DOWN'S SYNDROME GIRL EPISODE OF FAMILY GUY IS MISSING FROM HULU.COM

[KyDXIn]

Can someone please tell me why the "Down's Syndrome Girl" episode of "Family Guy" was pulled from Hulu.com? With all that's been said about this episode, at the conclusion Chris discovers she was JUST LIKE ANY OTHER GIRL! Isn't this how we are suppose to treat these individuals?

Did anyone ever think that when Ellen (yes she had a name) says her mother "was the former Governor of Alaska," could this girl have been using SARCASM?? I think that people with Down's are allowed to do that too! I think they are allowed to have a sense of humor.

Sarah Palin needs to move on to a more important issue. Trig was not insulted. The world does not revolve around you, Sarah, or any other politician in Washington.

I hope Fox will repost this episode.

 

[YEKIMI]

why not just go to fox.com and watch it there? That is, if it is there, I haven't looked.

 

[KyDXIn]

why not just go to fox.com and watch it there? That is, if it is there, I haven't looked.

It's not there either. How come?

 

[YEKIMI]

I don't know, I'm not in charge of their websites

 

[shackleford]

If you actually thought that episode was funny, you have the sense of humor equal to that of a middle school student.
It wasn't funny, and just because we found out she "was just like any other girl" doesn't give an excuse for us to laugh. (I'm assuming they added that in just to give us the "it's okay, see, she's normal" assumption.
Sure, Seth and his team weren't making fun of a particular person, but they were insulting an entire group of people. And that's just as bad.

 

[justpassingthough]

If you actually thought that episode was funny, you have the sense of humor equal to that of a middle school student.
It wasn't funny, and just because we found out she "was just like any other girl" doesn't give an excuse for us to laugh. (I'm assuming they added that in just to give us the "it's okay, see, she's normal" assumption.
Sure, Seth and his team weren't making fun of a particular person, but they were insulting an entire group of people. And that's just as bad.

Its doubtful most middle schoolers would have picked up on the reference to "my mom is the former governor of Alaska". It involves a level of involvement in news and information that most middle schoolers probably don't have. That is really beyond the point, though. Sarah Palin claimed that Rush Limbaugh was using "satire" when he used the dreaded r-word, yet she claims Seth MacFarlane is just mean-spirited. Clearly, someone needs to open up the dictionary to the page containing the definition of "satire" for Ms. Palin. This episode was scripted and animated months before the Rahm Emanuel incident, and Palin is doing more to prove a point than if she had simply ignored this incident.

If anything, this episode was intended to illustrate that simply ignoring people's differences and pretending like we are all on a level playing field, including the mentally challenged, can often be more insulting than just acknowledging a difference and moving on. Our uber politically correct society would lead us to believe differently, though.

Adult Swim re-aired this episode at 11pm on Monday the 22nd, too.

 

[KyDXIn]

Here is something interesting too. Tonight in the syndicated version of "Family Guy" the episode "Road to Germany" was rebroadcast. In the original broadcast, there is a reference to a McCain/Palin button on a Nazi soldier's uniform. Tonight during the rebroadcast, that scene was cut. I'm wondering if it was done due to its timed reference, or because Palin is now a Fox employee. Any thoughts on this?

 

[Silkie]

Here is something interesting too. Tonight in the syndicated version of "Family Guy" the episode "Road to Germany" was rebroadcast. In the original broadcast, there is a reference to a McCain/Palin button on a Nazi soldier's uniform. Tonight during the rebroadcast, that scene was cut. I'm wondering if it was done due to its timed reference, or because Palin is now a Fox employee. Any thoughts on this?

Or maybe it was just because slander and libel can cost their perpetrators a whole lot of money, whether it is subtle or whether it is overt?

 

[Robnoxious]

Here is something interesting too. Tonight in the syndicated version of "Family Guy" the episode "Road to Germany" was rebroadcast. In the original broadcast, there is a reference to a McCain/Palin button on a Nazi soldier's uniform. Tonight during the rebroadcast, that scene was cut. I'm wondering if it was done due to its timed reference, or because Palin is now a Fox employee. Any thoughts on this?

Parts are cut from syndicated packages to allow more time for advertising. On average about 2 minutes of originally aired content from every Simpsons episode in syndication hits the cutting room floor. This is nothing new and Family Guy isn't immune from the practice either. Although, Family Guy has the luxury of having a lot time wasting filler that can be easily cut out without anyone the wiser.

 

[azumanga]

Parts are cut from syndicated packages to allow more time for advertising... This is nothing new and Family Guy isn't immune from the practice either. Although, Family Guy has the luxury of having a lot time wasting filler that can be easily cut out without anyone the wiser.

No doubt the couple of episodes that featured a live-action musical performance by Conway Twitty (through archival footage) could have that segment removed without affecting the rest of the episode, come syndication time.

 

[bk77]

Or maybe it was just because slander and libel can cost their perpetrators a whole lot of money, whether it is subtle or whether it is overt?

Unless I had missed something, how does slander and libel play a role here?

Its like a number of those lottery winners who had made the choice of going on TV to discuss their winnings. Like for example that young woman a few years back who had won the Powerball jackpot only to go before the cameras with her young teenage daughter wearing clothes that were 40 times too tight for her, had missing teeth, waving a cigarette to the press while her daughter was wearing more make-up than Tammy Faye Bakker ever did. Local radio announcers across the country were calling this woman and her daughter such things as "..trailer park trash", "..a couple of cheap whor**" "...nasty nasty ugly bitches"...etc...etc...

