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Merry Christmas! And from your rear end!
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And from your rear end! Great episode all around
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Dec 16, 2013 03:57
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I just wanted some Lego transformers.
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Dec 16, 2013 03:58
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This should have aired last Christmas 
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Dec 16, 2013 03:58
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Oh my god Jack is Krampus now. It truly is an Merry American Dad Christmas.
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Dec 16, 2013 03:58
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But what about Shelia?!
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Dec 16, 2013 03:59
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Great Christmas episode. Are we getting a second one next week for this year?
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Dec 16, 2013 04:01
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Waffleopolis posted:Okay this is why it was delayed after Sandy Hook I don't remember furniture and poo poo getting shot 
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Dec 16, 2013 04:01
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This is why a Disney universe would suck. Every loving thing is alive.
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Dec 16, 2013 04:06
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Mister Kingdom posted:This is why a Disney universe would suck. Every loving thing is alive. Except the ceiling fan. Because no God is that cruel.
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Dec 16, 2013 04:08
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Oh Snapple! posted:This should have aired last Christmas Seriously. There wasn't a goddamn thing objectionable to this episode in regards to Sandy Hook. I'm torn between its delay being the result of "Fox execs trying for 'omg banned episode' ratings bait" or "Reactionary bullshit for a relatively low-rated show that they knew would get headlines and make them seem sensitive." (It was no "Rapture's Delight," because it's impossible to top that episode, but it was a pretty solid American Dad Christmas.)
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Dec 16, 2013 04:33
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JethroMcB posted:Seriously. There wasn't a goddamn thing objectionable to this episode in regards to Sandy Hook. I'm torn between its delay being the result of "Fox execs trying for 'omg banned episode' ratings bait" or "Reactionary bullshit for a relatively low-rated show that they knew would get headlines and make them seem sensitive." Reactionary bullshit.
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Dec 16, 2013 05:04
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Holy gently caress was that episode amazing. Well worth the one year wait. I really haven't been feeling this season, unfortunately, but the whole Krampus thing with that AD Christmas over-the-top violence made me love it all over again.
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Dec 16, 2013 05:11
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Danny Glover being the Krampus is still loving killing me.
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Dec 16, 2013 05:57
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I cant believe it but I agree with them pulling the episode. The bloody shooting of magically alive things, would get them in hot poo poo right after sandy hook. Thought I would love to read how critics would try to summarize those scenes. The haley sub plot never got resovled and neither did rogers bar bit.
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Dec 16, 2013 11:00
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Just incredible. Truly a heartwarming episode. 
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Dec 16, 2013 11:37
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That had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with school shootings. Boo the terrible, cowardly, loathsome media, yet again.
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Dec 16, 2013 14:47
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Got to say my two favourite parts of this episode was the wall getting shot (because of course the wall is alive) and Roger scaling Santa's wall.
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Dec 16, 2013 18:43
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TheRationalRedditor posted:That had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with school shootings. Boo the terrible, cowardly, loathsome media, yet again. Dead honest, I think it was the episode's pretty honest evaluation of how loving awful and spoiled children are during Christmas that got it delayed, because we can't insinuate that children are anything other than little angels after Sandy Hook.
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Dec 16, 2013 18:57
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More than likely just the fact that American Dad has gotten Fox fined in the past would be enough to get the episode pulled. The show is only on the air for diplomatic reasons, no point letting additional fines cut into what money Fox makes off the show to begin with.
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Dec 16, 2013 19:05
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I feel like Cleveland show probably would have run forever too, until one day a Fox executive saw the Mike Henry "more you know" type commercial and said "What the gently caress? This guy's white?" And everyone realized they were watching animated blackface.
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Dec 16, 2013 19:11
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Dr. Gitmo Moneyson posted:FACT: Krampus is an Austrian thing, not a German (Bavarian) thing. FACT: both actually not entirely true facts
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Dec 16, 2013 19:28
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I was a little leery about the songs at first, but I really enjoyed it. The wall gag was hilarious for some reason, the homemade chocolate, and Roger's "harder... way harder." And of course the household supplies being gunned down.
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Dec 16, 2013 20:44
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:More than likely just the fact that American Dad has gotten Fox fined in the past would be enough to get the episode pulled. The show is only on the air for diplomatic reasons, no point letting additional fines cut into what money Fox makes off the show to begin with. What's the story behind this?
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Dec 17, 2013 00:35
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Mister E posted:I feel like we should have a Steve music video more often. Like every episode. Hell to the yes. Um.. was I the only one trying to sing along to his song this episode? Like this guy is seriously hot poo poo, I love him. And his hernia from being Steve so hard in the sound booth.       
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Dec 17, 2013 02:46
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Dec 17, 2013 03:44
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Wait, so this WAS the episode from last year? Is this the last episode of the calendar year, or are they airing a new Christmas episode this weekend?
