Posted on 01/26/2002 9:02:00 PM PST by montag813
Did anyone see the disturbing (and quite unfunny) "TV Funhouse" segment on SNL this evening?
They were attempting (one supposes) to insult Pat Robertson, but succeeded only in ridiculing Christians and those who value life and the unborn.
They portrayed a fictional Robertson-sponsored cartoon, in which "embyonic cell" and "Ted Trimester" (1st-trimester fetus) characters were placed in a work environment, as if they were high-powered workers. The characters were unintelligable, yet the other adult characters responded as if those two were geniuses. Also interspersed were a "Mr Parkinson" man seeking to kill the fetuses for their stem cells, who, upon being shown Jesus' image by the the "cell" character, ripped up a homosexual porno magazine (the "Robertson" scharacter asserts that if someone has a disease like Parkinsons it must be because Jesus is punishing them for being gay) and gives up his gun.
The message was clear: it is absurd to suppose that life begins at conception, because it is absurd to suppose that fetuses could function in the workplace. Also the piece asserts that one would have to be an extremist, homophobic Christian to value the unborn or have a problem with harvesting fetuses for stem cells.
Christianity is mocked and absurdly portrayed throughout the piece, which received very few laughs from the audience (do they really expect it to be funny?)
My wife and I were shocked by this, and the more we thought about it, the more disturbed we became.
montag
It's more of the same liberal bilge you get from all the networks. If you really want to express your outrage, write the network, write your local station and write the sponsors. They'll probably be more pleased to know you watched than unhappy that you were offended.
and why are you watching NBC anyways?
Yes, I was in fact stunned. My sensibilities are not typically fragile. I frankly have always found the TV Funhouse segment is usually fairly innocuous, such as the "Presidents" as superheroes (always fun to see Reagan kicking butt and Carter trying to "reason" with the enemy). Even the "Ambiguously Gay Duo" I have to say has been quite hilarious.
No, this was quite different. Not at all funny, and quite vicious. They didn't seem to even care if the audience got laughs. It was simple, nasty propaganda.
If you happen to see the credits, you may notice there was an extra "credits" screen which has never before appeared. I presume these are the people responsible. I didn't catch the names. These persons should be the target of our ire.
If anyone has a tape and can post a screenshot I would appreciate it.
So how would you accomplish this?
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