"The Best of The Electric Company" has "Undeclared" clip talking about sex & condoms.
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"The Best of The Electric Company" has "Undeclared" clip talking about sex & condoms.
This is mentioned in several amazon.com customer reviews of "The Best of The Electric Company."
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...v=glance&n=130
The Best of The Electric Company
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What were they thinking????, March 21, 2006
Reviewer: Tamara Malik "Tamara" (Campbell, CA) - See all my reviews
I loved Electric Company as a kid and was so excited when this DVD set came out. What were they thinking though? There is a trailer on Disc 1 for a video called "Undeclared" that talks about sex and condoms. My 4 year old daughter looked at me and said "Mommy... what is a condom?" We didn't get past that. I packed it back up and returned it. I called Shout Factory and they claim that the newest release does not have that trailer on it.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...v=glance&n=130
The Best of The Electric Company
6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1 star
What were they thinking????, March 21, 2006
Reviewer: Tamara Malik "Tamara" (Campbell, CA) - See all my reviews
I loved Electric Company as a kid and was so excited when this DVD set came out. What were they thinking though? There is a trailer on Disc 1 for a video called "Undeclared" that talks about sex and condoms. My 4 year old daughter looked at me and said "Mommy... what is a condom?" We didn't get past that. I packed it back up and returned it. I called Shout Factory and they claim that the newest release does not have that trailer on it.
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Originally Posted by wm lopez
It's 2006 and if Electric Company were made today it would feature that anyway.
Liberalism is always pushing the envolope, be glad it didn't have a same sex marriage segment.
Liberalism is always pushing the envolope, be glad it didn't have a same sex marriage segment.
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I'm guessing that Shout Factory doesn't consider this to be a release aimed at children, but something for the nostalgia market. With all the new releases aimed at kids today, there probably weren't a lot of parents buying a 30 year old show for their kids.
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Also, don't forget DVDs always have the "special features not rated" disclaimer on the packaging, as does this one:
That should alert parents that not all the "extras" are suitable for children.
That should alert parents that not all the "extras" are suitable for children.
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I ask you...why would you just throw a DVD in for your kid without taking a look at it first? She probably rented the Aristocrats for her kid and wondered where the animated cats were.
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That should alert parents that not all the "extras" are suitable for children.
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Guess I have a collector's item then if they took the trailer off the newer copies
I was working at a theater in 1991, and the trailer for Father Of The Bride had a line in it where Steve Martin says "Don't forget to fasten your condom- I mean seatbelt!" That trailer was on a couple G-rated movies but I never heard a single complaint about that, which was surprising since we got silly complaints about a lot of other "inappropriate" trailers being shown with family films.
I was working at a theater in 1991, and the trailer for Father Of The Bride had a line in it where Steve Martin says "Don't forget to fasten your condom- I mean seatbelt!" That trailer was on a couple G-rated movies but I never heard a single complaint about that, which was surprising since we got silly complaints about a lot of other "inappropriate" trailers being shown with family films.
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Originally Posted by FrancisRizzo3
She probably rented the Aristocrats for her kid and wondered where the animated cats were.
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Originally Posted by FrancisRizzo3
I ask you...why would you just throw a DVD in for your kid without taking a look at it first? She probably rented the Aristocrats for her kid and wondered where the animated cats were.
Sorry, no sympathy from me on this one.
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Originally Posted by rfduncan
BECAUSE! It is the production company's responsibility to make sure that what grundle's kids watch is appropriate baby-sitting material. Certainly not the consumer.
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Originally Posted by FrancisRizzo3
I ask you...why would you just throw a DVD in for your kid without taking a look at it first?
Kudos to Shout Factory for realizing they messed up and for trying to correct their error.
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Originally Posted by rfduncan
BECAUSE! It is the production company's responsibility to make sure that what grundle's kids watch is appropriate baby-sitting material. Certainly not the consumer.
Sorry, no sympathy from me on this one.
Sorry, no sympathy from me on this one.
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You can hit the Menu button to skip it, but otherwise it does play automatically.
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Well, if your kid asks you what a condom is just tell them its something used by heathens dooming them to an eternity of burning in Hell. Also, warn them to never even utter the word "condom" or they will not be able to join you and George W. Bush in the promised land.
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I really didn't think this was a big deal either. This release was aimed at the Nostalgia market and not really for modern kids. I don't really think modern kids with their "Bratz" and anime would even want to watch the Electric Company.
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They could've pleased both the nostalgia crowd and people looking for educational programs for their young kids by not making such a silly mistake. Forced trailers, skippable or not, are annoying anyway.
Fact: some parents want to avoid sexual content in what their kid's watch before a certain age.
Fact: some parents want to avoid sexual content in what their kid's watch before a certain age.
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Originally Posted by TelocZ
Well, if your kid asks you what a condom is just tell them its something used by heathens dooming them to an eternity of burning in Hell. Also, warn them to never even utter the word "condom" or they will not be able to join you and George W. Bush in the promised land.
FWIW, I don't believe that trailer should be on the disc either.
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This is all a bit exaggerated, don'tcha think? it's not a CLIP talking about sex and condoms, but rather a scene in a preview. A clip would imply some extended time, and "talking about" would mean just that. What could the total time of this be, maybe 2 seconds? It's not like it was a sex education film or anything...
-jason
PS- should I mention we never had this problem with LaserDiscs, where you had to WANT to watch a trailer, and it was only for the movie you were watching... ;-)
-jason
PS- should I mention we never had this problem with LaserDiscs, where you had to WANT to watch a trailer, and it was only for the movie you were watching... ;-)