Family Guy Does Entire Episode Trashing Tea Party as Racist Anarchists Destined to Destroy America
Just in time for May sweeps, the producers of the animated Fox hit series Family Guy decided to devote an entire episode to trashing the Tea Party Sunday.
Liberal creator Seth MacFarlane's goal was surely to offend every right-thinking person in the nation as he depicted the conservative movement as a bunch of racist anarchists destined to destroy America (video follows with transcribed lowlights and commentary).
The premise of the episode was that after City Hall in his town threatened to shut down his illegal business, main character Peter is thinking of joining the Tea Party because he was fed up with government.
He attended a Tea Party rally filled with exclusively white people mispronouncing words such as “taco” and “tortilla.”
Worse still, the movement was depicted as anarchists looking for absolutely no government as opposed to the real Tea Party which advocates fiscally responsible government living within its means.
Regardless, Peter liked what he heard, and proceeded to join.
Not surprisingly, with all government services eliminated, the town began to totally fall apart.
Without any laws preventing it, Peter’s son took a bunch of mescaline and drove to Las Vegas.
His teenage daughter was free to have sex with her teacher.
The nearby refinery began spewing a toxic cloud heading toward the town.
Recognizing the danger, Peter said, “It’s up to us, the people, to find a solution. Close the curtains.” After the drapes were shut on the window the family was looking out of, Peter said, “Ah, Tea Party.”
Next, a male resident was wedded with a giraffe which nine months later bore a “child.”
Not surprisingly, a little anti-Semitism was thrown in along with a Nazi reference.
Mort, the Jewish pharmacist, showed up at Peter’s house saying, “Historically, in instances of mass lawlessness, the first thing they do is round up the Jews.”
A truck filled with Skinheads plastered with Swastika tattoos arrived with one of them saying, “Excuse me, fellow Aryan, have you seen any Jews around?”
Mort replied, “Is there a reward?”
Back in his house, Peter watched a television newscast featuring an announcer threatening to punch his female co-anchor and stealing her purse.
The television then went blank, and Peter’s wife came in to let him know that their power lines are down and there’s no one to fix it. “The cops don’t come, the toilets don’t flush, and there’s garbage piling up in the streets.”
“We had a nice town, Peter,” she continued. “I had a nice life, but you and your anti-government buddies ruined it.”
At that moment, Peter’s talking dog entered asking, “Hey, so how’s that Tea Party going, huh? More like TP Party. Toilet paper.”
Peter responded, “I don’t know what happened, Brian. Not having a government worked great in Somalia, but somehow we seemed to have botched it all up.”
In the end, Peter went before the town and recommended they establish a – ahem – government to tax them and solve all their problems.
The moral of the story is that the Tea Party is for completely eliminating government as well as all of its services, and if they have their way, it will basically be the end of the world as we know it.
When you think about it, this isn’t that much different than what most media outlets have been saying about this movement since it resurfaced in its current iteration in April 2009.
With Election Day nearing, it seems a metaphysical certitude we'll be seeing more nonsense just like this.
*****Update: According to Wikipedia, this episode was written by Patrick Meighan. His name might be familiar to you as he was arrested at Occupy LA last year.
Yeah, this is a guy who knows a lot about the Tea Party.
(H/T @LeeboReport)
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The Tea Party is made up of peaceful demonstrators...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 2:00am.
who leave their sites of protest cleaner than when they arrived and we're supposed to think they are the equivalent of the Occupiers?
No one, not even hard core liberals are going to believe that. I have never watched the Family Guy and after seeing this, never will!
Sttt. Don't tell Liberal creator the Nazi's were socialists...
Submitted by mooseburger on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 2:15am.
exhibit #1 in stupidity.
the folks he showed in the truck appear affiliated with the National Socialists of Germany a group that not only aspired socialism but also 100% subjection to the state that was everything, something clearly the opposite of the tea party.
And from the latest images we have seen of OWS and what holder ,that green-job nutcase and the black panters stand for, the only mistake the liberal creator made was the reference to the teaparty, since he clearly was referring to those other organisations.
Yeah, and those NAZIs just looovved commies, too...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 7:49am.
didn't they.
The whole "Hitler was a Lib" canard was beaten to death around here a couple of years ago. It's not even a particularly interesting topic these days.
Jer
Canard?
Submitted by Boudin on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 7:58am.
He was certainly a leftist.
Granted, he had some leftist tendencies...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 8:10am.
but, on balance, nope, not a lefty.
Jer
incorrect again jer...
Submitted by AFVet on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 2:47pm.
Hitler was a left-wing Socialist. He dabbled with Fascism, but he was a complete lefty. Fascism is the opposite and to the left of Conservatism and Libertarianism. Liberals in the USA are Fascists by definition, they believe in large centralized controlling government and control of industry/capitalism.
