Episode
Family Guy: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz
Overview
When Peter’s dad comes to visit, he tries to impose his religious beliefs on the family. But after a mix-up with the holy-water leaves Stewie in a bubble, Peter decides to form a church worshiping his hero, the Fonz.
Details
- Series
- Family Guy
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 2005-12-18
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz is Episode 18 in Season 4 of Family Guy. It aired on 2005-12-18. The runtime is 22 min.
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Lois discovers she has a brother named Patrick and takes the family cross-country to meet him. It turns out; he’s locked up in a mental institution. Lois thinks he’s sane, so she checks him out to live with the Griffins. Meanwhile, Peter starts the Society for the Acceptance of Fat Men. But when all the fat men of Quahog are strangled one-by-one the group lives in fear. Who could the “Fat Guy Strangler” be?
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