Friday, December 03, 2004

So Who Exactly Has The Free Media?

So, ABC affiliates refused to run "Saving Private Ryan" during Veterans Day due to percieved pressure from the FCC and whatever professional complainers are out there waiting for someone to do something they don't like, and the BBC is going to air a musical that has so many swears in it, it might make the producers of South Park cry. What the feck is going on here? I thought were supposed to be the most free and open society on the planet, where our media enjoyed unrivaled protections? Tell me you can't make the distinction between the artistic merits of a movie like SPR, and a musical about a tabloid talk show. Go ahead, I dare you.
And you know what the most truly outrageous thing about this is? David Soul is apparently not dead.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

david soul
dont give up on us baby !

get out of my butt starsky................

boston comedy time again?

Anonymous said...

huggy bear is a dork?

Anonymous said...

I like the RED car with the white stripe....

Toma eat your heart out.....

Anonymous said...

The show has caused controversy since it opened in 2001. It contains 3,168 mentions of the f-word and 297 of the c-word - recognised by television watchdogs as the most offensive word to viewers.

At BBC2's launch of its winter schedule, the station's controller Roly Keating said the show would 'push back the boundaries of taste and decency'.

He said it will be shown after the 9pm watershed.

'It will be filmed as it is on stage,' he added. 'There will be warnings but we don't intend to cut it. Our audience will expect it to be broadcast uncut.'
Mr. Bean, Starsky and Hutch,Roy Orbison,
L.A. Lakers,Pencils, Butter with Salt....

Anonymous said...

reruns are good!

hey, Who's the comic who tells all those jokes about starsky and Hutch?
Is it that guy from the sopranos?

D Rob is funny too.

MissMargo said...

I would say Twat is much more offensive than Cunt, and only b/c Twat just sounds terrible "Twat" ech...Cunt has such a nice ring to it.