History Quotes / MediaWatchdog

-->--'''Roger Meyer Sr.''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' ("[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E19ItchyAndScratchyAndMarge Itchy & Scathy and Marge]]")

->''"Yes, {{UsefulNotes/Australia}} continues its [[BannedInChina valiant efforts]] to rescue its beer-swilling, thong-wearing, spouse-beating population from moral degeneracy, and I, in turn, continue to fight the power with daring guerrilla tactics--like UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} codes. (Just call me "Play Guevara")...and you know damn well it wasn't for its innovative gameplay or its heart-warming love story about a combat boot trying in vain to reunite with a concrete pavement."''

->''The Motion Picture Association of America is less than pleased about a new poster for directors Creator/RobertRodriguez and Creator/FrankMiller’s new ''Film/SinCity'' film adaptation, ''[[Film/SinCityADameToKillFor A Dame to Kill For]]''. The poster depicts the title character, Ava Lord, played by actress Creator/EvaGreen, wearing a sheer gown that doesn't really cover all that much. Specifially, the MPAA complained about the 'curve of under breast and dark nipple/areola circle visible through sheer gown.' Reading a Frank Miller comic would probably make the MPAA's collective head explode.''

->"Mary Whitehouse has taken umbrage, no surprise there."
-->-- '''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''', "Election Night Special"

->"'Yooouuu can not say filth flarn filth flarn filth in front of people.' And I said, 'I never said no ''filth flarn filth.''[='=] He said, 'You know what I'm talking about. I can't use the type of language that ''you'' use, but you know what I mean when I say ''filth flarn flarn flarn filth.''[='=] And I said, "I never said no ''filth flarn filth'', and I don't know what you're talking about, and I'm offended that you called. Fuck you.' And that's when Bill got pissed. 'That's what I'm talking about! Yoooouuuu cannot say... ''fuck!''[='=]"

->"The FCC, an appointed body, not elected, answerable ''only'' to the President, decided all on its own that radio and TV were the only two parts of American media not protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution. I'd like to repeat that because it sounds ''vaguely important''. The FCC, an appointed body, not elected, answerable ''only'' to the President, decided ''all on its own'' that radio and TV were the only two parts of American media not protected by the free speech Amendment of the Constitution."

->"The majority of people are very reasonable I’ve found. But you know what, they don’t write letters when something offends them on TV, because reasonable people know IT’S JUST FUCKIN’ TELEVISION! Not only that, reasonable people have a life. They’re not sittin’ in some trailer with some fuckin’ crayon in their hand, some chicken scrawl goin’, 'I saw a guy talk about Jesus on the tube! I ain’t gon' tune in no more!' And also, reasonable people know ultimately they’re just fuckin’ ''jokes.'' Are you so afraid of a guy tellin’ jokes?"

->"White man makes guns? No problem. Black rapper ''says'' 'guns"?'? [[HauledBeforeASenateSubCommittee Congressional hearing.]] 'OHH MY GOD, that nigger said gun. And he rhymed it with FUN!'"

->"Yes, {{UsefulNotes/Australia}} continues its [[BannedInChina valiant efforts]] to rescue its beer-swilling, thong-wearing, spouse-beating population from moral degeneracy, and I, in turn, continue to fight the power with daring guerrilla tactics--like UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} codes. (Just call me "Play Guevara")...and you know damn well it wasn't for its innovative gameplay or its heart-warming love story about a combat boot trying in vain to reunite with a concrete pavement."
-->--'''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''{{VideoGame/Hatred}}''

-->-- ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' [[http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/?date=2003-10-12 filler comic]]

-->--'''''[[http://dlisted.com/2014/11/11/nicki-minaj-is-sorry-for-that-nazi-ish-music-video/#more-155770 DListed]]''''', "Nicki Minaj Is Sorry For That Nazi-ish Music Video"

-->-- '''''The Screamsheet''''' [[http://screamsheet.wordpress.com/2014/05/06/ban-dr-seuss/ in response]] to a Toronto petition to ban ''Hop on Pop'' from public libraries

-->-- '''''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NDPT0Ph5rA "The Freakin' FCC"]]

->''Oh, the [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFL]], where [[Music/JanetJackson flashing a harmless lady nipple]] is an unforgivable sin, but abusing dogs and women isn’t.''

