Season 6 · Episode 8 · First aired 13 January 2008

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
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
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
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

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

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Provenance

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Sources: Wikipedia: McStroke
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