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named Henrietta Borstein Douglas (born October 1, 2012). Alex Borstein Alexandrea Borstein (born February 15, 1971) is an American actress, writer, producer, and comedian. She is best known for voicing the role of Lois Griffin on the animated comedy series "Family Guy" (1999–present), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award from multiple nominations. Borstein also had lead roles as various characters on the sketch comedy series "MADtv" (1997–2009), Dawn Forchette in the medical comedy series "Getting On" (2013–15), and Susie Myerson in the historical comedy-drama series "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (2017–present), the latter of which earned her a Primetime
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Green made recurring appearances on the show as mean boss Mr. Brightling, Borstein would play his mother, Mama Brightling. While working on "MADtv", Borstein met Seth MacFarlane, who was then preparing to launch the animated sitcom "Family Guy" on FOX. MacFarlane was originally supposed to create animated shorts for "MADtv", but declined in favor of creating an independent series. MacFarlane cast Borstein as the voice of character Lois Griffin. After the show's debut in January 1999, "Family Guy" was cancelled by the network in 2002, but returned in 2005. As well as her role as the voice performer for Lois
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Quagmire's sex toys in the dishwasher, she calls Quagmire's house, only to receive a voice message made by Chris. They approach Chris, who is walking a horse gimp (which is actually Mort Goldman in a horse costume), and Lois tells him to quit. Chris refuses stating that he's getting paid for the job, prompting Lois to nonchalantly say that she has $1,100 in a paint can in the garage, and will give it to Chris if he agrees to quit. Chris does so, as she plans not to speak of the hidden money again. Mort then heads home. Doing another
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However, Carol Kane does not reprise her role of Carol. Instead, actress Julie Hagerty provides the voice of Carol. When her ninth husband leaves her, a depressed Carol talks to Lois about it over the phone. Later, Carol arrives at the Griffin residence, with Lois to comfort her. Mayor Adam West also stops by, initially to ring doorbells of all the houses in the city. Discovering that they both share a lot of things in common, Carol and Adam go on a date, leading up to their first kiss at a beach. When the couple arrive back to the Griffins'
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brewing friendship between his wife and his buddies. Peter comes down with a cold that alters and deepens his voice, which Lois finds to be a turn-on. After they make love, Peter goes to his bowling match. When he recovers, Lois finds that edge to his voice gone and no longer sexy. Peter decides to get sick again to get back the voice that turns Lois on. After repeated attempts, he manages to get deathly ill. Peter ends up in the hospital but tries to leave to go to his bowling tournament. He decides to enlist Lois to take his
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storyline of Peter and Lois performing in pubs when they were younger relates to MacFarlane's father, who used to do stage performances in bars. When he was performing, the woman who was to be MacFarlane's mother, came into the bar and tracked his father down, asking for guitar lessons once she had found him. The song which Peter and Lois were singing when remembering their performances they hosted in their earlier years was created by Alec Sulkin and Patrick Megan, producers of "Family Guy". Alex Borstein, voice actor of Lois Griffin had originally wanted Meg to be wearing a business
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Barbara Pewterschmidt. Borstein has been part of the main voice cast from the beginning of the series including the pilot, and has been voicing Lois from the start. At the time "Family Guy" was being developed, Borstein was working in the sketch comedy, MADtv. She was asked to audition by a member of the MADtv staff who was helping MacFarlane develop the show. She had not met MacFarlane or seen any artwork and said it was "really sight unseen". At the time, she was doing a stage show in Los Angeles, in which she played a redhead mother, whose voice
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the voice of Lois, helped write this episode, making her the first female member in the "Family Guy" writing staff; show creator Seth MacFarlane mentioned that her input on the character of Lois was particularly helpful. Andrew Gormley and voice actor Mike Henry acted as staff writers for this episode, while Ricky Blitt, Neil Goldman and Chris Sheridan worked as the story editors. The subplot of "The Son Also Draws" that involved Lois losing the car was based on the 1985 comedy film "Lost in America". The part where Peter pretends to be an Indian to get the family car
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the voice of English actor Rex Harrison, especially his performance in the 1964 musical drama film "My Fair Lady". MacFarlane uses his regular speaking voice when playing Brian. MacFarlane also provides the voices for various other recurring and one-time-only characters, most prominently those of the Griffins' neighbor Glenn Quagmire, news anchor Tom Tucker, and Lois' father, Carter Pewterschmidt. Alex Borstein voices Peter's wife Lois Griffin, Asian correspondent Tricia Takanawa, Loretta Brown, and Lois' mother, Barbara Pewterschmidt. Borstein was asked to provide a voice for the pilot while she was working on "MADtv". She had not met MacFarlane or seen any
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service. Later at home, Peter calls the line. Lois answers and quickly figures out that it is Peter. She entertains him, and he becomes attracted to her voice without realizing who it is. Later, Lois asks about his day and tries to get some thoughts out of him about his experience. Peter calls the sex line again later and asks for a date. Lois objects because he is married, but begrudgingly agrees, and later confides in her friend Bonnie. At the Drunken Clam, Peter tells Joe and Quagmire about wanting to meet his phone sex woman, and the guys warn
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this, the scene cuts to black mid-sentence. "Stewie Kills Lois" and "Lois Kills Stewie" are the 102nd and 103rd episodes of "Family Guy" respectively. They are the fourth and fifth episodes of the sixth season of the show. "Stewie Kills Lois" was written by executive producer and former "Futurama" and "South Park" writer David A. Goodman. The episode was directed by John Holmquist. "Lois Kills Stewie" was written by recurring voice actor and future showrunner Steve Callaghan, and directed by Greg Colton. Colton and Callaghan previously worked on the season 5 episode "Whistle While Your Wife Works". Before the airing
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show "" From her marriage to voice actor Mauro Gravina, they have a daughter, Benedetta, who is also a voice actress. Antonella Rinaldi Antonella Rinaldi (born October 12, 1954) is an Italian actress and voice actress. Rinaldi was born in Rome. She is the daughter of historic actor and voice-over artist Giuseppe Rinaldi and actress Marina Dolfin and her maternal grandmother was operatic soprano Toti Dal Monte. She is best known for voicing Lois Griffin in the Italian-Language version of the animated sitcom "Family Guy". She has also dubbed Jennifer Jason Leigh, Laura Linney, Jennifer Tilly, Amanda Plummer and Andie
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Play It Again, Brian "Play It Again, Brian" is the tenth episode of the sixth season of "Family Guy". The episode originally broadcast on March 2, 2008. The episode follows Peter and Lois, who are going through a tense time in their marriage, so Brian invites them to Martha's Vineyard, since he has been invited to receive a prize for an essay he wrote. Peter and Lois go with Brian to the vineyard and leave their kids with Herbert. The episode was written by Danny Smith and it was directed by John Holmquist. Recurring voice actors Lori Alan, Lisa Wilhoit,
