8.0/102 votes#1 - Phantom of the Telethon
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/30/2008
Stan emcees a CIA telethon to raise funds for the agency's torture budget after Congress slashed it. But Roger is out to sabotage it because Stan stole the idea for it from him.
Director: Brent Woods
Writer: Matt Weitzman
7.4/1029 votes#2 - Wasted Talent
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 7/25/2000
Peter and his friends go on a drinking binge to find a winning ticket in a bottle; Lois works Ling too hard for a competition.
Director: Bert Ring
Writer: Matt Weitzman
7.3/1029 votes#3 - Let's Go to the Hop
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 6/6/2000
Peter infiltrates Quahog High School as a new student.
Director: Glen Hill
Writer: Matt Weitzman
7.1/1034 votes#4 - A Hero Sits Next Door
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/1/1999
When the Griffin Family gets new neighbors that move in next door, Lois quickly becomes friends with Bonnie, Meg soon becomes attracted to their son, Kevin, and Peter becomes annoyed by the entire situation. After Peter injures the best player on his company's baseball team, Mr. Weed forces him to find a replacement, so Peter quickly changes his mind about his neighbors and invites Joe to play. When Joe shows up at the game, Peter learns that he is in a wheelchair. Joe ends up being the star of the game, which makes Peter jealous, as he wants to be a hero too. Peter ends up trying to stop a bank robbery to prove his value, but ends up getting caught up in the whole situation.
Director: Monte Young
Writer: Matt Weitzman
7.1/1031 votes#5 - Love Thy Trophy
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/14/2000
The Griffins and their neighbors build a festival float; waitress Meg schemes to get bigger tips.
Director: Jack Dyer
Writer: Matt Weitzman
7.0/104 votes#6 - Da Flippity Flop
Season 9 Episode 19 - Aired 5/12/2013
When Stan refuses to switch Klaus back into his original body, he steals Stan's body; Roger builds a gym in the attic.
Director: Rodney Clouden
Writer: Matt Weitzman
7.0/1029 votes#7 - Dammit Janet
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 6/13/2000
Lois enrolls Stewie at a day care center.
Director: Bert Ring
Writer: Matt Weitzman
7.0/1030 votes#8 - And the Wiener Is...
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 8/8/2001
Peter joins a gun club to compensate for his lack of physical assets; Meg becomes the target of the "cool" gang's wrath.
Director: Bert Ring
Writer: Matt Weitzman
6.9/1027 votes#9 - From Method to Madness
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 1/24/2002
Stewie attempts a career in show business; Meg dates a nudist.
Director: Bert Ring
Writer: Matt Weitzman
6.8/1025 votes#10 - Peter Griffin: Husband, Father... Brother?
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 12/6/2001
While trying to teach Chris about his Irish roots, Peter stumbles upon Nate Griffin, a black man in his family tree. Peter tries to embrace his new-found heritage, but can’t quite get the hang of it. When Lois’ father, Carter Pewtershmidt, sits the Griffin kids down for a look at his family genealogy, a dark secret is uncovered.
Director: Scott Wood
Writer: Matt Weitzman
6.7/106 votes#11 - Tearjerker
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 1/13/2008
A James Bond spoof casts Stan as a 007-type agent assigned by B (Bullock) to infiltrate the set of a movie producer named TchochkieSchmear (Klaus), who's in cahoots with the diabolical villain Tearjerker (Roger). Their plan? To kill everyone in the world by making movies so sad, people will cry themselves to death.
Director: Mike Kim
Writer: Matt Weitzman
6.1/1015 votes#12 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/6/2005
Stan Smith uses his CIA skills to help 13-year-old son Steve win class president and the heart of the hottest girl in class, Lisa Silver. But when being class president makes Steve mad with power, Stan must jump in to save the day. Meanwhile, Roger, the alien Stan saved from Area 51, helps 18-year-old Hayley with her school paper. In return, she hooks him up with boatloads of junk food to curb his sweet tooth. Unfortunately, some Chocodiles send him over the edge and a sugar crash prohibits him from finishing one of her papers, forcing Hayley to pick up the pieces. And Klaus, the goldfish with the brain of a German guy, pines after mother Francine. Unfortunately for Klaus, the closest he'll ever get to a date with her is the spin cycle with her sports bra.
Director: Ron Hughart
Writer: Matt Weitzman
6.1/107 votes#13 - Bush Comes to Dinner
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 1/7/2007
When Stan enters an essay contest to have his personal hero, President Bush, come over for dinner, he is overcome with joy when the President arrives at his doorstep. However, not everyone in the Smith family shares Stan's excitement. Hayley tries to drill President Bush on the Iraq war, and Steve and Roger attempt to convince him that they've found Osama Bin Laden, but instead get him drunk. Stan tries to save the President from public humiliation, while Hayley revels in his fall from glory.
Director: Mike Kim
Writer: Matt Weitzman
6.0/1012 votes#14 - Stan Knows Best
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/8/2005
Hayley comes home from a Green Party rally with her hair dyed green, instigating a fight with Stan. While she's sleeping, Stan cuts her hair (for her own good, of course). After learning of what Stan did, a wigged Hayley defies her father yet again by moving into the van of her new boyfriend. When Stan cuts her off financially, she gets a job as a waitress in a strip club, which pushes Stan right off the edge. Meanwhile, Steve tries to pass Roger off as his disfigured sister in order to cop a feel with a female classmate.
Director: Pam Cooke
Writer: Matt Weitzman
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"Phantom of the Telethon" is the best rated episode written by Matt Weitzman. It scored 8/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by Brent Woods. It aired on 11/30/2008 and is rated 0.6 points higher than their second-best episode, "Wasted Talent".