"Family Guy" got a nomination for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2009. It was the first animated television show to be nominated for the award since "The Flintstones" in 1961.This episode was one of the three episode that was given for the nomination. The other two were "Family Gay" and "I Dream of Jesus". Seth MacFarlane (creator of "Family Guy") said that those episodes were submitted because they were "" shows.