What Jer,
Submitted by Agnostic on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 8:06am.
The media can lump anyone to the right of a Sierra Club Board Member as a 'Right-Wing Extremist" but if you try to lump two socialist systems where the government takes full control of business (albeit one by coercion and the other by direct control) then you are discounted because the two groups of Socialist didn't like each other. Sorry to say but history is full of examples of peoples with very small differences unable to get along.
Agnostic..
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 8:31am.
You mean like the Spanish Falange and the Italian Fascists and the German Nazis and Social Democrats and, and...and.
Look, it's virtually impossible to lay a Left-Right template over the complex mix of political movements which waxed and waned especially in the first half of the twentieth century and have them all fall neatly into place. The titillating question, Hitler and Nazism: Left or Right? isn't particularly productive.
Jer
Yes, Jer -
Submitted by Agnostic on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 8:47am.
it is important because people seem to think that government can be somehow benevolent. But, I will agree that if you want a titillating question one would be, "How would Hitler be portrayed today if he did not have Imperialistic designs for the Fatherland?"
If you break down every form of government then they are all socialist to one degree or another and the only argument is how socialist. They redistribute wealth and the only differences are the degrees of wealth confiscation, associated force, how the wealth is distributed, how much stays in the government, the use of the military, etc...
The comparison of the two may be a waste of time but the understanding of what a government does and how it is done is invaluable for those who will learn.
Agnostic...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:02am.
It just seems to me that to portray Hitler as a liberal or left-wing based on a socioeconomic analysis is just as unfair as to portray him as a conservative or right-wing for sociopolitical reasons.
Frankly, I think it inflames the discussion rather than enlightens it.
Jer
Jer, frankly speaking
Submitted by Agnostic on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:52am.
if college professors and media members around the globe didn't refer to Nazis as right wing fanatics we wouldn't have the continuing discussion. Perhaps if you extinguished the source of the fire instead of reacting to the heat then perhaps there would be more success in ending a futile debate.
I agree partially with Jer.
Submitted by SSix2 on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:45am.
I agree partially with Jer. It is nearly impossible to lay the traditional Left-Right political spectrum template over the complex political movements and governments throughout history. This is because the traditional political spectrum is not defined very well. When I was reading people’s posts it reminded me of this video I watched a while back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c4znbGaVmo
If you define the spectrum as the “Left” as the government having 100% power (Communists and Fascists) while the “Right” as the government having 0% power (Anarchists) then you can easier analyze past governments. Take it or leave it but I think it helps.
It is not worthwhile to comment on Family Guy’s attempt at humor, I am sure Seth knows what he did was a complete distortion of truth just to get the Tea Party upset. And let’s face it; if the viewer gets their information from Family Guy and believes it then they are lost anyway.
Thanks, SSix...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 10:08am.
Coincidentally, that is the same video which "The Vet" persuaded me to watch about three years ago. I think it's a decent representation of the spectrum--a little simplistic and slightly skewed [as I recall the far right is 'anarchism', which is but a temporary prelude to another far left system of governance], but it is helpful.
Jer
I dunno, SSix - most of the
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 1:21pm.
I dunno, SSix - most of the so-called 'anarchists' that I know are libs and very left-leaning, and voted for Boy Baraka Obama, although a few of them are sporting Ron Paul stickers in this election cycle - but it's a sure bet that they will be back on Team Obama come November - IF there is an election!!!
I actually asked a purported 'anarchist' how he could square away his stance with voting for Obama - but I didn't get a very coherent answer..................something about 'historic', and 'black', and 'hope', and 'change'................sumpin' like that. Call me naive - but I haven't noticed that Boy Baraka is particularly 'anarchistic'...................
The video I posted talks
Submitted by SSix2 on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 4:58pm.
The video I posted talks about identifying the political spectrum in terms of 100% gov power(left) and 0% gov power (right). In his example communists along with fascists are on the far left of the spectrum while those who want no central authority are on the right. Though you can argue where each side wants to take us both liberals and conservatives are in the middle of this spectrum.
By defining the political spectrum in this manner it allows you to more accurately define where a particular past government is positioned and compare to others.
As for the anarchists being leftists, I would say watch the video as this issue is discussed. Basically, the leaders of these people simply want to be in charge and use riots to gain access to the power. The pawns in the streets are nothing more than useful idiots.
I don't see how gaining power
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 2:24am.
I don't see how gaining power and control over people, and being 'in charge', can be defined as 'anarchists'..........since they will have just become some kind of 'government', by definition. And, yes, these people that I know can be described as 'useful idiots'.
