"Family Guy"
From Method to Madness (2002)

Director:

Bert Ring

Writers:

Seth MacFarlane (creator)
Seth MacFarlane (developer) ...
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TV Series:

"Family Guy" (1999)

Original Air Date:

24 January 2002 (Season 3, Episode 18)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Plot:

Stewie becomes a stage star and Meg falls for a nudist.

Plot Keywords:

Nudist | Child Star | Talking Pet | Stay At Home Mom | Teenage Boy

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 31	11:30 PM	TOON	From Method to Madness	#3.18
Fri. Aug. 1	3:00 AM	TOON	From Method to Madness	#3.18

Cast

Seth MacFarlane	...	Peter Griffin / Brian Griffin / Stewie Griffin / Glen Quagmire / Tom Tucker / Additional Voices (voice)
Alex Borstein	...	Lois Griffin / Loretta Brown / Tricia Takanawa / Barbara Pewterschmidt / Additional Voices (voice)
Seth Green	...	Chris Griffin / Neil Goldman / Additional Voices (voice)
Mila Kunis	...	Meg Griffin (voice)
Chris Cox	...	Jeff Campbell, Mark (voice)
Ralph Garman	...	Bernie (voice)
Mike Henry	...	(voice)
Jane Lynch	...	Dotty Campbell (voice)
Rachael MacFarlane	...	Olivia (voice)
Mark Pasedes	...	Pasqual (voice)
Fred Willard	...	Dave Campbell (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Denis Martell	...	Santos (voice)

Directed by
Bert Ring

Writing credits
Seth MacFarlane		(creator)
Seth MacFarlane		(developer) &
David Zuckerman		(developer)
Mike Barker		(written by) &
Matt Weitzman		(written by)
Alex Barnow		staff writer
Alex Borstein		staff writer
David Collard		staff writer (as Dave Collard)
Marc Firek		staff writer
Ken Goin		staff writer

Produced by
Allison Adler	....	producer
Mike Barker	....	supervising producer
David A. Goodman	....	co-executive producer
Debby Hindman	....	animation producer
Gary Janetti	....	consulting producer
Gene Laufenberg	....	producer
Seth MacFarlane	....	executive producer
Melissa Owen	....	associate producer
Daniel Palladino	....	executive producer
Kara Vallow	....	producer
Matt Weitzman	....	supervising producer

Original Music by
Walter Murphy

Film Editing by
John C. Walts		(as John Walts)

Casting by
Linda Lamontagne
Karen Vice

Production Management
Lisa D. Fetterman	....	production supervisor
Tony Garcia	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Eric Fredrickson	....	assistant director
Jeff Stewart	....	assistant director

Art Department
Andrew Burrell	....	property designer
Hee Ja Cho	....	storyboard revisionist
Yebbi Cho	....	storyboard revisionist
Karen Marjoribanks	....	storyboard revisionist
John Mathot	....	storyboard artist
Art Mawhinney	....	storyboard artist
Charles Ragins	....	property designer
Chris Robertson	....	storyboard artist
Salene Weatherwax	....	property designer
Jefferson R. Weekley	....	property designer (as Jefferson Weekley)
Brent Woods	....	storyboard revisionist
Perry Zombolas	....	property designer

Sound Department
Pete Elia	....	sound re-recording mixer
Rick Ellis	....	production sound mixer
J. Stanley Johnston	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Stanley Johnston)
Bob Newlan	....	supervising sound editor

Animation Department
Craig Armstrong	....	animation timer
Patrick Buchanan	....	animation timer
Nic Camecho	....	overseas animation supervisor
Estrella Capin	....	animatic editor
Acacia Caputo	....	lip assignment
Fran Doyle	....	overseas animation supervisor
Bill Edwards	....	character designer
Gary Hall	....	animation checker (as Gary C. Hall)
Jamy Huang	....	color key supervisor
Robert Hughes	....	animation timer (as Rob Hughes)
Robert Ingram	....	animation timer
Wendy Jacobsmeyer	....	animation checker
Andi Klein	....	animation timer
Jim Lara	....	animatic editor (as Jim E. Lara)
Dao Le	....	animatic editor
Monica Lee	....	animatic editor
Rae McCarson	....	background designer
Maureen Mlynarczyk	....	animation timer
Michael Polcino	....	animation director
Becca Ramos	....	background designer

