"Family Guy" 420 (2009)

Directors:

Julius Wu
Peter Shin

Writers:

Seth MacFarlane (created by)
Seth MacFarlane (developed by) ...
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TV Series:

"Family Guy" (1999)

Original Air Date:

19 April 2009 (Season 7, Episode 12)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Plot:

Brian becomes the leading proponent for legalization of marijuana in Quahog. |

Plot Keywords:

Marijuana | Hypocrisy | Drug Bust | Cat | Double Standard

Cast

Seth MacFarlane	...	Peter Griffin / Brian Griffin / Stewie Griffin / Glenn Quagmire / Tom Tucker / Carter Pewterschmidt / Superman / Additional Voices (voice)
Alex Borstein	...	Lois Griffin / Additional Voices (voice)
Seth Green	...	Chris Griffin / Additional Voices (voice)
Mila Kunis	...	Meg Griffin (voice)
Mike Henry	...	Cleveland Brown (voice)
Lori Alan	...	Diane Simmons (voice)
Chris Cox	...	Various (voice)
Ralph Garman	...	Various (voice)
Phil LaMarr	...	Ollie Williams (voice)
Kerrigan Mahan	...	Various (voice)
Danny Smith	...	Various (voice)
Alec Sulkin	...	Various (voice)
John Viener	...	Various (voice)
Patrick Warburton	...	Joe Swanson (voice)
Adam West	...	Mayor Adam West (voice)

Directed by
Julius Wu
Peter Shin		(supervising director)

Writing credits
Seth MacFarlane		(created by)
Seth MacFarlane		developed by &
David Zuckerman		developer
Patrick Meighan		(written by)

Produced by
Steve Callaghan	....	co-executive producer
Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	....	co-producer
Kim Fertman	....	co-producer
David A. Goodman	....	executive producer
Mike Henry	....	supervising producer
Seth MacFarlane	....	executive producer
Chris Sheridan	....	executive producer
Kara Vallow	....	producer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John Bahn	....	assistant director

Art Department
Dominic Bianchi	....	storyboard artist
Won Ki Cho	....	storyboard revisionist
Mark Covell	....	storyboard artist
Mark Garcia	....	storyboard artist
Kevin Hanley	....	color designer
Michael Kinkade	....	color designer
Joe Vaux	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Patrick S. Clark	....	production sound mixer
Jim Fitzpatrick	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jordan Lezama	....	assistant sound editor
Bob Newlan	....	supervising sound editor
Jeremy Olsen	....	assistant sound editor
Michael Sana	....	assistant sound editor

Animation Department
Anthony Blasucci	....	assistant retake coordinator

Music Department
Stan Jones	....	music editor
Todd Sheidenberger	....	orchestrator
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation

Other crew
Jennifer Beltrami	....	assistant office manager
Kristy Grant	....	assistant: Chris Sheridan
Lisa Hallbauer	....	production assistant
Jason McGuinness	....	production assistant
Sean Perry	....	assistant to supervising directors
Jaydi Samuels	....	production assistant

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Seth MacFarlane		creator

Produced by
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
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

Production Companies

• Fuzzy Door Productions
• 20th Century Fox Television

Distributors

• Comedy Central (2010) (Hungary) (TV)
• Fox Network (2009) (USA) (TV)

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Company:

Fuzzy Door Productions

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Peter puts a VHS tape into the VCR upside down. Him and his father-in-law then watch the tape that Peter had edited together.

Quotes:

Superman:[in Superman 4] In order to do this, I must become Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.
Peter Griffin:[while watching the movie] So that's why this movie is called that.

Movie Connections:

References "Who's the Boss?" (1984)

Soundtrack:

A Bag of Weed

this wasn't that bad

420 wasn't really bad. Especially compared with other season seven episodes, this wasn't very bad at all.

After a couple of rather lame episodes, 420 revives the season as Brian goes out to legalize marijuana.

One striking feature of this episode is the musical, which hasn't been really used very well since the shipoopi episode.

Another feature of the episode that has improved since the last couple of episodes is the length of the flashbacks and the cutaway gags.

Dialogues are also quick and funny. Although still flawed, this episode is an improvement from the last ones

8.5/10