 As his first official episode for the series , the episode was directed by Joseph Lee , who had previously served as an assistant director and storyboard artist for the show . In addition , the episode was written by series regular John Viener , his second episode for the season , the first being " Jerome is the New Black " . In promoting the episode , an image of Stan and Francine Smith meeting and speaking with Lois and Peter , along with an image of Peter , Brian , Joe and Quagmire drinking cans of beer in front of the house from King of the Hill was released by 20th Century Fox . A press release of a purported crossover was also made public . Having released the information on April Fools ' Day , the crossover was revealed to be an April Fools ' joke after the episode aired without a crossover occurring . 