Like I said before...............if someone can go from Boy Baraka Obama to Ron Paul, and then back to Obama again - how else could you describe them???
I agree the leaders or
Submitted by SSix2 on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 6:01am.
I agree the leaders or organizers of the riots and demonstrations are just using the idea of anarachy to capture power to form a new order that places themselves in positions of power.
Anarchy doesn't really exist except in post apocalypse type situations. But even in those situations groups or gangs quickly start to form which control others.
HUH?
Submitted by Fredy on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 2:27pm.
How is it possible to ignore the word SOCIALIST from a party named the Nationalist SOCIALIST Party?
Hitler referred to himself as 'right wing' to differentiate his fascist socialism from communist socialism.
From a US perspective, they are BOTH clearly left wing socialists!
The point I was trying to
Submitted by SSix2 on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 5:07pm.
The point I was trying to make was that political spectrums are not defined well. Because of this fact then it is difficult for two people to compare apples to apples when discussing past governments and where they lie on the spectrum.
Watch the video and you will see that once we all are talking about the same spectrum everyone will agree that socialists, including the fascists in Nazi Germany, are most definitely leftists.
Socialism, Fascism, and Communism.
Submitted by AFVet on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 2:54pm.
Socialism, Fascism, and Communism are all very closely related and have only minor nuanced differences. All three believe in government control of the people and control of industry. While Conservatism and Libertarianism believe individual responsibility, personal freedom, limited government, low taxation, limited regulation, and free markets. That is the basic difference from the left and the right, the left believes in control and the right believes in freedom.
Nazis and communists
Submitted by Kevin Groenhagen on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:00am.
Hayek detailed in "The Road to Serfdom" how easily communists in Germany switched to the Nazi Party and vice versa since they were so similar. Fascism is merely the stage reached after communism proves to be an illusion.
Well, they couldn't exactly remain nominal communists
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:13am.
"In the first months of his chancellorship, Hitler began a concerted policy of "synchronization," forcing organizations, political parties, and state governments into line with Nazi goals and placing them under Nazi leadership. Culture, the economy, education, and law came under greater Nazi control. Trade unions were abolished and workers, employees, and employers were forced into Nazi organizations. By mid-July 1933, the Nazi party was the only political party permitted in Germany. The Reichstag (German parliament) became a rubber stamp for Hitler's dictatorship. The Fuehrer's will became the foundation for government policy.
The appointment of Nazi party members to government positions increased Hitler's authority over state officials. According to the Nazi party's leadership principle, authority flowed down from above and absolute obedience towards one's superior was expected at each level of the Nazi hierarchy. Hitler was master of the Third Reich..."
...now could they? How sympathetic do you think they were after June 22, 1941?
Jer
Four Horseman of the Apacolypse
Submitted by Agnostic on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:57am.
always a good read of historical fiction - lays out the plausible premise that they all hated each other going back to pre-WWI
Historical letters and government reactions tend to concur with this fiction.
So, can you
Submitted by Boudin on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:03pm.
Name any Right leaning tyrants.
Deal is, the Right is for limited control, the left not so much.
This simple fact will forever be my contention with all things leftist.
Where are the successes of the left? Where is their example?
Hitler was a lib
Submitted by ArcherB on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 10:55am.
Hitler is an example of what happens when liberalism gets its way. In order to maintain leftist policies, an extremely strong central government is required. The same can be said of extreme right wing policies. This is how the left tries to associate Fascism with the right.
However, Fascism is very closely tied to Socialism with one key difference. In Socialism, property is taken by the government to empower those that have less. In Fascism, property is taken by the government in order to empower the government.
"To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary."
--Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Oh, oh. You reminded our American Leftists that the...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 12:25pm.
Nazi Party is short for the National SOCIALIST Party. Now watch them go into their denial filled tantrums or as I prefer to say "hissy fits" as they do their best to distance themselves from the infamous former head of Germany's National Socialist Party.
Liberals can't wrap their
Submitted by VBaxter on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 2:16am.
Liberals can't wrap their little brains around the idea of a government that is there to protect private property, so obviously we are not saying we want "no" government whatsoever. We're talking about a government that is there to do 3 main things: protect our citizens from enemies foreign and domestic, recognize contract rights, and protect our liberties and private property.
How does this get passed for "entertainment"?
Ron Paul 2012
Okay...
Submitted by Too Old To Be Cool on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 2:32am.
All those who are surprised by this, raise your hands.
Yeah. Thought so.
