Season 4 · Episode 23 · First aired 9 April 2006

Deep Throats

Episode 23 of Family Guy season 4 (S04E23), the 73rd Family Guy episode overall. Written by Alex Borstein and directed by Greg Colton. First broadcast on 9 April 2006.

Story

Meg interns for Mayor West, and Brian, afraid of becoming the family's new Meg, starts driving a taxi. A $400 parking ticket convinces him the mayor is corrupt, and Stewie joins his investigation. An informant in a car park, Kermit the Frog, tells them where West will be that night. Spying through a motel wall, they find the mayor in a romance with Meg. Brian photographs the pair and threatens to go to the press. Meg tells West, who ends the relationship to protect her from the publicity. Overhearing this, Brian destroys the photographs and apologises. Cleveland then wrecks the taxi, believing Brian refused him a ride. Meanwhile Peter and Lois revive their 1980s folk act for a community talent show. Struggling to write songs, they take up marijuana and stay stoned. They perform, believe they have triumphed, and lose; Chris explains they were too high to sing.

Production and reception

Alex Borstein wrote the episode and Greg Colton directed; the plot about Peter and Lois performing in bars is based on how Seth MacFarlane's parents met. Wikipedia, Deep Throats
Broadcasting standards made the producers rename Peter and Lois's band from Mouthful of Peter to Handful of Peter. Wikipedia, Deep Throats
H. Jon Benjamin, Frank Welker and Kate Jackson were guest voices, and Mike Henry voiced Bruce the performance artist. Wikipedia, Deep Throats
The episode is the first in the series in which Stewie shows an attraction to Brian. Wikipedia, Deep Throats
Peter and Lois lie on the sofa in underwear in the Fox version, but are naked in the DVD, Adult Swim and TBS versions. Wikipedia, Deep Throats

Voices

Voice	Characters
Seth MacFarlane	Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin
Alex Borstein	Lois Griffin
Seth Green	Chris Griffin
Mila Kunis	Meg Griffin
Lori Alan	Diane Simmons
H. Jon Benjamin	Carl
Ralph Garman	Morty the Pink Car
Mike Henry	Cleveland Brown, Bruce the Performance Artist
Kate Jackson	Mrs. Amanda King
Chris Sheridan	Chuck the Blue Car

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

H. Jon Benjamin as Carl
Frank Welker as Kermit the Frog and Fred Jones in the DVD version, Freddy
Kate Jackson as Mrs. King
Adam West as Mayor Adam West
Lori Alan as Diane Simmons
John Viener as Announcer
Ralph Garman as Guy #1
Danny Smith as Man #1
Chris Sheridan as Blue Car

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Provenance

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