When You Wish Upon a Weinstein

Due to a controversy over its subject matter, this episode, a Jewish Hanukkah special, was originally produced for season 2 (as production episode 2.5) to be broadcast in December 2000, but wasn't broadcast until November 2003 on Adult Swim as FOX refused to air it (at least for a while), almost 2 years after the show's cancellation. (Since the show wasn't picked up again until early 2005, this episode (commonly listed as 3.22), should ideally be in a season by itself as episode 4.1, and season 4 and on should really be season 5 and on.) Similarly, a Christmas special, also considered controversial, was made for around the same time (production episode 2.3), to be broadcast in season 2 around Xmas 2000, but was not actually broadcast until season 3 just before Xmas 2001 (as episode 3.16).

Peter and Chris are already in Las Vegas, waiting in line at the Bar Mitzvah Chapel when Lois learns where they've gone. She makes the two-day drive to Nevada and runs three miles to Las Vegas while they're still waiting.

Some syndicated airings cut short the infamous "Quagmire reaching for his keys" scene. Also, all TV airings and streaming versions change the line "even though they killed our Lord" to the less-offensive "I don't think they killed our Lord" during the I Need a Jew song.

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