I used to watch Family Guy
Submitted by TempusFugit on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 2:44am.
but two things drove me away from it. My significant other bought me the DVDs of the first couple of seasons and I realized every episode was filled with 1. random fantasy sequences which make little sense within the plot 2. generous helpings of gratuitous scatalogical and/or sexual humor 3. plenty of "take that (insert name of lame celebrity such as Kelly Ripa or Margot Kidder)!". The show just isn't very funny. I sold the DVDs on ebay. But after its hiatus of 2002-2005 I watched a couple of new episodes and realized they had become extremely liberal. They were always liberal, but now perilously so. For example in a pre-hiatus episode Brian visited his birth state of Texas, and seemed to be fine going there. In a post-hiatus episode he went to Texas and preached about it being a red state. The first episode back was just one long bashing of Mel Gibson for making Passion of the Christ. Haven't watched it since, other than one or two episodes. Two things I'd like to say to Seth McFarlane: conservatives and moderates have a sense of humor too and most of your voices sound the same. Hire some professional voice actors; you aren't that talented.
BTW Futurama got perilously liberal after their return also
Same thing with the
Submitted by tobiasdog on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 3:36am.
Same thing with the Simpsons....I can't take their liberal b.s. anymore either. Bring back King of the Hill!
Re "King of the Hill"...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 4:02am.
Amen, Brother!
Libs loved it, too.
Jer
Due to the hockey game being over..
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 6:36am.
I tuned in to watch the simpsons last night just in time to see an airplane towing a banner deriding FoxNews.
I switched to Animal Planet.
Do you really watch AP?
Submitted by guefy on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 7:37am.
So you are in with the Global Warming hoax? AP is loaded with that. I love AP, but just because it's not a cartoon, doesn't mean it's not written by another lefty wingnut.
Yes, I watch AP.
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 8:41am.
Shall I assume you share the truly vile, anti-social, anti-Christian values depicted on a program you admit to not only watching but allowing your your children to watch?
Huh?
Submitted by guefy on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 7:36am.
I watch the old Hill episodes all the time. Mike Judge wrote Beavis and Butthead. Hardly a good conservative.
King of the Hill is just as liberal as Family Guy, but done so much more subtle. If you don't see that, you need to go back to conservative school apparently.
Some comments I've read from liberals about the show:
"They did a whole episode in 2000 about is reaction to candidate Bush's* weak handshake and how it tested his faith in the republican party. "
"I mean, come on, he has a son who is ambiguous in his sexuality (for his age), the neighbor's wife cheats, they make fun of Tom Landry MS. He points out the ridiculous extremes of the RW and he isn't afraid to punish the long reach of the left, either. He doesn't get it right every time, but its pretty funny stuff.
"The entire point of "KotH" is to make fun of Texas, as only a Texan can."
"Hank's wrong wing views are featured, but there is a subtle vibe that he is actually a moran throughout each episode. "
I watch it all the time, too, guefy...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 8:06am.
[I currently have nineteen episodes DVRed to catch up on] and both sides get skewered. I don't know or care how the writers may vote, but they do parody lib PC excesses, bureaucratic ineptitude, and maddening governmental regs for example. I think the show is absolutely hilarious.
Jer
partial episodes
Submitted by Agnostic on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 8:09am.
I find the show entertaining at times if I catch it flipping channels. I don't think I've ever seen a full episode though because as soon as a gag starts getting beat to death or a running joke gets tedious I keep on going up/down the channels.
Regarding King of the Hill
Submitted by TempusFugit on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 7:31pm.
Guess I need to go back to conservative school, because I see KotH as center/right, and certainly not as liberal as you see it. The main character is a very straight laced man, who is seen as the most sane person in a town of eccentrics (Green Acres and Newhart used the same premise). That's where the comedy comes from. It's a mistake to make things too overt (which Family Guy does), or to deal in caricatures. If Mike Judge wanted to make a bad TV show, he'd have dealt in cardboard cutouts of liberals and conservatives. Hank isn't intelligent in a educated way, but he has plenty of common sense, works hard and is a good representation of those of us in flyover country. The "sexually ambiguous son" has a girlfriend, next door neighbor Connie. The cheating wife stopped doing so in later episodes, and it was never glorified. She always seemed like a sad, hurting woman. The George Bush weak handshake episode was an indictment of the man, not on all conservatives. There are plenty of conservatives here on NB who don't like Bush either. Yes, it makes fun of Texas, in a loving way. I live in Texas also and never once felt anything but love and respect for this great state in KotH. Next door neighbors from Laos, Minh and Khan, constantly make redneck jokes, but grow to bond with the "hillbillies", over successive seasons. I would guess that anyone who thinks this show is liberal has seen only certain episodes and got the wrong impression. I noticed the quotes you gave above forgot the episode about the toilets, which made a great point about overreaching government, and corrupt elected officials.
