who was the original voice of meg on family guy?
Lacey Chabert
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 This was the first episode to have Mila Kunis providing the voice of Meg . Lacey Chabert , the original voice of Meg , left the series due to time constraints with her acting role in Party of Five , as well as schoolwork . Kunis won the role after auditions and a slight rewrite of the character , in part due to her performance on That ' 70s Show . Seth MacFarlane , the show 's creator , called Kunis back after her first audition , instructing her to speak slower , and then told her to come back another time and enunciate more . Once she claimed that she had it under control , MacFarlane hired her . 

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 Jennifer Aniston , Richard Belzer , Natasha Henstridge , Norman Lear , and Peter Serafinowicz have guest starred as other speaking characters . During South Park 's earliest seasons , several high @-@ profile celebrities inquired about guest @-@ starring on the show . As a joke , Parker and Stone responded by offering low @-@ profile , non @-@ speaking roles , most of which were accepted ; George Clooney provided the barks for Stan 's dog Sparky in the season one ( 1997 ) episode " Big Gay Al 's Big Gay Boat Ride " , Leno provided the meows for Cartman 's cat in the season one finale " Cartman 's Mom Is a Dirty Slut " , and Henry Winkler voiced the various growls and grunts of a kid @-@ eating monster in the season two ( 1998 ) episode " City on the Edge of Forever " . Jerry Seinfeld offered to lend his voice for the Thanksgiving episode " Starvin ' Marvin " , but declined to appear when he was only offered a role as " Turkey # 2 " . 

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 Alex Borstein was cast as Lois Griffin , Tricia Takanawa , Loretta Brown , and Lois ' mother Barbara Pewterschmidt . Borstein was asked to provide a voice for the original pilot while she was working on MADtv . She had not met MacFarlane or seen any of his artwork and said it was " really sight unseen " . At the time , Borstein performed in a stage show in Los Angeles , in which she played a redheaded mother whose voice she had based on one of her cousins . The voice was originally slower , but when MacFarlane heard it , he replied " Make it a little less [ ... ] annoying ... and speed it up , or every episode will last four hours " . Seth Green was chosen to play Chris Griffin and Neil Goldman . Green stated that he did an impression of the " Buffalo Bill " character from the thriller film The Silence of the Lambs during his audition . His main inspiration for Chris ' voice came from envisioning how " Buffalo Bill " would sound if he were speaking through a public address system at a McDonald 's . Lacey Chabert was cast as Meg Griffin . Chabert voiced Meg Griffin for the first production season ( 15 episodes ) , but due to a contractual agreement was never credited . Chabert left the series because of time conflicts with schoolwork and her role on Party of Five , and was replaced by Mila Kunis . 

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 The episode was written by Andrew Goldberg and directed by Julius Wu . It received praise from critics for its storyline and many cultural references . According to Nielsen ratings , it was viewed in 8 @.@ 4 million homes in its original airing . The episode featured guest performances by Jeff Bergman , Jamie Farr , Phil LaMarr , Wendy Raquel Robinson and Nicole Sullivan , along with several recurring guest voice actors for the series . This is the first episode where Meg was not seen or mentioned . 

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 Instead of a conventional script , the pair pitched the pilot by recording reels of its storyboard , which Povenmire then mixed and dubbed to produce action and vocals . The network approved the show for a 26 @-@ episode season . Povenmire left Family Guy to create the series . 
