Posted on 12/13/2006 9:25:34 AM PST by NYer
The CBS television show "Two and a Half Men" has broadcast an episode featuring the womanizing main character bragging about his sexual exploits – to the tune of the traditional Christmas carol "Joy to the World" – and the leader of a Christian organization that deals with the results of rampant sexual promiscuity is upset.
"In an affront to all of Christendom, the network allowed actor Charlie Sheen to change the lyrics of 'Joy to the World' into a song that could be called, 'Joy to Fornication,'" according to Douglas R. Scott Jr., the president of Life Decisions International.
The television show, which has been described as a "comedy about men, women, sex, dating, divorce, mothers, single parenthood, sibling relations, surrogate families, money and, most importantly, love" never would meet the moral guidelines most Christian churches espouse.
But the song "crossed the line in a big way," said Scott, whose organization publishes a list of corporate names, subsidiaries, products, services and contact details for companies that support the nation's abortion industry leader, Planned Parenthood.
The lyrics Sheen uses in the episode include:
Joy to the worldI'm getting laid
I'm getting laid tonight.
We'll light the Yule log
Deck the halls
And then we'll play some
Jingle balls.
It's been a real long wait
This is our second date
It's Christmas Eve
And I'm getting laid.
"Does nobody think this is wrong?" Scott asked when he talked with WND about the situation. "Does nobody go, 'Now, wait a minute?'"
"'Joy to the World' is a song about the birth of Jesus Christ. Yet CBS has allowed a song about the most precious, sacred and significant moment in history to be turned into a song about having sex outside of marriage," Scott said. "Is there any line that anti-Christian people in the media will not cross?"
Scott said the episode was something "one would expect from more well-known ungodly networks such as MTV."
And he noted nearly 70 percent of CBS stock is owned by Sumner M. Redstone, who also happens to control MTV.
Scott said he's written to CBS President Leslie Moonves with a copy to Redstone, with a demand for an apology.
"What's more," he wrote, "CBS needs to pledge that such bigotry and disregard for the sacred beliefs of billions of people will never again be displayed."
"Why have attacks on Christians and Christianity become so commonplace and even acceptable? No other group of people tolerates such treatment. I think it's time for a Christian anti-defamation league."
Such behavior by a television character played by Sheen, however, wasn't a complete surprise to LDI. His name is on the list of celebrities maintained by LDI who support legal abortion, officials said.
LDI said it would ask people to contact the two corporations with their comments at:
The television show is about Sheen, a "well-to-do bachelor" with a beach house, sports car and "an easy way with women," when his brother and nephew arrive to live with him. "Complicating" factors are appearances by his "mother," his brother's ex-wife, a neighbor and a house-keeper.
LDI said its pro-life efforts to date have convinced more than 125 corporations to stop funding Planned Parenthood, at a cost to the abortion industry giant of an estimated $40 million.
Scott is the author of several books, including "Bad Choices: A Look Inside Planned Parenthood." He's a former executive director of National Right to Life Committee Inc.'s affiliates in Washington and Arizona.
Atrocious - but aren't you just simply amazed that it hasn't happened sooner?
You know what? Nobody watches that show, so why bring attention to it?
"Does nobody think this is wrong?" Scott asked when he talked with WND about the situation. "Does nobody go, 'Now, wait a minute?'"
Nobody with a life.
I think it's time for a Christian anti-defamation league.
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Pretty tame compared to some of the versions we used to sing on the playground in grade school.
The difference is that one can always turn off the TV and deny them the advertising dollars, the best way to handle this.
Thank you. Quite tame.
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Disgusting and downright pathetic!
Why don't do one to the tune of "Draidle, Draidle, Draidle"? (like "I'm getting laidle, laidle, laidled" Or "O Kwanzaa"? (perhaps "O is for Orgasmaa")
I feel sorry for you if you can't understand how offensive this is.
Hey, don't worry about Charlie. Most likely, he'll end up in Hell where he can swap clever lyrics with other meatheads.
Our versions were pretty violent, to say the least.
I usually refer to the show as "Two and a Half-Ass."
And guest star Jessica Collins....mmmmmmboy!
I watch the show on a regular basis and find it hysterical...and the song had me laughing out loud. I certainly don't turn to prime time tv for my religion or my politics...I turn to it to laugh, on increasingly rare occasion.
Big freaking deal. A show that nobody watches makes a rather tame crude joke and these people act like it's never happened before.
"Hey, don't worry about Charlie. Most likely, he'll end up in Hell where he can swap clever lyrics with other meatheads".
...very true. I guess we really should allow him as much fun as possible for his precious remaining years on earth. First thing Charlie's gonna see when he kicks is a sign that says "ABANDON HOPE ALL YE WHO ENTERS HERE"
Well, the lyrics could be improved upon, I guess. The tradition of ribald songs goes back for at least 4 millenia [and probably further in the past than that]. So there's a big database to choose from.