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Dec 17, 2013 04:20
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I swear AD has the best Christmas episodes of any show.
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Dec 17, 2013 04:22
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FlamingLiberal posted:Wait, so this WAS the episode from last year? Is this the last episode of the calendar year, or are they airing a new Christmas episode this weekend? Due to the holdover there was no new Christmas episode in this production cycle  No new episode until January 5th.
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Dec 17, 2013 04:29
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TheRationalRedditor posted:That had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with school shootings. Boo the terrible, cowardly, loathsome media, yet again. It has as much to do in things got shot. But America has so many shootings that if you were to pull whenever any happened not alot would get aired.
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Dec 17, 2013 04:38
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The "Santa's Wall" bit with Roger and Stan, with the rapidly changing height of the wall, is my favorite American Dad gag in a long time.
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Dec 17, 2013 05:11
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Hmm, a bunch of children-sized people getting their heads blown off. Yeah, I think it's pretty obvious why that episode got pulled for a year. Edit: No wait, only one elf got scalded. I guess I don't get it then. PostNouveau fucked around with this message at 05:44 on Dec 17, 2013 |
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Dec 17, 2013 05:38
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Just watched this on Hulu and for some reason I can't stop laughing about scaling santa's wall
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Dec 17, 2013 08:09
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FG had fake Kevin McAllister from Home Alone getting shot in the forehead graphically, but this cartoon violence was too much for them I guess.
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Dec 17, 2013 16:15
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FlamingLiberal posted:FG had fake Kevin McAllister from Home Alone getting shot in the forehead graphically, but this cartoon violence was too much for them I guess. Listen, Sandy...Book? Sandy Crook? That was a year ago. Nobody even remembers what the big deal was, just something about children and America. We had to stand strong then but who cares now, right? Shooting a child point-blank can finally be funny again!
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Dec 17, 2013 18:07
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It's entirely possible they decided to pull it since the moral is essentially "beating your kids is good for them". It's American Dad so obviously it's not meant to be taken completely seriously but people are stupid and something that seems to condone violence against children might seem inappropriate after a school shooting. So yeah, pretty much reactionary bullshit. I don't get what networks are so afraid of when it comes to "controversy". Oh no, angry letters! From people who probably don't even watch the show in the first place! Seriously, what kind of idiot is watching AD and is surprised that it's not wholesome family entertainment?
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Dec 17, 2013 18:17
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The Cheshire Cat posted:I don't get what networks are so afraid of when it comes to "controversy". Oh no, angry letters! From people who probably don't even watch the show in the first place! Seriously, what kind of idiot is watching AD and is surprised that it's not wholesome family entertainment? Because those people are now contacting the FCC, not the network. Thanks to the regulatory backlash resulting from Janet Jackson's Godawful Tit, the FCC can level heavy fines for anything that's arbitrarily found to be "indecent." For every 10,000 angry evangelicals complaining about boner pill ads during NFL and NASCAR, one person will complain about Stan jacking off a horse and then, bam, suddenly they're paying through the nose or looking at broadcast license issues.
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Dec 17, 2013 18:31
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JethroMcB posted:Because those people are now contacting the FCC, not the network. Thanks to the regulatory backlash resulting from Janet Jackson's Godawful Tit, the FCC can level heavy fines for anything that's arbitrarily found to be "indecent." For every 10,000 angry evangelicals complaining about boner pill ads during NFL and NASCAR, one person will complain about Stan jacking off a horse and then, bam, suddenly they're paying through the nose or looking at broadcast license issues. That didn't happen though. FCC really didn't take "Stan jacking off a horse" seriously. They just were annoyed with how Fox handled their requests and basically wanted to give them a slap on the wrist for what they thought were transparency issues. Seriously, pulling that episode last year had nothing to do with the FCC. Fox simply thought airing an episode about brutally punishing kids a few days after an elementary school was gunned down was a bad move. In the grand scheme of things, it wasn't really even all that reactionary. It was just bad timing, nothing more. If anything, they were worried about the reaction from their advertisers during that half hour.
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Dec 17, 2013 18:50
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bull3964 posted:Seriously, pulling that episode last year had nothing to do with the FCC. Fox simply thought airing an episode about brutally punishing kids a few days after an elementary school was gunned down was a bad move. In the grand scheme of things, it wasn't really even all that reactionary. It was just bad timing, nothing more. I know that the FCC had nothing to do with pulling this episode last year, I was speaking to his question about why broadcasters fear "controversy." People don't take their complaints to the network anymore, they're circumventing them and running straight to the regulatory body (I mean, the Parent's Television Council has a standardized form for submitting indecency complaints to the FCC.) And like you say, even if they don't take it seriously, if the FCC feels like the network isn't respecting them a penalty is likely to follow.
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Question: When Stan and Roger were going to the North Pole, was one of the swimmers on Roger's "boat" dead? I could have sworn one wasn't moving.
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