Woo-hoo! I agree with everything you said about the anti-Prop 8 campaign. The TV spots were LAME, the only reference to the repeal of anti-interracial marriage laws was buried in text, barely seen in one ad. That should have been the whole focus of the campaign!!! The Prop 8ters were threatening boycotts of major…

It sounded like every song had the same two power chords over and over. Da-da, da-da DAH Da-da, da-da

No offense taken. There were about 5 points that I was trying to clarify after all the responses. I have not "ignored" the other instances of FG using stereotypes of other groups. I do remember the slave ship episode of FG with the news reporters in shackles, nor did I laugh at it. But even then, none of their "black"…

The original Elm St.
…is a masterpiece of modern Surrealism.

No, it's not analogous, but it is insulting that you persist on keeping your arguments in the 18th century. I'm talking about today, OK? Just as you were set off by the mere mention of trucks and dragging, the image of gays being chased by bashers with baseball bats as a joke *is* offensive. If FG portrayed blacks as…

Good grief, thanks for taking my comments so out of context. Perhaps my point was the exact *opposite* of that? Does someone have to blow a sarcasm horn around here??

Just saw Wrestler and would have been so pissed had Rourke won over Penn. It was the most overrated, cliche-ridden, by the numbers movie - not that Rourke wasn't good, but geez all the raving over it. If it didn't have Aranovsky's name attached, I never would've bothered. I even knew the exact moment when it was…

Seinfeld insisted that no episode be given a cutesy, punny title so the writers would focus all their energies on the script. It's only been in the last 10-15 years or so that anyone even knew that all shows had titles.

There was a very funny gag on an early Family Guy where Meg was supposedly so ugly that people doused themselves with gasoline and self-immolated at the sight of her.

Thanks for the info, Rodolfo. I never saw that show. Lesbian characters are a tougher call. They're not quite as reviled in this country… unless they want to get married… or adopt children.

I've seen pork rinds in the chip aisle my whole life, all over the northeast and west. Whenever I've tried them, they feel already stale and styrofoam-ish in my mouth. Maybe the warm ones are the way to go.

I still think Claire has the most useless ability. So she can't die - how would that help anyone else?

CE.B, I didn't make up the moniker. But your blatant deflection from my actual point is unsurprising.

Gotcha, point taken.

Let me clarify, Easy. I said network shows, and by "actual," I mean not hate-inducing disgusting stereotypes.

That's a great idea CE.B. Kinda like "they killed Kenny" but suspenseful every week who will get it next.

I sincerely doubt MacFarlane is gay (if so, it must be buried waaaay down deep), but he and Trey Parker are the most inexplicably Broadway show tune obsessed heterosexuals around.

To all the "get over it" detractors: The AVClub has a blatantly hypocritical policy on their message boards regarding the importance of preserving the dignity of African-Americans and not gays.

I'm pretty shocked we didn't get an AIDS joke, given McFarlane's love of them.

check that, I meant on American Dad, the neighbors.