Editorial Department
Sarah Bueno	....	scanner
Kim Fertman	....	post-production coordinator
James Hartley	....	color key
Cynthia McIntosh	....	color key

Music Department
Stan Jones	....	music editor
Walter Murphy	....	composer: main title music

Other crew
Jim Bernstein	....	executive story editor
Steve Callaghan	....	story editor
Estrella Capin	....	retake coordinator
Joe Cecchini	....	production assistant
Michael Dante DiMartino	....	director: re-takes
Kim Fertman	....	assistant: Daniel Palladino
Jim Fleckenstein	....	production assistant
Matt Fleckenstein	....	assistant: Seth MacFarlane
Michael Gurau	....	production assistant
Mike Henry	....	executive story editor
Mark Hentemann	....	executive story editor
Meg Hoffman	....	assistant production accountant (as Megan Hoffman)
Christopher Holt	....	background supervisor (as Chris Holt)
Kyle Jolly	....	production coordinator (as Kyle A. Jolly)
Aaron LaFrance	....	production coordinator
Rebecca Lau	....	production assistant (as Becky Lau)
Edward Mariscal	....	production assistant (as Edward A. Mariscal)
D.F. McKenzie	....	accounting assistant
D.F. McKenzie	....	production assistant
Mark Mealie	....	assistant: Kara Vallow (as Marc Mealie)
Pete Michels	....	supervising director
Brynne Orloski	....	production assistant
Seth Podell	....	assistant to writers
Liddane Sanders	....	production controller
Lane Schnaitter	....	production coordinator
Peter Shin	....	supervising director
Michael Shipley	....	executive story editor
Larry Solomon	....	assistant to writers
Nicole Speed	....	production coordinator (as Nicole Joette Speed)
Maureen Weston	....	office manager (as Maureen 'Mo' Weston)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Seth MacFarlane		creator

Produced by
David Hemingson	....	consulting producer (season 5)
Richard Rosenstock	....	consulting producer

Film Editing by
Harold McKenzie
Karyn Finley Thompson		(as Karyn Finley Powell)

Production Design by
Salene Weatherwax

Production Management
Patrick Welborn	....	assistant production supervisor
Patrick Welborn	....	production supervisor

Art Department
Julie Forte	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Michael Babcock	....	sound effects editor
Stephen Fitzmaurice	....	adr mixer
Shawn Ian Kerkhoff	....	adr mixer (multiple episodes)
Shawn Ian Kerkhoff	....	production sound editor (multiple episodes)
Shawn Ian Kerkhoff	....	production sound mixer (multiple episodes)
Eric Lewis	....	assistant dialogue recording engineer
Helen Luttrell	....	foley editor
Conner Moore	....	additional dialogue recordist
Elmo Ponsdomenech	....	sound re-recording mixer (pilot episode)

Animation Department
Alissa Kueker	....	animatic scanner (2006)

Editorial Department
Daniel Ridgers	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
John Elg	....	conductor
Mark Graham	....	music librarian
Jason Lloyd	....	scoring cue mixer
John Rodd	....	orchestral scoring recordist
Todd Sheidenberger	....	orchestrator
Christine Sirois	....	score recordist
Tom Steel	....	scoring stage manager
Bill Talbott	....	scoring technician

Other crew
Joanna Fuller	....	assistant: David Goodman (2004-2005)
Marci Proietto	....	production executive (2004)
Brooke Roberts	....	script coordinator (2004-2005)
Roy Allen Smith	....	supervising director
Amanda Young	....	design coordinator

Goofs:

Continuity: After the first performance of the "Thank Goodness I've Got You" song, Olivia's dress is purple. When Stewie slaps Simon her dress changes to blue and she has make up on and then it changes back to her purple dress.

Quotes:

Stewie Griffin: I'd like to stay and chat, but you're a total bitch.

Movie Connections:

References "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" (1999/I)