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for Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production. The season was nominated for three other Annie Awards—Character Animation in a Television Production (Eileen Kohlhepp for the series itself), Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production (Mila Kunis for "Barely Legal"), and Writing in an Animated Television Production (Kirker Butler for "Barely Legal"). The Parents Television Council, a frequent critic of "Family Guy", branded "Stewie Loves Lois", "Barely Legal", "No Meals on Wheels", and "Bill and Peter's Bogus Journey" as the "worst show of the week." In response to this criticism, executive producer David Goodman claimed that "Family Guy" is "absolutely for
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There's Something About Paulie "There's Something About Paulie" is the 16th episode from the second season of the Fox animated series "Family Guy". It is the 23rd episode of "Family Guy". It was also the last episode of the first production season of "Family Guy" to air, but unlike the others, Mila Kunis had replaced Lacey Chabert for the voice of Meg Griffin. Michael Chiklis guest stars as Big Fat Paulie. The Griffins need a new car. Lois decides to buy one out of the classified advertisements, but Peter refuses, having come to the ridiculous conclusion that buying a car
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Don't Make Me Over (Family Guy) "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's singing voice, and Gene Simmons as himself and an anonymous prisoner. After Meg is turned down by a popular boy for a date, she feels sensitive about her appearance. To cheer her up, Lois takes Meg shopping. Tricia Takanawa gives Meg a free makeover, she becomes extremely attractive and her popularity surges. The Drunken Clam
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Caviar Eater", (season 2, 1999). In "IGN's Family Guy: Top 10 Fights", Lois ranked on two places, in number seven and number 6 for Lois's fight with Stewie in "Lois Kills Stewie" and in the Griffin Family Fight from "Barely Legal", respectively. In 2018, Watchmojo.com ranked her #2 on their "Top 10 Cartoon MILFs" list. Lois has had several television appearances outside of "Family Guy". She and Peter both had a cameo on "Drawn Together" in the episode "The Lemon-AIDS Walk" where she was voiced by Borstein. In the "Family Guy" parodies of the "Star Wars" original trilogy titled "Blue
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Family Guy (season 5) "Family Guy" fifth season first aired on the Fox network in eighteen episodes from September 10, 2006 to May 20, 2007 before being released as two DVD box sets and in syndication. It premiered with the episode "Stewie Loves Lois" and finished with "Meet the Quagmires". The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family—father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie and Brian, the family pet, who reside in their hometown of Quahog. The executive producers for the fifth season were David Goodman, Chris Sheridan, Danny Smith and series creator Seth MacFarlane. Sheridan and Goodman
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Saturated Fat Guy "Saturated Fat Guy" is the sixteenth episode of the fifteenth season of the animated sitcom "Family Guy", and the 285th episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on March 19, 2017, and is written by Damien Fahey and directed by Steve Robertson. Lois shows the Griffin family a documentary called "Food Kills" where its host Steven McCormick – who brags that he is Matt Lauer's cousin – talks about the food industry and the dangers of processed foods that make Americans obese. Lois takes the message to heart and decides to put the whole
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another guy while out for coffee with Bonnie. Lois breaks the news to Chris, who does not mind. Chris mentions Peter's reckless behavior and wants a girl who accepts him, just like Lois accepts Peter. However, Lois assures Chris that any girl will be lucky to date him. Soon after breaking up with Chris, Lindsey starts dating Quagmire who makes her dress as Lois for participation in a sex fantasy and dismisses Mort, who is also dressed as Lois, as the episode ends. In its original broadcast, on February 12, 2012, "Tom Tucker: The Man and His Dream" was watched
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Brothers & Sisters (Family Guy) "Brothers & Sisters" is the 15th episode of the ninth season of the animated comedy series "Family Guy". It aired on Fox in the United States on April 17, 2011. This episode follows Lois' sister Carol Pewterschmidt who turns to the Griffins after her ninth husband ended their relationship. She eventually goes on a date with Mayor Adam West and seeks to marry him, much to Lois' doubt given Carol's past relationship troubles. The episode was written by Alex Carter and directed by Julius Wu. This episode marks the second appearance of Carol, Lois's sister.
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right. Still good—not great". Brothers & Sisters (Family Guy) "Brothers & Sisters" is the 15th episode of the ninth season of the animated comedy series "Family Guy". It aired on Fox in the United States on April 17, 2011. This episode follows Lois' sister Carol Pewterschmidt who turns to the Griffins after her ninth husband ended their relationship. She eventually goes on a date with Mayor Adam West and seeks to marry him, much to Lois' doubt given Carol's past relationship troubles. The episode was written by Alex Carter and directed by Julius Wu. This episode marks the second appearance
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highly choreographed. "Lois Kills Stewie" was voted #9, and "Stewie Kills Lois" was voted #8 on BBC Three's list of Top Ten Family Guy Episodes. Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie "Stewie Kills Lois" and "Lois Kills Stewie" is a two-part episode of the sixth season of the animated comedy series "Family Guy", which was originally produced for the end of Season 5. Respectively, both are the fourth and fifth episode of their season, and they premiered in the United States on Fox on November 4 and 11, 2007. In the former, housewife Lois receives cruise tickets from anthropomorphic
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place and despite her objections she agrees. The guys have some reservations but Lois does remarkably well, winning the game for the guys. Celebrating at The Drunken Clam, Lois joins in the guys' sex talk, whilst making a rather bold reference to her [[bisexuality]], saying that she would have sex with [[Scarlett Johansson]]. Joe surprises everyone with three tickets to a [[Red Sox]] game just as Peter shows up to join them and they point out they do not have a ticket for him, preferring to take Lois. After the game, Peter confronts Lois about hanging out with his friends,
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she had based on one of her cousins from Long Island, New York. She took the voice of the character to the set and use it for Lois. The voice was originally slower, when MacFarlane heard it, he asked her to make it faster and higher. Borstein has noted that the voice of Lois has been changing from the slower original voice to the quicker up tempo voice of the present episodes. There have been occasions where Borstein does not voice Lois, such as in the episode "Road to the Multiverse", where Lois is not voiced by Borstein in a
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from Max Burkholder, Gary Cole, Rob Corddry, Judy Greer, Jonathan Morgan Heit, Kevin Michael Richardson, Sage Ryan, Nicole Sullivan, and Josh Robert Thompson along with several recurring voice actors for the series. This episode was named after the Bon Jovi song of the same name. The Griffin family goes to the Quahog Public Library for the Children's Sing-a-long activity held by Bruce. While there, Stewie meets a boy named Scotty Jennings and his parents Ben and Hope, whom Lois and Peter befriend. Lois organizes a play date for Stewie and Scotty. Everything goes well until Scotty suddenly falls ill whilst
