page_title: Boys Do Cry
section_title: Production
hierarchical_section_title: Boys Do Cry / Production
caption_attribution_description: Drew Barrymore and her co-star Adam Sandler on the red carpet together at the premiere of their new movie Blended on Monday (May 19) at Cinestar movie theater (Sony Center) in Berlin, Germany. The comedy film directed by Frank Coraci.
context_page_description: "Boys Do Cry" is the 15th episode of the fifth season of the American animated sitcom Family Guy. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 29, 2007. The episode follows the Griffin family after Lois gets a job as an organist at the local church, and she insists that the rest of the family go to church with her. This eventually leads to Stewie drinking and throwing up the host during a sermon, which causes a mob to form around the Griffin household. In an attempt to prevent the town from supposedly exorcising the devil out of Stewie, the family escape and seek refuge in Texas.
  It was written by series regular Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and directed by Brian Iles. The episode received generally mixed reviews from critics for its storyline and many cultural references. According to Nielsen ratings, it was viewed in 8.13 million homes in its original airing. The episode featured guest performances by Drew Barrymore, Bill Engvall, Gilbert Gottfried and Camilla Stull, along with several recurring guest voice actors for the series. "Boys Do Cry" was released on DVD along with four other episodes from the season on October 21, 2008.
context_section_description: The episode was written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and was directed by Brian Iles, in his first episode for the series. Series regulars Peter Shin and James Purdum served as supervising directors. Chevapravatdumrong was also one of the executive story editors working in the episode, the other one being Patrick Meighan.
  "Boys Do Cry", along with the four other episodes from Family Guy's fifth season, were released on a three-disc DVD set in the United States on October 21, 2008. The sets included brief audio commentaries by Seth MacFarlane and various crew and cast members, a collection of deleted scenes, a special mini-feature which discussed the process behind animating "100th Episode Special", and a mini-feature entitled Family Guy Live.
  The episode featured a guest performance by a leukemia patient, Camilla Stull, who had wanted to do a voice on the show. She provided two lines for one of the competing pageant contestants. Stull has since died from the disease, but is still "immortalized" in the episode. In addition to Stull and the regular cast, actress Drew Barrymore and comedians Bill Engvall and Gilbert Gottfried guest starred in the episode. Recurring voices include Lori Alan, Alex Breckenridge, writer Kirker Butler, voice actor Chris Cox, actor Ralph Garman, writer Mark Hentemann, writer Danny Smith, writer Alec Sulkin, writer John Viener, and actor Adam West.
caption: Drew Barrymore provided the voice of Jillian.
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