Blind Ambition

Season 4, Episode 3, Aired
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After Mort bowls a perfect game, and Quagmire gets a key to the city by performing CPR, Peter notices he has nothing to be proud of. He then attempts to achieve fame by setting the world's record for most nickels swallowed. However, a slight miscalculation leaves him blind with nickel poisoning.moreless
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  • I really liked this one for some reason.

    9.0
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    By jmbsonic555, Oct 10, 2011 Report Abuse
    After Mort bowls a perfect game, and Quagmire gets a key to the city by performing CPR, Peter notices he has nothing to be proud of. He then attempts to achieve fame by setting the world's record for most nickels swallowed. However, a slight miscalculation leaves him blind with nickel poisoning.

    A great episode, but the ending was kind of boring.

    9/10

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  • Good episode but it was low on laughs (at least for me)... it was very funny for like the first 10 minutes of this episode though

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    By tigerdude22, Jun 24, 2011 Report Abuse
    I thought that this was a good but not great episode of "Family Guy". It wasn't a bad episode and pretty entertaining but the plot to this episode could've been handled more well. There were some parts I found at least mildly entertaining and funny. I thought it was funny when Mort scored a perfect game at the bowling alley in the beginning of the episode. It was hilarious when Quagmire was watching Lois about to use the restroom until Lois caught Quagmire and Quagmire got arrested. It was very funny when Quagmire tries to get obsessed with the women. The highlight of this episode was the Chicken Fight between Peter and the Chicken (of course, it's called "Chicken Fight" for a reason). Chicken Fights are always entertaining to see in "Family Guy". It was hilarious when Peter fell on Joan Cusack. The cutaway with Brian in a doggie bowl and Stewie using it as a basketball hoop was also funny. I think it got got boring after those funny parts I mentioned. The rest of the episode was just about Peter trying to beat the world record so he can be remembered when he dies. Oh yeah, the other part that made me laugh very hard was when Peter (who is blind) was in bed with Chris (thinking that it is Lois) and then Peter freaks out and Chris feels awkward. Peter's accomplishment at the end of the episode was good and I liked the ending with a few Star Wars characters at Peter's ceremony for his accomplishment. Overall, this episode was very funny in the first 10 minutes of the episode plus a couple more in the middle but it was low on laughs after that... don't get me wrong, it was a good episode and I liked it but it just needed improvement. 7/10moreless

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  • one of the best family guy episodes

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    By tailskicksbutt, Jun 13, 2010 Report Abuse
    At first when peter wakes up you have no idea what happens it was really funny at the end when it copied the end of Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope peter does excactly what luke does family guy F f F F F F F F F F F F F F F O O O OO O O O O O OO O O R R R R R R R R R R E EE E E E E E E E V V V V V V V V V V V E E E E E E E R R R R R Rmoreless

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  • My Favorite episode.

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    By MysteriousKori, Jun 13, 2010 Report Abuse
    In my opinion this was the funniest episode ever. Peter gets jealous that everyone has something to be proud of. Joe for all his trophies, Mort for bowling a perfect game, and Quagmire for getting a key to the city. So he decides to set a world record of the most nickels swallowed. But he gets nickel poisoning, and he becomes blind. The part that really made me laugh was when Peter was heading off to bed, and he accidentally went into Chris' room, then he again he goes into the wrong room (Stewie's room). Later on, Peter is going to Drunken Clam with his dog, but what he doesnt know is that the place is on fire. The Drunkem Clams owner was stuck under wood, so Peter rescues him without even knowing about the fire, and thats when he gets his fame. In the end he gets his sight back.moreless

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  • a great Family guy ep

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    By ziva_david_tiva, Jun 13, 2010 Report Abuse
    Blind Ambition was a really good ep of family season 4 i personally loved it.

    Peter is sick of everyone of his close friends in Spooner Street Doing big thing and being known for big things, and after eating a tip he decides he will hold the world record for eating the most nickles ever. Unfortunately for peter he gets nickle poisoning and wakes up blind one morning. After having alot of trouble Peter decides he will get a dog to help him, and on a night out in the town Peter and his dog are entering the Drunken Clam but Peter's dog wont enter the Clam so peter ties him to a homeless guy (the dog then chases after a truck pulling the homeless guy along by the neck)and he enter's not knowing that the Clam is on fire and that is why the dog wouldn't go in but Peter is sitting and talking and the bartender screams peter pull my arm and of corse he does and they both get out of there alive. Straight after this event a reporter comes out and asks peter how he got the corage to save his friend from a burning building and peter replies "holy crap that place was on fire" and stameres of tring to find a safe place. After all this peter is rewarded for his bravery and he was given the eyes of a dead homeless man (can u guess which one?) he is now a hero and he got exactly what he wanted!!

    i love family guy and this ep it was sooo funnymoreless

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    • After Peter's near sex encounter with Chris he asked him a series of questions with Chris giving a response after each question. He first asked Chris if he did his homework and Chris answered by nodding his head. Peter should not have known that Chris answered the question because he is blind. Edit
    • When Peter and the Giant Chicken fight on the ship, they fall against the chadburn (engine order telegraph), causing the ship to go full speed. But they are in the engine room, so this is the receiving end of the chadburn and does not control the ship's speed. Edit
    • In this episode it is shown that, without make-up, Lois' skin is pale. But in several past episodes, she has been seen in her underwear (or less) with a non-pale skin tone all over her body. Edit

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    • Peter: (To Horace) Hey, ya ever watch that show Scrubs? Yeah Lois had it on the other night, I was fading in and out, but I was wondering, which one's the funny guy? Edit
    • Tom Tucker: In sadder news, the man who held the Guinness World Record for "Most Drugs Ever Done by a Single Human Being" died today; he was attacked by a pack of wild dogs he thought he saw. Edit
    • Peter: Okay, first of all, Bonnie, you've been pregnant for like six years, all right. Either have the baby or don't. Edit

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    • Sotheby's The auction house that Cleveland is supposed to be at is Sotheby's, a famous auction house for fine art, books, antiques, and other rare items. Edit
    • Bonnie's Pregnancy Peter: You've been pregnant for like six years! Have the baby or don't. This alludes to the fact that Bonnie has been pregnant over the past 6-7 years since Family guy was first aired back in 1999. Edit
    • The fight between Peter and the chicken contains many allusions. The cruise ship smashing into Quahog is similar to a scene at the end of 'Speed 2: Cruise Control'. The ship finally smashes through an airport terminal building just after a man waves guidelights; there is a similar scene (but involving a plane, instead) in the beginning of 'Airplane'. Towards the end of the fight between Peter and the Chicken, they end up at an airport. The plane fight that ends in the propeller chopping the Chicken to shreds is straight out of Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark. Edit

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