Posted on 04/17/2013 3:53:04 AM PDT by Biggirl
NEW YORK Fox has pulled from websites a recent episode of Family Guy that depicts mass deaths at the Boston Marathon, and has no immediate plans to air it again.
Fox spokeswoman Gaude Paez said Tuesday the episode has been removed from Fox.com and Hulu.com.
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For a while I thought the show was funny. I’m not sure when it stopped being funny and just turned puerile and gross. Or, perhaps my view changed as the cumulative effect of too many bestiality and incest jokes buried any redeeming qualities.
Only a drop in the bucket. If ALL the crappy TV like that were pulled off the air, we would be back to two or three TV weather stations. When “censorship” was removed by the FCC, things went down hill fast and now look what we have pushed in our faces. BAD TV!
IMO, TV was one of the WORST EVER inventions as it has certainly lowered the standards of society.
I don't know, there used to be great shows on TV; however the last good show was 24. I miss Jack Bauer.
TV used to teach values.
The show was old, though.
And there was no bombing in the episode at all.
The media is acting as if the show was just produced and had something to do with recent events.
Whoever edited the clips together and put them out there is the one who should be in trouble.
“I am gross and perverted
Obsessed and deranged
I’ve existed for years
but very little has changed
I’m a tool of the government
and industry too
and I’m destined to rule
and regulate you”
......I’m the slime ozzing out of your TV set”
Frank Zappa
I think I understand where you are coming from but I think what TV is more about...
"What You Are Is Where You Were When."
Parents used to teach values.
Therein lies America's problem.
DeToqueville wrote;
"America is great because America is good, when America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great"
Look around us.
The fact that there IS such an editor ..
There IS such a politician ..
There IS such a teacher ..
There IS such a clergyman ..
There IS such a teenager ..
There IS such a child ..
There IS such a religion ....
"America is great because America is good, when America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great"
Still does....just very different values....
I think there’s a correlation.
In the 50s and 60 the parents who taught values would not have accepted anything less from TV. Its why shows like The Any Griffith show and Sterling’s Twilight show did so well.
From time to time I get coerced into watching an episode of Family Guy. To date is has always been the same. It is nothing less than animated liberal filth not worthy of viewing.
It is shows like this that echo why we ditched cable/DTV 7 yrs ago. All it does is perpetuate liberal myths about men, continues the male decline as the head of the household. Good riddance. How anyone can rationalize this as entertainment is beyond me.
If anyone is interested, the magazine, The Philadelphia Trumpet features a good read/analysis this month on the male decline.
It still does... and aggressively so... just not traditional ones.
Yes, exactly... parents teach values. They still do, really. It’s a question of what values do they teach. TV only reflects and reinforces the social values of the time. I’m an adult and there are no small children in my house, so I do enjoy some TV! I can actually watch a show and disagree with the point of view and still enjoy the show. But that’s just me... didn’t have TV until I was 8 so I guess it’s always been a fascination.
My husband's family is literally a pack of wolves, but my guy is awesome! When I met his family I was shocked and asked, "How the heck are you so wonderful?"! He said, "I watched a lot of Father Knows Best and My Three Sons reruns".
I had never even HEARD of those shows! He said they ran others too like Happy Days, Hogan's Heroes, McHale's Navy, Columbo and of course Star Trek every night till dawn and he kept a little 1980's Sony 12" TV in his room.
My favorite movie used to be Fight Club, but ever since 9/11 I can't watch the ending. In the movie they say that the buildings are all empty at night, but I know better than that.
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