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cast, child actor Max Burkholder and voice actor William Woodson guest starred in the episode. Recurring guest voice actors Johnny Brennan, actor Ralph Garman, writer Mark Hentemann, writer Danny Smith, writer Alec Sulkin, and writer John Viener also made minor appearances. "Family Goy" contained various cultural references. The episode opens with a parody of the opening sequence of "The All-New Super Friends Hour", with the central characters of "Family Guy" replacing "The All-New Super Friends Hour"s main characters, except for Meg. When Peter first sees the Kathy Ireland cutout, he starts to sing the Billy Ocean song, "Suddenly". As Lois
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Foreign Affairs (Family Guy) "Foreign Affairs" is the 17th episode of the ninth season of the animated comedy series "Family Guy". It aired on Fox in the United States on May 15, 2011. The episode was titled "Games People Play" in the UK for BBC Three. In the episode, Bonnie and Lois take a little trip to Paris where Bonnie crosses the line. "Foreign Affairs" was written by Anthony Blasucci and Mike Desilets, and directed by Pete Michels. The episode is 21 minutes and 43 seconds long. Bonnie and Lois take a trip to Paris, but Lois becomes shocked when
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contributed to lifelong childhood friend Alex Winter's 2013 release "Downloaded". In 2008, Karcher co-developed and appeared in "Four Corners of Fear", a 2013 spoof of "The Blair Witch Project" created by the original film's co-producer Eduardo Sanchez along with co-producers and actors Joshua Leonard and Michael C. Williams. In addition, Karcher is known for his work on the television comedy "Family Guy", having produced and directed the DVD release of ""Take Alex to Work Day, Behind the Scenes at Family Guy,"" which shadows an entire day with Alex Borstein, producer, writer and voice of Lois Griffin and several other characters
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by Dominic Polcino, both firsts in the "Family Guy" series. It was rated TV-14. The episode featured guest performances by Butch Hartman, Waylon Jennings, Rachael MacFarlane and John O'Hurley, along with several recurring voice actors for the series. Much of the episode features a cutaway style of humor that is typically used in "Family Guy", many of which feature cultural references including the Incredible Hulk, The Dukes of Hazzard, "Three Little Pigs", and "Couplehood". The title "Chitty Chitty Death Bang" is a variation on that of the 1968 musical film, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Lois has booked Cheesie Charlie's for
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since 2005. These include "" (), which covers the entire events of the episode "It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One", and "Family Guy and Philosophy: A Cure for the Petarded" (), a collection of seventeen essays exploring the connections between the series and historical philosophers which include Lois as a character. Lois Griffin Lois Patrice Griffin (née Pewterschmidt) is a fictional character from the animated television series "Family Guy". She is voiced by writer Alex Borstein and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the Griffin family, in the 15-minute short on December 20, 1998.
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The Fat Guy Strangler "The Fat Guy Strangler" is the 17th episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series "Family Guy". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 27, 2005. In the episode, Lois discovers she has a long-lost brother, Patrick, who was institutionalized after seeing his mother being seduced. Lois gets him released, but after a childhood flashback induced by Peter, Patrick becomes traumatized and starts murdering overweight people. The episode was written by Chris Sheridan and directed by Sarah Frost, whilst guest stars were Bob Barker, Dave Boat, Max
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in the 1970s. At the beginning of the credits, the voice of Peter says ""Family Guy" was recorded on tape before a live audience" as 'footage' of the city of Quahog is shown. IGN's Dan Iverson commented that "the Stewie/Lois story was really kind of funny", noting that the scene was "a nice window in on parenting". He describes the scene of Stewie shouting at Brian in Spanish as being "very funny". However, Iverson criticized the episode, noting that the scene of Peter giving his story in court went from just "creepy and awkward to just plain disturbing". The episode
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The King Is Dead (Family Guy) "The King Is Dead" is the seventh episode of the second season of the FOX animated series "Family Guy". It is the 14th episode of "Family Guy" to be aired. It was the last episode produced for season one but aired in season two. Lois is named director of the Quahog Players theater group production upon the previous director's death, and she decides to produce "The King and I". When Peter auditions poorly for the show with the theme song to "Land of the Lost", Lois names him producer in the hopes of keeping
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Harvest", "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side" and "It's A Trap" which are parodies of "A New Hope", "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" respectively, Lois appears as Princess Leia. Lois, and most of the central characters on "Family Guy", also appeared in the pilot episode of the show's spin-off "The Cleveland Show". She came in at No. 85 out of 100 on "Maxim"'s 2012 Hot 100.. She also appears in Season 2, Episode 2 of HBO's Animals. Lois is also featured on the "" CD, and plays a significant part in "Family Guy Video Game!", the first
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Goodman, Seth MacFarlane, Chris Sheridan, and Danny Smith. In addition, Goodman served as showrunner throughout the season. As production began, Tom Devanney, Kirker Butler, Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, Alec Sulkin, Wellesley Wild, Patrick Meighan, Danny Smith and future showrunners Mark Hentemann and Steve Callaghan, all stayed on from the previous season. No new writers were hired after the conclusion of the fourth season. Alex Borstein, who serves as the voice of Lois, wrote her last episode, "It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One", and regular writers Ken Goin and Gary Janetti, who returned during season eight, left the series before
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scene and instead was voiced by Japanese actress Kei Ogawa, who was required for a scene where everything in the world was Japanese (she also did the voice of Meg for the scene). Lois's personality has evolved throughout the episodes. She is commonly the voice of reason to Peter's shenanigans, but in some episodes she can act darker than normal and sometimes shows a taste for sadomasochism. In the episode "The Son Also Draws", Lois showed a gambling addiction when the family went to an Indian casino and lost the family car. In the episode "Model Misbehavior", Lois becomes a
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have frequented a sperm bank in his youth ("A House Full of Peters"), and a behind-the-scenes episode hosted by James Woods ("Inside Family Guy"). The season premiere includes a cameo by Vinny (voiced by Tony Sirico), the dog who temporarily replaced Brian in season 12. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Family Guy (season 15) "Family Guy" fifteenth season premiered on Fox in the United States on September 25, 2016, and ended on May 21, 2017. The season contained 20 episodes. The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family, consisting of father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie and the family dog Brian,
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"Family Guy" video game, which was released by 2K Games in 2006. Borstein recorded exclusive material of Lois for a 2007 pinball machine of the show by Stern Pinball. In 2004, the first series of "Family Guy" toy figurines was released by Mezco Toyz, each member of the Griffin family had their own, except for Stewie, of whom two different figures were made. Over the course of two years, four more series of toy figures have been released, with various forms of Peter. As of 2009, six books have been released about the "Family Guy" universe, all published by HarperCollins
