It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One

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"It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One"
Family Guy episode
Adam West and Lois Griffin run for Mayor.
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 17
Written by	Alex Borstein
Directed by	Zac Moncrief
Production no.	5ACX12
Original airdate	May 13, 2007
Guest stars
Keith Olbermann as Bob Grossbeard Don Most as Himself
Episode chronology ← Previous Next → "No Chris Left Behind" "Meet the Quagmires"
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"It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One" is a season five episode of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. Keith Olbermann is a guest voice in this episode playing the voice of Bob Grossbeard.

Plot summary

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The Griffin family vacations at Quagmire's cabin. While the family goes swimming in Lake Quahog, they discover that a nearby oil refinery is dumping toxic waste into the lake. As the family flees from the lake they become almost completely hairless and so Stewie discovers that Brian has a tattoo. They are ultimately forced to wear wigs until their hair grows back, and once it does 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.

Brian and Stewie go berry picking and happen upon the "Rising Of Donny Most From The Mist" (A once every 100 year occurence, which Brian thinks is a urban legend untin Stewie shows him otherwise.)

Peter and his friends, meanwhile, become strong 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.

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. Following some advice from Brian, Lois resorts to similar tactics, 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.

Alex Borstein wrote the episode.

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 disappointment. 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 (Keith Olbermann), 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 two bystanders say West does not have legal justification to do that. West pulls a gun and shoots the objectors and asks if anyone else has a problem and a resident says that his wife does. The screen goes black and a gunshot ends the episode.

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