Did anyone else think the last episode of Family Guy was way over the line? It was about Chris dating a girl with down syndrome. I guess it was supposed to be a shot at Sarah Palin's baby because at one point in the episode he asks the girl "what do your parents do?" and she says "my mom is the former governor of Alaska." I wouldn't have had a problem with it if it was funny, but I almost never find their Stewie "musicals" funny and I'm not sure where the idea "lets make a musical about impressing a down syndrome girl" came from or why they thought it would be a good idea. It's also kind of bad that it's on one of the most popular tv networks. Taking a shot at a retarded baby just looks really bad.

Here's a clip

edit: to clarify, I thought this was over the line during this clip, which was well before they made the Sarah Palin retarded baby joke. The Sarah Palin joke just makes it seem like they made this entire episode just to take a shot at Sarah Palin's baby which is idiotic.

minus_human

4784 Posts

February 17 2010 15:04 GMT

but it was awesome come on

XeliN

United Kingdom1755 Posts

February 17 2010 15:08 GMT

that seemed exceptionally tame, was expecting something highly offensive after reading your post. I don't really like Family Guy anymore I'm not sure if it is because the show has gone downhill or just I've gotten older and appreciate it less but either way, only used to enjoy it season 1-3 really.

FaCE_1

Canada6178 Posts

February 17 2010 15:08 GMT

well... the song isnt reall bad :\
a better clip would be better

Julmust

Sweden4867 Posts

February 17 2010 15:11 GMT

I liked it, I mean a big part of family guy is that they're constantly testing what the hell they can put on the air :D

duckett

United States589 Posts

February 17 2010 15:18 GMT

disgusting...too far

the meg in prison episode was also utter trash

Frits

11782 Posts

February 17 2010 15:20 GMT

haha you got offended by family guy

BlackJack

United States10574 Posts

February 17 2010 15:20 GMT

On February 18 2010 00:08 XeliN wrote:
that seemed exceptionally tame, was expecting something highly offensive after reading your post. I don't really like Family Guy anymore I'm not sure if it is because the show has gone downhill or just I've gotten older and appreciate it less but either way, only used to enjoy it season 1-3 really.

My problem is grown adults referring to a child as "Down Syndrome Girl" in a show that almost every 11-15 year old kid watches and goes to school that probably has a special needs class. Life sucks enough for those kids that we don't have to mock them for riding the short bus.

Catch]22

Sweden2683 Posts

February 17 2010 15:23 GMT

The show was unusually boring, and a complete ripoff of the South Park episodes on John Edwards. The only good thing was stewies muscal act.

jpak

United States5045 Posts

February 17 2010 15:32 GMT

#10

Random watcher: "This show is never as good as it was five years ago."
Matt Groening (Creator of Simpsons): "well neither are you."

Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special.

Snet

United States3573 Posts

February 17 2010 15:50 GMT

#11

Gonna watch it right now.

EDIT:
Seems like ordinary Family Guy episode....

MrHoon

10183 Posts

February 17 2010 16:09 GMT

#12

On February 18 2010 00:20 Frits wrote:
haha you got offended by family guy

Keniji

Netherlands2569 Posts

February 17 2010 16:10 GMT

#13

On February 18 2010 00:20 BlackJack wrote:

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Really. That just shows that you have no idea about trisomy 21 (they usually don't like the term down syndrome) or mentally disabled persons at all.
Especially persons with trisomy 21 are often ridicolous happy and are enjoying their life.
Only because they don't live a life you would call good/nice/happy doesn't mean they don't like it either. And that's the only thing that matters. Their life does not suck for them.

Also you make fun of "non-mentally diabled", too. Why shouldn't you make fun of mentally disabled persons? It's not that big of a deal.

deL

Australia5540 Posts

February 17 2010 16:15 GMT

#14

Family guy is overall a pretty terrible show, rarely funny.

Agavond

448 Posts

February 17 2010 16:16 GMT

#15

Well, I don't think anyone seriously sits down and watches Family Guy anymore. The show has gone downhill since they aired that show about peter becoming jewish. Regarding the issue about the down syndrome girl just clarifies that we are in a society that points and laughs at everyone that falls prey to misdeeds. To overly analyze it just points the finger at me for being overly sensitive because I have strong morals. I guess what i'm trying to say is that the moral compass of our society has shifted. 25 years ago if family guy had aired they would have found it repulsive but now it's considered "a show".

I'm not saying that we all need to re-prioritize our morals it's just that the decadence within our society has fallen so low that we find it amusing that we are still standing up.

Edit: nevermind

Tsagacity

United States2124 Posts

February 17 2010 16:29 GMT

#16

I've hated family guy ever since that "bird is the word" episode.

Go0g3n

Russian Federation410 Posts

February 17 2010 16:43 GMT

#17

It's all about balance. If it's acceptable for vice-presidential nominee to know not Politics, Economics, Geography and Literature, it's acceptable for a cartoon to take shots at everything about her. To put it short, - a Fuck You to the nation works both ways.

BlackJack

United States10574 Posts

February 17 2010 16:45 GMT

#18

On February 18 2010 01:43 Go0g3n wrote:
It's all about balance. If it's acceptable for vice-presidential nominee to know not Politics, Economics, Geography and Literature, it's acceptable for a cartoon to take shots at everything about her.

and its okay to take shots at her baby too. I bet he drools twice as much as normal babies lol

BlackJack

United States10574 Posts

February 17 2010 16:49 GMT

#19

On February 18 2010 01:10 Keniji wrote:

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Typically in America we don't make fun of people for something they were born with (thats a quote from Borat lol). I mean, it's okay to joke "you're asian so you can't drive" but not "lol you're an asian"

What if the song was how to impress a watermelon eating, chicken licking, nappy headed negro girl? And then said her father was President of the United States.

LOL

btw I'm not offended by this episode, but I can see why people would be offended since it was out of line.

Pseudo_Utopia

Canada827 Posts

February 17 2010 16:52 GMT

#20

On February 18 2010 01:29 Tsagacity wrote:
I've hated family guy ever since that "bird is the word" episode.

I fucking loved that episode actually! But I agree it's downhill now. I think they started running out of good concepts or ideas around season 6, or maybe that's when I got tired of the same stuff. It doesn't seem like they've come up with a really good episode in a while, although I did quite like the sequel to the Star Wars episode, I think it's a stand-alone movie and came out recently.