Posted on 11/28/2004 10:01:27 AM PST by SittinYonder
My wife and I are South Park fans and we watch a good bit of Comedy Central in general. Recently Comedy Central began airing a show called “Drawn Together” after South Park. We’ve watched it a couple of times and it’s pretty raunchy – lesbian and queer sex images/jokes, a cartoon pig that gets erections and urinates on furniture, a lot of sex jokes … pretty raunchy and not really the kind of show I have an interest in. The premise is that it’s a reality “Big Brother” type show except it’s cartoon characters.
But I’ve seen pieces of it a couple of times and until last night I was mostly indifferent toward the show, if it was on as background noise I might leave it on, or I might flip back to it during commercials on another show.
Well, Friday night I stopped being indifferent.
Drawn Together was on after a South Park rerun Friday night and we left it on. For the first time we actually watched the show all the way through.
The episode was about a character, Xandir, realizing he was gay. They had a “gay bash” (a queer party) where “everything the light touches is gay” and it was a lot of gay sex. I was getting less and less indifferent toward the show (more and more disgusted) and had already decided I wouldn’t watch it again, but I didn’t change channels. I watched it to the end and saw the final scene where God was sitting in a booth talking to the camera about how homosexuality is OK, and then the cartoon depicted a blurred-out penis coming through a hole in the booth where the character identified as God was sitting, and as the show ended, this “God” was clearly about to perform oral sex on the penis.
I was disgusted and shocked and angry.
I’m not one who promotes government censorship or the FCC getting involved with cable – I think the marketplace will probably put an end to Drawn Together soon enough – but I did want to let people here know what this show portrayed because I imagine most of you didn’t watch it.
I’m providing a link to the “viewer feedback form” for Comedy Central. Though I’m not trying to get a letter-writing campaign started, if anyone feels so inclined I wanted to at least provide a link. I’ve written them.
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I have watched this show and it is disgusting and filthy. And not funny. I don't expect it to be on very long.
I was outraged at this. Mostly if shows want to be disgusting and filthy I'll just not watch them, but this goes too far, IMO.
I watched the first two episodes with high hopes. I am not easily offended, but this 'toon goes out of its way to be "edgy" and is just stupid. It's like sitting in the middle of a room surrounded by high teenagers who draw out one lame, stupid joke for 22 minutes.
Of course, the reviewers love it. I have noticed the level of critical praise is pretty much equal to the offensiveness of the critiqued (whether it be art, film, or television). Average Joe Watcher will see what it is, though: Stupid, boring, and witless.
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Stupid boring and witless certainly has its place - MTV has to show something since it no longer shows music videos - but God performing oral sex on queer cartoon characters is something other than edgy. Blasphemous comes to mind.
It was "back-ground noise" for me (I was freeping). My husband had just finished SP and this came on.
I didn't hear the end as just the part I heard was enough (pretty gross...not funny, just gross). We changed it.
Huh? I thought all MTV did was show music videos. What do they show if they're no longer showing music videos?
(Serious questions - I do not watch MTV).
We never watch any of that tripe. Sitcoms are beyond stooopid.
Not on Comedy Central. But it sounds like the kind of show Bravo will probably want to give a run.
MTV is pretty much Road Rules, The Real World and Jackass spinoffs anymore. Once in a while a countdown show with some videos.
You should have known it was coming. Anybody whos watched the show for any length of time knows that they offend everyone eventually. Sometimes they offend me and sometimes they don't.
That is absolutely disgusting, perverted, and incredibly disrespectful. I'm going to pray for the people who write this "show". They're going to need it.
never got past the opening credit, the southpark boys have really lost it.
next...
I dont think the South Park guys have anything to do with this
Thanks for your report. You are brave to be able to view something that I cannot.
I hadn't really watched it before, just pieces of it. Friday night was the first time I watched an entire show. I'm not easily offended, but depicting God in a queer sex act apparently is what it takes to offend me.
Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
When Jesus comes it won't seem so funny any more.
The show isn't really all that funny. It falls into the trap of trying too hard to be edgy.
It wasn't South Park, it was Drawn Together, and to my knowledge the only connections between the shows is that one follows the other.
Never mind the feedback form. They laugh. They knew how offensive it would be to you and they hope their feedback defuses your anger so they can continue. What matters is identifying and 'outing' the advertisers who sponsored that show. They may or may not be aware of the blasphemous hate-God stuff they are identifying themselves with. We need to be sure they know and then if they don't pull their sponsorship, boycott. Meanwhile we must boycott the program itself, so the ad rates drop and it risk not being renewed. Lastly, an FCC complaint has a little more weight these days than it used to, it seems. Please recall and name the advertisers here!
