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Friday, January 8, 2010
TV WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! This description and video of Sunday night's American Dad program contains offensive material. If you do not want to be offended, close this window now!
Posted by Dan Savage on Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:24 PM
I hadn't heard anything about last Sunday's episode of Fox's American Dad until I got an ACTION ALERT! from the American Family Association this morning. Now I've got the transcript...
Roger has an injured arm, and tells Stan he must care for their racehorse.ROGER:"You're gonna have to do the horse chores...You have to brush the horse's coat and mane, water and feed it, then give it a full release. You know, give it a happy photo finish. Take the glue out of the factory. Spank his front butt. Grant him a bone loan!"
Later, Stan strokes the horse's side.
STAN: "Here we go. Just do me a favor and let me know when you're about to...you know."
Stan bends down beneath the horse. The horse's eyes go wide with surprise and pleasure. Stan is shown with fluid spraying in his face, implying that the horse has ejaculated on Stan. The camera pulls back to reveal that Stan is washing himself off with a hose.
You can watch this "explicit, sickening scene" on the AFA's website—in a video that appears to have been recorded by someone in a trailer somewhere who pointed a twenty-year-old video camera at the 9" television in their living room—by clicking here.
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Hey, everybody. Want to shoot back? Hit the link in Mr. Savage's post and throw this down in the text of the letter (edit however you like, but keep it clean.) Say you're from Portland, but if it doesn't make you comfortable, use an old email address you don't really use anymore and a fake name (these are the kind of people who hold grudges.)
Also, click "Yes" on the question "Are you a pastor?"
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Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St, S.W.
Complaints and Political Programming Branch
Enforcement Division, Mass Media Bureau
Washington, DC 20554
This is a formal personal endorsement of physical comedy on broadcast television. My endorsement concerns the PROGRAM ON:
NETWORK: Fox
PROGRAM TITLE: American Dad
BROADCAST DATE: January 3, 2010
BROADCAST TIMES: 9:30 PM ET/PT, 8:30 PM CT/MT
I would also like to express my concern with the American Family Association's belief that comedy can be harmful in any meaningful way in the presence of the family values they claim to espouse. It is the duty of parents to provide guidance and context for materials we consider inappropriate for our children. The Fox Network provides warning of content inappropriate for children at the opening of every episode of American Dad, among other programs. Representatives of the AFA are fully aware of this, yet continue to put the blame for exposure of children to this material on a large corporation, not on the parents, who should know what their children are watching.
Documentation of the First Amendment-protected comic material on which my endorsement is based is provided below. PLEASE KEEP ME INFORMED OF THE PROGRESS AND RESULTS OF YOUR INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER.
Documentation --------------
Roger has an injured arm, and tells Stan he must care for their racehorse.
ROGER: “You're gonna have to do the horse chores...You have to brush the horse's coat and mane, water and feed it, then give it a full release. You know, give it a happy photo finish. Take the glue out of the factory. Spank his front butt. Grant him a bone loan!”
Later, Stan strokes the horse’s side.
STAN: “Here we go. Just do me a favor and let me know when you're about to...you know.”
Stan bends down beneath the horse. The horse’s eyes go wide with surprise and pleasure. Stan is shown with fluid spraying in his face, implying that the horse has ejaculated on Stan. The camera pulls back to reveal that Stan is washing himself off with a hose.
End Documentation --------------
Sincerely,
More...
Also, click "Yes" on the question "Are you a pastor?"
--------------------------------------------------------
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St, S.W.
Complaints and Political Programming Branch
Enforcement Division, Mass Media Bureau
Washington, DC 20554
This is a formal personal endorsement of physical comedy on broadcast television. My endorsement concerns the PROGRAM ON:
NETWORK: Fox
PROGRAM TITLE: American Dad
BROADCAST DATE: January 3, 2010
BROADCAST TIMES: 9:30 PM ET/PT, 8:30 PM CT/MT
I would also like to express my concern with the American Family Association's belief that comedy can be harmful in any meaningful way in the presence of the family values they claim to espouse. It is the duty of parents to provide guidance and context for materials we consider inappropriate for our children. The Fox Network provides warning of content inappropriate for children at the opening of every episode of American Dad, among other programs. Representatives of the AFA are fully aware of this, yet continue to put the blame for exposure of children to this material on a large corporation, not on the parents, who should know what their children are watching.
Documentation of the First Amendment-protected comic material on which my endorsement is based is provided below. PLEASE KEEP ME INFORMED OF THE PROGRESS AND RESULTS OF YOUR INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER.
Documentation --------------
Roger has an injured arm, and tells Stan he must care for their racehorse.
ROGER: “You're gonna have to do the horse chores...You have to brush the horse's coat and mane, water and feed it, then give it a full release. You know, give it a happy photo finish. Take the glue out of the factory. Spank his front butt. Grant him a bone loan!”
Later, Stan strokes the horse’s side.
STAN: “Here we go. Just do me a favor and let me know when you're about to...you know.”
Stan bends down beneath the horse. The horse’s eyes go wide with surprise and pleasure. Stan is shown with fluid spraying in his face, implying that the horse has ejaculated on Stan. The camera pulls back to reveal that Stan is washing himself off with a hose.
End Documentation --------------
Sincerely,
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Ironically, wasn't it Family Guy that pointed out the outrageous/outrage cycle between Fox and Fox News? Rupert Murdoch is a wily old bastard, there's no denying that.
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I went on there an changed the word "Complaint" to "Compliment" and made up a fake name and email address. ;-)
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