'Family Guy' Writer: "Wanna Feel Better About Japan Quake - Google 'Pearl Harbor Death Toll'”
By Noel Sheppard | March 12, 2011 | 17:53
As people all over the world were grieving for the victims of Friday's earthquake and resulting tsunamis in Japan, the scriptwriter for the hit series "Family Guy" sent his 162,000 Twitter followers a truly disgraceful comment.
As reported by Bleeding Cool Saturday:
Nonetheless, when a particularly tasteless tweet started rolling around the web last night, and I found out it had been written by Family Guy scriptwriter Alec Sulkin, I wasn’t too surprised. Here’s what he said:
If you wanna feel better about this earthquake in Japan, google “Pearl Harbor death toll”.
Apparently Sulkin, aka @thesulk, took a lot of heat for this comment as he has since taken it down and offered his followers an apology: "Yesterday death toll = 200. Today = 10 thousand. I am sorry for my insensitive tweet. It's gone."
But that was followed by: "If you wanna feel better about the floods in New Jersey, google 'MTV's Jersey Shore'."
Maybe that one's funnier and less callous, but it does seem to diminish the sincerity of his apology, wouldn't you agree?
For the record, Sulkin's Wikipedia page confirms his "insensitive tweet."
It also reports that he once dated vulgarian comedienne Sarah Silverman.
Explains a lot, as Silverman herself has a history of offensive tweets.
As NewsBusters reported last year, "Standup comic and New York Times-bestselling author Sarah Silverman joked on Twitter that widows of the Sept. 11 attacks 'give the best handjobs' on Oct. 6, attributing the quote to pseudonymous 19th century author and satirist Mark Twain."
Too bad Silverman and Sulkin broke up.
They seem made for each other.
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I stopped watching Family Guy
Submitted by Slyrr on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 6:06pm.
I stopped watching Family Guy ages ago. Why bother with it?Hey Alec Sulkin...Japan
Submitted by ebayer on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 6:11pm.
Hey Alec Sulkin...Japan already paid for the sins of Pearl Harbor. Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki? You schmuckThere's a problem with that logic
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 7:14pm.
Most libs today think that Japan bombed Pearl Harbor because we dropped the A bomb.
BS
Submitted by Pickles and Peppers on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 11:08am.
Name a liberal who believes that.BS
Submitted by The Vet on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 12:10pm.
Name the funniest derivations of Pimples and Lepers name.
Dumb dumb
Submitted by Pickles and Peppers on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 12:13pm.
You can win if you answer the question correctly.Awwww. Look at that boys and girls.
Submitted by The Vet on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 12:34pm.
Humpers and Schleppers thinks we will take him seriously. The only question we will answer concerning you is which return troll you are.
Good one
Submitted by Pickles and Peppers on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 1:30pm.
Humpers and Schleppers. No really, good one.Whatever Dead Zippers.
Submitted by The Vet on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 1:38pm.
#85 ZINNNNNNNNGGGGGG Good one.
Submitted by Guttermouth's Return on Tue, 12/14/2010 - 10:24pm.
ZINNNNNNNNGGGGGG
Good one. I can assure you I am LMAO quite maniacally on the inside.
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You said you never user the internet acronyms. LIAR.
BFD
Submitted by Pickles and Peppers on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 2:09pm.
ICCLWYTYSFCVD. How do you like them acronyms?LIAR
Submitted by The Vet on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 7:00pm.
Bathhouses & Poppers: You won't ever find a post of mine using LOL or ROFL, or any variations of such. "Hahahahaha" is the sound of laughter - LOL doesn't work for me.
Bathhouses & Poppers
Submitted by Pickles and Peppers on Mon, 03/14/2011 - 12:36pm.
Even better. No, wait, I mean Stop It! You're hurting my feelings. My screen name is extremely meaningful to me. GFYP.I'm sure it is, Zippers.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Mon, 03/14/2011 - 12:47pm.
But I guess you'd have to be Black and a Polish Catholic like you to get it.
Don't forget worried about your children.
Submitted by The Vet on Mon, 03/14/2011 - 4:30pm.
Your nonexistent children.Your the schmuck azzhole! Do
Submitted by Armymom on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 9:41pm.
Your the schmuck azzhole! Do you know how many American soldiers were killed in WWII? I doubt it, idiots like you only know what's going on, on MTV! Schmuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!You really are quite
Submitted by ebayer on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 6:31pm.
