# Meg Griffin **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978 "2011-08-17T01:26:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978/41 "2011-08-17T21:14:16Z")
> [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > It is just that I’m not aware that she had previous voice experience, so I don’t know > why she would get a casting call. Did Seth Macfarlane know her? Did someone hear her and and decide she sounded like Meg should sound? IMDB says she was born in 1983, so she would have been about 16 when the Family Guy started. You think they would be looking someone more experienced. Here you go. Apparantly there were open auditions and she went and after a couple of call backs they gave her the gig. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-OS3zGMcbrM/maxresdefault.jpg "Family Guy - Casting Mila Kunis") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OS3zGMcbrM) > [@fiddlesticks](#): > > Mila Kunis frequently does voiceovers on _Robot Chicken_…she hangs out with all the young hot animators apparently… > > And I’ll be in Holodeck 4… I haven’t looked into it or anything but I think she does Robot Chicken because she’s pals with Seth Green from working on FG together. Seth Mcfarlane does a lot of RB too. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978/42 "2011-08-17T21:24:51Z")
Frankly I don’t like Meg because Mila Kunis has a godawful voice. It’s so shrill and whiny that I cannot stand it when she talks. ---
**Author:** ![OneMissedPost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@OneMissedPost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneMissedPost)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978/43 "2011-08-17T21:26:54Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Frankly I don’t like Meg because Mila Kunis has a godawful voice. It’s so shrill and whiny that I cannot stand it when she talks. I completely agree. I don’t think she is good with voice-overs; however, she is a good actress. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978/44 "2011-08-17T22:19:48Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Here you go. Apparantly there were open auditions and she went and after a couple of call backs they gave her the gig. > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OS3zGMcbrM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OS3zGMcbrM) Thanks for the link. It looks like they were looking for someone that sounded more assertive than the first actress they used. ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978/45 "2011-08-18T00:24:03Z")
> [@ekweizn](#): > > If you think that’s gross, Meg looked like [this](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000327/) in season 1. That’s another reason I don’t get why Lois is “hot”. Do you guys KNOW what Alex Borstein looks like? I always thought she was a dyke. > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > That was actually [quite an interesting moment](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdbnssEZ_Xk), just a massive unloading with criticisms of Brian that were actually pretty valid. A few minor jokes in the rant, but overall just the kind of hostile monologue I’d like to give several people who’ve irritated me. I’m surprised McFarlene allowed that. Seeing as Brian is basically him. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978/46 "2011-08-18T02:42:13Z")
What’s the deal with Meg’s hat? When has a teenage girl ever worn a hat like that in the whole history of the world? ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978/47 "2011-08-18T02:48:58Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > What’s the deal with Meg’s hat? When has a teenage girl ever worn a hat like that in the whole history of the world? When a girl walks down the street, in a hat like that… you know that she’s not afraid of anything. (Sorry - couldn’t resist saying the line! 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Acorns.but\_not\_Bacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@Acorns.but\_not\_Bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acorns.but_not_Bacon)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978/48 "2011-08-18T04:40:12Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > What do you think was the worst act of cruelty toward Meg? When she tried to join in on a family joke and Peter totally turns against her and gets angry and not funny angry. But I have noticed after her stint in prison they’ve made her a tougher character who answers back more. And has a kind of slightly kinky sexual side to her. Also hate that huge diatribe Quagmire gave to Brian, considering that Quagmire is this demented pervert, I don’t think he had any right to say those things really and plus some of it wasn’t even fair or true. Stewie has felt the harsh treatment of Peter and Lois aswell, remember when they were laughing and spitting on his drawing and Stewie overheard? Poor Stewie… 😃 I frigging love Family Guy. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978/49 "2011-08-18T04:44:04Z")
> [@YaraMateo](#): > > That’s another reason I don’t get why Lois is “hot”. Do you guys KNOW what Alex Borstein looks like? I always thought she was a dyke. With a voice like that, she’d have to be hot. They were dead on in that episode where Fran Drescher played her on the in0universe TV version. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978/50 "2011-08-18T12:52:54Z")