“Drawn Together”
Ignore my ignorance, I thought you were talking about south park. Let it never be said that I read postings before responding.
And yes, drawn together is so far over the top it's sickening.
This stuff is allowed on but there are Bugs Bunny cartoons and Three Stooges "shorts" that are offensive and can no longer be aired.
One more indication of the declining sense of values, morality and propriety present in our media. I for one would not lose a wink of sleep if this sparks an outrage that causes every single sponsor of CC to pull their ads. I would just watch and wave as CC circles the bowl.
In 1958, Cleon Skoussen, former FBI agent, revealed in his book, THE NAKED COMMUNIST, the long term goals of the communist agenda. This information is also contained not only in the Congressional Record (August 1963), but also in the Communist Manifesto itself. For the sake of brevity, only a few of those goals are listed here:
11. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.
14. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book review assignments, editorial writing, policy-making positions.
15. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV and motion pictures.
16. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them censorship and a violation of free speech and free press.
17. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures and TV.
18. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as normal, natural and healthy.
19. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with social religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a religious crutch.
20. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the grounds that it violates the principles of separation of church and state.
21. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.
22. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the grounds that it was only a minor part in the big picture.
25. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.
26. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents.
27. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American traditions; that students and special interest groups should rise up and use united force to solve economic, political and social problems.
Each individual American can evaluate individually just how far these goals have progressed since this information was outlined in 1958.
I can't believe comedy central has that wanda comedian on. She is just another female dog -y comedian who is inspires me to find out what is on foxnews.
I honestly don't recall a single advertiser, and neither does my wife. It appeared at the very end, so we weren't angry until the show was over - when we sat speechless just staring at each other. If it's on again, I'll write down a list of advertisers and post it here.
YEP!
I thought the movie Team America was overly raunchy. If this is the South Park mentality, then I think I'll avoid it.
As I said, I'm a SP fan and loved Team America. This is way beyond South Park in terms of its vileness.
Over here, You won't believe this one. southpark morons at it again.
Personally I like the black girl character's actions and outfit on "Drawn Together" but I must be dense. I didn't catch that pixeled out thing next to the cartoon God as being a weiner. I put no thought into it until the pig said "allah all powerful and merciful". That was the last straw for me. I'll never watch it again.
It's not South Park. It's Drawn Together, a show that follows South Park.
Perhaps you need to examine your sense of humor. I know there is quite a few SP fans on FR, but I have found that this humor only breeds more depravity.
Don't know about cable although there is probably some FCC influence over the "last mile" to the box, which has some regulation. Cable subscriptions often divvy up the subscription fees among the channels--so your $39.95/month or whatever may be directly subsidizing this bilge. I don't have cable largely for this reason.
Two horns on the same goat as far as I'm concerned.
It's too late. You're attracted the Anti-South Park fanatics. FR has a sizeable contingent of folks who, if they heard this news broadcast:
"We're sorry to interrupt this episode of South Park, but the Prince of Darkness, Satan himself has appeared, and begun destroying everything in his path. Seen here stomping on the local orphanage, Satan has commanded all of his loyal minions to rise up and destroy the world."
and would respond with
"Man, I hate South Park! Doggone cartoon kids swearing!"
Just kidding, but really, comedy central has a programming problem. They pay so much money for South Park and Chapelles' show that they have no money to buy anything else that's any good. For example, "Crank Yankers", "Shorties watching shorties", "Wanda does nothing", etc. Cost next to nothing compared to even the cheapest costing programs on TV today.
I knew right from the get go that "Drawn together" was not for me from the promos, and I have not watched it. I'm not surprised that they use overt sexual and anti religion "humor". The more people watch, the worst it will get.
Here's hoping drawn together will die a well deserved ratings death very soon, in fact ASAP.
These people probably thought they could do this because they don't think there is a God. To all of them, my response is always the same: For your sake, you had better be right.
Does anyone besides my see some irony here that someone is all aghast at a show that follows SOUTH PARK!?
I mean, look, South Park is a funny show, don't get me wrong, but is it all that far from Saddam Hussein being Satan's gay lover to what is described here?
When is it on again?
Chappelle's Show, South Park and Daily Show.
Satan and Saddam being queer lovers is an extremely long way from God performing oral sex. I'm surprised you don't see the difference.
Wednesday at 10:30 p.m.
I used to like The Daily show. I stopped watching it when it became a platform to bash all things Bush during the campaign.
I now watch Fox news at that time intstead and I don't miss it.
Um, yeah. Mocking Satan and Saddam Hussien is a little different than mocking God Himself, don'tcha think?
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