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"Family Guy" Episode Pisses Off Parents (VIDEO)

Posted by Lindy Parker


 

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...

1.  Bestiality

Weirdly, we actually find this clip kind of sweet and wholesome.  We can see why the PTC is up in arms -- a guy fantasizing about his own wife?  Scandal.

2. Horse Sperm

Really?  That's it?  Can we all just calm down? 

3.  Gay Orgy

 Eventually Lois bails Peter out of straight camp and sends him home to his new boyfriend Scott.  Scott surprises Peter with his "ultimate fantasy" -- eleven men in their underwear.  Peter follows them into the bedroom just as the "gay gene" he's been injected with wears off, and he runs screaming from the apartment.

Watching these clips, we're confused about the role in which the PTC has cast themselves.  We assume that since they're "Parents," they're concerned with the programming that their children watch.  Fair enough.  Is Family Guy really a show for children?  No, right?  Why are they bothering to monitor shows intended for an adult audience?  It's like writing angry letters about romance novels being inappropriate for children.  Regardless, we actually have the most physical reaction to this clip...


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timb said:

Lindy, you know the real reason they were all mad was the "Reagan was gay" joke later in the episode.  An ostensible independent "advocacy" group/front for nutty theocons can't complain about the Reagan joke, so they pick on off camera orgy in an animated cartoon where a straight man runs away in disgust to complain about.

They are morons.

March 12, 2009 11:16 AM

Random said:

Family Guy is one of the best shows on television.

March 14, 2009 4:49 PM

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Lindy Parker has worked as a ghostwriter, editor, dance instructor and a purveyor of dreams, one beer at a time. She now writes for hooksexup.com's TV blog, "The Remote Island." She loves Charles Dickens and Gabriel Garcia Marquez and also, straight-to-video releases with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. It's possible she reads more teen fiction than she should. She hails from Los Angeles, her hometown and soul mate, but she lives in Brooklyn, the fling she'll never forget.

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