Liberals on the other hand are routinely skewered as vegetarian goofballs and and modern day hippies, in the mold of Beavis and Butthead's teacher Van Driessen. The unspoken view here is that liberal men aren't real men like Hank is. They eat fauxfu, drive hybrids, attend artsy fartsy lectures, but can't fix a car or do manly things. Judge stayed with what he knew. He basically expanded the Van Driessen character, for his KotH liberals. He could have made the conservatives more of the good guys and the liberals bad, but that wouldn't have been good art or very subtle. It would have been what Seth McFarlane has done with Family Guy.
I would guess the reason that Mike Judge made KotH so balanced, was because he was afraid the show would get cancelled if it was overtly conservative. After KotH he did a show called the Goode Family, which seemed a little more overtly conservative. It got terrible reviews and was soon cancelled
Trust me, guefy
Submitted by LinTaylor on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 8:36pm.
Speaking as a fan of KotH, the show is very much conservative. Mike Judge is a self-professed Libertarian, something that becomes very apparent when you see his movie "Idiocracy", which shows a future where government coddling has de-evolved humanity into a group of knuckle-dragging morons who consider groin kicks the height of entertainment.
While KotH does poke fun at Texans, it's far from liberal. On the whole, the show tends to take the air out of self-professed intellectuals and liberal-leaning individuals. Just a couple of examples:
-In the pilot, a government worker thinks that Hank is beating his son Bobby, and runs with it entirely on gut instinct. His boss asks if he actually did any investigating, and when the man says no, he gets metaphorically reassigned to Alaska. The same man returns a couple of seasons later, this time keeping Hank's company from firing a useless stoner by citing the Americans with Disabilities Act, which nearly destroys the company when everyone else wants in.
-In another episode, an archaeology professor tears up the Hills' yard looking for Native American artifacts, and uses his intellect to charm wife Peggy. At the end of the episode he calls her an idiot and suggests that he could have seduced her for the price of a fake Indian necklace.
-Yet another has the family attending a Renaissance Fair, where the King (played by Alan Rickman), uses historical accuracy as an excuse to treat the female employees like garbage. Peggy ends up defeating him by slapping him with a discrimination lawsuit.
To be fair, the show does also take the stuffing out of more extreme conservatives at times. One episode has a Christian woman trying to shut down Halloween because she thinks it's Satanic, and Hank opposes her with his belief that it's just good old-fashioned fun.
As has been pointed out, a few of the complaints from liberals aren't accurate. Son Bobby is perfectly straight, he just doesn't conform to the standard image of a tough, macho boy. While neighbor Nancy does cheat on her husband Dale, the affair ends when she's reminded of what a nice guy Dale is, and when the other man feels guilty about betraying his friend's trust. And the Bush episode wasn't mocking GWB, but Hank himself for letting something so superficial as a weak handshake influence his personal politics.
And honestly, I fail to see what Beavis and Butthead has to do with Judge's politics. The show didn't make any kind of political statement; it was just about two morons doing stupid things.
I have never, and I mean
Submitted by rockyracoon on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 3:44am.
I have never, and I mean NEVER, watched this show. Why that is I have no idea because it seems like something that would appeal to my sense of humor, alas however I have yet to see an episode. I think I'll keep this particular streak alive.
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
I have never watched it either.
Submitted by needle on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 6:18am.
But that is not saying much in my case. We have one and only one -- old, though I admit it is color and even remote controlled -- TV in our house, and we keep it in the basement like the family’s black sheep who is never allowed to mingle with our friends.
Weeks can go by without it ever being turned on.
- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.
+1
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 6:38am.
.
Even my adult children
Submitted by oldfart on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 5:21am.
have stopped watching this show. It seems the lower the rating the more radical and trashy the show gets - further causing ratings to go down even further. Somehow the progressive/libs cannot add 1 and 1 to get 2. Opps - they must be the product of the Calfornia 'education' system. LOL
Leftists embracing #OWS are projecting again.
Submitted by needle on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 6:00am.
Leftists embracing #OWS are projecting again.
- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.
Rush Limbaugh appeared on it,
Submitted by BBallleaper on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 6:18am.
Willingly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! POS Alert!
I think I quit watching this
Submitted by Shreve on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 6:48am.
I think I quit watching this show when they had that "bird is the word" thing that seemed like it went on for 10 minutes.
Soon, real soon.
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 7:20am.
I'm sure Seth MacFarlane will soon have a episode showing the New Black Panthers as advisors to President Obama, while Obama mispronounces simple words like corpsman and Pakistan, with Holder demanding 're-education camps' be opened up for all white Republicans.
Sorry
Submitted by guefy on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 7:20am.
