Family Guy: It Takes A Village Idiot And I Married One: It Takes a Village Idiot and I Married One

This book has the title of a Family Guy episode which premiered the same week as publication, so I thought it would be a written version of the show. Instead, it is all-new material, presented by Lois Griffin about her term as Mayor of Quahog. Each member of the Griffin family, and all the major cast members of the show, also have their say. It is all very funny and mostly adult humor. This is not a children's book !! The humor is similar to the "Family Guy Live in Vegas" music CD (2005) and more explicit then Alex Borstein's recent DVD 'Drop-Dead Gorgeous in a Down-to-Earth Bombshell Sort of Way'. Both Lois and Meg feel they disappointed their fathers by not being born boys, Mayor West contributes a recipe,Chris designs T-shirts, and Peter lists his top ten TV shows. The least explicit humor is,oddly,from Quagmire ! The extensive artwork in the book exactly matches the show, with a little drop-shadow to make the figures appear to jump off the page. I recommend this book to all fans of Family Guy, or the marvelous Alex Borstein, but you might want to keep it away from the kids !!

I found it to be witty and entertaining. Cherry's influence is obvious. There are some serious moments amidst the generally zany telling of the story. Quite a commentary on the shape of modern American Culture.

This book is excellent. I had watched the episode of the show with the same title, and expected this purely to be a rehashing of the episode. However it turned out to be something totally different, something of a tribute to the clueless side of politics. Not all the Family Guy books are that good, but this is one of the best of the series. I think even a casual watcher of the show, and not a fan per say, could enjoy it.