"Family Goy" is the second episode of the eighth season of the animated comedy series Family Guy. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on October 4, 2009. In the episode, Lois discovers that her mother is Jewish and begins her struggle to adapt to her newfound heritage. Meanwhile, Irish Catholic Peter begins to embrace his wife's new religion, but after a spiritual visit from his deceased stepfather, Francis, he becomes increasingly antisemitic towards Lois and the family.
First announced at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con International, the episode was written by Mark Hentemann and directed by James Purdum. It received mixed reviews from critics for its storyline and cultural references, in addition to receiving criticism from the Parents Television Council. According to Nielsen ratings, it was viewed in 9.66 million homes in its original airing. The episode featured guest performances by Jeff Bergman, Max Burkholder, Charles Durning, Ben Stein, and Bill Woodson, along with several recurring guest voice actors for the series. "Family Goy" was released on DVD along with seven other episodes from the season on June 15, 2010.
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"FamilyGoy" is the second episode of the eighth season of the animated comedy series Family Guy. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on October...
In modern Hebrew and Yiddish, goy (/ɡɔɪ/; גוי, pl.: goyim /ˈɡɔɪ.ɪm/, גוים or גויים) is a term for a gentile, a non-Jew. Through Yiddish, the word has...
A Shabbos goy, Shabbat goy or Shabbes goy (Yiddish: שבת גוי, shabbos goy; Hebrew: גוי של שבת, goy shel shabbat; plural Shabbos goyim) is a non-Jew who...
reason, such as in "FamilyGoy", where he tells Peter about his Jewish identity after Peter and Lois quarreled over whether their family should be Christian...
parents, Carter and Barbara Pewterschmidt. It is revealed in the episode "FamilyGoy" that her mother is actually a Jewish American Holocaust survivor who...
including Peter's daughter Meg, whenever they turn 18. Following the episode "FamilyGoy", he develops a pornography addiction after discovering the existence...
comedy. The Parents Television Council, a frequent critic of Family Guy, branded "FamilyGoy", "Dial Meg for Murder", "Extra Large Medium", "Go Stewie Go"...
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Luba Goy (Ukrainian: Люба Ґой; born November 8, 1945) is a Canadian actress, comedian and one of the stars of Royal Canadian Air Farce. Goy was born in...
Quibi streaming television series Die Hart and in the short film The Shabbos Goy as Hannah, both released in July 2020. In 2022, she also played a leading...
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viewership. The episode's ratings were Family Guy's highest since the airing of the season eight episode "FamilyGoy". "And Then There Were Fewer" received...
appearance was as Rabbi Goldberg in the Family Guy episodes "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein" and "FamilyGoy". Stein also voiced the character Sam Schmaltz...
is the first episode of the eighth season of the animated comedy series Family Guy. Directed by Greg Colton and written by Wellesley Wild, the episode...
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The Goidelic (/ɡɔɪˈdɛlɪk/ goy-DEL-ik) or Gaelic languages (Irish: teangacha Gaelacha; Scottish Gaelic: cànanan Goidhealach; Manx: çhengaghyn Gaelgagh)...
Goy Karamelo (born Guillermo Andres Ogalde Gluzman on January 26, 1966, in Godoy Cruz, Mendoza, Argentina) is an Argentinian folk singer of Jewish origin...
speakers (30 cited 1998) Language family Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Mbum–Day Kim languages Goundo Language codes ISO 639-3 goy Glottolog goun1238 ELP Goundo...
"nation" to "non-Jew" today. The word "Goy" is now also used in English, principally by Jewish people – see goy. In 2006, the academic David Novak wrote...
"Ratings Guy" is the sixth episode to parody the show's title, after "Family Gay", "FamilyGoy", "Business Guy", "German Guy", and "Amish Guy". Ihlenfeld and...
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