But I like the show. I find humor in how people are portrayed on there. Sometimes I wonder if it's truly what a liberal thinks. The show is racist and homophobic. Ever notice that a liberal enjoys talking about, and in this case, writing about what they hate, as long as they are talking about other groups doing it? Its like a guy, George, I worked with, how he said he had no racist bone in his body, yet used the "n" word every chance he got, but always using it as though he heard this or that from another person. (A black guy that worked with both of us told me that George was more racist than anyone he knew)
Well, this show is the same. The writers show what they really feel and how stupid they really are. I enjoy seeing how miserable liberals must be.
I have kids from 13 up. I let them watch it. They are smart enough to see the liberalness and laugh at it too. If I don't see an episode, they'll even tell me about what it was about, and about the liberal parts.
And honestly I am drawn to the scatological parts. When I first heard this word 32 years ago, we had just got done showing a movie my friend and I made in movie-making class in high school. We received the only A in the class, and the teacher told us we were scatological. I haven't changed. BTW, it was called The Great Paper Caper, and it involved the many ways we had to find to get to and from the store to get some toilet paper.
And ya, Rush was on there too and do you think he didn't know about that show? It was very good in showing a true liberal and how they can be led around as though on a leash. A liberal is open-minded, but their mind is like clay, and can easily be molded into something else. How else can it be explained that Obama could possibly be re-elected?
Goebbles would be proud.
Submitted by texastommy on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 7:35am.
Goebbles would be proud.
Predictable.
Submitted by Aubrey on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 7:41am.
Seth, as all Communists, are showing their desperation and festering anger. Their bubble is going to burst this November and they know it. They are becoming irrational.
"Becoming"???
Submitted by Joe W. on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 8:31am.
No offense, Aubrey, but have they EVER been rational???
Does anyone even watch that show anymore?
Submitted by c5then on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 8:19am.
It's like a running commercial for the liberal/socialist left and constantly re-writes history to make it's own fictitious points that have nothing to do with reality.
I mean seriously...it could only be done using animation, it is that unrealistic.
Oh, and Jer...NAZI is a German achronym that stands for National Socialist Democrats. I know it's an inconvenient fact and all...
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
Uh, not quite. The real
Submitted by texastommy on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 10:58am.
Uh, not quite. The real acronym is NSDAP for National Socialist German Worker's Party. The D is for Deutsche or "German."
There's an "uncylopedia" entry for NAZI that is pure garbage about this. For example, it says that the "I" stands for worker, but worker in German is arbeiter. That's the A in NSDAP.
When one pronounces "National" is sounds like "Natsi o nahl." Hence the origin of "Nazi" from the first syllable.
There are some who believe that it comes from the joining of "Na" from National and "zi" from Sozialistiche, but I reject that idea. My information comes from interviews with many in Germany who lived through the period as Business owners, soldiers, and concentration camp inmates in the early 70's. Some wished brother Adolf were still in charge.
Hitler, by the way, despised the term, but many, especially in Bavaria and other southern German states, used it constantly.
Family Guy
Submitted by NVRAT on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 8:53am.
You are right Seth the TEA Party is out to destroy your culture of Socialism and Corruption through the restructuring of the US Government and return it back to the people of this country by electing those that believe in our Constitution and the Bill of Rights and to make it again the best country in the world. Maybe you should move to Europe and start a new series called "Europe's Family Guy" I suspect that it would be great success and with your mentality it would be easy to write and produce.
Anarchy and any-Semitism?
Submitted by Kevin Groenhagen on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:03am.
Macfarlane has obviously confused the Tea Party with Occupy Wall Street.
Does anybody
Submitted by misterbee241 on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:07am.
really care about this anymore? I can tell you, I dont. I saw this from somebody on a forum, so I cant take credit for it:
Liberalism is the dinosaur, the tea party is the flaming meteor.
And another TV show Jumps The
Submitted by Free Stinker on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:25am.
And another TV show Jumps The Shark.
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
Now remember folks
Submitted by Alvin691 on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:26am.
This is all just comedy and cartoons. Isn't that what we were told about John Stewart?
Was anyone viewing?
Submitted by Arlen Cooper on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:36am.
People of discriminating taste, like me, have not watched this putrid trash since Peter's wife committed beastality with the dog some years ago.
Context
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 12:34pm.
Was that episode before or after the episode where both Lois and Peter had sex with Bill Clinton?
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Seth, will that be paper or plastic?
Submitted by Tomorama on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:42am.
At one point or another I loved all of the Fix cartoons including Futurama.
At one point Family Guy was pure genius and was beloved by my whole family, BUT since it took a decidely leftist tilt - no more.
Simpsons ran out of ideas 8 years ago, but is a classic.
King of the hill was a personal favorite and is still missed.
American Dad loses out in favor of the horrid Cleveland show, give me back my American Dad PLEASE.
