Season 9 · Episode 8 · First aired 9 January 2011

New Kidney in Town

Episode 8 of Family Guy season 9 (S09E08), the 155th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Matt Harrigan and Dave Willis and directed by Pete Michels. First broadcast on 9 January 2011.

Story

Quagmire gives Peter his first Red Bull at the Drunken Clam, and Peter is soon drinking it by the pack and doing everything at speed. Lois pours the supply away, so Peter mixes his own with kerosene, ignores Brian's warning, drinks it and collapses. His kidneys fail. Three weeks of dialysis wear him down, he skips a session on Joe and Quagmire's advice and turns jaundiced. Lois is not a match, but Brian is, and since two dog kidneys would be needed he agrees to a donation that would kill him. Stewie takes him to a playground to prevent it, and Brian argues that the family needs a father more than a dog. At the hospital Dr Hartman turns out to be a match and donates instead. Separately, Chris passes off Meg's thoughts as his own essay for a presidential visit, and she is credited in the end.

Production and reception

Dave Willis and Matt Harrigan, writers from Williams Street whose credits include Squidbillies, Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Space Ghost Coast to Coast, wrote their first Family Guy episode here. Pete Michels directed. Wikipedia, New Kidney in Town
Drew Carey appears as himself hosting The Price Is Right in a cutaway. Other guest voices were Yvette Nicole Brown, Gary Cole, Christine Lakin and Rachael MacFarlane. Wikipedia, New Kidney in Town
At James Woods High School the animated Barack Obama is dressed after Conrad Birdie and performs a number from the musical Bye Bye Birdie. Wikipedia, New Kidney in Town
Nielsen recorded 9.29 million viewers and a 4.7 rating among adults aged 18 to 49, helped by an NFL wild card game leading into the Fox animation block. Wikipedia, New Kidney in Town
The production team put the episode forward as one of five submitted for the outstanding comedy series Emmy in 2011. Wikipedia, New Kidney in Town

Voices

Voice	Characters
Seth MacFarlane	Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin
Alex Borstein	Lois Griffin, Jane Bronte
Seth Green	Chris Griffin
Mila Kunis	Meg Griffin
Mike Henry	Doctor
John G. Brennan	Horace
Yvette Nicole Brown	Black Sassy Nurse
Drew Carey	Drew Carey
Gary Cole	Principal Shepherd
Ralph Garman	Dog #2

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

Yvette Nicole Brown as the black nurse
Drew Carey as himself
Gary Cole as Principal Shepherd
Christine Lakin as Joyce Kinney
Rachael MacFarlane as Charlotte
Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
Johnny Brennan as Horace

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Provenance

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Wikipedia: Family Guy season 9
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