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  Episode Information  
Title: Fifteen Minutes of Shame
Episode Number: 19
Season: 2
Season Episode #.: 12
Production Number: 2ACX08
Original Airdate: Tuesday April 25th, 2000
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Episode Crew
Director: Scott Wood
Writer: Steve Callaghan
  Episode Summary  
Meg sets her family up on a talk show after they embarrass her during a slumber party. However, their wacky antics are seen on live television, and a network executive thinks they would make great reality TV. He gets Peter to sign a contract, that will make their lives a reality TV show called "the Real Live Griffin's". After a few days Meg can't stand it anymore, and quits the show, moving in with the neighbors. She is replaced with a 'perky' blond girl, who steals the spotlight from the rest of the family, making them realize how dumb the whole situation really is. The entire family is re-cast, and forced to move into a motel.
 
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  Guest Stars  
Guest Stars
Adam WestvoicedMayor Adam WestRecurring (first appearance)
Danny Smith (6)voicedVariousRecurring (8th appearance)
Jay MohrvoicedTrevorRecurring (first appearance)
Jennifer TillyvoicedBonnieRecurring (5th appearance)
Kevin Michael Richardson (2)voicedVariousRecurring (4th appearance)
Lisa WilhoitvoicedVariousRecurring (first appearance)
Lori Alan (1)voicedDianeRecurring (15th appearance)
Mike Henry (1)voicedVariousRecurring (11th appearance)
Patrick WarburtonvoicedJoeRecurring (9th appearance)
Tara StrongvoicedVariousRecurring (third appearance)
Will Ferrell (1)voicedFishermanRecurring (first appearance)
  Episode Notes  
The scene of Peter being drunk at church was originally in the first episode, but FOX had it removed. Seth McFarlane, somehow slipped the joke into this episode.
 
Lois says one of the seven bad words that are not allowed on TV, however, it was censored.
 
  Episode Quotes  
Brian: Huh. So that's what Peter's penis looks like.
 
Bob Ross: Alright. We're going to use a fan brush here, and, uh, I want you to take some hunter green and we're gonna put a happy little bush right down over here, in the corner there. And that'll be just our little secret....... And if you tell anyone, that that bush is there. I will come to your house and I will cut you!
 
Peter: You know, some people think that dandelions are weeds, but, you know, I always think, who the hell decided tulips were so great?
 
Peter: Woah! Is that really the blood of Christ?
Priest: Yes.
Peter: Man, that guy must have been wasted 24 hours a day, huh?
 
Stewie: It wasn't even about the egss, really. Frankly, I like the yolks. I have no problem. There's always been a lot of tension between Lois and me. And it's not so much that I want to kill her, it's just, I want her not to be alive anymore. I sometimes wonder if all women are this difficult. And then I think to myself, "My God wouldn't it be marvelous if i turned out to be a homosexual?"
 
Stewie: What the hell is this? I said egg whites only! Are you trying to give me a bloody heart attack? (Smashes breakfast into wall.) Now make it again!!!
 
Peter: If you want an autograph right now, you either got to give me a pen or some snow.
 
  Episode Goofs  
The bible is backwards when Peter opens it.
 
You can obviously see Chris is laughing when Peter puts on a mask after Meg tells them not to show their faces downstairs, but you cannot hear him.
 
Brian does not move AT ALL in the beginning chit chat after Chris hits the fisherman in the dunk tank.
 
  Cultural References  
Peter: Peter Griffin and Madame

Madame was a puppet featured on the 1982 show "Madame's Place"
 
Meg: Dear Diary

The scene where Meg types a diary entry on the computer is similar to what Doogie Howser did at the end of each episode of "Doogie Howser MD", an ABC TV show that ran from 1989-1993 starring Neil Patrick Harris.
 
Peter's Painting

The beginning teaser of this episode is similar to the beginnings of "Family Ties".
 
Brian: Meg Griffin's plane was shot down over the Sea of Japan. There were no survivors.

This scene is from M*A*S*H when Henry Blake (played by McLean Stevenson) left the show at the end of the third season.
It was reported that Blake’s plane had been shot down over the Sea of Japan and that he had been killed.
 
  Episode References  
At the motel, the Griffin's are watching a scene from "The Real Live Griffin's" with the new actors acting out a scene from a previous FG episode.
 
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