Don't have any issue with being mocked for this or that, but the tediousness of being mocked over and over and over while NOTHING from the whole spectrum - real simple CLICK.
Also see SNL and that bunch of leftist cowards who happily are leaving the show enmasse because it sucks and nobody watches because "the comedy" is one sideed now.
They mock Biden slightly, and Bush more this week, BUT SHIT on Obysmal????
They could do a whole 10 minute skit on his being so undecided, buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
THAT is when a show loses it's audience, when they stop dishing it out to EVERY ONE- RIP Family guy.
This "comedy" has it wrong.
Submitted by cristo on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:42am.
The Tea Party, as I understand it, is for less government, not the total abolition of government.
MacFarlane has the Tea Party confused with the anarchists. They are the socialist park children of the occupy Wall Street crowd. They wear black masks across their faces and destroy property, while plunking down Mommy and Daddy's hard earned cash to purchase their lattes.
It's really time for normal people to ignore the provocation from the left. It's nothing but a waste of time.
And this skit is only funny if you are a socialist git.
Sheeple
Submitted by smitty195 on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:43am.
The problem with these cartoons is that adults who watch them will think that this is real. Just like those who watch Jon Stewart and think he is reporting the news---the same goes for this show. People will actually believe a cartoon character over the real stuff. It's amazing.
Last I checked, NAZIS were
Submitted by rbosque on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:50am.
Last I checked, NAZIS were marching with the OWS mutants.
Expect More
Submitted by walkman on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:52am.
When I see the cover of Newsweek and shows like this, I smell panic. Expect a landslide for conservatives this November.
Theyre are 2 leftist shows I still have to watch..
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 10:39am.
Cause one of my sons for some reason, still likes them, and thats SNL and FG-both of these programs have seen better days, arent funny at all, and spew liberal propaganda constantly. I try to instill in him, that its Bull, and its really the opposite, blah blah blah, but he still insists I watch them with him.
Hopefully, soon, we can stop, cause I havent even seen this ep yet, and dont want to, nor do I ever want to watch FG again! MacFartlane is a left winged loon, and hes ruining his other shows too, esp American Dad-what the HELL did he do to that once funny toon?
When I watch any TV nowadays,
Submitted by nolefan2 on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 11:30am.
I find myself looking for the "agenda" that the program is trying to push on us. I foresee the day when I won't be able to watch any TV. Hope I have enough good books to pass the time.
Curses, foiled again...
Submitted by Chulio on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 11:59am.
Dammit. How'd they find out our real agenda.
You mean that show is still
Submitted by John21 on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 12:23pm.
You mean that show is still on the air? Hell they ran out of interesting story lines after about the 8th show than its started to get boring. I guess to keep an audience they went liberal but I haven't even see the show being advertised in a couple of years.
No loss.
If a show is any good, I can separate the wheat from the..
Submitted by jawebster1 on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 12:33pm.
chaff. In other words, I can separate the good stuff from the liberal stuff. (Early episodes of "All in the Family" was a good example of this.)
Unfortunately, "Family Guy" isn't any good.
Is anyone really amazed?
Submitted by LinTaylor on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 12:59pm.
Family Guy was garbage from Day 1. I know some people think it was brilliant early on, but it was always a hurricane of rapid-fire humor and liberal claptrap. It would be hilarious if it weren't so sad. Let's see...
-The show's "stars" (as in, the characters who ended up with all the focus) are Brian the dog, a character even other Liberals hate because of how self-righteous and hypocritical he is, and Stewie, who went from an infant Dr. No to being a one-note gay joke.
-The staff styles itself as progressive, but they can't pass up an opportunity to mock Jews (one recent episode implied that Mort Goldman didn't open his wallet in three weeks), gays (they're universally portrayed as lisping, catty, swishy manwhores), and women (the only jokes they seem capable of making about famous women are "She's colossally ugly" or "She's a total bitch").
As for specific episodes:
-In one, daughter Meg (the writing staff's punching bag) becomes Christian, and Brian devotes himself to proving her wrong, for no reason other than he hates religion. In the end, his "proof" is "If God existed, Meg wouldn't be ugly", and people accept this.
-In another, Brian champions the legalization of marijuana, and we're told that it turned the town into a peaceful utopia...but all we actually SEE is the newscasters stoned out of their gourds and acting like idiots. For all its pro-drug messages, in another episode Brian gets so high that he freaks out and chops off his own ear.
-In another, Brian tries to get gay marriage legalized for his brother; he does this by putting a gun to the mayor's head, and is unfailingly presented as the hero. Meanwhile, oldest son Chris becomes Christian thanks to meeting an attractive girl, and destroys Brian's petition because she offers to let him touch her breasts. Oh, and the dialog strongly implies that Brian's brother's "husband" doesn't understand English, and is going to be raped.
