Fired for a joke

Ghoulish Delight · 07-31-2006, 08:22 AM

Baloney. True, the second one (which I had not seen) is a bit more risque, but it remains a joke about sex. CP's Alec Baldwin comparrison is a perfect example. From State and Main to his copeous Saturday Night Live appearances (Schwetty Balls? Canteen Boy?), he seems to be the definition of "bad for the children", and yet there he is in Thomas the Train.

PBS acted out of fear that some parents might complain. That makes me ill. Just as Fox getting fined by the FCC due to complaints from 3 people in a country of 700 million makes me ill. Making jokes about sex, even slightly crude jokes about sex, in a completely non-child-audience context, should NOT render one "unsafe for children". Bleh.

07-31-2006, 08:22 AM	#19
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Baloney. True, the second one (which I had not seen) is a bit more risque, but it remains a joke about sex. CP's Alec Baldwin comparrison is a perfect example. From State and Main to his copeous Saturday Night Live appearances (Schwetty Balls? Canteen Boy?), he seems to be the definition of "bad for the children", and yet there he is in Thomas the Train. PBS acted out of fear that some parents might complain. That makes me ill. Just as Fox getting fined by the FCC due to complaints from 3 people in a country of 700 million makes me ill. Making jokes about sex, even slightly crude jokes about sex, in a completely non-child-audience context, should NOT render one "unsafe for children". Bleh. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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