"How do I get to Seasame Street?...Bow-chicka-wow-wow...."
Posted on 09/22/2015 4:12:04 PM PDT by napscoordinator
You know that grunt-like scream that Miss Piggy makes when she’s really made and frustrated? That’s pretty much what the American Family Association offshoot One Million Moms is doing right now as they boycott ABC’s The Muppets TV show premiering this Tuesday at 8pm Eastern.
The organization touts a mission statement saying that they are trying to “stop the exploitation of our children, especially by the entertainment media” and “stand against the immorality, violence, vulgarity and profanity the entertainment media is throwing at your children.” Or more succinctly put, “We want our children to have the best chance possible of living in a moral society.”
So it might come as no surprise that The Muppets TV series, which has been described as having a more adult-skewed tone than previous Muppet stories, has the organization in uproar because the show apparently makes nonchalant jokes about sex and drugs. Find out more about One Million Moms boycotting The Muppets below.
In an e-mail sent out to all their subscribers, members and followers, which they also posted on their website, the organization says of The Muppets:
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The Muppets trying to be like South Park....FAIL!
The Muppets trying to be like South Park....FAIL!
I know. I am so worried that our country has become so liberal that this could be a hit. Gosh I hope not.
So what happened....The Pig finally Pork the Frog?
I think they divorce and other shenanigans.
W#hat the hell do people expect, Disney and ABC the most family hostile TV available, bar none!
Actually there have been “adult” things done with the muppets before. In the mid 70’s they were regulars on Saturday Night Live and jokes about “Snorting Moon Dust” abounded.
I like the muppets. I’m aware the writers and “muppeteers” are lefties. I don’t care. I like the muppets. And frankiy I doubt parents who watch evening television are, by and large, so naive as to think this show is just a rehash of Sesame Street.
Kermit sand his new song ‘its tough having a green winkie’.
The Muppet Christmas Carol is fantastic. Too bad they must do this sort of thing to the Muppets.
Just a matter of time until Kermit knocks up Miss Piggy..then miss Piggy visits The Planned Parenthood abortion clinic while Kermit goes to rehab
OMG!! I am Offended!! Listen to MEEEE!! (Actually, I hadn’t planed on watching the frigging Muppets anyway.)
“We’re Marley and Marley...” Those two old guys were hilarious on The Muppet Christmas Carol.
YES..they were!! :)
These aren’t Jim Henson’s Muppets....they’re Disney’s Muppets now.
Henson was a leftie too. I still liked the Muppets then. I still like them now.
Which Muppet will come out of the closet first? Fozzie Bear..and of course Disney will have to introduce a transgender muppet ..just to be fair
Made? Like a mafia guy?
"How do I get to Seasame Street?...Bow-chicka-wow-wow...."
Always considered The Muppet Show more on the adult side. Sesame Street was for the kiddies.
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