->''"Texas Preacher Declares [=‘=]''Manga/VampireKnight''[=’=] Manga, Dried Roses To Be Satanic Works, Is Literally Villain From [=‘=]''{{Film/Footloose}}''[=’=]"''

->''I am a father, and like many fathers I live in mortal fear of my children attacking me. There’s already an unspoken tension between us. I’m getting older and weaker, they’re getting bigger and stronger. I don’t need lunatics like Creator/DrSeuss exacerbating that tension with lines such as [='=]'' We like to hop. We like to hop on top of Pop.''[='=]"''

->''For the most part, her complaints were transparently idiotic -- her objection to the cliffhanger in ''[[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS14E3TheDeadlyAssassin}} The Deadly Assassin]]'' was that children would believe that [[OffscreenInertia the Doctor’s head was being held underwater for an entire week]], a suggestion that ascribes an almost comical level of televisual illiteracy onto children. But she was always good for a few exuberant and tabloid-friendly quotes like her famously description of ''Doctor Who'' as ''“[[MurderSimulators teatime brutality for tots]],”'' and had enough supporters to be influential in spite of her obvious deficiencies of reason.''

->''The Motion Picture Association of America is less than pleased about a new poster for directors Creator/RobertRodriguez and Creator/FrankMiller’s new ''Sin City'' film adaptation, ''A Dame to Kill For''. The poster depicts the title character, Ava Lord, played by actress Creator/EvaGreen, wearing a sheer gown that doesn’t really cover all that much. Specifially, the MPAA complained about the 'curve of under breast and dark nipple/areola circle visible through sheer gown.' Reading a Frank Miller comic would probably make the MPAA’s collective head explode.''

-->--'''Neal Bailey''' [[http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=reviews/smallville5-ep14 on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Crisis")

-->--'''Roger Meyer Sr.''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' ("Itchy & Scathy and Marge")

-->-- '''Kurt Vonnegut''' (attributed)

-->-- '''Dick Cavett'''

->''In response to their protests, I will provide a show where I balance my songs with a wholesome Bible reading. This way, fans will not only hear my so-called, 'violent' point of view, but we can also examine the virtues of wonderful 'Christian' stories of disease, murder, adultery, suicide, and child sacrifice.''

->"The FCC, an appointed body, not elected, answerable ''only'' to the President, decided all on its own that radio and TV were the only two parts of American media not protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution. I'd like to repeat that because it sounds '''vaguely important'''. The FCC, an appointed body, not elected, answerable ''only'' to the President, decided ''all on its own'' that radio and TV were the only two parts of American media not protected by the free speech Amendment of the Constitution."

->"Yes, {{UsefulNotes/Australia}} continues its [[BannedUnChina valiant efforts]] to rescue its beer-swilling, thong-wearing, spouse-beating population from moral degeneracy, and I, in turn, continue to fight the power with daring guerrilla tactics--like UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} codes. (Just call me "Play Guevara")...and you know damn well it wasn't for its innovative gameplay or its heart-warming love story about a combat boot trying in vain to reunite with a concrete pavement."

->"White man makes guns? No problem. Black rapper ''says'' "guns"? [[HauledBeforeASenateSubCommittee Congressional hearing]]. "OHH MY GOD, that nigger said gun. And he rhymed it with FUN!""
-->--'''Creator/ChrisRock''', ''Never Scared''

->"The FCC, an appointed body, not elected, answerable '''only''' to the President, decided all on its own that radio and TV were the only two parts of American media not protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution. I'd like to repeat that because it sounds '''vaguely important'''. The FCC, an appointed body, not elected, answerable ''only'' to the President, decided ''all on its own'' that radio and TV were the only two parts of American media not protected by the free speech Amendment of the Constitution."