who plays the voice of lois griffin on family guy?
Alex Borstein
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 The episode was written by one of this season 's co @-@ executive producers Brian Scully , on his first writing job for the show . It was directed by Mike Kim , who had been with the show since its fifth season when he directed the episode " Stewie Loves Lois " . Series regulars Peter Shin and James Purdum served as supervising directors for the episode . The episode 's music was composed by Walter Murphy . Actors Chris Cox , Ike Barinholtz , Amanda MacDonald , Niecy Nash , Paris Hilton and Perez Hilton guest starred . Recurring voice actors for the show , including Patrick Warburton , Adam West , Johnny Brennan , writer Alec Sulkin , writer John Viener , writer Kirker Butler , co @-@ executive producer Steve Callaghan , co @-@ executive producer Mark Hentemann and executive producer Danny Smith also made minor appearances . 

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 MacFarlane notes that he was surprised they were allowed to do the pickle gag , which consisted of Stewie placing a cucumber on the sofa where Patrick 's imaginary wife is sitting , but inserting it into her imaginary vagina ( to see if it would turn into a pickle ) , but suggests that maybe broadcasting standards did not fully understand the scene . The music song by the overweight people at a funeral for a murdered obese man was only shown on the DVD version and not televised , for timing purposes , and for potential boredom to viewers . The musical composition was recorded at Fox studios on the Gary Numan stage . George W. Bush is portrayed hiding in a tree house and Brian informing by Brian of Hurricane Katrina . Bush was offered the opportunity to voice himself , but declined . 

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 When Brian advises Stewie to “ wait and see ” whether or not he has cancer , Stewie says “ Jim Henson had a wait and see attitude , and look what happened to him . Now we ’ ve got wrong @-@ sounding Muppets , ” a reference to Henson ’ s deadly Streptococcus pneumoniae infection that was discovered too late which led to his death in 1990 . The scene then cuts to Kermit the Frog and the Swedish Chef in a dialogue sequence , with much different voice tones . The two would later appear at the end of the show , discussing the preceding events , when Fozzie Bear walks in , and says in a deep voice ( supplied by actor Michael Clarke Duncan ) : “ Wocka wocka . Who wants to hear a funny @-@ ass joke ? ” . 

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 When Lois is given her contract after getting a job at Fox News , she happily runs home in a way reminiscent of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory when that film 's protagonist , Charlie Bucket , runs home after receiving his golden ticket . She then falls and starts moaning , much like Peter did after he won a tour of the Pawtucket brewery in " Wasted Talent " , but instead of grabbing her kneecap as Peter did , she grabs her right breast . Later on at the studio , Stewie 's broadcast on Fox News is a parody of a viral video clip of an angry Bill O 'Reilly during a teleprompter malfunction . When Fred Savage is proven to be Rush Limbaugh and Michael Moore , he also reveals himself to be Tony Danza , Camryn Manheim , Malcolm @-@ Jamal Warner , Kevin Nealon , John Forsythe , and Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich . After Savage confesses to his multiple identities , the voice @-@ over from The Wonder Years is heard and Fred shouts at him , " I don 't need you anymore ! " . 

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 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 of his artwork , and said it was " really sight unseen " . At the time , Borstein was performing in a stage show in Los Angeles . She played a redheaded mother whose voice she had based on one of her cousins . 