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and the two agree he should be sent back to the mental hospital, where Lois and the family plan to visit him once a month. Patrick was traumatized as a child by Jackie Gleason after seeing him seduce his mother, Barbara, in front of him. While at the mental hospital, Stewie makes a reference to the movie "Sling Blade". Brian makes a reference to season-three "Family Guy" episode "To Love and Die in Dixie". Lois is shown watching the game show "The Price Is Right". The cavemen who "invented singing" initially grunt "Mary Had A Little Lamb" before quickly evolving
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he isn't Chadley. Gretchen attempts to kill Lois and texts Peter about "their problem," but he soon learns of the true meaning of the text, thanks to Meg. He tries to stop Gretchen, who tells Lois that she lied about the letter, and hands it to her. When she reads it, she is confused on why Peter would send Gretchen a letter about having doubts. Peter admits that he was afraid, since Lois' family hates him among other reasons. Lois tells Gretchen that she can have Peter and walks off coldly, but comes back and hits her with a banister,
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("Fighting Irish"). <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Family Guy (season 13) "Family Guy" thirteenth season premiered on Fox in the United States on September 28, 2014, and ended on May 17, 2015. The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family, consisting of father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie and the family dog Brian, who reside in their hometown of Quahog. The season begins with an hour-long crossover with "The Simpsons" entitled "The Simpsons Guy". Guest stars throughout the season include Julie Bowen, Liam Neeson, Maya Rudolph, Chris Hardwick, Emily Osment, T.J. Miller, Lea Thompson, Allison Janney, Connie Britton, and Tony
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Family Guy (season 13) "Family Guy" thirteenth season premiered on Fox in the United States on September 28, 2014, and ended on May 17, 2015. The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family, consisting of father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie and the family dog Brian, who reside in their hometown of Quahog. The season begins with an hour-long crossover with "The Simpsons" entitled "The Simpsons Guy". Guest stars throughout the season include Julie Bowen, Liam Neeson, Maya Rudolph, Chris Hardwick, Emily Osment, T.J. Miller, Lea Thompson, Allison Janney, Connie Britton, and Tony Sirico. Also during this
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him against it. Peter wants to go through with it regardless. Lois sees Peter dressed up to go out. He makes up a story about going out of town, leaving Lois depressed and angry. She dresses up too, but disguised, and goes out to meet Peter. Peter opens up to her, not knowing it is Lois, and goes ahead and has sex with her, still unaware of who she is. Eight hours later, an angry Lois reveals the truth. Despite being shocked and appalled that Lois was doing phone sex, Peter admits that he somehow did know it was Lois
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Century Fox in the United States and Canada on October 21, 2008, five months after they had completed broadcast on television. The DVD release also features bonus material including deleted scenes, commentaries, and a 'making of' featurette. Family Guy (season 5) "Family Guy" fifth season first aired on the Fox network in eighteen episodes from September 10, 2006 to May 20, 2007 before being released as two DVD box sets and in syndication. It premiered with the episode "Stewie Loves Lois" and finished with "Meet the Quagmires". The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family—father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son
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Family Guy (season 12) "Family Guy" twelfth season began airing on Fox on September 29, 2013, and ended on May 18, 2014. The series follows the Griffin family, a dysfunctional family consisting of father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie, and the family dog Brian, who reside in their hometown of Quahog. During this season, Peter gets a vestigial twin ("Vestigial Peter"); the Griffins travel to Italy ("Boopa-dee Bappa-dee"); Quagmire and Peter form a folk band ("Into Harmony's Way"); and, as confirmed by series creator Seth MacFarlane, Cleveland moves back to Quahog along with his family, since
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Take a Letter (Family Guy) "Take a Letter" is the seventeenth episode of the fourteenth season of the animated sitcom "Family Guy", and the 266th episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on April 17, 2016, and is written by Kevin Biggins and directed by John Holmquist. In the episode, Lois becomes a postal worker to pay for Stewie's education while Peter runs into his old girlfriend. Lois decides to send Stewie to another pre-school, due to his current one's deteriorating nature (i.e. selling of dog milk). She plans on having him sent to Corridors, a pricey
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chagrin, fits in better with the teenage party crowd than Meg does, due her more loose and exciting personality compared to her daughter’s more uptight and easily embarrassed demeanor. In a moment of exuberance, Meg accidentally flashes her breasts, but both she and Lois are quickly arrested. They escape from the police car and while returning home, Lois apologizes to Meg for her arrogant and immature behavior, admitting that if she may have ruined the experience for her by having more fun amongst her classmates when Meg should have been the one enjoying herself. Suddenly, a car full of spring
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Family Guy (season 10) "Family Guy" tenth season debuted on the Fox network on September 25, 2011. The series follows the Griffin family, a dysfunctional family consisting of father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie and the family dog Brian, who reside in their hometown of Quahog. The executive producers for the tenth production season are Seth MacFarlane, Chris Sheridan, Danny Smith, Mark Hentemann, Steve Callaghan, Alec Sulkin, and Wellesley Wild. The showrunners are Hentemann and Callaghan. During this season, Peter becomes friends with Ryan Reynolds (guest-voicing as himself), the Griffins win the lottery, Meg falls in
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Family Guy (season 11) "Family Guy" eleventh season began airing on Fox on September 30, 2012. The series follows the Griffin family, a dysfunctional family consisting of father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie and the family dog Brian, who reside in their hometown of Quahog. The executive producers for the eleventh production season are Seth MacFarlane, Richard Appel, Chris Sheridan, Danny Smith, Mark Hentemann, Steve Callaghan, Alec Sulkin, and Wellesley Wild. The showrunners are Appel and Callaghan, with Appel replacing previous showrunner Hentemann. In this season, the Griffins decide to climb Mount Everest ("Into Fat Air");
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will not re-hire Fargus, he himself runs for election to do so. The two run tight campaigns against each other, but Peter humiliates himself at a debate. Desperate to turn this around, Peter airs a political advertisement with a sexually provocative photograph of Lois to humiliate her. Lois is shocked and upset when Peter actually wins the school board election in a landslide and does not seem to take his new position very seriously, making ridiculous changes to the school. A huge scandal erupts for Peter during a TV interview when it is revealed that the school's students are reading
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dies. Guest stars for the season include Conan O'Brien, Lea Thompson, Jeff Daniels, Michelle Dockery, Tony Sirico, Yvette Nicole Brown, Gary Cole, Lauren Bacall, Liam Neeson, Bryan Cranston, Peter Dinklage, Adam Levine, and Ariana Grande. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The season received mixed to negative reviews. Family Guy (season 12) "Family Guy" twelfth season began airing on Fox on September 29, 2013, and ended on May 18, 2014. The series follows the Griffin family, a dysfunctional family consisting of father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie, and the family dog Brian, who reside in their hometown of Quahog. During this