I'm sure they didn't like the name calling and jokes BUT they had made that choice to speak to the press so therefor putting themselves into the public eye.....and to be a possible subject for ridicule by the media.

Same with Palin.

 

[DToTheJ]

No doubt the couple of episodes that featured a live-action musical performance by Conway Twitty (through archival footage) could have that segment removed without affecting the rest of the episode, come syndication time.

Not to mention the episodes with Peter fighting that chicken... Cleveland falling out of his house with his bathtub after his house gets destroyed... I could go on and on...

 

[KyDXIn]

If you actually thought that episode was funny, you have the sense of humor equal to that of a middle school student.
It wasn't funny, and just because we found out she "was just like any other girl" doesn't give an excuse for us to laugh. (I'm assuming they added that in just to give us the "it's okay, see, she's normal" assumption.
Sure, Seth and his team weren't making fun of a particular person, but they were insulting an entire group of people. And that's just as bad.

I didn't find it really funny. FG sometimes hits the mark and at other times it dreadfully misses. (I cannot understand why he will play a five minute clip of Conway Twitty during the show other than to use it as filler.) I see this as more a censorship issue. Someone at Hulu and Fox decided to take that show down. I'm fine if it was Seth MacFarlane's sole decision, but not if he was told to do so because Sarah is now on the Fox payroll.

I may not agree with what you say, but I'd defend your right to say it. The marketplace will determine if FG continues or not.

 

[KyDXIn]

Parts are cut from syndicated packages to allow more time for advertising... This is nothing new and Family Guy isn't immune from the practice either. Although, Family Guy has the luxury of having a lot time wasting filler that can be easily cut out without anyone the wiser.

No doubt the couple of episodes that featured a live-action musical performance by Conway Twitty (through archival footage) could have that segment removed without affecting the rest of the episode, come syndication time.

Of all of the "filler" shots, I enjoy seeing Conway Twitty the most. The first time I saw that on FG, my thought was-- Wow, I never thought I'd see that again! I hope someone in his family got paid for that. A 30 or 60 second clip is one thing, but 3 minutes of a 30 year old country music clip does NOTHING to the plot of the story.

 

[imhomerjay]

It's Fox's decision what of the content they paid for to re-run or make available in what format, in accordance with whatever contracts they have with those who created the content. If they choose to take it down, that's their right in a free market, agree or disagree with the decision. So long as they pay the bill for the content, they're not obligated to continue--or ever--run something they don't wish to. The right to "say" something isn't just the province of the creators; the company has rights to decide what they do or don't want under their banner.

 

[KyDXIn]

It's Fox's decision what of the content they paid for to re-run or make available in what format, in accordance with whatever contracts they have with those who created the content. If they choose to take it down, that's their right in a free market, agree or disagree with the decision. So long as they pay the bill for the content, they're not obligated to continue--or ever--run something they don't wish to. The right to "say" something isn't just the province of the creators; the company has rights to decide what they do or don't want under their banner.

You are correct about this. If they pay the bill, then its their decision on what content they purchase.

Fair? NO! Balanced? NO!

Just keep this in mind when you use their information for news. Do you want to based your decisions on a skewed view?

 

[justpassingthough]

I actually have to hand it to Fox for taking their lumps when it comes to "Family Guy" bashing the network, the news channel and the company, in general.

The Down's Syndrome episode aside, they aired the pre-election episode with the "McCain/Palin" campaign button on the Nazi, even though it was pretty clear which side of the election their "News" channel stood. Plus, they had another episode in which Lois joins Fox News, who wants to do an expose on Michael Moore being gay, allegedly the lover of Rush Limbaugh, and it points to Brian's own bias towards reporting news even if it shames a liberal.

Maybe Rupert Murdoch has a sense of humor after all.

 

[DToTheJ]

I actually have to hand it to Fox for taking their lumps when it comes to "Family Guy" bashing the network, the news channel and the company, in general... they had another episode in which Lois joins Fox News, who wants to do an expose on Michael Moore being gay, allegedly the lover of Rush Limbaugh, and it points to Brian's own bias towards reporting news even if it shames a liberal.

*** SPOILER ***

It turns out Fred Savage was just acting as both Rush Limbaugh and Michael Moore all this time!

 

[KyDXIn]

I actually have to hand it to Fox for taking their lumps when it comes to "Family Guy" bashing the network, the news channel and the company, in general... they had another episode in which Lois joins Fox News, who wants to do an expose on Michael Moore being gay, allegedly the lover of Rush Limbaugh, and it points to Brian's own bias towards reporting news even if it shames a liberal.

*** SPOILER ***

It turns out Fred Savage was just acting as both Rush Limbaugh and Michael Moore all this time!

Then who is this Michael Weiner guy? Man, we are coming full circle. Do you remember his words on autism?

 

[imhomerjay]

You are correct about this. If they pay the bill, then its their decision on what content they purchase.

Fair? NO! Balanced? NO!

Just keep this in mind when you use their information for news. Do you want to based your decisions on a skewed view?

I don't need to keep anything so trivial as a throwaway joke on one episode of a show that skewers everyone in mind when making decisions about who to trust or not--I have more than enough reasons for my personal views of the news channel. But like them or dislike them, it doesn't change their ability to use or not use the content within the paramaters of their contracts.