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Phantom of the Telethon

Season 5, Episode 7, Aired Nov 30, 2008

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When the CIA's budget gets cut, Roger suggests that Stan hold a telethon to raise funds. When Stan takes credit for the brilliant idea, Roger does everything in his power to sabotage it.

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Lisa Edelstein

Sharri Rothberg
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Amir Talai

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Seth MacFarlane

Stan/Roger
Rachel MacFarlane

Hayley
Wendy Schaal

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Dee Bradley Baker

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Scott Grimes

Steve

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By jmbsonic555, Oct 17, 2011

When the CIA's budget gets cut, Roger suggests that Stan hold a telethon to raise funds. When Stan takes credit for the brilliant idea, Roger does everything in his power to sabotage it.

overall this episode of american dad will recieve an eight out of ten

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By futuramarama, Jul 07, 2011

What I liked: Roger yelling to Stan to tell him when it was time for dinner, and Stan thinking that he did not yell to Roger was the reason he was foiling the telethon, the marathon/telethon conversation, Stan not telling his family the truth and Roger attacking him, amongst other things.

This was really good. It had some great moments. I thought it got kind of boring near the end but it picked back up again at the end. Pretty good and my final grade is going to be a B- or so, I think is fair for this episodemoreless
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Another classic season 4 episode.

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By ctm723, Apr 23, 2009

This episode was soooo funny like when Barry freaked out when Stan overlooked the joke and when Stan told the joke and Barry called him a joke killer was hillarious. Also this is another one of my favorite episodes. It was hillarious when Stan chased Roger and Roger said I expected a much better Chase scene there. Also it was very funny when Stan and Roger were on top of the ledge and Roger fell and everything hit him and got real hurt. Stan and Roger had so many good lines in this episode. Overall an instant classic San and Roger episode.moreless
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One of the better episodes.

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By jawsthecabbie, Apr 20, 2009

I liked this one better than most! One of my chief problems with American Dad, is a lot of the time the story lines seem disjointed, go off in different directions and run into dead ends. This episode, however, had it all pretty much together and was genuinely funny to boot. The chemistry was there, and so was the humor. Rodger was at his vindictive best, and most of the gags and bits seemed to work quite well. American Dad seems to be having a much better season than Family Guy for a change, the quality of the episodes seems to be improving markedly as of late.moreless
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Good episode and had some cool scenes

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By jjsthekid, Jan 07, 2009

The episodes was ok, although it was kinda sad that roger wanted revenge on Stan. Either way the episode was great. We saw some old characters like the knight from old episodes that made cameos. The scene where Hailey said what was that? Francine said that is what you have to do to a man when he takes you to a fancy dinner(lol). That was a funny scene indeed. Roger pulling the pranks was also funny. Roger playing the electric piano was funny to. This episode was a good way to end the first half of the season. Still good.moreless
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- Stan: Well, that's our show, folks. If you're interested in learning more about torture, follow an immigrant into your police station.
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- Hayley: (after seeing footage of a CIA agent having sex on his desk) What the hell was that? Francine: Honey, that's what you have to do after a man takes you to a fancy dinner.
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- Stan: Ladies and gentlemen, the United States may be the greatest nation in the world, but do you know what the second greatest nation is? Man in Crowd: El Salvador! Stan: No, not Mexico.
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- Roger: Stan, tell them the truth or they're gonna think I'm a liar. Steve: That spaceship sailed a long time ago.
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- Roger: You know what show I tried to save? The Ghost Whisperer. Francine: It's still on. Roger: Really?
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- Roger's opening credits disguise: Mary Tyler Moore from the episode "Irregarding Steve"
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- In Latin America, this episode's title was translated into "El Teleton Del Fantasma", which means "The Phantom's Telethon".
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- Top Gun The homosexual newscasters re-enact the volleyball scene from this 1986 film.
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- Roger: You know what show I tried to save? The Ghost Whisperer. The Ghost Whisperer is a CBS show starring Jennifer Love Hewitt. Now running its 4th season.
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- Episode Title "Phantom of the Telethon" is a take on the novel, The Phantom of the Opera.
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