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Post by masterplan200 on Oct 6, 2009 19:12:36 GMT -5
(was not exactly sure where to put this mods) ABC comedy is again in trouble after a new television show featuring shock comedian John Safran was slammed by an Australian family group. John Safran's Race Relations includes a skit involving the presenter simulating a sex scene to an image of US President Barack Obama. The segment in the first episode of the show depicts Safran masturbating to President Obama inside a Palestinian sperm bank, and also encourages a Palestinian film crew member to do the same inside an Israeli sperm bank. Australian Family Association spokesman John Morrissey described the show as "filth". "It's offensive and it's in bad taste and it's certainly not something that kids should be exposed to," Mr Morrissey said. The ABC says the scenes underwent checks through its new internal processes. An ABC spokesman told the Herald Sun newspaper Safran's show was "edgy comedy". "The sperm bank story is an edgy comedy sequence about the ideal of cross-cultural harmony," the spokesman said. The criticism comes after a string of complaints about ABC comedy. In June a controversial skit on The Chaser's War on Everything was taken off the air for two weeks after the top rating program's Make A Realistic Wish skit about dying children caused widespread public outrage. Safran's new show will screen from October 21 au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/entertainment/6149599/abc-comedy-criticised-over-new-tv-show/
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Post by NYR on Oct 7, 2009 1:38:59 GMT -5
wow, i'm surprised it wasn't the chasers. (i love those guys!)
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Post by masterplan200 on Oct 7, 2009 20:04:32 GMT -5
Looks like he's been beaten:
Harry needs to meet my parents best man (Sri Lankan born)
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Post by NYR on Oct 13, 2009 2:42:43 GMT -5
^^ gotta give respect to harry connick, jr. for that.
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