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_You_Wish_Upon_a_Weinstein)) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 3 | | Episode | 22 of 22 | | Overall | No. 50 | | Code | S03E22 | | First released | 9 September 2003 | | Releases | 9 September 2003 (DVD); 9 November 2003 (Adult Swim); 10 December 2004 (Fox) | | Directed by | Dan Povenmire | | Written by | Ricky Blitt | | Production code | 2ACX05 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 3 | | Wikidata | Q4053088 | | IMDb | tt0576978 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: Wikidata differs on air date (2004-12-10) | | US viewers | 4.88 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin | | Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Female Announcer, Midge | | Seth Green | Chris Griffin, The Penguin, Herschel | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin | | Mike Barker | Jason Alexander | | Andrea Hutchman | Nun Assistant | | Ricky Blitt | Mordecai | | Mark Hamill | Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi | | Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown | | Phil LaMarr | Louis Farrakhan | 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 - Andrea Beutener - Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker - Phil LaMarr - Ed McMahon as himself - Peter Riegert as Max Weinstein - Mary Scheer - Ben Stein as Rabbi Goldberg - Nicole Sullivan ## Links - Season: [3](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-3/) - Source: [Wikipedia: Family Guy season 3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_3) - Wikidata: [Q4053088](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4053088) - IMDb: [tt0576978](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0576978/) - US viewers: [4.88 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_3) ## Navigation - Previous: [S03E21 Family Guy Viewer Mail #1](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e21-family-guy-viewer-mail-1/) - Next: [S04E01 North by North Quahog](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e01-north-by-north-quahog/) - Season hub: [Season 3](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-3/) - All episodes: [Family Guy episode guide](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/) ## Season 3: episode 22 of 22 - S03E01 [The Thin White Line](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e01-the-thin-white-line/) - S03E02 [Brian Does Hollywood](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e02-brian-does-hollywood/) - S03E03 [Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e03-mr-griffin-goes-to-washington/) - S03E04 [One If by Clam, Two If by Sea](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e04-one-if-by-clam-two-if-by-sea/) - S03E05 [And the Wiener Is...](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e05-and-the-wiener-is/) - S03E06 [Death Lives](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e06-death-lives/) - S03E07 [Lethal Weapons](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e07-lethal-weapons/) - S03E08 [The Kiss Seen Around the World](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e08-the-kiss-seen-around-the-world/) - S03E09 [Mr. Saturday Knight](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e09-mr-saturday-knight/) - S03E10 [A Fish Out of Water](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e10-a-fish-out-of-water/) - S03E11 [Emission Impossible](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e11-emission-impossible/) - S03E12 [To Love and Die in Dixie](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e12-to-love-and-die-in-dixie/) - S03E13 [Screwed the Pooch](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e13-screwed-the-pooch/) - S03E14 [Peter Griffin: Husband, Father... Brother?](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e14-peter-griffin-husband-father-brother/) - S03E15 [Ready, Willing, and Disabled](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e15-ready-willing-and-disabled/) - S03E16 [A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e16-a-very-special-family-guy-freakin-christmas/) - S03E17 [Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e17-brian-wallows-and-peters-swallows/) - S03E18 [From Method to Madness](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e18-from-method-to-madness/) - S03E19 [Stuck Together, Torn Apart](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e19-stuck-together-torn-apart/) - S03E20 [Road to Europe](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e20-road-to-europe/) - S03E21 [Family Guy Viewer Mail #1](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s03e21-family-guy-viewer-mail-1/) - S03E22 When You Wish Upon a Weinstein (this entry) --- Unofficial fan resource. 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