It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One is the 17th episode of the
fifth season of the animated comedy series Family Guy. It originally
aired on Fox in the United States on May 13, 2007. The episode
features Lois after she runs for Mayor of Quahog against incumbent
Mayor Adam West, once she notices how polluted the local lake has
become. Lois is elected as mayor and successfully cleans the lake, but
quickly succumbs when the toxic-dump owner pressures her to let him
resume dumping toxins into the lake.The episode was directed by Zac
Moncrief and written by cast member Alex Borstein, whose script was
based on a one-woman show she had previously written that served as a
tribute to Hillary Clinton; Borstein later wrote a novelization of the
episode in collaboration with fellow series writer Cherry
Chevapravatdumrong. It received mixed reviews from critics for its
storyline and many cultural references. According to Nielsen ratings,
it was viewed in 7.21 million homes in its original airing. The
episode featured guest performances by Jeff Bergman, Gary Cole,
Jackson Douglas, Keith Ferguson, Carrie Fisher, Masam Holden, Don
Most, Gary Newman, Keith Olbermann, and Fred Tatasciore, along with
several of the series' recurring guest-voice actors.The Griffin family
decides to take a vacation at Quagmire's cabin at Lake Quahog. When
they go swimming in the lake, they discover that an oil refinery is
dumping toxic waste into it; as they flee the lake their hair falls
out, forcing them to wear powdered wigs until it grows back. Lois
complains to Mayor Adam West, who admits that he sanctioned the
dumping in exchange for free hair oil. Outraged at West’s
corruption, Lois decides to run against him in the upcoming mayoral
election. Peter and his friends become strong supporters of Lois'
campaign, realizing that they'd be able to get away with almost
everything should she become mayor. But Lois' campaign soon falters as
Mayor West proves more politically savvy. While Lois bores voters with
detailed plans to improve the city, Mayor West uses glittering
generalities and statements completely unrelated to the questions
posed to him. Following Brian's advice to give short, simple answers,
Lois resorts to similar tactics, dropping controversial terms such as
"Jesus" and "9/11" in meaningless ways. She eventually gains the
populace's support and wins the election.After taking office, Lois
attempts to propose a tax raise, though when this fails, begins to use
fear tactics to raise funds to clean up the lake. Her efforts are
successful and life returns to the clean lake. She even has leftover
cash afterwards, so she embezzles $600 to purchase a purse, much to
Brian's disappointment. Peter has also succumbed to the perks of being
the mayor's husband: he has rerouted the town's electrical system and
caused rolling blackouts to bring late comedian Jim Varney back from
the dead (he does nothing but talk, playing his character Ernest, and
repeatedly refer to "Vern".) He then remembers he actually wanted John
Belushi and takes Varney outside to shoot him, only for Varney to end
up taking the gun from him and Peter running away from him warning
Brian. Later, Lois is tempted to buy a $4,300 fur coat, and Bob
Grossbeard, president of the local oil company, offers to buy it for
her if she will allow him to dump his oil runoff in the lake. Lois
reluctantly accepts his offer, but as the opening of the new runoff
pipe begins, Lois realizes the error of her ways and closes the valve
to the pipe and resigns her position as mayor, stating that she was
consumed by money and power, which led her to become the very same
things she set out to destroy. Lois then allows West to have his job
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