FCC fears force Fox to pixelate cartoon nudity

dr. what · Post by **dr. what** » 2005-01-18 11:12am

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Fox says it covered up the naked rear end of a cartoon character recently because of nervousness over what the Federal Communications Commission will find objectionable.

The latest example of TV network self-censorship because of FCC concerns came a few weeks ago during a rerun of a "Family Guy" cartoon. Fox electronically blurred a character's posterior, even though the image was seen five years ago when the episode originally aired.

"We have to be checking and second-guessing ourselves now," Fox entertainment president Gail Berman said Monday. "We have to protect our affiliates."

Fox hadn't gotten any complaints about the cartoon. But the move follows the FCC's decision in October to fine 169 Fox stations $7,000 each for airing an episode of "Married By America" that showed people licking whipped cream from strippers' bodies and a man in his underwear being spanked by strippers.

"It's certainly confusing when you have to do something like that," Berman said. "It's just that we were trying to find our way and do what's responsible."

At PBS, executives said this weekend they will edit out a glimpse of a naked woman in a fictional account of a terrorist "dirty bomb" attack that will air next month after being shown first on HBO.

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CJvR · Post by **CJvR** » 2005-01-18 12:16pm

LOL!
The Iranian Ayatollahs and their cows have got company I see.

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » 2005-01-18 12:19pm

Let the witch trials commence!

Falkenhayn · Post by **Falkenhayn** » 2005-01-18 01:09pm

What a crock of shit.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2005-01-18 02:05pm

*Tries desperately to remember if Smurfette ever showed any cleavage*

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » 2005-01-18 02:15pm

All 'Masters of the Universe' episodes will be re-drawn to make Teela a b-cup.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2005-01-18 02:15pm

hahaha, they censored a naked cartoon butt and a non nude stripper.

question: do they censor pictures in art shows that depict naked, drawn people, too? would these idiots for example censor these:

pic one

pic two

pic three

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2005-01-18 02:40pm

Anybody see this? Which Family Guy episode was it? I want to know how indignant to get over it beyond the amount I do just as a matter of principle.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2005-01-18 02:52pm

Mayabird wrote:Anybody see this? Which Family Guy episode was it? I want to know how indignant to get over it beyond the amount I do just as a matter of principle.

the one where Peter washes ashore in the giant Quahog, bet he falls out and gets his head stuck in the sand. He is naked and you dee his ass and legs sticking up out of the water. Later, he walks into a convience store naked and you get another shot of his ass. Fortunately, his huge gut covers up his junk.

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2005-01-18 02:59pm

is it april fools day already?

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » 2005-01-18 03:48pm

wautd wrote:is it april fools day already?

Every day, at the FCC

Post by **Gandalf** » 2005-01-19 12:40am

How many bare asses have there been on The Simpsons?

There's a lot of editing to be done now...

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2005-01-19 12:45am

Mayabird wrote:Anybody see this? Which Family Guy episode was it? I want to know how indignant to get over it beyond the amount I do just as a matter of principle.

I made a thread and bitched about it a while back when they were doing the 2 hour marathons. The nudist couple Lois and Peter run into while touring with Kiss.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2005-01-19 09:59am

Anarchist Bunny wrote:
Mayabird wrote:Anybody see this? Which Family Guy episode was it? I want to know how indignant to get over it beyond the amount I do just as a matter of principle.
I made a thread and bitched about it a while back when they were doing the 2 hour marathons. The nudist couple Lois and Peter run into while touring with Kiss.

I must've missed that thread. They pixelated the nudists? How dare they? They had all their parts covered by well-placed props and hair anyway! GAH!

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2005-01-19 11:28am

Mayabird wrote:
Anarchist Bunny wrote:
Mayabird wrote:Anybody see this? Which Family Guy episode was it? I want to know how indignant to get over it beyond the amount I do just as a matter of principle.
I made a thread and bitched about it a while back when they were doing the 2 hour marathons. The nudist couple Lois and Peter run into while touring with Kiss.
I must've missed that thread. They pixelated the nudists? How dare they? They had all their parts covered by well-placed props and hair anyway! GAH!

I think there was a woman's bare ass in the scene. I also think they did the same thing when they had the parade about the episode of Who's the Boss where Tony sees Angela naked in the shower. Between Dennis Franz (Or whoever's butt was seen on NYPD Blue) and Homer Simpson, American society's gotten fairly used to seeing a guy's ass on TV, but women's asses are still off-limits.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2005-01-19 11:03pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:I think there was a woman's bare ass in the scene. I also think they did the same thing when they had the parade about the episode of Who's the Boss where Tony sees Angela naked in the shower. Between Dennis Franz (Or whoever's butt was seen on NYPD Blue) and Homer Simpson, American society's gotten fairly used to seeing a guy's ass on TV, but women's asses are still off-limits.

I thought we didn't see Dennis Franz' ass, just the guy in NYC telling Peter about it?