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Antonella Rinaldi Antonella Rinaldi (born October 12, 1954) is an Italian actress and voice actress. Rinaldi was born in Rome. She is the daughter of historic actor and voice-over artist Giuseppe Rinaldi and actress Marina Dolfin and her maternal grandmother was operatic soprano Toti Dal Monte. She is best known for voicing Lois Griffin in the Italian-Language version of the animated sitcom "Family Guy". She has also dubbed Jennifer Jason Leigh, Laura Linney, Jennifer Tilly, Amanda Plummer and Andie MacDowell in some of their films. In 2011, she and her husband Mauro Gravina made a guest appearance on the web
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Family Guy (season 7) "Family Guy" seventh season first aired on the Fox network in sixteen episodes from September 28, 2008 to May 17, 2009 before being released as two DVD box sets and syndicated. The animated television series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family (father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie and their anthropomorphic dog Brian), who reside in the town of Quahog. The show features the voices of series creator Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, and Mila Kunis in the roles of the Griffin family. The executive producers for the seventh season were MacFarlane, Danny
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in Stewie, Please"), and Brian and Stewie solve a mystery in a "Sherlock Holmes" parody ("V Is for Mystery"). <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Family Guy (season 16) "Family Guy" sixteenth season premiered on Fox in the United States on October 1, 2017, and ended on May 20, 2018. The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family, consisting of father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie, and the family dog Brian, who reside in their hometown of Quahog. The executive producers for the sixteenth production season are Seth MacFarlane, Richard Appel, Alec Sulkin, Steve Callaghan, Danny Smith, and Kara Vallow. Sulkin returns
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with Cancer", "Dead Dog Walking"), Quagmire will meet a teenage daughter (played by Mandy Moore) whom he never knew he had, the Griffins take on the Korean Olympics ("The Griffin Winter Games"), and Brian and Stewie shrink to microscopic size ("Big Trouble in Little Quahog"). <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Family Guy (season 17) "Family Guy" seventeenth season premiered on Fox in the United States on September 30, 2018. The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family, consisting of father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie, and the family dog Brian, who reside in their hometown of Quahog. The season's executive producers
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Family Guy (season 17) "Family Guy" seventeenth season premiered on Fox in the United States on September 30, 2018. The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family, consisting of father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie, and the family dog Brian, who reside in their hometown of Quahog. The season's executive producers are Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, Richard Appel, Steve Callaghan, Danny Smith, Kara Vallow, Mark Hentemann, Tom Devanney, Patrick Meighan and Cherry Chevapravatdumrong. The season's showrunners are Sulkin and Appel. During this season, Brian marries a dying woman (played by Casey Wilson) in a two-episode arc ("Married...
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Family Guy (season 15) "Family Guy" fifteenth season premiered on Fox in the United States on September 25, 2016, and ended on May 21, 2017. The season contained 20 episodes. The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family, consisting of father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie and the family dog Brian, who reside in their hometown of Quahog. The executive producers for the fifteenth production season are Seth MacFarlane, Richard Appel, Steve Callaghan, Danny Smith and Kara Vallow. The showrunners are Appel and Callaghan. Guest stars for the season include Kyle Chandler, Stephen Curry, Flea, Rob Gronkowski,
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Family Guy (season 16) "Family Guy" sixteenth season premiered on Fox in the United States on October 1, 2017, and ended on May 20, 2018. The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family, consisting of father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie, and the family dog Brian, who reside in their hometown of Quahog. The executive producers for the sixteenth production season are Seth MacFarlane, Richard Appel, Alec Sulkin, Steve Callaghan, Danny Smith, and Kara Vallow. Sulkin returns after a two-season absence as the new showrunner for the series, replacing previous showrunner Callaghan. Appel continues to serve as
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Family Guy (season 14) "Family Guy" fourteenth season premiered on Fox in the United States on September 27, 2015, and ended on May 22, 2016. The season contained 20 episodes. The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family, consisting of father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie and the family dog Brian, who reside in their hometown of Quahog. Guest stars for the season include Joe Buck, Kyle Chandler, Glenn Close, Anil Kapoor, Kate McKinnon, John Mellencamp, Ed O'Neill, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Neil deGrasse Tyson. During this season, the guys head to Korea after Quagmire is
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Meg and Quagmire "Meg and Quagmire" is the tenth episode of the tenth season of the American animated sitcom "Family Guy". It originally aired on Fox in the United States on January 8, 2012. In the episode, Meg celebrates her 18th birthday, but no one comes to her party except Quagmire, who starts dating her and plans to have sex with her. Peter tries to stop Quagmire, but Lois urges him to back off because she does not believe anything will happen. The episode was written by Tom Devanney and directed by Joseph Lee. It features the guest performances of
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debate over which characters in "Family Guy" can understand Stewie. In an interview, MacFarlane said that everyone can basically understand him, but they ignore him or just think to themselves "oh how cute" when he talks. However at the 2011 ComicCon panel, he compared this to Wile E. Coyote in the old "Merrie Melodies" cartoons. MacFarlane went on to say that Brian always hears Stewie, and more recently so does Chris, but the writers usually strive for Peter, Lois, and Meg not to hear him. Once Stewie leaves the house, the question of who can hear him depends very much
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to replace them with his own to prevent himself from getting into trouble. Nine months later, a lesbian couple, who took away some of Peter's sperm in order to conceive a child, gives birth to Bertram, Stewie's half-brother who first appeared in the episode "Emission Impossible". After the vasectomy, Peter loses his sex drive, much to the frustration of Lois, who embraces overeating as a substitute. Peter begins to ridicule Lois due to her weight, but stops shortly after they have sex and discovers they prefer "fat sex", opposed to their regular sex. Peter attempts to make Lois fatter to
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the previous episode, and making it the second most-watched show of the night, behind "The Simpsons". Saturated Fat Guy "Saturated Fat Guy" is the sixteenth episode of the fifteenth season of the animated sitcom "Family Guy", and the 285th episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on March 19, 2017, and is written by Damien Fahey and directed by Steve Robertson. Lois shows the Griffin family a documentary called "Food Kills" where its host Steven McCormick – who brags that he is Matt Lauer's cousin – talks about the food industry and the dangers of processed foods
