Season 7 · Episode 15 · First aired 10 May 2009
Three Kings
Episode 15 of Family Guy season 7 (S07E15), the 125th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Alec Sulkin and directed by Dominic Bianchi. First broadcast on 10 May 2009.
Story
Peter, told by Lois he watches too much television, presents three Stephen King stories with the regular characters in the roles. In Stand by Me, four boys played by Peter, Quagmire, Joe and Cleveland follow railway tracks in 1955 to find a dead body, which proves to be Meg. A train runs over Joe's legs on the way, and the town bully, Mayor West, claims the body. In Misery, the author Paul Sheldon (Brian) crashes in a snowstorm after hitting Stephen King with his car. His self-declared biggest fan, Stewie Wilkes, holds him in a cabin and forces him to rewrite the ending of his final children's book. In The Shawshank Redemption, Andy Dufresne (Peter) is jailed, befriends Red (Cleveland) and tunnels out behind a poster. Red is paroled and digs up the gift Andy left, but cannot recall the name of the Mexican village where Andy waits.
Production and reception
- The first US broadcast on 10 May 2009 was watched in 6.47 million homes and took a 3.2 rating among 18 to 49 year olds. Wikipedia, Three Kings (Family Guy)
- Stephen King gave written permission for the parody before production and later said he found the episode funny. Wikipedia, Three Kings (Family Guy)
- Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider and George Wendt guest starred, and Adam West also appeared. Wikipedia, Three Kings (Family Guy)
- It was the last episode to have its animatics drawn by hand. Wikipedia, Three Kings (Family Guy)
- Ahsan Haque of IGN rated it 8.4 out of 10 and The A.V. Club's Steve Heisler graded it B minus. The Parents Television Council named it Worst TV Show of the Week. Wikipedia, Three Kings (Family Guy)
Voices
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Marcia Sindell |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin |
| Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin |
| Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown, Cleve Tessio, Red |
| Ralph Garman | Thomas Magnum |
| Adam West | Mayor Adam West, Ace Merrill |
| Chris Cox | Disfigured WW2 Veteran, Jonathan Higgins |
| Richard Dreyfuss | Richard Dreyfuss, Narrator |
| Roy Scheider | Roy Scheider, Narrator |
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
- Richard Dreyfuss as Adult Petey
- Roy Scheider as Adult Joey
- George Wendt as Norm Peterson
- Adam West as Ace, Ace Merrill
- Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
- Chris Cox as Higgins
- Alec Sulkin as Parole Board Officer
- Danny Smith as Stephen King
Season 7: episode 15 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 Nothing
- 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 KingsYou are here
- E16Peter's Progress
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Provenance
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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.