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Conservative group blasts NBC's "VeggieTales" edit
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| 9/27/06
| Sandy Cohen/AP
Posted on 09/29/2006 7:11:35 AM PDT by gridlock
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This was the subject of Michelle Malkin's "Hot Air" segment today.
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posted on
09/29/2006 7:11:36 AM PDT
by
gridlock
To: gridlock
They're going to replace the end line with "Remember, kids. Allah made you special, and Mohammed wants you to kill Jews and kaffirs very very much." That'll get by NBC's censors.
}:-)4
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posted on
09/29/2006 7:13:38 AM PDT
by
Moose4
(They caught me white and nerdy.)
To: gridlock
How is this not copyright infringement?
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posted on
09/29/2006 7:15:04 AM PDT
by
airborne
(Show me your friends and I'll show you your future.)
To: gridlock
Dedicated bachelor Larry and his long-time companion Bob.
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posted on
09/29/2006 7:16:04 AM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: gridlock
"Our goal is to reach as broad an audience as possible with these positive messages while being careful not to advocate any one religious point of view," she said. If you really wanted to reach as broad of an audience as possible, then why are your TV shows and news programs so liberally tilted? Why can't you have ONE show with a religious tilt that represents the viewpoint of 90% of the population. Just crazy.
To: gridlock
Is this the same network that had Earl's brother smelling stripper boobies at 7:15 central?
Just checking.
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posted on
09/29/2006 7:19:59 AM PDT
by
UNGN
(I've been here since '98 but had nothing to say until now)
To: billorites
I'm sure that when NBC decides to cancel the show, they will claim they can not continue production while the stars are in a vegatative state or that Larry got himself in 'quite a pickle'.
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posted on
09/29/2006 7:21:46 AM PDT
by
pikachu
(Be alert --we need more lerts!)
To: gridlock
They sold out to the man - can't serve two masters and all that. They've chosen...
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posted on
09/29/2006 7:22:49 AM PDT
by
AD from SpringBay
(We have the government we allow and deserve.)
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To: AD from SpringBay
They sold out to the man - can't serve two masters and all that. They've chosen... I don't think there was any choosing about it. Phil Vischer emphatically did NOT want to sell out, but Big Idea went bankrupt and the assets were sold at auction.
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posted on
09/29/2006 7:25:12 AM PDT
by
Oberon
(What does it take to make government shrink?)
To: gridlock
Add me to the list of critics. VT's are pretty lightweight and moralistic as it is (contrast the EXCELLENT radio series "Adventures in Odyssey"). This is like watering down... water.
"...partly because I knew a lot of fans would feel like it was a sellout or it was done for money"
There's the root. Dead-wrong hierarchy of concerns.
Dan
Biblical Christianity BLOG
Pyromaniacs
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posted on
09/29/2006 7:27:27 AM PDT
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: gridlock
"....blasting NBC, which airs "VeggieTales," for editing...."
I don't think my daughter (age 5) has EVER watched network television - occaisionaly Public Television (my tax $$ anyway), and video tapes and DVDs.
They should just get the Veggie Tales on tape/DVD - not edited for Left Coast PC.
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posted on
09/29/2006 7:28:48 AM PDT
by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: gridlock
Of course this thread will swell with posts of outrage, but if one were to simply think logically about it for a moment, this is actually a good chance to still evangelize. How many kids will watch these sanitized shows, get hooked on the characters, and their parents will then go out and buy Veggie Tale videos/DVD's (which contain the full unedited messages?) I can understand the disappointed reaction to NBC's whitewashing, but bottom line, an edited version on TV will still lead to far more kids/families exposed to the full message than if it weren't broadcast in any form. Think of the NBC's watered-down version as a commercial for the rest of the series.
But obviously, for some of the usual suspects here it is a lot more fun to scream than to actually think.
To: Diddle E. Squat
this is actually a good chance to still evangelize. How many kids will watch these sanitized shows, get hooked on the characters, and their parents will then go out and buy Veggie Tale videos/DVD's (which contain the full unedited messages?) Exactly!
To: Oberon
Did someone in the company embezzle all the cash? How does a company with a cash cow like Veggie Tales go bankrupt?
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posted on
09/29/2006 7:34:34 AM PDT
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: gridlock
My favorite Veggie Tales is Shadrach Mesach and Abendigo. About King Neb and his chocolate bunny factory. All bad bunnies go to the furnance. You know the Bible story.
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posted on
09/29/2006 7:37:17 AM PDT
by
JackDanielsOldNo7
(On guard until the seal is broken)
To: gridlock
The show was edited to comply with the network's broadcast standards, said NBC spokeswoman Rebecca Marks. "Now, if Bob and Larry want to get married and adopt children, we will celebrate that," Rebecca continued. "We just don't want to advance one religion over another."
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posted on
09/29/2006 7:37:56 AM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
(When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
To: billorites
"Dedicated bachelor Larry and his long-time companion Bob.
And what are you implying?...I've watched these with my kids for years and that thought never occurred to me...IF that's what you're implying.
To: Oberon
Big Idea went bankrupt and the assets were sold at auction. Any details? How did this happen? They were so successful.
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posted on
09/29/2006 7:38:49 AM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
(When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
To: GraniteStateConservative
I think they grew too quick. The Jonah movie, which did well, cost a lot of money and they borrowed for what they thought it was going to do but it did not get there. That project is what broke them. It was a great movie however.
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posted on
09/29/2006 7:39:37 AM PDT
by
JackDanielsOldNo7
(On guard until the seal is broken)
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