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a crossover episode with "The Simpsons", aired on September 28, 2014. "Family Guy" is a joint production by Fuzzy Door Productions and 20th Century Fox Television and syndicated by 20th Television. In 2013, "TV Guide" ranked "Family Guy" the ninth Greatest TV Cartoon of All Time. On May 12, 2018, Fox renewed the series for a seventeenth season, which premiered on September 30, 2018. The show revolves around the adventures of the Griffin family, consisting of father Peter Griffin, a bumbling yet well-intentioned blue-collar worker; Lois, a pretty stay-at-home mother and piano teacher who is a member of the wealthy
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the show he called "Family Guy". Brian's character was largely based on Steve from the "Larry and Steve" cartoon, with Larry serving as the primary basis of the Peter character. The character's personality was also partially inspired by a friend of his father who rudely fell asleep while watching the 1993 film "Philadelphia". The network executives were impressed with the pilot and ordered thirteen episodes, giving MacFarlane a 2 million dollar per-season contract. Lois Griffin is voiced by producer and staff writer, Alex Borstein, who also voices recurring characters such as Asian reporter Tricia Takanawa, Loretta Brown and Lois' mother
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to Nielsen ratings, it was viewed in 6.04 million homes in its original airing. The episode featured guest performances by Max Burkholder, Jackson Douglas, Kevin Durand, Colin Ford, Zachary Gordon, Scott Grimes, Julie Hagerty, Jonathan Morgan Heit, Christine Lakin and Patrick Stewart, along with several recurring guest voice actors for the series. As the Thanksgiving holiday begins, Lois invites Glenn Quagmire and his father (now Ida), the Swansons, Carter and Babs Pewterschmidt, Mayor Adam West, and Carol Pewterschmidt to join the Griffin family in a Thanksgiving dinner. Among other things, things are still tense between Ida, Quagmire and Brian since
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their darkest secrets, with Lois revealing that she had participated in the making of a pornographic film. Asked if the film still exists, Lois states that it is "long gone," just like the original ending to the 1978 musical film "Grease". After Joyce shows the film on the local news, Lois becomes angered, and decides to confront Joyce, who reveals that Lois had tormented her during high school, under the name Joyce Chevapravatdumrong, a reference to the "Family Guy" writer and series producer Cherry Chevapravatdumrong. The scene then transitions into a Facebook cutaway gag, showing Lois's Facebook profile. Becoming depressed
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Lois has a mid-life crisis ("Lois Comes Out of Her Shell"); Meg falls for a boy who turns out to like her brother Chris ("Friends Without Benefits"); and Brian and Stewie leap into action after they discover the company owned by Lois's dad, Carter Pewterschmidt, has found the cure for cancer ("The Old Man and the Big 'C'"). The season also features the 200th episode of the series. Further episode plots were revealed at Comic-Con 2012. Quagmire accidentally marries a hooker ("The Giggity Wife"), Peter becomes a meth dealer ("Farmer Guy"), and Chris moves in with Herbert ("Chris Cross"). Also,
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at the park. When Lois calls him at the bar, he rushes out to grab Stewie and takes the wrong child (whom Stewie happened to befriend). Arriving home, he realizes he took the wrong child, but has to pretend he is Stewie when Lois arrives home. He tries to cover things up, but Lois finds out just as another woman arrives with Stewie. Peter tries to deceptively downplay it to Lois, but with rage she calls him an idiot, hurting his feelings. Peter is then visited by a man who tells him that the eyes they left in the park
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Chris Cross (Family Guy) "Chris Cross" is the thirteenth episode of the eleventh season and the 201st overall episode of the animated comedy series "Family Guy". It aired on Fox in the United States on February 17, 2013, and is written by Anthony Blasucci and Mike Desilets and directed by Jerry Langford. The episode revolves around Chris doing Meg's chores after she catches him in the act stealing money from Lois. Meanwhile, Stewie and Brian become fans of Canadian singer Anne Murray, who guest stars in the episode as herself. When Chris is teased at school for his no-name Latvian
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taught at his school. Since the sex-ed class at her children's school was removed, Lois decides to become the school's newest sex-ed teacher. In class, she attempts to teach students about safe sex, but her efforts are ruined by a botched attempt of Peter, who wishes to distribute his views on sex as well. Soon after the first sex-ed class, parental protests arise as Lois taught kids about safe ways to perform premarital sex, rather than abstinence. As a result, Lois is subsequently fired. She is replaced by a reverend who promotes both premarital and marital abstinence, explaining fictional consequences
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The Blind Side (Family Guy) "The Blind Side" is the eleventh episode of the tenth season of the American animated sitcom "Family Guy". The episode originally aired on Fox in the United States on January 15, 2012. In the episode, Peter meets Stella, the new worker who replaces Opie and is deaf. Quagmire falls for her and decides to have a party for disabled women at the bar, where Brian meets a blind girl named Kate and decides to date her. Meanwhile, Lois replaces the stairs after Stewie gets a splinter, but Peter constantly slips and falls down them and
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Sibling Rivalry (Family Guy) "Sibling Rivalry" is the 22nd episode of the fourth season of the animated comedy series "Family Guy". It originally aired on Fox in the United States on March 26, 2006. The episode follows Stewie as he battles with his half-brother, Bertram (voiced by Wallace Shawn), who is born to two lesbians after Peter donates sperm. Meanwhile, Lois begins excessive eating after Peter undergoes a vasectomy and loses his interest in sex. The episode was written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and directed by Dan Povenmire. The episode received mixed reviews from critics for its storyline and many cultural
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complaints and realizes his son is a talented artist. Peter and Chris return to the casino and reclaim the car. The episode ends with Lois, Stewie, and Meg counteracting stereotypes about Native Americans, Mexicans, and Swedes, respectively, before Peter comments that "Canada sucks." "The Son Also Draws" was written by Ricky Blitt, his first episode in the "Family Guy" series, and directed by former "Simpsons" director Neil Affleck, also in his first "Family Guy" episode. Peter Shin and Roy Allen Smith, who have since supervised other episodes of "Family Guy", both acted as supervising directors on this episode. Alex Borstein,
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Meg Griffin Megan "Meg" Griffin is a fictional character in the animated television series "Family Guy". Meg is the eldest child of Peter and Lois Griffin and older sister of Stewie and Chris, but is also the family's scapegoat who receives the least of their attention and bears the brunt of their abuse. She is often bullied, ridiculed, and ignored. Meg first appeared on television, along with the rest of the Griffin family, in a 15-minute short on December 20, 1998. She was created and designed by "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane, who was asked to pitch a pilot to
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graphics. The game uses typical MMORPG character classes such as having Stewie act as a ranger, Peter as a tank, and Lois as a healer. Players create their own character in the game using the Griffin family as a template. The actual characters from the show are reserved as non-playable characters (NPCs) in the game in order to give the player quests and advance the storyline "(pictured)". The NPCs in the game are voiced by the same voice actors in the show. The game used two types of in-game currency: cash and clams. Clams are earned by completing in-game objectives.
