Fifteen Minutes of Shame

Season 2, Episode 12, Aired
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Meg's slumber party is ruined by her family. She is sick of being embarrassed by them and secretly books the family on a talk show. Intrigued by their story, a network executive gets Peter to sign the family up to be on a reality show. Things quickly go awry, and the Griffins want out of the contract. However, the network owns their namesake, and the family is eventually replaced.moreless
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  • Superb episode

    9.0
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    By fsaenz0125, Feb 05, 2012 Report Abuse
    Meg's slumber party is ruined by her family. She is sick of being embarrassed by them and secretly books the family on a talk show. Intrigued by their story, a network executive gets Peter to sign the family up to be on a reality show. Things quickly go awry, and the Griffins want out of the contract. However, the network owns their namesake, and the family is eventually replaced. A superb episode. Although I hasn;t seen this episode in like a long time. Everytime when this episode is rerun, I seem to miss it. Same thing for Road to Rhode Island and D*** it Janet. Anyway, this episode was a tad funnier in the first half, but the last half got boring and I didn't like it that the Griffins got replaced. It was interesting to know the orgin of Quahog. As for the parts that I laughed are Peter being naked (Brian said "That how Peter's *** looks like"), the Ronald McDonald cutaway, Stewie's role throughout the episode, and some others I did not remember. Overall, a superb episode. 9/10moreless

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    By jmbsonic555, Oct 04, 2011 Report Abuse
    Meg's slumber party is ruined by her family. She is sick of being embarrassed by them and secretly books the family on a talk show. Intrigued by their story, a network executive gets Peter to sign the family up to be on a reality show. Things quickly go awry, and the Griffins want out of the contract. However, the network owns their namesake, and the family is eventually replaced.

    What I liked- Peter Griffin and Madame, Stewie in the lobster tank,
    Fran Drescher's imitation of Lois.

    What I disliked- that new girl that replaced meg.

    9.5 out of 10.moreless

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  • One of my favorite episodes

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    By fenway98, Jan 05, 2011 Report Abuse
    The family keeps embarrasing Meg. Like at her sleepover when Peter gets stuck in the stairwell, or at a clam day where Peter washes up shore naked. Meg decieds to put them on a talk show called Diane. everything goes wrong, and people love it. A television producer offers the griffins a Tv show,and Peter says yes, much to their dismay. Soon, the show is on the air for six months, and people are loving it. Soon, Meg gets replaced by a hotter girl, and soon the whole family gets replaced. Including the olsen twins as Stewie and Brian. Meg goes back to her family, and they stay at a hotel, until their contract expires.

    This was a great episode. It had so much humor and bickering in it, that it was funny. I loved Peter talking to the camera about his ripped underwear, and the "I'm not actually a woman, I'm a horse. "Im actually a broom", scene. I also loved Stewie talking to the camera, and him getting the lobster.

    Overall Grade: 95%/A+moreless

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  • this was a good ep

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    By cube2k8, May 24, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the family guy show meg is embarriesed once again by her family at a slumber party so she goes and secretly signs them up to a talk show booking and then a reality tv show agency wants them to do a show for them and they do and it becomes really big thing is it goes bad towards the end and the family gets replaced and the show continues but goes off the air this was a very funny ep i thought and had alot of laughs. that is why i gave the show a 8.5moreless

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  • One of the most non-forgettable episodes of the show to date

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    By j19000, Aug 31, 2008 Report Abuse
    The Griffins were put on TV in one of the more laugh-out-loud episodes of this show to date. It was incredibly funny.

    Everytime I go by this episode I just crack up because of the amount of tension and bickering in it. Meg, was proven to be the most hated member of the Griffin Family and even I can agree she doesn't deserve to be a Griffin - she sucks!

    Anyway, so the rest of the family were up to no good when things heated up during their contract. The contract consisted of filming the Griffin's every move. Come on, this was pretty funny but I've seen many other Family Guy episodes that almost make me cry to the death.

    Lastly, the final scene was great dialogue, Stewie wants to kill his family - ALL OF THEM.

    Overall, impressive, but not quite a great episode.moreless

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    • During the scene on the talk show (Just after where Meg complains about Peter "not being normal") Meg's shoes are briefly brown (like Peter's) rather than their normal tan. Edit
    • Peter puts on a Ronald Reagan mask to do the "I am not a crook" line. But it was Richard Nixon who said that. Not Reagan. Edit
    • At the end of the episode, the Bible Peter is holding has the words "Holy Bible" written on the back cover, with the front cover being blank. Edit

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    • When the Griffins are watching TV at the motel, it shows the actors who replaced them acting out a scene from the episode "Death Has a Shadow". Edit
    • The scene of Peter being drunk at church was originally in the first episode, but FOX had it removed. Edit

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    • Lois: Meg, you have two caring parents who love you and- (referring to Diane) What is she saying about me? (read T.V. next to her that says "Lois Griffin - probably more of a bitch than she lets on") Oh go f*** yourself Diane! Brian: (spits out drink) Stewie: (referring to Lois) She just said a swear! Edit
    • Hot Meg: Hi Chris. Chris: Oh my God! You know my name? Edit
    • Peter: (standing at urinal) Uh-oh. Fire! Fire! City Hall is burning! Don't worry! I'll put it out! Aaahhh! Edit

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    • Peter: I'll get Davy Jones for your school dance. This is a reference to an episode of The Brady Bunch where Marcia actually gets Davy Jones to sing at her school dance. Edit
    • The Real World Real Live Griffins is a parody of the show The Real World. Edit
    • Fifteen Minutes of Shame This is a reference to the phrase "Fifteen Minutes of Fame" coined by Andy Warhol in 1968. Edit

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