-In yet another, Jesus Christ himself appears and says all religions are "pretty much crap", eliciting a "Thank you!" from Brian.
-Once more, there's an episode where Brian and Stewie travel between alternate dimensions, and find one where religion was abolished. This world is portrayed as a noble, scientific utopia, and the only one where Meg is attractive.
-In another famous example, Brian and Stewie travel back to World War II; after pulling the classic uniform theft, Stewie finds a "McCain/Palin '08" button on his Nazi uniform.
-One episode has a Fourth of July festival, with one event being "The John McCain Experience". This consists of being put in a cage and lightly poked with a stick; about two seconds in, Peter is bawling "I wanna be President!"
-Yet another has a world created by time travel antics where Al Gore won in 2000, producing a perfect world with no crime or pollution and Gore hunted down bin Laden and killed him with his bare hands. (The only funny joke here is that bin Laden was hiding in the cast of Mad TV, "the one place no one would think to look"). This parallel world also had a bunch of Conservatives like Karl Rove were killed by Dick Cheney in a hunting accident; naturally, Brian wants to stay.
-Another recent episode (one talked about here) suggests that without 9/11, George W. Bush would lose in 2004, turn the South into a new Confederacy, and tears the country apart with nuclear war.
-And another episode has wife Lois become a Fox News broadcaster. She outright says "Everything Fox News says is a lie; even if it's true, once they say it it becomes a lie". Information saying that Rush Limbaugh is gay comes out and Lois' bosses order her to hush it up, which of course Brian protests. But when it turns out Rush's gay lover is Michael Moore, Brian suddenly wants it quieted down; at least Lois calls him on the hypocrisy here.
-Oh, and so far Obama's sole appearance portrays him as being like Elvis Presley, singing a song to a swooning and cheering audience.
Why is anyone shocked by this show's rabid Liberal stance? I'm sure in a couple of months we can expect an episode portraying the Occupy movement as brave, noble heroes who just want to defeat evil CEOs like Cobra Commander (gotta get your pointless pop culture reference in there) and make America a better place.
Hitler was a Socialist.
Submitted by AFVet on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 1:00pm.
Jer, Hitler was a socialist, which is farther left than a liberal. Modern day liberals in the USA are Fascists, they believe in large controlling centralized government (No States Rights) and controlling industry/capitalism. Fascists are to the left of Conservatives, Libertarians, and Moderates in the USA but are to the right of Communists and Socialists, but just slightly. Fact is Liberals/Fascists, Socialists, and Communists have much in common while all to the left of Conservatism and what America was founded upon, FREEDOM!
Aside from the projection and
Submitted by forest on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 1:17pm.
Aside from the projection and stupidity in this particular episode, Family Guy just isn't funny. It never has been. I've actually used it as a kind of litmus test over the years. When somebody mentions how much they like the show it's a tipoff that I won't like them. I really can't even conceive of how somebody would find the show to be entertaining. It's almost as if they write their jokes be having manatees pick plastic balls out of a bin with random words written on them.
The show is extremely stupid
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 1:36pm.
The show is extremely stupid with little or no humor, this Seth MacFarlane must be a mildy retarded ten year old.
My son {24} watches this
Submitted by amyshulk on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 1:55pm.
My son {24} watches this show. I asked him if he is afraid of me/hates me now that the propagandizing done on these shows. He just laughed, but he said something unexpected - that they always have someone getting phsically hurt, with an attendant laugh track, and he feels like they are trying to desensitize people by dehumanizing.
Ronald Reagan
The "Dehumanizing" started for me...
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 3:09pm.
....a long time ago, with Bugs, Elmer Fud, and the Stooges.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Total Straw Man Argument,
Submitted by tcm14 on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 1:57pm.
portraying Tea Partiers as anarchists. Anarchists are the ones down at the Occupy rally.
But a bigger question is, how can we have a civil discussion in this country with this kind of reactionary propaganda being put out? How could you talk with Seth MacFarlane about say, the need to cut back and not use government for every little thing, when he does something this reactionary in response? It is ironic that he portrayed Tea Partiers as Nazis because his propaganda in this episode is truly worthy of Goebbels.
This goes straight to my motto on my account page: "The difference between a liberal and a conservative is that while a conservative recognizes the need for some government, the liberal never thinks there is enough."
Love Family Guy
Submitted by FAR52 on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 5:52pm.
I think it is hilarious. The show makes fun of everybody -- not just republicans. And you know, I think it is ok for us republicans to laugh at ourselves from time to time. There's a segment of us that tends to be a tad bit uptight.