[progchat_action] The Simpsons, urban legends and Venezuela
 
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:08:19 -0500 (CDT)


Cows Could Be Had, But Really Man, Don't

BoRev.net
April 9, 2008

Sweet Baby Jesus in a manger Venezuela has BANNED THE SIMPSONS to PROTECT
KIDS then and REPLACED it with BAYWATCH!

I think we can safely report that Venezuela has finally beat out Japan as
the country we like to laugh at with no, at so much that editors no longer
require fact checking when urban legends are brought to their desk. And this
story going around today is going to be Venezuela's Horney Salaryman Buys
Dirty Schoolgirl Panties from Nagoya Vending Machine. Only of course that
one was actually true. Wait, what? More after the jump.

Yes Bura Sera is alive and well in Japan, and it's weird and funny and
totally unrelated the matter at hand so please don't be so distractible, ok?

Anyway read the following two story intros from the Associated Press and
Reuters.

AP: A Venezuelan TV channel is no longer showing "The Simpsons" because a
government agency says it may be inappropriate for children.

Reuters: Venezuela has forced U.S. cartoon "The Simpsons" off its airwaves,
calling the show a potentially bad influence on children, and filled its
morning slot with reruns of the beach-and-bikini show "Baywatch."

Can you spot the difference? Yes the first one attributes the decision to a
"channel" while the second blames "Venezuela." Small dif, dingus. Apparently
the agency that oversees the public airwaves had received some complaints
that the show was inappropriate for children, and would need to be shown
outside of morning "children's hours." The TV station reacted by pulling the
show off the air entirely, and replacing it with the lame brained tittifest
just in time to scratch off their press release to the international media.
But the press can't be fooled that easily, right? Haha here's a few other
leads from today's papers:

San Francisco Chronicle: "The Simpsons" has been banned in Venezuela by
President Hugo Chavez, because the animated TV show is "unsuitable for
children." Nice touch with the Chavez reference, though!

TMZ: Chavez Venezuela has yanked "The Simpsons" off the air, claiming it may
be inappropriate for children.

Aye carumba! Replacing the Simpson family - "Baywatch Hawaii" - a wholesome
show where half naked bodyguards strut their enhanced ta-tas on the beach.
Ok that's just hedging, but we're a big fan of the strikethrough function so
I won't complain too much.

Glasgow Daily Record: Telly chiefs in Venezuela have taken The Simpsons off
the air amid claims it is inappropriate for children. Baywatch Hawaii - with
its bikini-clad babes - has replaced the cartoon about the dysfunctional
family headed by hapless Homer. Et tu, Scotland?

A reader even reported that Hardball goofball Chris Matthews reported the
story under the banner "Hugo vs. Homer?" Of course, Matthews is also a Miss
America judge, so should have reported his conflict of interest with
Venezuela. And also he's a dingus.

http://www.borev.net/2008/04/cows_could_be_had_but_they_sho.html#more

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