VIA THE REMOTE ISLAND: Family Guy has gone too far this time, guys. At least, the Parents Television Council seems to think so -- evidently, the March 8 episode had a little too much bestiality, gay orgies, and consumption of horse sperm for their tastes...
"Fox treated viewers to everything from an ‘eleven-way’ gay orgy to baby Stewie eating a bowl of cereal with horse sperm instead of milk ... if that isn’t enough, the show’s leading character is also shown fanaticizing about his wife and moaning while a horse licks his bare behind. Clearly, the explicit content was not isolated to one instance in one segment of the show; it permeated the entire program." -- PTC President Tim Winter (Live Feed)
We have three reactions to this: First, did you know the PTC was a thing? Second, is this his full time job? Because, if so, it's got to be the WORST job in the world. Presumably they don't have any power to actually regulate TV content (since, you know, we have the FCC for that), so all they can do is spend their days writing angry letters. Third, maybe we should be watching Family Guy more.
Let's take their concerns one at a time...
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