What issues/questionable topics has Family Guy made fun of?
 

... that you just don't see other network shows handle?
Here's a few that I can think of right now...

Stem Cell Research (when Stewie said that sometimes he wishes that he were used for stem cell research).

Nudists (the Nudists Neighbors)

Handicaps (the Special Games and The Giffin's neighbor Joe)

Matricide (Stewie Trying to kill Lois)

...

there's the pre 9/11 terrorism one where stewie smuggles guns by dancing in front of the airport security people

Hitler - The Hiter Sitcom

Let's not forget th eincredibly WRONG yet INCREDIBLY FUNNY Oompa Loompa song about handicapped access.
And last night they took on The Plastic Surgery industry...

Fox has banned an episode of Family Guy called "When You Wish Upon A Weinstein," which presumably makes fun of Jewish people. Here's a summary I found.. don't know how accurate it is:

They made fun of Bob Crane from Hogans Heroes.

On one of last night's episodes where Brian had fleas...they all go to a hotel.

Stewie breaks out a translucent (?) (i don't really know the name of the light) to check out things you can't see with the naked eye...

He sees "oatmeal" on the floor etc and see semen on the comforter...

He states that this must be the room where Bob Crane strangled Wilford Brimley....

...clearly speaking of his addiction to sex.

One of the instances that I thought was wrong...but this is such a funny show.

The Lindberg baby being flushed down the toilet, followed by Amelia Earheart.

I laughed so hard when he said that, and everyone I was with looked at me like I was crazy. I resisted the urge to explain to them who Bob Crane was.

das

I can't believe that they got away with that Bob Crane joke. Of course, it goes over most people's heads.

Incidentally, Greg Kinnear is playing Crane in a new movie.

Actually the episode was made BEFORE 9-11 but it still included osama bin laden....

Off-topic musing
 

"pre" and "before" mean different things now?

in the incredibly offensive and hilarious episode where peter goes for sensitivity classes, they make some masogonistic jokes, and make fun of the MILLION MAN MARCH... Where Peter takes the stage to complain about men, in one of the most gasp inducing scenes i think the show has had...

MATT

Re: Off-topic musing
 

Personally, I could care less, but for all intensive purposes, it's the same difference.

das




Sorry ... just felt the urge to use all three of those stupid phrases at one time.

Re: Re: Off-topic musing
 

actually, sir, i think the saying is "for all intents and purposes" :D

Can't forget teen pregnancy and drug addiction when Brian sniffs coke as a police dog and goes to the rehab center and Peter and Brian go canoeing across the river to the Teen Pregnancy Center and put all of their hands in water and you just start to hear "plopping" and babies crying lol

Re: Re: Re: Off-topic musing
 

If you read my post, I clearly pointed out that I was employing <B>three</B> annoyingly stupid phrases.

The inherent danger of making a joke like that is people really think you are as stupid as the people you're making fun of. Oh well. Even with the disclaimer, people still don't get the joke.

/me scurries along

das

Re: Re: Off-topic musing
 

I was just mildly curious as to why the guy I quoted <i>seemed</i> to be drawing a distinction. Ho hum.

Re: Re: Re: Off-topic musing
 

Which is why I used the meaningless phrase "same difference" - because they're the same, but not the way that post read. I wasn't mocking you.

das

If I'd thought <i>that</i> I'd have left the thread (or perhaps posted a rolleyes :) )

My sole purpose was to ascertain why the apparent distinction was being drawn: I was already sure that there wasn't one. I haven't really got anywhere in that regard, have I?

There's Ready Willing and Disabled where the special olympics for the deaf people are late because they can't hear the alarm going off. Or where Peter gets sensitivity training for harassing women at work.

"Is she the chick we took a picture of taking a dump?"

Re: Re: Re: Re: Off-topic musing
 

das, I realized what you were doing, but I was just simply trying to correct part of your statement. :)

Slavery: When Peter thinks he's black and accuses his father-in-law of enslaving his ancestors.

After seeing Boston Public's take on anorexia, it made me thing of when Chris was dating Kate Moss.

catholics
blacks
american indians
gays
i'm sure there are more

Irish- which was one of the funniest things I have seen.