"The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz" is the eighteenth episode of the fourth season of Family Guy. It was written by Danny Smith, who has written all Family Guy episodes to date to feature Francis, and guest-stars Charles Durning as Francis Griffin, Tom Bosley as Howard Cunningham, Marion Ross as Marion Cunningham, Gary Cole as Bill Lumbergh from Office Space, Sherman Hemsley as himself, and Paula Abdul as herself. The episode follows Peter's...
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"The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz" is the eighteenth episode of the fourth season of Family Guy. It was written by Danny Smith, who has written all Family Guy episodes to date to feature Francis, and guest-stars Charles Durning as Francis Griffin, Tom Bosley as Howard Cunningham, Marion Ross as Marion Cunningham, Gary Cole as Bill Lumbergh from Office Space, Sherman Hemsley as himself, and Paula Abdul as herself. The episode follows Peter's decision to find a new religion for himself. After several failed attempts, he chooses the one man who has always been there for him, Fonzie, and starts the First United Church of the Fonz. The episode accumulated a Nielsen rating of 8.26, and was received both positively and negatively by critics.
Peter's devout Catholic father, Francis, visits Quahog. Upon arrival, he insists that Stewie be baptized as a Catholic. After visiting a Church with Peter and Stewie, Francis is informed the holy water is tainted and he will have to wait. Francis...
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