I find the ones who say "nobody watches it" funny...it's the 13th highest-rated show for the season, averaging over 11 million viewers per week. (That's according to Nielsen, of course.)
Well, that would be Hell for me, all right - with such a grammatically incorrect sign at the entrance.
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Sadly, very few will object, even here.
JOY TO THE WORLD
Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.
Joy to the world, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.
Words: Isaac Watts, 1719
Music: Lowell Mason, 1848
I thought it was funny! The show is funny. Some people are just to tightassed! Its these type of attitude toward everything is the reason the DEMONS have control of congress now. They need to lighten up!
Wow, that show is still on?
I'm no prude, and like my share of off-color humor, but there's something so low and sleazy about this show. My wife watches it, and every time I pass by the TV when it's on someone makes a typical leering toilet joke and the canned hyenas in audience go berserk with laughter. Every time. Ugh.
So typical, so CBS.
"Mine eyes have seen the glory of the burning of the school..."
I agree, it's a beautiful carol (in fact, it's my favorite, probably because my father always used to start Christmas morning by putting it on the stereo to wake everyone up).
I think some of us are just bemused at the Mrs. Grundy Family Associations who have time to watch TV all the time and produce press releases on things we're supposed to get upset about.
Glory, glory hallelujah!
Teacher hit me with a ruler...
No, I don't.
Charlie and his old man are a blight on society- too bad- when they were younger they were good actors- but their agenda has ruined their movies for me! http://sacredscoop.com
All that Life Decisions International is going to accomplish is to increase the show's viewership, when people who haven't even heard of it tune in to see what the fuss is about. Happens every time.
Charlie Sheen is a moral derelict. Just look at his personal life. But CBS shouldn't allow trash like this.
...oops, I'm sorry. I just got back from Kuwait and I forgot what Jon Carey said. Allow me to correct myself..."Uhbandin hop all yee hoo entr heer"
Terry Rakolta was the best thing that ever happened to "Married With Children."
Frankly, I think the horse is out of the barn with regards to Christmas, and it's probably only a generation of political and judicial leaders away from outright banishment of Christmas Day as a federal holiday. Take a look at advertising this year. I can't tell you how many campaigns have started to refer to "Hollydays" instead of "Holidays" in their copy. As if the mere notion of a holy day is kryptonite to their sales figures. So not only are we no longer referring to "Christmas", but now even the word "holiday" is getting busted down to "holly-days".
As far as the song lyrics, they're juvenile, yes, but this is small potatoes compared to what's coming down the pike. The retail and entertainment industries are a juggernaut, and our democracy allows people to select their own poison. Heck one of the watershed moments in the democratic philosophy came when the mob chose Barrabas over Jesus.
Someone wants to mock Christmas? Go ahead. They'll have to answer for it, not me.
Donohue is great...:)
Hark the herald angels sing : Lyrics
Hark the herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled"
Joyful, all ye nations rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With the angelic host proclaim:
"Christ is born in Bethlehem"
Hark! The herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!"
Christ by highest heav'n adored
Christ the everlasting Lord!
Late in time behold Him come
Offspring of a Virgin's womb
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see
Hail the incarnate Deity
Pleased as man with man to dwell
Jesus, our Emmanuel
Hark! The herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!"
Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Son of Righteousness!
Light and life to all He brings
Ris'n with healing in His wings
Mild He lays His glory by
Born that man no more may die
Born to raise the sons of earth
Born to give them second birth
Hark! The herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!"
Hark the herald angels sing – lyrics
Hark the Herald Angels Sing!
“Hark the herald angels sing” was written by Charles Wesley, brother of John Wesley founder of the Methodist church, in 1739.
Barabbas, not Barrabas
Silly as it may seem, its never offically The Christmas Season for me until I hear Linus quoting Luke, and the Peanuts gang singing this hymn to Charlie Brown. Its only then that I can get motivated to do my Christmas cards.
"Why don't do one to the tune of "Draidle, Draidle, Draidle"? (like "I'm getting laidle, laidle, laidled")"
We will NEVER see that and you and I both know why.
Miss Mistletoe
There is already a song by that title:
An it goes a little something like this ONE TWO THREE FOUR (HIT IT)!:
Cats on the rooftop, cats on the tiles,
Cats with the clap and cats with the piles,
Cats with their asses wreathed in smiles,
As they revel in the joys of fornication.
and so on, ad infinitum, in increasingly raunchy tone.
The comic strip Pogo had a character who would sing "Deck the Halls with Boston Charlie."
Apparently, the author doesn't get that.
"Lasciate ogni speranza voi ch'entrate" in Italian or "Omnes relinquite spes, o vos intrantes" in Latin.
Had the Italian over the doors at work for a long time.
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