Helping Handis

Helping Handis

April 30, 2006 TV Episode American Dad!

Studio
20th Century Fox Television, Atlantic Creative
Distributor
Fox Broadcasting Company, Cartoon Network, Fox Network

Synopsis

Wanting Steve to be popular, Stan goes to desperate measures and gives him steroids to make him bigger, better and part of the in-crowd at school. But when the steroids have an unexpected side effect, Steve gets a lot more attention than anyone expected. Meanwhile, after Haley makes a movie about Francine's life as a housewife, Francine is determined to start a new career as a doctor.

Characters

Stan Smith, Roger the Alien, Greg Corbin, Alan Greenspan, Francine Smith, Steve Smith, Hayley Smith, Melanie, Barb, Klaus, Tony, Monopoly Hobo, Pillow Hands McGraw, Deaf Teddy, Blind Jimmy, Monty, Nick, Coach Andrews, Barry, Johnny Four-Legs, Sully, Vince Chung

Credits

Directing

Director
Caleb Meurer

Producing

Producer
Kara Vallow
Executive Producers
Mike Barker, Seth MacFarlane, Matt Weitzman
Co-Executive Producers
Jim Bernstein, Etan Cohen, David Hemingson, Kenny Schwartz, Rick Wiener, David Zuckerman
Supervising Producers
Carter Bays, Josh Bycel, Craig Thomas
Associate Producer
Mark Douglas
Consulting Producer
Robert Cohen, Robert Cohen
Animation Producer
Diana Ritchey

Voices

Voice
Seth MacFarlane (Stan Smith, Roger the Alien, Greg Corbin, Alan Greenspan), Wendy Schaal (Francine Smith), Scott Grimes (Steve Smith), Rachael MacFarlane (Hayley Smith, Melanie, Barb), Dee Bradley Baker (Klaus, Tony, Monopoly Hobo, Pillow Hands McGraw), André Sogliuzzo (Deaf Teddy, Blind Jimmy), Kevin Michael Richardson (Monty), Mike Barker (Nick), Matt McKenna (Coach Andrews), Eddie Kaye Thomas (Barry), Fred Tatasciore (Johnny Four-Legs), John Di Maggio (Sully), John Cho (Vince Chung), Curtis Armstrong, Juanita Jennings, Jill Talley

Music

Music
Ron Jones

Animation

Animatic Editors
Sean Isroelit, Harry McLaughlin
Animation Timer
SoonJin Mooney
Animatics
Kari Salrin, Erin Sirpenski, Ray Valenzuela

Editing

Editor
Bobby Gibis

Sound

Supervising Sound Editor
Bob Newlan
Sound Editor
Robert Ramirez
Sound Recordist
Matthew T. Duncan
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jim Fitzpatrick
Foley Mixer
Tommy Goodwin
Production Dialogue (Sound Editor)
Shawn Ian Kerkhoff
Production Dialogue (ADR Mixer)
Shawn Ian Kerkhoff
Scoring Cue Mixer
Jason Lloyd
Score Recordist
Christine Sirois
Sound Effects/Foley
Andrew Ellerd
Dialogue Editor
Daniel Ben-Shimon
Dialogue/ADR Editors
Patrick Hogan, Sonya Lindsay
Foley Artist
Dale W. Perry

Music Department

Music Editors
Stan Jones, Stan Jones, Douglas M. Lackey
Orchestrator
Todd Sheidenberger

Production Management

Post-Production Supervisor
Laura Stupsker
Design Coordinator
Eric John Cookmeyer
Design Production Assistant
Erin Sirpenski
Writers Production Assistant
Adam Catino
Production Assistants
Gideon Boomer, Travis Bowe, Mike Kalec
Production Executive
Marci Proietto

Crew

Final Colorist
Larry Field
Scoring Stage Manager
Tom Steel
Scoring Technician
Bill Talbott
Assistant (Diana Ritchey and Ron Hughart)
Christopher Dallman
Executive Assistant to Producers
Matt Fusfeld
Assistant to Executive Producer
Sarah Peters