who plays the voice of lois griffin?
Alex Borstein
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 Alex Borstein was cast as Lois Griffin , Tricia Takanawa , Loretta Brown , and Lois ' mother Barbara Pewterschmidt . Borstein was asked to provide a voice for the original 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 performed in a stage show in Los Angeles , in which she played a redheaded mother whose voice she had based on one of her cousins . The voice was originally slower , but when MacFarlane heard it , he replied " Make it a little less [ ... ] annoying ... and speed it up , or every episode will last four hours " . Seth Green was chosen to play Chris Griffin and Neil Goldman . Green stated that he did an impression of the " Buffalo Bill " character from the thriller film The Silence of the Lambs during his audition . His main inspiration for Chris ' voice came from envisioning how " Buffalo Bill " would sound if he were speaking through a public address system at a McDonald 's . Lacey Chabert was cast as Meg Griffin . Chabert voiced Meg Griffin for the first production season ( 15 episodes ) , but due to a contractual agreement was never credited . Chabert left the series because of time conflicts with schoolwork and her role on Party of Five , and was replaced by Mila Kunis . 

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 Margot Kidder as Lois Lane : A reporter at the Daily Planet , who becomes a romantic interest to Clark Kent . The producers and director had a very specific concept for Lois : liberated , hard @-@ nosed , witty and attractive . Kidder was cast because her performance had a certain spark and vitality , and because of her strong interaction with Christopher Reeve . Over 100 actresses were considered for the role . Margot Kidder ( suggested by Stalmaster ) , Anne Archer , Susan Blakely , Lesley Ann Warren , Deborah Raffin and Stockard Channing screen tested from March through May 1977 . The final decision was between Channing and Kidder , with the latter winning the role . 

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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 . 

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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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 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 . 
