"It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One" is a season five episode of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. The working titles of this episode were Lois Pewterschmidt-Griffin and Commander in Queef. The title is a parody of Hillary Clinton's book, It Takes a Village. Keith Olbermann is a guest voice in this episode playing the voice of Bob Grossbeard. Greg Moncrieff left his small hometown of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, in 1989 to go to California Institute of the Arts, a Disney-funded college specializing in Drama. ... Keith Olbermann (born January 27, 1959) is an American news anchor, commentator and radio sportscaster. ... Don Most (b. ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... “Stewie Loves Lois” is the first episode of season 5 of Family Guy. ... “Mother Tucker” is the second episode of season five of Family Guy. ... “Hell Comes to Quahog” is the third episode, of season five, of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... “Saving Private Brian” is the fourth episode of season five of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... “Whistle While Your Wife Works” is a season five episode of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... “Prick Up Your Ears” is the sixth episode of season five of Family Guy. ... “Chick Cancer” is the seventh episode of season five of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... “Barely Legal” is a season five episode of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... “Road to Rupert” is the ninth episode of season five of Family Guy. ... “Peter’s Two Dads” is the tenth episode of season five of Family Guy. ... “The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou” is the eleventh episode of season five of the FOX animated television series Family Guy and ninety-first episode overall. ... “Bill and Peter’s Bogus Journey” is a season five episode of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... “No Meals on Wheels” is a season five episode of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... “Boys Do Cry” is the fifteenth episode of the fifth season of the Fox animated television series Family Guy. ... No Child Left Behind is a season five episode of the FOX animated series Family Guy. ... Meet the Quagmires is the eighteenth and final episode of the fifth season of the FOX animated series Family Guy. ... “North by North Quahog” is the first episode of the fourth season of Family Guy and is the first new episode of Family Guy after the series revival. ... Blue Harvest is the first episode of the sixth season of the FOX series Family Guy, which originally aired on September 23, 2007. ... The following is an episode list for the Fox animated television series Family Guy. ... FOX redirects here. ... A television program (US), television programme (UK) or simply television show is a segment of programming in television broadcasting. ... Family Guy is an Emmy Award-winning American animated television series about a dysfunctional family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. ... Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is the junior United States Senator from New York, and is a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election. ... It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us is a book by then-First Lady of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton, in which she presents her vision for the children of America. ... Keith Olbermann (born January 27, 1959) is an American news anchor, commentator and radio sportscaster. ...

Plot summary

The Griffin family is vacationing at Quagmire's cabin. While there, the family goes swimming in Lake Quahog, but something in the water causes them to go almost completely bald. They see that the Quahog Oil Refinery is dumping toxic waste into the lake. After their hair grows back, Lois complains to Mayor Adam West, who admits that he sanctioned the dumping in exchange for free oil for his hair. Outraged, Lois decides to run against West in the upcoming mayoral election. Glenn Quagmire (sometimes spelled Glen) is a character on the animated series Family Guy, best known for his sexual deviancy. ... Baldness (formally alopecia) is the state of lacking hair where it usually would grow, especially on the head. ... View of Shell Oil Refinery in Martinez, California. ... Toxic waste is waste material, often in chemical form, that can cause death or injury to living creatures. ... Lois Griffin (nee. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Peter and his friends, meanwhile, become the strongest supporters of Lois' campaign, realizing that they could get away with anything because of their relations to Lois if she becomes mayor. As such, they do everything in their power to gain the town's support so she can win.

Though clearly more intelligent than her opponent, Lois' campaign falters as Mayor West proves more politically savvy than she is—while Lois bores voters with detailed plans to improve the city, Mayor West uses glittering generalities and statements completely unrelated to his questions. Realizing (through Brian) that it would be hopeless otherwise, Lois then resorts to similar generalities, dropping controversial terms such as "Jesus" and "terrorists" in meaningless ways. She also answers questions about her policy plans only by saying "9/11." She eventually gains the support of the populace and wins the election. This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... Terrorist redirects here. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...

Lois uses fear tactics to raise funds for cleaning up the lake. She has cash remaining after the clean-up and embezzles $600 to purchase a purse, much to Brian's chagrin. He scolds her for spending taxpayers' money in such a way. Peter, of course, couldn't care less as he has also succumbed to the perks of being the mayor's husband. Later, at the Britches and Hoses store, Lois is tempted to buy a $4,300 fur coat. Bob Grossbeard, the president of the local oil company, offers to buy the coat if Lois allows him to dump his oil runoff in the lake, and Lois reluctantly accepts. At the opening of the new runoff pipe, Lois realizes the error of her ways and shuts the pipe, resigning as mayor because the position corrupted her. Adam West arrives and takes back his position as mayor, but a bystander says West does not have legal justification to do that. West pulls a gun and shoots the objector and asks if anyone else has a problem. Embezzlement is the act of dishonestly appropriating goods, usually money, by one to whom they have been entrusted. ...