You really are quite emotional aren't you? And not very rational. Did you not read the Headline? "'Family Guy' Writer: "Wanna Feel Better About Japan Quake - Google 'Pearl Harbor Death Toll'” Got it? His point is that he doesn't feel bad about the dead and dying and suffering of the Japanese people,because they attacked Pearl Harbor. So why bring up American soldiers killed by Germans,Italians and other assorted enemies in other parts of the world? What you said is a non-sequitur. There were 416,000 total US casualties in WWII. That included all the services and civilians Just in Hiroshima alone some estimates state up to 200,000 had died by 1950, due to cancer and other long-term effects.Add to that the 100,000 who died in Nagasaki and you have nearly as many Japanese who died in those two bombings as the entire US loss from Europe,the Atlantic,Africa and the Pacific campaigns. So really,you need to get a grip on reality. DumbassJapanese Prime Minister Naoto
Submitted by Caringwhiteguy on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 9:18am.
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has called the quake the country's worst crisis since WWII. Just a slight difference. . . . this was an act of God. WWII was an act of treachery on the part of Japan.Ladies and Gentlemen
Submitted by David-Ford on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 6:17pm.
If you haven't already been introduced.... this is your American Left.Family Guy is tv trash and
Submitted by tampamom25 on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 6:20pm.
Family Guy is tv trash and vulgarity. Why am I not surprised?Sheesh,
Submitted by Dave. on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 6:43pm.
And I thought the comments I encountered this morning on YouTube concerning the events in Japan were bad.
Imagine a well known conservative had tweeted that. It would have blown Charlie Sheen right off the front pages, and we would never hear the end of it.
-Dave
Consider the source here...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 6:57pm.
Sulkin writes for Family Guy...This is the same pos show that went after Sarah Palin and disgracefully targeted and mocked her baby son, Trig, who has Down Syndrome. It seems that anyone associated with this show is a real slime, and Sulkin's tweet appears to be further proof of that. The fact that he "apologized" matters not...That he thought to tweet this in the first place is what does matter and it says volumes about the kind of person that he is.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
Disgusting
Submitted by Free Stinker on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 6:59pm.
Disgusting/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
They have to google the
Submitted by Thoreau on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 7:00pm.
They have to google the number of people that died at Pearl Harbor. None of them were there.Libs!!! Remember Pearl Harbor, skip World Trade Center
Submitted by upcountrywater on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 7:03pm.
More lib logic islamopods friends... Ally Japan not so much.O'bama 0% capital gains @4:58 and so much more.
Cold and heartless. WWII,
Submitted by rbosque on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 7:10pm.
Cold and heartless. WWII, while tragic and cost many American lives was over a long time now, he needs to give the dead a rest.Idiots like you should know,
Submitted by Armymom on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 9:43pm.
Idiots like you should know, those that fail to remember history are doomed to repeat it!Well, aren't you nice? Are
Submitted by mang on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 10:07am.
Well, aren't you nice? Are you saying we have to keep our eye on Japan in case they decide to invade China and the Philippines again? Get a hold of yourself.Sarah Silverman....
Submitted by adamsmith on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 7:23pm.
Silverman is the door knob of the entertainment industry. Everybody's given that pig a turn....Another comparison... one the left will NOT like.
Submitted by Britpop on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 7:36pm.
After watching the aftermath of the quake and tsunami, my thoughts went back to the aftermath of Katrina on New Orleans. Japan - everyone helping; queuing; being calm; setting-to and cleaning up; being respectful of the law and of each other. New Orleans - riots; gunfire, looting; rape; murder; pathetic slobs sitting on their fat butts and demanding handouts. I know which hole I'd rather be in.the fact that this doesn't
Submitted by Graig36 on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 7:53pm.
Surprise me is the sick thing. Garbage.Where is Tom Hanks?
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 7:58pm.
I'm anxiously awaiting for Tom Hanks to come out against this idiot and tell him how doesn't like the Japanese because of their skin color. But I won't hold my breath.The perils of tweeting...
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 8:13pm.
I think celebrity tweeters feel the constant need to say something cool and provocative, and comics and comedy writers are expected--or believe they are expected--to be "funny". So in straining mightily not to disappoint they produce the occasional sick and insensiive and completely unfunny line like this one tweeted by Sulkin. Somewhere in the editing and production process of The Family Guy, this "joke" would have been flushed and never seen the light of day--a benefit unfortunately not afforded the impulsive tweeter.So, Jer...
Submitted by 26CX on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 9:30pm.
It's not so much the kind of person Sulkin is, but that there was no one to filter his comments?CX...
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 10:25pm.
I don't know Sulkin, have never watched a single episode of Family Guy, but I did describe his tweet as "sick and insensitive and completely unfunny" while adding a general observation on the perils of tweeting. I thought it pretty clear I was not excusing or defending him.Jer
It wasn't clear that you were
Submitted by 26CX on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 8:48am.