I kind of hate them all. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978/51 "2011-08-18T13:25:12Z")
> [@YaraMateo](#): > > I’m surprised McFarlene allowed that. Seeing as Brian is basically him. :eek: Allowed it? MacFarlane also voices Quagmire, so he _performed_ it. I’ve always assumed he wrote it as well - I’d bet the whole “You date bimbos and make them read _Catcher in the Rye_” was based on an actual incident in Seth’s past. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978/52 "2011-08-18T13:45:46Z")
\*Do you feel me, Brian? Do you feel me inside of you? \* ---
**Author:** ![Bytegeist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978/53 "2011-08-18T13:53:32Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > What’s the deal with Meg’s hat? In a pinch, it can be used as a serviceable diaper. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978/54 "2011-08-18T20:16:20Z")
Actually, part of the whole “let’s deliberately make Meg into a character everyone can hate” came about accidentally. If you watch the first season or two, there isn’t that much of the whole FG universe hating Meg/thinking she’s ugly. They just say she’s “plain,” and in fact, there are a few times when Lois and Peter stand by her and defend her. But the audience hated her because she had to play the “straight man” to literally everyone else on the show. In general, even though you usually need a straight man, but it comes with the acknowledgment that they probably won’t be the most well-liked character…but Meg went from “least well-liked” to “flat-out hated” by the audience. Then, the FG writers realized that with a cartoon as wacky as theirs, they _didn’t_ need a straight man, so they just rolled with the Meg-hate and turned her into the FG punching bag. ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978/55 "2011-08-18T20:46:36Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > In general, even though you usually need a straight man, but it comes with the acknowledgment that they probably won’t be the most well-liked character…but Meg went from “least well-liked” to “flat-out hated” by the audience. But does the _Family Guy_ audience really hate Meg? The idea that everybody in the whole world hates her is something the writers are pushing, but I’m not convinced it really reflects what the audience thought of her. I know I’ve never hated her, and I probably would enjoy the show more if they weren’t going so overboard with being cruel to her. Or maybe I’m just contrarian. The buttmonkeyification of Joe Swanson is something else that bothers me about _Family Guy_. At first he was a hero, and then an ordinary guy who happens to be a paraplegic cop. He was a good character then. But I think the writers decided that it’d be “edgy” to subvert the idea that we should see handicapped people as individuals, and be nice to them, so now he’s a sad little man and all the jokes about him centre on the fact that he cannot satisfy his wife because he’s paralysed. It makes me uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978/56 "2011-08-20T17:58:15Z")
> [@YaraMateo](#): > > Do you guys KNOW what Alex Borstein looks like? I always thought she was a dyke. I realize I’m stepping in a little late, but this is crude and inappropriate. Don’t do it again. ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978/57 "2011-08-20T18:25:54Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I realize I’m stepping in a little late, but this is crude and inappropriate. Don’t do it again. How is it crude and inappropriate if lesbians call themselves, that? :eek: I really don’t care for mods being on back after the fact, because some cry baby started a thread over it. If someone was a lesbian and had a problem with it, I’d really bad. I’m so SICK of Dopers telling everyone what OTHERS find offensive and don’t. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978/58 "2011-08-20T20:46:09Z")
> [@YaraMateo](#): > > How is it crude and inappropriate if lesbians call themselves, that? :eek: > > I really don’t care for mods being on back after the fact, because some cry baby started a thread over it. If someone was a lesbian and had a problem with it, I’d really bad. I’m so SICK of Dopers telling everyone what OTHERS find offensive and don’t. Your post was one I referenced in the other thread, and I am a lesbian. It wasn’t just that you used the word dyke - and you know full well that just because lesbians use it doesn’t mean it’s OK for everyone - but you used it as a byword for ugly. It’s pretty hard to claim that wasn’t intended to be offensive. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978/59 "2011-08-20T21:40:09Z")
BTW, the reason I didn’t bring it up on the thread was because I’d just been reading rather than posting, and didn’t want to butt in just for this sidetrack. But then when you decide to defend your bigotry and claim that no real lesbians were bothered at all, it seems fair enough to post after all. The Meg hatred did get a bit one-trick after a while. It would have been funnier if they’d at least occasionally had the family be nice to Meg, so that you weren’t sure what was going to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978/60 "2011-08-21T00:52:26Z")
> [@Patch](#): > > If you need me I’ll be in holodeck number 3. I fully endorse this event or product. She is just ridiculously hot. Joe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-griffin/592978.md?page=4)