--- title: "The Most Interesting Man in the World (S12E17) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e17-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "The Most Interesting Man in the World (S12E17): Family Guy season 12 episode 17, first aired 13 April 2014. Facts and credits." --- # The Most Interesting Man in the World Episode 17 of Family Guy season 12 (S12E17), the 227th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Tom Devanney and directed by Joseph Lee. First broadcast on 13 April 2014. ## Story Lois goes shooting with Bonnie and leaves Peter to take Stewie to the park. Peter slips off to the Drunken Clam and brings home the wrong child, and Lois calls him an idiot. Quagmire suggests he broaden his horizons, so Peter takes the Chicago business trip that Stella refuses and fills his spare hours with the city's culture, then takes further trips to San Francisco, New York and St Louis. He comes home refined, replaces the television with a bookcase and puts off his friends and family. Lois admits to Brian that the change has left her feeling stupid, and sends Peter to Tucson, Arizona, from which he returns as he was. ## Production and reception - The episode features one of Dennis Farina's last performances before his death. ([Wikipedia: The Most Interesting Man in the World (Family Guy)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Interesting_Man_in_the_World_(Family_Guy))) - It was the last episode Ron Jones scored for the series, after which Walter Murphy took sole charge of the music. ([Wikipedia: The Most Interesting Man in the World (Family Guy)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Interesting_Man_in_the_World_(Family_Guy))) - The broadcast took a 2.1 rating among adults aged 18 to 49 and 4.39 million viewers, the best figures of the night on Fox. ([Wikipedia: The Most Interesting Man in the World (Family Guy)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Interesting_Man_in_the_World_(Family_Guy))) - Eric Thurm of The A.V. Club graded the episode B plus, finding the second half funny but objecting that the first half keeps pointing out the laziness of its own jokes. ([Wikipedia: The Most Interesting Man in the World (Family Guy)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Interesting_Man_in_the_World_(Family_Guy))) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 12 | | Episode | 17 of 21 | | Overall | No. 227 | | Code | S12E17 | | First aired | 13 April 2014 | | Directed by | Joseph Lee | | Written by | Tom Devanney | | Production code | BACX14 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 12 | | Wikidata | Q16531412 | | IMDb | tt3628580 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree | | US viewers | 4.39 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin | | Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Female Reporter #1, Passenger | | Seth Green | Chris Griffin | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin | | Dennis Farina | Dennis Farina | | Carrie Fisher | Angela | | Chris Galya | Johnny Lawrence, Daniel LaRusso | 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 - Credited: - Dennis Farina as himself, Dennis Farina - Carrie Fisher as Angela - Marlee Matlin as Stella - Fred Tatasciore as John Goodman - Uncredited: - Jon Cryer as Alan Harper (deleted scenes) - Ashton Kutcher as Walden Schmidt (deleted scenes) - Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson - Jennifer Tilly as Bonnie Swanson ## Links - Season: [12](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-12/) - Source: [Wikipedia: Family Guy season 12](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_12) - Wikidata: [Q16531412](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16531412) - IMDb: [tt3628580](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3628580/) - US viewers: [4.39 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Interesting_Man_in_the_World_(Family_Guy)) ## Navigation - Previous: [S12E16 Herpe the Love Sore](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e16-herpe-the-love-sore/) - Next: [S12E18 Baby Got Black](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e18-baby-got-black/) - Season hub: [Season 12](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-12/) - All episodes: [Family Guy episode guide](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/) ## Season 12: episode 17 of 21 - S12E01 [Finders Keepers](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e01-finders-keepers/) - S12E02 [Vestigial Peter](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e02-vestigial-peter/) - S12E03 [Quagmire's Quagmire](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e03-quagmires-quagmire/) - S12E04 [A Fistful of Meg](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e04-a-fistful-of-meg/) - S12E05 [Boopa-dee Bappa-dee](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e05-boopa-dee-bappa-dee/) - S12E06 [Life of Brian](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e06-life-of-brian/) - S12E07 [Into Harmony's Way](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e07-into-harmonys-way/) - S12E08 [Christmas Guy](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e08-christmas-guy/) - S12E09 [Peter Problems](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e09-peter-problems/) - S12E10 [Grimm Job](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e10-grimm-job/) - S12E11 [Brian's a Bad Father](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e11-brians-a-bad-father/) - S12E12 [Mom's the Word](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e12-moms-the-word/) - S12E13 [3 Acts of God](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e13-3-acts-of-god/) - S12E14 [Fresh Heir](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e14-fresh-heir/) - S12E15 [Secondhand Spoke](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e15-secondhand-spoke/) - S12E16 [Herpe the Love Sore](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e16-herpe-the-love-sore/) - S12E17 The Most Interesting Man in the World (this entry) - S12E18 [Baby Got Black](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e18-baby-got-black/) - S12E19 [Meg Stinks!](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e19-meg-stinks/) - S12E20 [He's Bla-ack!](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e20-hes-bla-ack/) - S12E21 [Chap Stewie](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e21-chap-stewie/) --- Unofficial fan resource. 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