Fifteen Minutes of Shame

The new Meg.

Fifteen Minutes of Shame
When the Griffins constantly embarrass Meg, she decides to put them on the TV show "Diane" to embarrass them.

Season: 2 Episode: 12
Total Episode Count: 19
Prod. no.: 2ACX08
First Aired: April 25, 2000

Guest Starring: Jay Mohr
Featuring: Meg, Peter, Lois, Stewie, Chris, Brian
Also Appearing: Adam West, Joe Swanson, Bonnie Swanson, Kevin Swanson, Diane Simmons, Cleveland, Loretta, Quagmire, Miles Chatterbox Musket, The Magical Clam, Ronald McDonald, God, Beth, Chet Brown, Wilshard Watkins, Other Meg, Tom Arnold, Fran Drescher, The Olsen Twins
Director: Scott Wood
Writers: Steve Callaghan


Plot: Peter plays a magical clam in a historical re-enactment of Quahog’s founding, because that was how Quahog was founded. But, when Peter gets caught on a wave, his costume is washed away, leaving him to show up ashore naked, to which he does not even seem to mind, driving home and stopping at a gas station naked. Meg is of course embarrassed by this, but when he embarrasses her at her slumber party, she decides to take action. She gets the family invited on The Diane Simmons Show talk show to discuss their dysfunction. Of course, they show their embarrassing selves there, but instead of ending the embarrassment, this gets the family their own reality show, The Real Live Griffins. Meg leaves the family, and the show.

Her replacement is a teenage sex symbol who steals the show. Eventually, the whole family is replaced, and forced to live in a motel room until the reality show contract runs out.

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