Season 6 · Episode 3 · First aired 7 October 2007

Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air

Episode 3 of Family Guy season 6 (S06E03), the 101st Family Guy episode overall. Written by Andrew Goldberg and directed by Julius Wu. First broadcast on 7 October 2007.

Story

Peter, Cleveland, Joe and Quagmire grow irritated when Lois, Bonnie and Cleveland's new girlfriend Bernice join them at the Drunken Clam. Peter proposes a men-only bar, and the four spend six weeks and 8,000 dollars building the Quahog Men's Club. The wives retaliate by turning up to dance, and Bonnie is left out because Joe cannot join in. Feeling self-conscious, Joe has an operation and regains the use of his legs. He throws himself into rock climbing, karate and dance, then drops his old friends for three fitter companions and leaves Bonnie. Peter, Cleveland and Quagmire try to paralyse him again and fail. Bonnie fires Joe's handgun at his spine and misses, so Joe takes the gun and shoots himself. Back at the Drunken Clam he apologises and the friends make up.

Production and reception

Andrew Goldberg wrote the episode, his first for the show, after working as Seth MacFarlane's assistant; he later wrote the season seven episode "The Juice Is Loose". Wikipedia, Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air
Jeff Bergman voiced Fred Flintstone, Phil LaMarr voiced Portland, Jamie Farr appeared as himself, Wendy Raquel Robinson voiced Bernice and Nicole Sullivan voiced Muriel Goldman. Wikipedia, Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air
The title comes from Joey Scarbury's theme song for The Greatest American Hero. Wikipedia, Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air
The first broadcast drew 8.4 million viewers, and a repeat on 16 December 2007 ranked 29th of 94 programmes for that week. Wikipedia, Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air
Ahsan Haque of IGN rated it 9.3 out of 10 and Genevieve Koski of The A.V. Club gave it a B, while The TV Critic reviewed it negatively. Wikipedia, Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air

Voices

Voice	Characters
Seth MacFarlane	Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin
Alex Borstein	Lois Griffin
Seth Green	Chris Griffin
Mila Kunis	Meg Griffin, Meg Griffin
Mike Henry	Cleveland Brown, John Herbert, Spider-Man
Jeff Bergman	Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble
Steve Callaghan	Pontius Pilate
Jamie Farr	Jamie Farr
Ralph Garman	Jack Black
Phil LaMarr	Portland

Principal voice credits as recorded by IMDb, which lists up to ten credits per episode, so recurring characters can be missing here. Guest voices below come from Wikipedia and TVmaze.

Guest voices

Jeff Bergman as Fred Flintstone
Jamie Farr as himself
Phil LaMarr as Portland
Wendy Raquel Robinson as Bernice/Jackée Harry
Alec Sulkin as Jack Black/Judas
Nicole Sullivan as Muriel
Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
Jennifer Tilly as Bonnie Swanson

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Provenance

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