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Fox Pulls "Family Guy" Episode Referring To Deaths At Boston Marathon; No Plans To Re-Air
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ ^ | April 17, 2013 | AP

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: bostonmarathon; familyguy; fox; sourcetitlenoturl
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1 posted on 04/17/2013 3:53:04 AM PDT by Biggirl
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To: Biggirl

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.


2 posted on 04/17/2013 4:04:12 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: Gen.Blather

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.


3 posted on 04/17/2013 4:10:43 AM PDT by DaveA37 (I'm for HONEST government)
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To: Progov
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.

4 posted on 04/17/2013 4:14:44 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (America: home of the free because of the brave)
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To: Progov

TV used to teach values.


5 posted on 04/17/2013 4:18:09 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Gen.Blather

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.


6 posted on 04/17/2013 4:19:25 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: Biggirl

Whoever edited the clips together and put them out there is the one who should be in trouble.


7 posted on 04/17/2013 4:21:33 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: Biggirl

“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


8 posted on 04/17/2013 4:30:41 AM PDT by stockpirate (COME AND GET THEM.....)
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To: Progov
"IMO, TV was one of the WORST EVER inventions as it has certainly lowered the standards of society."

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."

9 posted on 04/17/2013 4:30:53 AM PDT by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: cripplecreek

Parents used to teach values.


10 posted on 04/17/2013 4:31:51 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?)
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To: ltc8k6
"Whoever edited the clips together and put them out there is the one who should be in trouble."

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"

11 posted on 04/17/2013 4:35:07 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: cripplecreek
TV used to teach values.

Still does....just very different values....

12 posted on 04/17/2013 4:42:23 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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To: Vermont Lt

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.


13 posted on 04/17/2013 4:44:16 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Biggirl

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.


14 posted on 04/17/2013 4:45:24 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Gun Control is the Key to totalitarianism and genocide.)
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To: Biggirl

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.


15 posted on 04/17/2013 4:50:11 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Keep your head up and keep moving forward!)
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To: cripplecreek
TV used to teach values.

It still does... and aggressively so... just not traditional ones.

16 posted on 04/17/2013 4:54:02 AM PDT by Teacher317 (Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast)
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To: Vermont Lt

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.


17 posted on 04/17/2013 5:10:32 AM PDT by myrabach
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To: cripplecreek
It did!

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.

18 posted on 04/17/2013 5:11:41 AM PDT by Casie (democrats destroy)
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To: cripplecreek
I'm an ex-TV watcher. But, now and then, wonder what would be if society had more of the old TV in place of the today's drivel.


19 posted on 04/17/2013 5:16:12 AM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: Biggirl
I have never that show and I am pretty sure I'd hate it, but this sounds more like bad luck than anything else.

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.

20 posted on 04/17/2013 5:19:18 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the confiscation of wealth." --Alan Greenspan)
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