--- title: "McStroke (S06E08) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s06e08-mcstroke/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "McStroke: Family Guy season 6 episode 8 (S06E08), first aired 13 January 2008. Written by Wellesley Wild and directed by Brian Iles." --- # McStroke Episode 8 of Family Guy season 6 (S06E08), the 106th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Wellesley Wild and directed by Brian Iles. First broadcast on 13 January 2008. ## Story Collecting Cleveland's post while he is away, Peter reads a moustache magazine and grows one of his own. Convinced it gives him new powers, he is mistaken for a firefighter at a McBurgertown blaze and rescues the manager, losing the moustache. The manager gives him free hamburgers for life. Peter eats thirty in one sitting and suffers a stroke that paralyses his left side. A stem cell clinic cures him in minutes. He sues McBurgertown and loses, then poses as an Asian businessman to tour its headquarters with Brian. In a restricted room they find a slaughterhouse and a genetically engineered talking bull, which escapes with them and exposes the company. Meanwhile Stewie bets Brian he can become the most popular pupil at the high school in a week. Posing as Zac Sawyer he wins over Connie D'Amico, is humiliated, then tricks her into kissing him and has her arrested. ## Production and reception - Wellesley Wild wrote the episode and Brian Iles directed it; Seth MacFarlane recorded his voices but took no part in post-production because of the Writers Guild of America strike. ([Wikipedia: McStroke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McStroke)) - Ted McGinley, Camille Guaty and Denis Martel guest starred, as did Ricardo Montalbán, who appeared a year later in the American Dad! episode "Moon Over Isla Island". ([Wikipedia: McStroke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McStroke)) - A gag answering the South Park episode "Cartoon Wars", featuring two men named Matt and Trey in a neighbouring car, was cut from the finished episode. ([Wikipedia: McStroke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McStroke)) - McBurgertown parodies McDonald's, the slaughterhouse is called Dacow after the Dachau concentration camp, and the chase is set to Pleasant Valley Sunday by The Monkees. ([Wikipedia: McStroke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McStroke)) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 6 | | Episode | 8 of 12 | | Overall | No. 106 | | Code | S06E08 | | First aired | 13 January 2008 | | Directed by | Brian Iles | | Written by | Wellesley Wild | | Production code | 5ACX19 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 6 | | Wikidata | Q4043870 | | IMDb | tt0982036 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree | | US viewers | 11.33 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin | | Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin | | Seth Green | Chris Griffin, Nathan Scott, Jock #1 | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin | | Mike Henry | Bruce the Performance Artist, Jeffrey | | Alexandra Breckenridge | Helen Hunt | | Ralph Garman | Todd Meyers | | Camille Guaty | Lisa, Donna | | Mark Hentemann | Meaty the Quick-to-Anger Clown | | Phil LaMarr | Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding, Judge Dignified Q. Blackman | 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 - Max Burkholder as Little Kid - Denis Martel as Italian clerk - Camille Guaty as Gina, Donna - Lisa Wilhoit as Connie D'Amico, Connie DiMico - Ricardo Montalbán as Bull (Mr. Cow) - Phil LaMarr as Judge - Seth MacFarlane as High School Student #2 - Ted McGinley as Todd Meyers - Seth Green as High School Student #1 - Ricardo Montalban as Mr. Cow - Alec Sulkin as Robin Williams - Mark Hentemann as Wimpy ## Links - Season: [6](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-6/) - Source: [Wikipedia: Family Guy season 6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_6) - Wikidata: [Q4043870](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4043870) - IMDb: [tt0982036](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0982036/) - US viewers: [11.33 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_6) ## Navigation - Previous: [S06E07 Peter's Daughter](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s06e07-peters-daughter/) - Next: [S06E09 Back to the Woods](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s06e09-back-to-the-woods/) - Season hub: [Season 6](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-6/) - All episodes: [Family Guy episode guide](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/) ## Season 6: episode 8 of 12 - S06E01 [Blue Harvest](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s06e01-blue-harvest/) - S06E02 [Movin' Out (Brian's Song)](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s06e02-movin-out-brians-song/) - S06E03 [Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s06e03-believe-it-or-not-joes-walking-on-air/) - S06E04 [Stewie Kills Lois](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s06e04-stewie-kills-lois/) - S06E05 [Lois Kills Stewie](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s06e05-lois-kills-stewie/) - S06E06 [Padre de Familia](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s06e06-padre-de-familia/) - S06E07 [Peter's Daughter](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s06e07-peters-daughter/) - S06E08 McStroke (this entry) - S06E09 [Back to the Woods](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s06e09-back-to-the-woods/) - S06E10 [Play It Again, Brian](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s06e10-play-it-again-brian/) - S06E11 [The Former Life of Brian](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s06e11-the-former-life-of-brian/) - S06E12 [Long John Peter](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s06e12-long-john-peter/) --- Unofficial fan resource. 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