Censorship

The following edits were made to this episode when it aired on FOX (with the scenes shown in their entirety on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim line-up):

• After the cutaway of Cleveland on the Plinko board (after the Griffins fall off the Cliff Hangers game [the game with "The Price is Right yodeler]), the FOX version cuts to the Griffins pulling up in the driveway. On Adult Swim, there is an extended scene where the Griffins pull up to Quagmire's driveway and Lois wonders if they've found the right cabin (the scene then cuts to an an overhead shot, where the driveway resembles a penis with the tops of two trees as the testicles).
• After the family catches Quagmire with the Asian woman, his line, "And here I am, cream on my face, hair a mess, and in mid-coitus. I must look a sight!" is cut out of the FOX version.
• On the FOX version of the song Peter plays about "Brokeback Mountain", Peter sings that the two cowboys are having "gay sex". The Adult Swim version uses the original, more explicit line "butt sex". The syndicated rerun doesn't show the part where Peter sings about Brokeback Mountain at all and goes straight to the scene where Quagmire tells a scary story about a one-night stand who wouldn't go away.
• When Stewie discovers Brian has a Ziggy tattoo (after the Griffins go bald), Brian mumbles "Ah, geez." under his breath on FOX. On Adult Swim, he sighs, "Jesus." The TBS version, however, has Brian saying "No".
• On the FOX version the part where Stewie imitates Mozart (when the family is wearing the white, aristocratic wigs after losing their hair), Stewie lifts up his shirt to reveal white bloomers. On the Adult Swim version, Stewie's bare butt is shown.
• On FOX, in the part where Adam West is hitting on a woman at a street corner, he says, "Hey baby, wanna take a gander at some Adam West penis?" On Adult Swim, the original line, "Hey baby, want some Adam West penis?" was used instead.
• During the Channel 5 newscast, when Tom Tucker reports on whether or not the town is ready for a female mayor, Tom Tucker says in the FOX version, "Can a woman really be mayor, or will she just menstruate all over the city?" The Adult Swim version changes the line to "Can a woman really be mayor, or will she just bleed all over the city?".
• In the FOX version, when Quagmire replies to Peter's accusations that he hasn't done anything to help Lois' campaign with the fact he's been sleeping with women around town nonstop for two days, he adds "You know how many sperm I got left? One! He's all alone and scared!". In the version shown on Adult Swim, as well as on TBS, he says "You know what would happen if I tried to masturbate right now? A little flag with the word 'Bang!' would come out!"

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Notes

• Lois has run for public office before. In "Running Mates," she lost the election for School Board President after Peter bought an ad showing a racy photo of her.
• Peter recalls his family vacationing with the yodeler from the Cliff Hangers pricing game on The Price Is Right, while Cleveland vacations at the Plinko board. When the Griffin family falls off the Cliff Hangers mountain, the famous Price is Right "Losing Horns" play, even though the sound effect isn't used for a loss in the game on the actual show (the sound effect of a crash plays as the mountain climber falls to his death, which happens when a contestant's difference on three products exceeds $25).
• When Lois proposes a tax increase, the audience begins chanting, "No new taxes", words spoken by former president George H. W. Bush.
• Jason Voorhees appears twice, once in an interview with Trisha Takanawa, and again as the manager of the "Britches and Hose" clothing store. Also, on the same night this episode aired on FOX, The Simpsons episode "Stop, Or My Dog Will Shoot!", featured Jason Voorhees being killed by the family dog, Santa's Little Helper.
• After the Griffin family loses their hair and don 18th-century wigs, Stewie and Peter parody the scene from Amadeus where Mozart mocks Antonio Salieri’s music after a disguised Salieri requests it. Music used in the scene includes Heart and Soul and the Dies Irae from Mozart's Requiem.
• Peter reanimates the corpse of Jim Varney (intending to raise John Belushi), best known for his character Ernest P. Worrell, a talkative redneck who always seems to be talking to his unseen neighbor, named Vern. Varney died of lung cancer in 2000.
• Throughout the episode, we hear Joe say "Ah?" or "Huh." in response to comments made by other characters, with the exception of the interview of the rape victim.
• A Family Guy book of the same name as the episode title was released in 2007.