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| title =Don't Make Me Over |
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| series =[[Family Guy]] |
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| season =4 |
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| episode =4 |
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| airdate =June 5, 2005 |
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| production =4ACX03 |
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| writer =[[Gene Laufenberg]] |
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| director =[[Sarah Frost]] |
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| guests =*Bob Widmer as [[Tin Woodman|The Tin Man]] |
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*[[Tara Strong]] as [[Meg Griffin|Meg]]'s singing voice |
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*[[Gene Simmons]] as himself |
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*[[Jimmy Iovine]] as himself |
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*[[Lisa Wilhoit]] as Connie D'Amico |
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| season_article = Family Guy (season 4) |
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| episode_list = List of Family Guy episodes |
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| next =[[The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire]] |
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"'''Don't Make Me Over'''" is the fourth episode of season four of ''[[Family Guy]]''. The working title of the episode was "'''Extreme Makeover: Meg Edition'''". The guest stars are Bob Widmer as the Tin Man, [[Tara Strong]] as [[Meg Griffin|Meg]]'s singing voice, and [[Gene Simmons]] as himself and an anonymous prisoner. |
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==Plot== |
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After [[Meg Griffin|Meg]] is turned down by a popular boy for a date, she feels sensitive about her appearance. To cheer her up, [[Lois Griffin|Lois]] takes Meg shopping. Tricia Takanawa gives Meg a free makeover, she becomes extremely attractive and her popularity surges, but she acts like a snob. |
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The Drunken Clam is suffering due to the mall built across the street. Peter and his friends try to fix up the bar but only make it worse. [[Peter Griffin|Peter]], [[Cleveland Brown|Cleveland]], [[Glenn Quagmire|Quagmire]], and [[Joe Swanson|Joe]] team up to sing a karaoke version of [[Journey (band)|Journey]]'s song "[[Don't Stop Believin']]" and people swarm the bar. The group starts a band and has their first gig at a [[prison]]. The band realizes they do not know any songs and the prisoners [[riot]]. |
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Peter's family, who are there to support him, take the stage and sing "Gonna Buy Me a Rainbow," a schmaltzy 1970's-style variety-show song, with Meg as lead singer. They are a hit and sign a contract with a record executive, [[Jimmy Iovine]]. |
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Their producer [[Dr. Dre|Dr.]] [[Sean Combs|Diddy]] states that exploiting Meg's new look will make them rich and Peter agrees. The rest of the family is ignored, especially Brian, who keeps barking at the producer, who is African-American. |
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Meg's stardom goes to her head, causing resentment among the other family members. They travel to [[New York City]] to perform on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''. Meg is immediately [[seduction|seduced]] by [[Jimmy Fallon]] and loses her [[virginity]] to him; she fails to realize that the encounter is being aired on live television as part of the "[[Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!]]" portion of the show. During the monologue, Peter attacks and beats up Fallon. |
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The Griffins return home, where Meg reverts to her old look. It is then revealed that the last scene is the final sketch on an episode of ''Saturday Night Live'' and Peter thanks the audience for watching. When ''[[It's Showtime at the Apollo|Showtime at the Apollo]]'' starts, the TV screen goes blank. Brian turns to the audience and claims that he only turned off the show because he always goes to sleep at 1:00 a.m., and not because the show has African-American entertainers on it. Brian then angrily barks at the home audience. |
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==Reception== |
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This episode was the most-watched program on the night it originally aired, beating a rerun of ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' on ABC. John Eggerton commented about the episode's viewership number that the episode had "language and sexual references...that rival anything on Wisteria Lane and that would make Popeye blush".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/97296-Fox_Swears_By_Family_Guy.php|title=Fox Swears By Family Guy|last=Eggerton|first=John|date=June 6, 2005|work=Broadcasting & Cable|accessdate=March 26, 2009}}</ref> This episode had a viewership of 7.23 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05EED61238F934A35755C0A9639C8B63|title=Oh, 'Dad,' Poor 'Dad' |last=Aurthur|first=Kate|date=June 7, 2005|work=The New York Times|accessdate=March 26, 2009}}</ref> [[L. Brent Bozell III]] used this episode as an example of how he dislikes the show; he said that ''Family Guy'' lacks dignity, and it is bad that it is being viewed by children and teenagers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediaresearch.org/BozellColumns/entertainmentcolumn/2005/col20051020.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051022032044/http://www.mediaresearch.org/BozellColumns/entertainmentcolumn/2005/col20051020.asp|dead-url=yes|archive-date=October 22, 2005|title=Fox In Prime-Time: Radioactive|last=Bozell|first=L. Brent III|date=October 20, 2005|publisher=Creators Syndicate|accessdate=March 28, 2009}} </ref> |
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A scene where Stewie runs naked through a shopping mall, shouting, alluded to [[Kevin Spacey#Sexual assault allegations|Kevin Spacey]]'s [[child sexual abuse|sexual misconduct to minors]] years before the allegations became public in October 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/entertainment/seth-macfarlane-kevin-spacey/index.html|title=Seth MacFarlane joked about Kevin Spacey on 'Family Guy' episode.|last=France|first=Lisa Respers|publisher=''CNN''|date=October 30, 2017|accessdate=October 30, 2017}}</ref> The original line had Roman Polanski's name in place of Kevin Spacey's but was changed in post production.{{cn|date=November 2017}} |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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== External links == |
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* {{IMDb episode|0576930}} |
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* {{Tv.com episode|332006}} |
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