--- title: "Prick Up Your Ears (S05E06) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e06-prick-up-your-ears/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "Prick Up Your Ears: Family Guy season 5 episode 6 (S05E06), first aired 19 November 2006. Writer and director credits." --- # Prick Up Your Ears Episode 6 of Family Guy season 5 (S05E06), the 86th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and directed by James Purdum. First broadcast on 19 November 2006. ## Story Mayor West smashes the window of an adult video shop while chasing a pizza delivery driver. Chris and his friends take some of the tapes and watch one with Stewie. Lois catches them, learns that budget cuts have removed sex education from the school, and applies to teach the class herself. She is sacked after parents protest that she taught safe sex rather than abstinence, and Reverend Jerry Kirkwood replaces her. Meg takes up with a pupil called Doug, and the pair adopt a school fad of ear sex. Peter, persuaded by what Meg brings home, takes to wearing a chastity belt. Lois interrupts one of Kirkwood's assemblies and tells the pupils that sex before marriage is acceptable once they are ready, provided they practise it safely. Doug ends the relationship and Meg blames her mother. Stewie meanwhile tries to trap the tooth fairy. ## Production and reception - Nielsen figures put the first broadcast at 9.3 million homes, with a 3.3 rating among viewers aged 18 to 49, level with The Simpsons. ([Wikipedia: Prick Up Your Ears (Family Guy)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prick_Up_Your_Ears_(Family_Guy))) - Guest voices included Drew Barrymore, Mindy Cohn and David Cross. Gary Cole, Taylor Cole, Lauren Conrad, Kevin Michael Richardson and André Sogliuzzo also took parts. ([Wikipedia: Prick Up Your Ears (Family Guy)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prick_Up_Your_Ears_(Family_Guy))) - Dan Iverson of IGN scored it 7.8 out of 10 and praised its satire of the argument between sex education and abstinence. ([Wikipedia: Prick Up Your Ears (Family Guy)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prick_Up_Your_Ears_(Family_Guy))) - Francis Rizzo III of DVD Talk, reviewing the fifth volume set, read the plot as a jab at conservative Christian teaching on sex education. ([Wikipedia: Prick Up Your Ears (Family Guy)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prick_Up_Your_Ears_(Family_Guy))) - Cutaways draw on Knight Rider, Airplane! and Laguna Beach, and Stewie's plan against the fairy uses toys of SpongeBob, Starscream and Man-E-Faces. ([Wikipedia: Prick Up Your Ears (Family Guy)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prick_Up_Your_Ears_(Family_Guy))) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 5 | | Episode | 6 of 18 | | Overall | No. 86 | | Code | S05E06 | | First aired | 19 November 2006 | | Directed by | James Purdum | | Written by | Cherry Chevapravatdumrong | | Production code | 5ACX01 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 5 | | Wikidata | Q4047348 | | IMDb | tt0863491 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree | | US viewers | 9.30 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin | | Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Rodney's Wife, Asian Woman | | Seth Green | Chris Griffin, Pizza Deliveryman, Michael Jackson | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin | | Lori Alan | Diane Simmons | | Drew Barrymore | Jillian Russell | | Alexandra Breckenridge | Debbie | | Steve Callaghan | Kid #2 | | Mindy Cohn | Natalie Green | | Gary Cole | Principal Shepherd | Principal voice credits as recorded by IMDb, which lists up to ten credits per episode, so recurring characters can be missing here. Guest voices below come from Wikipedia and TVmaze. ### Guest voices - Drew Barrymore as Jillian - Mindy Cohn - Gary Cole as Principal Shepherd - Taylor Cole - Lauren Conrad - David Cross as Jerry Kirkwood - Margaret Easley - Lauren Hooser - Kim Parks - Kevin Michael Richardson as Rodney King - André Sogliuzzo - Crawford Wilson ## Links - Season: [5](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-5/) - Source: [Wikipedia: Family Guy season 5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_5) - Wikidata: [Q4047348](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4047348) - IMDb: [tt0863491](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0863491/) - US viewers: [9.30 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prick_Up_Your_Ears_(Family_Guy)) ## Navigation - Previous: [S05E05 Whistle While Your Wife Works](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e05-whistle-while-your-wife-works/) - Next: [S05E07 Chick Cancer](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e07-chick-cancer/) - Season hub: [Season 5](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-5/) - All episodes: [Family Guy episode guide](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/) ## Season 5: episode 6 of 18 - S05E01 [Stewie Loves Lois](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e01-stewie-loves-lois/) - S05E02 [Mother Tucker](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e02-mother-tucker/) - S05E03 [Hell Comes to Quahog](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e03-hell-comes-to-quahog/) - S05E04 [Saving Private Brian](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e04-saving-private-brian/) - S05E05 [Whistle While Your Wife Works](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e05-whistle-while-your-wife-works/) - S05E06 Prick Up Your Ears (this entry) - S05E07 [Chick Cancer](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e07-chick-cancer/) - S05E08 [Barely Legal](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e08-barely-legal/) - S05E09 [Road to Rupert](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e09-road-to-rupert/) - S05E10 [Peter's Two Dads](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e10-peters-two-dads/) - S05E11 [The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e11-the-tan-aquatic-with-steve-zissou/) - S05E12 [Airport '07](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e12-airport-07/) - S05E13 [Bill & Peter's Bogus Journey](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e13-bill-and-peters-bogus-journey/) - S05E14 [No Meals on Wheels](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e14-no-meals-on-wheels/) - S05E15 [Boys Do Cry](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e15-boys-do-cry/) - S05E16 [No Chris Left Behind](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e16-no-chris-left-behind/) - S05E17 [It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e17-it-takes-a-village-idiot-and-i-married-one/) - S05E18 [Meet the Quagmires](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e18-meet-the-quagmires/) --- Unofficial fan resource. 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