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stuck in a theater seat while Lois bring him food and blankets. A similarly stuck seatmate notes that she won't be coming back. When Chris inquires why, his seatmate notes that Lois is also his mom. Griffin family The Griffin family is a cartoon family from the animated television series "Family Guy". The Griffins are a nuclear family consisting of the married couple Peter and Lois, their three children Meg, Chris, and Stewie, and their dog Brian. They live at 31 Spooner Street in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. Their family car is a red sixth-generation Ford Country
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"Family Guy" writer and regular voice artist Danny Smith. The episode borrows heavily from the 1985 comedy film "Clue", the 1976 comedy film "Murder by Death", and is largely based upon the 1939 Agatha Christie novel "And Then There Were None". The opening scene of the episode is similar to that of Stanley Kubrik's "The Shining". Once the Griffin family arrives at the mansion, Lois remarks on the estate's beauty, wondering if television host Jeff Probst has a similar home. As they walk into the mansion, Sir John Everett Millais's "Ophelia" is seen. As dinner commences, Carl begins conversing with
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Lois Griffin Lois Patrice Griffin (née Pewterschmidt) is a fictional character from the animated television series "Family Guy". She is voiced by writer Alex Borstein and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the Griffin family, in the 15-minute short on December 20, 1998. Lois was created and designed by series creator Seth MacFarlane. MacFarlane was asked to pitch a pilot to the Fox Broadcasting Company based on "Larry and Steve", a short he made which featured a middle-aged character named Larry and an intellectual dog, Steve. After the pilot was given the green light, the Griffin family
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down on January 18, 2013. "", which is centered around the episode "Road to the Multiverse", was released on November 20, 2012. "" launched on iOS and Android on April 10, 2014. "Family Guy: Another Freakin Mobile Game" was released on iOS on April 25, 2017. Family Guy (franchise) Family Guy is an American animated comedy franchise created by Seth MacFarlane and originally developed for the Fox Broadcasting Company. "Family Guy" is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their
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cannabis, since the book does not have enough merit to sell on its own. Brian reluctantly complies, and the drug becomes illegal once more. Unfortunately for Brian, when his novel is released, it is universally panned by literary critics and does not sell a single copy. Brian laments that he sacrificed his core beliefs for nothing, but Lois intervenes because he helped ban cannabis (and she also points out how Stewie got to build a nice fort from all of Brian's unsold books). A distraught Quagmire arrives at the household and informs Peter that he is still looking for James
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Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie "Stewie Kills Lois" and "Lois Kills Stewie" is a two-part episode of the sixth season of the animated comedy series "Family Guy", which was originally produced for the end of Season 5. Respectively, both are the fourth and fifth episode of their season, and they premiered in the United States on Fox on November 4 and 11, 2007. In the former, housewife Lois receives cruise tickets from anthropomorphic dog Brian, and invites Peter on the cruise with her. This upsets Stewie, and he ultimately appears to murder Lois while she is on the
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love with an Amish boy as Peter goes to war with his family, Stewie starts driving Brian's car and accidentally crashes it, Meg dates Quagmire on her 18th birthday, Chris dates a girl who looks like Lois (voiced by Ellen Page), Quagmire asks Peter and Joe to help him kill his sister's (voiced by Kaitlin Olson) violently abusive boyfriend (voiced by Ralph Garman), Peter befriends a dolphin (voiced by Ricky Gervais), Kevin Swanson (voiced by Scott Grimes) surprisingly returns to Quahog on Thanksgiving, Lois kidnaps Stewie's sick friend, Brian gets a blind girlfriend who hates dogs, James Woods makes a
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for their Christmas optimism. When she reaches the town square, she climbs the Christmas tree there and grabs the ornamental star on top, bent on destroying it. The rest of the family arrives and Stewie, eager to perform a good deed to earn Santa's grace, performs an extemporaneous monologue about Jesus and the meaning of Christmas. Lois, watching Stewie, regains her sanity, but Peter, who thinks Lois isn't getting the message, allows the police to shoot her with a tranquilizer dart, just after she puts the star back on the tree. The next morning at Christmas, the family opens their
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A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas "A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas" is the sixteenth episode of "Family Guy"s third season. It originally aired on Fox on December 21, 2001. In the episode, it is Christmas time in Quahog, a time when Lois's plans for a perfect holiday blow up in her face, causing her to have a mental breakdown. Stewie uses his role as the baby Jesus in the town play to be good for Santa Claus, about whom he has become paranoid, and show Lois the true meaning of Christmas. "A Very Special Family Guy Freakin'
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musical drama film "My Fair Lady". Brian's voice is MacFarlane's regular speaking voice. In addition MacFarlane provides the voice of various recurring and one-time characters, most prominently those of the Griffin's neighbor Glenn Quagmire, news anchor Tom Tucker and Lois' father Carter Pewterschmidt. Alex Borstein voices Lois Griffin, Asian correspondent Tricia Takanawa, Loretta Brown and Lois' mother Barbara Pewterschmidt. Borstein was asked to provide a voice for the pilot while she was working on "MADtv". She had not met MacFarlane or seen any artwork and said it was "really sight unseen". At the time, she was doing a stage show
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Peter's Sister "Peter's Sister" is the sixth episode of the fourteenth season of the animated sitcom "Family Guy", and the 255th episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on November 15, 2015, and is written by Tom Devanney and directed by John Holmquist. The episode guest stars Kate McKinnon as Peter's sister, Karen. Lois returns from shopping for Thanksgiving and is not happy about the holiday due to lack of help from the Griffins. Meg brings in the mail which includes a letter from Peter's sister Karen, who the family has never heard about. Lois mentions they
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in the hospital the Griffins see the error of their ways and use their powers to help West recover. Five-year-old Peter, Brian, Quagmire, Joe (who is pulled around in a wagon), Cleveland, and Mayor West belong to the "We Hate Broads Club". When young Lois Pewterschmidt joins their school, however, Peter and Quagmire are love-stricken. Attempting to impress Lois, both boys promise to spend the night in a spooky abandoned house to prove their courage. When they see an apparently real ghost, however, they all flee in terror. Lois ends up choosing Mort Goldman as her new boyfriend, seeing as
