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
Sure it is. And Hillary Clinton is just a lawyer.
I'm not a big Pat Robertson fan, in fact, I think he's an absolute embarrassment to the conservative and pro-life movements. But the fact that they ridiculed the beliefs of pro-life folks like myself is enough for me to switch off NBC on Saturday nights for good.
Lighten up, Francis...
I can swap your statement around to : While no one is forcing anyone to watch anything, broadcasters should not be allowed to broadcast conservative propaganda when it assaults the sensitivities and sensibilities of minorities/gun attack victims/enviromentalists,etc.
I might have stuck with it longer if they had enough talent in the cast to make it worth watching. Is Darrell Hammond still there? He's the only guy left who could make me laugh on that show.
I have said it before, I will say it again -- you know you have a lame comedy show if your go-to-guy for laughs is Will Ferrell. IMHO, that guy steals every buck he makes on the premise he is funny.
A very funny guy -- really. Among other things he's the voice behind Triumph, the Insult-Comic Dog, a repeating character on the Conan O'Brien show. Outrageously funny.
I contend that there isn't a whole heck of a lot of difference.
This is the value that the New World Order places on the people they will rule over. There will be the 'elite' and there will be the great unwashed who exist to serve the elite.
Being someone who likes Conan's persona, surprisingly (perhaps) I've not heard of this obscure character.
One of them was about former presidents, and then at one point showed two (or more) of the Presidents having sex together!
Who does this FUNHOUSE-------can't recall, need to do some research AND WRITE a letter of protest, especially after tonights, which thankfully I missed.
Thanks for the info!
HEAR YE: When a conservative uses a conservative forum to point out egregious content in broadcasting (for discussion), the above two sentences are a suspect response -- at best.
"The 38-year-old Smigel, who spent eight years on the ``SNL'' writing staff until he became the first head writer and a producer for ``Conan,'' says he was daunted by the prospect of imitating Clinton when he first did it on O'Brien's second show five years ago. What made it worse was the excellent Clinton impersonation by his late friend Phil Hartman, which Smigel admired. Still he successfully performed his already planned surreal and over-the-top impression of Clinton -- ``a Bruce Springsteen-from-the-South Hardy Boy.'' A New York native, Smigel lives in a Greenwich Village penthouse apartment with his wife, Michelle, and their 7-month-old son, Daniel. He thought about following his father into dentistry, attending a pre-dental program at Cornell University for two years before switching to communications at New York University. After winning a stand-up comic contest, he joined a comedy troupe in Chicago, where then ``SNL'' staffers Al Franken and Tom Davis saw the group and hired him as a writer for the show. Smigel helped O'Brien get his show started, but after two years, he says, it began to wear on him. When he proposed the animated segment to ``SNL'' executive producer Lorne Michaels, a deal was quickly made. And now he's beginning his third season of the cartoon gig. With the success of ``The Simpsons,'' ``King of the Hill'' and ``South Park,'' Smigel knows he's benefiting from the fact that cartoons for grown-ups are bigger than ever. And he thinks it could have happened sooner -- if networks had been willing to take the chance. ``I think everybody's sort of behind the curve. I think it's something that could have worked years ago,'' he says. ``I remember the audience response for Mr. Bill (in the early years of `SNL') was unlike any other part of the show. As popular as other parts were, I'll never forget how people reacted to Mr. Bill and that whole visceral chopping of a kiddie icon. It seems like people have been ready for this thing for years.''
Oh...they should only ridicule people you don't like...didn't this thread appear on DU a couple of weeks ago except the names and issues have changed?
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