Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington 

After the toy company is taken over by a tobacco company, Peter is set up as the president and is sent to Washington to lobby against a bill.

Directors:

Brian Hogan, Pete Michels

Writers:

Seth MacFarlane (created by), Seth MacFarlane (developed by)

Stars:

Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Seth MacFarlane	...	Peter Griffin / Brian Griffin / Stewie Griffin / Glenn Quagmire / Tom Tucker / Additional Voices (voice)
Alex Borstein	...	Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Barbara Pewterschmidt / Additional Voices (voice)
Seth Green	...	Chris Griffin / Additional Voices (voice)
Mila Kunis	...	Meg Griffin (voice)
Carlos Alazraqui	...	Mr. Weed (voice)
Ricky Blitt	...	Milano's Lawyer
Gary Cole	...	Chairman (voice)
Louise DuArt	...	(voice) (as Louise Duart)
Olivia Hack	...	Various (voice)
Mike Henry	...	(voice)
Meredith Scott Lynn	...	(voice)
Alyssa Milano	...	Alyssa Milano
Brian Doyle-Murray	...	(voice) (as Brian Doyle Murray)
Jack Sheldon	...	The Bill (voice)
Danny Smith	...	Harrison (voice)

Storyline

When the Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory is bought out by a tobacco company, Peter gets promoted to an executive position. Everyone in the family is thrilled with his newfound success until it turns out that his bosses want him to lobby Congress for favorable tobacco legislation. Peter rationalizes his job for a while, but eventually sees the damage it's doing to his family.

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Plot Keywords:

parody of after school specials | part live action | character name in title | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 July 2001 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fuzzy Door Productions,20th Century Fox Television,Fox Television Animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

23 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Syndicated print cuts out the company posters, "Stop staring at my tail", Peter's robotic servant, and the "Vagina Coast Guard" joke Peter makes while addressing Dick Armey.

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Goofs

When at the Red Sox game, Stewie trades his baseball for a bat with a child next to him, then hits him with the bat and takes his baseball back. The shot pans away, when it returns to The Griffins Stewie is holding neither and is sitting next to a grown man.

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Quotes

Peter Griffin: [laughing at Dick Armey's name] Hey, Armey, what's your wife's name? Vagina Coast Guard?

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Connections

Spoofs Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)

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