Season 7 · Episode 6 · First aired 16 November 2008
Tales of a Third Grade Nothing
Episode 6 of Family Guy season 7 (S07E06), the 116th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Alex Carter and directed by Jerry Langford. First broadcast on 16 November 2008.
Story
Sent upstairs with shipping reports, Peter finds the executive bathroom and resolves to earn a promotion so he can use it. Hoping to impress his boss Angela, he blows up a rival's billboard and wrecks part of a children's hospital instead. Angela still recommends him for promotion, but Human Resources rules that he must first complete the third grade. Back at school Peter does badly, offends his teacher Mrs Wilson and mocks Omar, the top pupil. Mrs Wilson lets him enter the spelling bee, promising to pass him if he wins. Omar stumbles and Peter spells his word correctly. Angela then tells him he is going to jail for the explosion, and he serves a week. Meanwhile Frank Sinatra Jr returns to sing with Brian at the Quahog Cabana Club. The pair buy it and let Stewie turn it into a nightclub, pLace, which empties when Andy Dick walks in.
Production and reception
- Alex Carter wrote the episode and Jerry Langford directed it, the first Family Guy credit for each; Langford later directed "Stew-Roids". Wikipedia, Tales of a Third Grade Nothing
- Carrie Fisher returned as Angela, a role she first played in "Jungle Love", and Frank Sinatra Jr again voiced himself after "Brian Sings and Swings". Wikipedia, Tales of a Third Grade Nothing
- The title nods to Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, a children's book by Judy Blume whose narrator is also named Peter. Wikipedia, Tales of a Third Grade Nothing
- The closing duet, Take Me Out to pLace Tonight, uses Billy May's arrangement of On the Road to Mandalay from Frank Sinatra's 1958 album Come Fly with Me. Wikipedia, Tales of a Third Grade Nothing
- It drew 8.52 million viewers and a 4.2 Nielsen rating; Ahsan Haque of IGN rated it 8.5 out of 10 and Steve Heisler of The A.V. Club gave it a B. Wikipedia, Tales of a Third Grade Nothing
Voices
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Channel 5 News Reporter |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin, Michael Jackson |
| Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin |
| Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown, Bruce the Performance Artist |
| Lori Alan | Diane Simmons |
| Bob Barker | Bob Barker |
| Alexandra Breckenridge | Teacher, Club Girl |
| James Burkholder | Blonde Haired Kid, Son of Quagmire |
| Max Burkholder | Brown Haired Kid, Disabled Son of Quagmire |
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
- Bob Barker as himself
- James Burkholder as child
- Max Burkholder as child, Kid
- Chace Crawford as Omar
- Elisha Cuthbert as New Bedford
- Kaylee DeFer as Dakota
- Andy Dick as himself
- Carrie Fisher as Angela
- Caitlyn Jenner (then Bruce) as herself
- Phil LaMarr as Judge
- Debbie Reynolds as Mrs. Wilson
- Frank Sinatra Jr. as himself, Frank Sinatra, Jr.
- Sinbad as himself
- Billy Unger as child, Kid
- Mae Whitman as Suzie
- Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
- Lori Alan as Diane Simmons
Season 7: episode 6 of 16
- E1Love, Blactually
- E2I Dream of Jesus
- E3Road to Germany
- E4Baby Not on Board
- E5The Man with Two Brians
- E6Tales of a Third Grade NothingYou are here
- E7Ocean's Three and a Half
- E8Family Gay
- E9The Juice Is Loose
- E10Fox-y Lady
- E11Not All Dogs Go to Heaven
- E12420
- E13Stew-Roids
- E14We Love You, Conrad
- E15Three Kings
- E16Peter's Progress
SourceFacts from Wikipedia: Family Guy season 7 and the episode's article (CC BY-SA 4.0). Spotted an error? See corrections.
Provenance
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- 6 September 2026
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- 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.