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 appeared in the episode
"Death Has a Shadow".Lois is the mother of the Griffin family. She and
her husband, Peter, have three children: Meg, Chris, and Stewie, along
with the family dog, Brian. Lois is often portrayed as a stereotypical
television mother and housewife, despite her admitting to being a
recovering methamphetamine-addict and a kleptomaniac. Lois has also
had several affairs, one of which allegedly resulted in the conception
of Chris.Lois Griffin was born to affluent WASP parents, Carter and
Barbara Pewterschmidt. It is revealed in the episode "Family Goy" that
her mother is actually a Holocaust survivor who concealed her Judaism,
though she was raised a Protestant. Lois and the rest of the Griffins
live in the fictional city of Quahog, Rhode Island, which is modeled
after Cranston, Rhode Island. Lois also speaks with a distinctive New
England accent. She primarily works as a housewife throughout the
series, though she did give piano lessons in early episodes. Lois has
also had various jobs in single episodes such as in "FOX-y Lady",
where she becomes the new reporter for Fox News Channel, in "It Takes
a Village Idiot, and I Married One", Lois is elected the mayor of
Quahog, and in "Call Girl" Lois gets a job doing phone sex. In the
episode "Take a Letter", Lois works at the Post Office, where she
sarcastically states "she is 6,004th in line for the Presidency."When
he was still in college, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane created a
cartoon short called The Life of Larry. The short centered around a
middle-aged man named Larry and his anthropomorphic dog Steve. He made
a sequel called Larry & Steve, which Cartoon Network broadcast in
1997. In 1999, MacFarlane was working for Hanna-Barbera Studios,
writing for shows such as Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Laboratory, and Cow
and Chicken. The short caught the eye of 20th Century Fox
representatives, who asked him to create a TV series revolving around
the characters. MacFarlane received a US$50,000 budget to develop a
pilot for the show, which was about one twentieth of what most pilots
cost. MacFarlane claims to have drawn inspiration from several
sitcoms, namely The Simpsons and All in the Family. Several premises
were also carried over from several 1980s Saturday morning cartoons he
watched as a child, namely The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, and
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