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Family Guy producer draws the line

by Julia Ward, posted Nov 22nd 2006 6:04PM
Family Guy Griffin FamilyFamily Guy's executive producer David Goodman wants to protect kids from watching Family Guy - specifically, his own kids.

While his son's friends are starting to watch the show, he refuses to let his own son hunker down with the Griffin clan. "I think children are growing up a little too fast and are exposed to things that they shouldn't be. I don't want to have to explain some of the things that are happening on the show. I don't like lying to my kids so I don't let them watch it...They have plenty of time to be adults and to understand all the sex jokes."

Reminds me of Stephen Colbert's 60 Minutes interview in which he explained why he doesn't let his children watch The Colbert Report. Children don't understand satire, and he doesn't want his children taking his real, sincere love for them as parody.

With Goodman, it's more a case of not wanting to explain the offensive, adult material to his son. I'd probably be more frustrated trying to explain the hyper-referential Stewie and Brian "Road To" movie and musical parodies that litter the show. How do you explain 80s nostalgia, postmodern irony and that MTV used to play music videos? "Well, Chris got pulled into the freezer section by a pencil-drawn cartoon man because that's what happened to A-Ha's frontman."

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Jaquan Malique

I was offended by Brian's comment about black fathers. I believe he and the producers should do a show apologzing to the black community and if possible include Kramer in it.

Black Power!

November 28 2006 at 7:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Patrick R

Kristian, you seem to have missed the point here. If the producer of the show has the common sense to be a responsible parent for his own kids, what's keeping other parents from doing the same? It's not rocket science.

November 23 2006 at 11:01 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Chris Falco

"5.
I liked Family Guy better when it was the SIMPSONS"

I liked it better when people didnt misuse this line.
If you think the structure of family guy is at all like the Simpsons you must be watching with your eyes closed.

Lets see what they have in common:

1.) Animated
2.) comedy
3.) both air on fox

I would implore you to name more examples that are consistant throught the show. Not to take anything away from the Simpsons, but other than the reasons listed above, I truely fail to see how people can compare them. Without seeing how different they are.


November 23 2006 at 6:21 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Chris Wyant

I liked that joke better when it was new.

November 22 2006 at 11:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
James


I liked Family Guy better when it was the SIMPSONS

November 22 2006 at 7:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tucker

And before I even get my comment out of the door.... Kristian, it is not his responsibility to keep other people's kids away from the show. If it's such a terrible thing for kids to be watching, those kids' parents should be monitoring and restricting what those kids watch on TV.

There's a reason that funny little box pops up during Family Guy that says "TV-MA". It's not just there to take up space. Some people kill me, I tell you.

November 22 2006 at 6:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tucker

Glad to see parents doing what parents should be doing - controlling what their kids watch - instead of the FCC doing it for them. Bravo.

November 22 2006 at 6:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kristian

Funny, He does not want HIS kids watch this show.. but what about other kids? As long as other kids watch the show and he makes money he is fine, but let's just ognore the other kids that are not his.

November 22 2006 at 6:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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