Posted on 04/08/2006 7:31:37 AM PDT by Panerai
Comedy Central's hit show "South Park" just won a Peabody, the highest award given to TV shows. The most recent episode dealt with the controversy surrounding depictions of Mohammad.
In the episode, everyone in the country is terrified that the Fox animated show "Family Guy" is going to show Mohammad. All in the town of South Park are afraid for their lives at the thought of Muslim retribution.
But in the end, Fox chickens out and censors the Mohammad character, covering him up with a black rectangle.
The show's main character, Peter Griffin, is told by his wife Lois that she doesn't want to cook dinner for his ex-girlfriend. Peter responds that maybe they can just have tea, to which the talking dog Brian responds, "You mean like the time you had tea with Mohammad, the prophet of the Muslim faith?"
Watch the clip .
Lois: But, Peter, I don't want to cook dinner for you ex-girlfriend. Peter: Well, maybe we can just have tea. Brian the Dog: You mean like the time you had tea with Mohammad, the prophet of the Muslim faith? Peter (to censored Mohammad): Come on, Mohammad, let's get some tea.
The "South Park" episode is "too be continued," and next week the show's creators say Mohammad will be discussed again. They dare their own network, Comedy Central, not to censor them.
Dad, what the hell is going on?
Cartman and Kyle discuss "Television Economics" on their Big Wheels
You should like that show. Your sense of humor is just like Family Guy.
I hope they plan on a detailed depiction, complete with the bomb in the turban, and pixelate the eyes and brow. There would be no way that anyone could identify it as mo'hamhead. It "could" have been a depiction of Christ.
All hail Xenu!
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Pretty amazing, huh? :)
sweeet...
Hey, I like Family Guy!
South Park is hilarious, too, but it is stupid they seem to have a "feud," as the site terms it.
They are both great shows.
A feud? What's going to get them more ratings, a friendly, gentlemanly rivalry or a Jerry Springeresque 'feud'? I about guarentee that the writers of South Park and Family Guy LOVE each other's work, and are simply being savvy about helping each other out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Family_Guy#Family_Guy_vs._South_Park
This makes for some good reading. When Cartman b*tches about family guy all his points are pretty much spot on. But Kyle is also correct many of the Family Guy jokes are funny.
Or when he called for the slaughter of Christians and Jews...wouldn't that be great?
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No inside knowledge but I'll bet the "writers of Family Guy" turn out to be Parker & Stone. Opinions?
Wouldn't make any sense. Parker and Stone are funny.
Nah, the Family Guy creators are probably Scientologists. Maybe Tom Cruise.
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