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Family Guy (franchise) Family Guy is an American animated comedy franchise created by Seth MacFarlane and originally developed for the Fox Broadcasting Company. "Family Guy" is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children, Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog, Brian. The show is set in the fictional city of Quahog, Rhode Island, and exhibits much of its humor in the form of metafictional cutaway gags that often lampoon American culture. The family was conceived by
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I went back to men." She reveals in "Partial Terms of Endearment" that she had a lesbian affair with Naomi while they were students at Salve Regina University, and she passionately kisses Meg's lesbian classmate Sarah in "Brian Sings and Swings". In the pilot episode for The Cleveland Show, she and Bonnie make out to fulfill Cleveland's, Peter's, Quagmire's, and Brian's wish. Lois ranked number 12 spot on "IGN's Top 25 Family Guy Characters". In "IGN's top 10 musical moments in Family Guy" ranked number three spot with the song, "This House Is Freakin' Sweet" from the episode, "Peter, Peter,
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Burkholder, Barclay DeVeau, Robert Downey Jr., Margaret Easley, Kim Parks, Will Sasso, Anne-Michelle Seiler and Tara Strong. Instead of going to his physical, Peter goes out with Brian, Quagmire, Cleveland, and Joe to eat steaks. When Lois finds out, she takes him to the doctor herself. The doctor pronounces him healthy, but fat. Peter takes this badly, even accidently smashing a picture of Lois' family. Trying to salvage it, Lois discovers another child in the picture: a boy. She telephones her father Carter, who tells her she doesn't have a brother and quickly terminates the call, but she persists: she
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and all of MacFarlane's other cartoons will transfer to ITV2, premiering on February 29, 2016, while the BBC would continue to hold the rights until 2017 for older episodes. Family Guy: It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One was written by executive story editor Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and actress Alex Borstein. The book was first published on May 8, 2007. The book is a biographical monologue by Lois Griffin discussing her memories of growing up and to her attempted run for mayor in the town of Quahog. Though the book primarily consists of a loose narrative monologue by Lois,
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of "TV Fanatic" gave the episode three and a half stars out of five, saying "On the comedy front, Lois acting out as a young woman as part of her midlife crisis played on some expected notes, what with the juxtaposition of middle-aged Lois trying to look and act young. It was all worth it for what it led to: Conway Bieber. That hair was looking fine. The B-plot with Stewie finding a turtle and keeping him as a pet, who then turned out to be evil, felt almost more like something out of "American Dad" than "Family Guy", but
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was heard on an episode of "Family Guy" ("Lois Kills Stewie"), in which he told Stewie that his singing was so awful that he should be dead. He made an MTV Movie Award-winning cameo appearance as himself in "Scary Movie 3", where he sits in judgment during a battle rap (and is subsequently killed by gunfire for criticising the rappers). He appears in the DVD version of "Shrek 2" as himself in "Far Far Away Idol", and also provided the voice. Cowell was once the fastest "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" on BBC's motoring show "Top Gear", driving a
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first edition of the film's soundtrack). He plays a recurring role as CIA Deputy Director Avery Bullock, lending his likeness as well as his voice on the animated series "American Dad!". He has made (as of 6 August 2011) nine guest appearances on "Family Guy" in various roles: first in "Peter's Got Woods", second in "No Meals on Wheels" when Peter likens something to when he once swapped voices with him for a day, third in "Lois Kills Stewie" as his "American Dad!" character Bullock, fourth in "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" as himself, fifth in "And Then There
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with high praise and many regard this episode as one of "Family Guy"s best. Various scenes in the episode were removed by broadcast censors, including one musical number ("Peter is Slow"). It features the guest performances of LeVar Burton, Gary Cole, Barclay DeVeau, Indigo, Phil LaMarr, Cloris Leachman, Len Maxwell, Natasha Melnick, Nicole Sullivan, and Lisa Wilhoit, as well as several recurring voice actors for the series. The Griffins invite their neighbors over for game night. While playing "Trivial Pursuit", Lois uses questions from the preschool edition for Peter in order to let him win. When Peter wins, he brags
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desire to show the "Family Guy" special "Blue Harvest" as the sixth-season premiere, which was still unfinished, at the end of the fifth season in May 2007. The fifth-season premiere "Stewie Loves Lois" received a 3.5 rating share in the Nielsen ratings among viewers age 18 to 49, attracting 9.93 million viewers overall, the highest rated episode of the entire season. Both of these figures significantly built upon numbers set by the fourth season finale. In the weeks following "Stewie Loves Lois", viewership ratings hovered just over 8 million. Aside from the premiere, "Hell Comes to Quahog", the third episode
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is not permitted), and he ends up as a subordinate to Opie, an intellectually disabled but somewhat more qualified man who speaks in unintelligible babbling. When Lois learns of Chris' marriage, she immediately travels down to South America with the rest of the family. Upon their arrival Peter is seen as the richest man in the country with just $37. He takes advantage of this by paying the natives nickels and dimes to act according to his whimsy. When Chris accuses Peter of "using" the natives to escape his troubles, Lois points out that that is also what Chris did.
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"Vedder Call Saul", Peter is displeased that "Family Guy" hasn't won a single Emmy since it debuted in 1999, and the crossover with "The Simpsons" didn't help. Lois even mentions that they shouldn't do another episode with "The Simpsons" because it only helped the other show (or made "Family Guy" look bad when fans condemned "The Simpsons" for agreeing to the crossover at all). He then embarks on his own For Your Consideration campaign by spoofing other shows who won the award. Peter first aims at winning an Emmy for Best Comedy, which includes "Modern Family", "Girls", and "Transparent" and
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If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin' "If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin'" is the ninth episode of the second season of the FOX animated series "Family Guy". It was the 16th episode of "Family Guy" to be aired. It was produced for season one but aired in season two. It guest-starred Martin Mull as Mr. Harris, and Fred Tatasciore as Chevy Chase. Chris has been failing school recently, and Lois forbids him from watching television until his grades improve. Lois suggests to Peter that he help Chris with his study skills. This prompts Peter to lie to her about studying so that
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