Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington
Peter becomes a tobacco lobbyist, while Stewie takes up smoking., It’s Opening Day for the Boston Red Sox., A conglomerate buys Happy Go Lucky Toys and installs Peter as president. The conglomerate also owns a tobacco company, and before long Peter is on his way to Washington to testify before US Congress on the benefits of smoking. Guest voices include Gary Coleman and Alyssa Milano (as themselves)., A conglomerate buys Happy Go Lucky Toys and installs Peter as president. The conglomerate also owns a tobacco company, and before long Peter is on his way to Washington to testify before Congress on the benefits of smoking., Peter becomes a tobacco lobbyist., A conglomerate buys Happy Go Lucky Toys and installs Peter (voice of series creator Seth McFarlane) as president. The conglomerate also owns a tobacco company, and before long Peter is on his way to Washington to testify before Congress on the benefits of smoking. Guest voices include Gary Cole and Alyssa Milano (as themselves)., Lois gets steamed–or rather, smoked–when Peter’s toy company is bought out by El Dorado Cigarettes, the better to promote “coffin nails” for the kiddie trade. To get Peter out of his hair, the president of El Dorado gives him a big promotion with a fat new salary. But, wait, there’s more: Because he is the archetypal “big dumb fat guy”, Peter is sent to Washington by his bosses to lobby against an anti-tobacco bill, promoted by congressman who laments that “cigarettes killed my father–and raped my mother.” Watch for references to such pop-culture esoterica as The Godfather Part II, That Girl and Schoolhouse Rock. And how does Alyssa Milano figure into all this?, When Happy-Go-Lucky Toys is purchased by a tobacco conglomerate, Peter becomes a DC lobbyist.