It wasn't clear that you were not excusing him, which is why I asked.Jer
Submitted by well99 on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 8:47pm.
"I think celebrity tweeters feel the constant need to say something cool and provocative, and comics and comedy writers are expected--or believe they are expected--to be "funny"." To use a gamer phase.Epic Fail.I think he is just a callous FSOB.Actually, it would have made the cut of FG
Submitted by brutony1 on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 9:50pm.
And been put in, cause they think theyre such funny libs! I thought the writer of that quote would be far left loon MacFarlane, who missed his 9/11 flight cause he had a hangover, true story! Im sure any Palin joke will get thru, like all the Bush jokes for 8 years did! and besides, stupid libs, wasnt it the Germans who bombed Pearl Harbor?When will liberals WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE! -Me
I hope this is
Submitted by Patriot II on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 12:00pm.
some kind of pathetic joke.....no one can be this pitifully stupid can they?Here Come The Conservative PC Thugs Again...Part 2
Submitted by TheReal7Sticks on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 10:05pm.
You know, if Sam Kinnison said something like that, it would be liberals screaming for his head rather than conservatives. This PC thuggery has infected your side almost as badly as the liberal side, and yet you set a double standard on who can be offensive.
For the record, I have read both liberal and conservative comments that are offensive to Japanese people. I read some idiot left-wing state senator from New Hampshire that claimed that anime was a reason why two nukes weren't enough. And I read a certain conservative over here claiming that the Japanese must be evil degenerates because one Japanese company made a rape video game. SO don't try to take the high ground that you have never offended the Japanese as well.
"Baba-Booey, Baba-Booey, Baba-Booey, Howard Stern's penis, Baba-Booey, Baba-Booey!"
- Peter Griffin.
7Stupids
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 10:11pm.
I've never said such things, and you have no right to tell me what ground I can and cannot take you useless troll.Lemme see...how can I put this...
Submitted by Army Brat on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 8:37am.
To start... "You know, if Sam Kinnison said something like that, it would be liberals screaming for his head rather than conservatives." No. I don't know that. You are alone in this belief. As for the Japanese not sharing our values concerning pornography in general...one can purchase what we call child pornography on the streets. And since I have never insulted the Japanese I may take whatever "high ground" I choose to...and you may pack your comments wherever they feel best to you...From a basement near you..............
Submitted by Tomorama on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 12:01pm.
Thanks for "removing all doubt" as they say.
Making fun of people dying and a country in ruins, it is so "in" to the liberal crowd.
And those that dare point out the d-bag, we are just PC thugs in you're feeble mind?
Wait till you're Mommy finds out ....
My God! You are the perfect
Submitted by 98ZJUSMC on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 8:04pm.
My God! You are the perfect human. Can I be like you?Sam Kinison is dead.
Submitted by The Vet on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 8:13pm.
Or at least the one with only one N in his name. And Sam Kinison was a conservative. He did have liberals screaming for his head.
Sam Kinison on bombing Libya...
Ever since we bombed Libya ya know, I'm just in that f*cking tear everything up mood. Blast 'em. That was just too cool man, American bombers going in going "Where's the baby's room?" *** BOOM *** "Where do you keep the little girl"? (Explosion sound).
We did out job, we only f***ed up one place, we "accidentally" dropped a bomb on the French embassy. (Crowd "AWWWWWWW"). Sorry about that, I'm sure our aim would have been a little better if we had more f***ing sleep. Thanks for those extra 6500 air miles you f***heads, build a new house!
We're not f***ing around anymore, it's time to be the tough guy. This is America G**d@** it, Reagan's President and Clint Eastwood has his own police force.
Just plain rude. This guy
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 2:15am.
Just plain rude. This guy would be a great 'hookup' for Kathy Griffin. Two complete lowlife's that are giving "comedy" a bad name.This punk dated Sarah Silverman?
Submitted by Army Brat on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 8:38am.
Sarah once did a skit where she licked a cats anus to see what it tasted like... "shudder"....This is just the
Submitted by Miss_Me_Yet on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 11:50am.
This is just the manifestation of that wonderful fundamental transformation ( malignant cancer ) Barack was so eager to unleash on America as the cornerstone of his radical manifesto.
Liberals ... we can't live with them, they couldn't survive without us ...
More...
Submitted by stage9 on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 1:44pm.
More radical liberalism."If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for pleasure, the clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Hefner." — Malcolm Muggeridge
If he was a conservative writer..
Submitted by bohratom on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 3:17pm.
This story would be leading the Mainstream media if he was a conservative....Just shows the bias again and why I love the internet as Im able to bypass mainstream to get the news.