Parents Outraged Over (Mattel)Baby Doll They Say Mumbles Pro-Islam Message

Fox News ^ | 10/09/08 | Fox News

[Dutchgirl]

A doll some are claiming utters pro-Islam and even satanic messages has outraged parents in Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. People insist they can hear Fisher-Price's "Little Mommy Real Loving Baby Cuddle and Coo" mumbling "Islam is the light" and "Satan is king," according to KJRH.com and MyFOXKC.com. "There's no markings on the box to indicate there's anything Islamic about this doll," said Gary Rofkahr of Owasso, Okla., who was at work when another man brought the toy in to show his colleagues. Rofkahr said he found various versions of the doll at local Target and Wal-Mart stores, which have since pulled the toys from their shelves, reported KJRH.com. Pennsylvania Targets have also reportedly stopped selling the doll, according to MyFOXKC.com. Fisher-Price referred all calls to parent company Mattel, which didn't immediately respond to FOXNews.com's requests for comment. A Target representative told KJRH.com the company has no plans to recall the doll nationwide.

[Dutchgirl]

No plans for a recall???

[Coldwater Creek]

GET USED TO IT!

[1curiousmind]

“I wuv Obama.”

[Dutchgirl]

What’s next “Honor Killing Ken” and “Burka Barbie”?

[2banana]

Obama, the all merciful...

[silverleaf]

Oh God, next we’ll get a doll singing that HitlerYouth like song “Obama’s gonna change the world”

[ozark hilljilly]

I was just getting ready to post the same story!
We got a gran’ma in Springfield, Mo. bent outta shape about this, too!
http://www.ky3.com/news/local/30984934.html

Just a knee jerk reaction from us bitter, bible clinging, gun toters here in the hills...or something more sinister?

[Global2010]

If that is the doll I would have to say I would be outraged at the parents.

The doll is scary.

When I was 4yrs old I used to hide behind the living room chair to watch twilight zone.

Anyone remember the episode about the doll that would come to life?

I was scared to death when coming out that year to the Christmas tree and seeing a new doll that looke just like the one in the twilight zone. Someone must of caught on cause that doll dissapeared right away.

[rocksblues]

bump

[ozark hilljilly]

“I’m Talking Tina...and I don’t like you!”

Yeah, that episode messed me up as a kid, too!

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Official statement by Mattell on the doll:

Statement by: Mattel, Inc.
Re: Little Mommy Cuddle ‘n Coo Dolls

The Little Mommy Cuddle ‘n Coo dolls feature realistic baby sounds including cooing, giggling, and baby babble with no real sentence structure. The only scripted word the doll says is “mama.”

There is a sound that may resemble something close to the word “night, right, or light.” To avoid any potential misinterpretation, we have eliminated that segment of the sound file from future production.

Because the original sound track is compressed into a file that can be played through an inexpensive toy speaker, actual sounds may be imprecise or distorted.

We remain confident in the high quality standards of our Little Mommy Cuddle 'n Coo dolls. If consumers have any questions or concerns regarding any Mattel or Fisher-Price toys, they may contact our consumer relations center at 800.524.TOYS (8697) and we will be happy to assist them. We take every call from our consumers very seriously and do our best to help address their concerns.

http://www.shareholder.com/mattel/default.cfm

[Global2010]

Your post gave me chills and not the Holy Spirit kind.

[ozark hilljilly]

I recently saw that episode on a Twilight Zone marathon on SciFi...and it still wigs me out, some 40 years later!
“Night Gallery” in the 70’s also did one about a creepy doll, too, that was even worse. Still can’t stand to be around porcelain dolls to this day because of it.

[Islander7]

LOL!

Geez people. Get a life. This is the same sort of nonsense generated by playing Beatles records backwards.

Paul is dead...Paul is dead...

“....Since late 1969, rumors have circulated that Paul McCartney died and was replaced in 1966. The replacement was supposedly William Campbell who had won a Paul lookalike contest. Further, even though this was kept a secret, the Beatles have been planting clues in lyrics and on album covers to tell us about it.

Well here’s another clue for you all...”

http://www.beatlesagain.com/bpidnew.html

[Red_Devil 232]

My wife is a manager at one of our local super Wal-Marts when she found out about the message these dolls were saying she and her people removed them from the shelves. This was before corporate Wal-Mart sent out a directive to pull them.

[King of Florida]

“I’m Talky Tina, and I’m a Jihadist suicide bomber.”

[cavador]

"I Wuv Obama"

[Leo Farnsworth]

“Anyone remember the episode about the doll that would come to life?”

Rod Serling got the same woman to voice the doll in the TZ TV show who voiced the ‘Chatty Cathy’ doll which was the rage at the time. Well done Mr. Serling!

[reagan_fanatic]

A doll some are claiming utters pro-Islam and even satanic messages...

What's the difference?

[angcat]

On WNEP in Scranton the news reporter Scott Schafer said “big deal”. LOL I bet if the toy said “Judaism is the light” or “Mormonism is the light” he would have not said “big deal”.

[Natchez Hawk]

Episode should have been banned.

Still have nightmares about Telly Savale’s chrome dome bouncing down the stairs.

[LittleBillyInfidel]

LOL! Well, we need to tell the hoity-toity Mr. Scott Shaffer that if this doll business isn’t nipped in the bud RIGHT NOW - this thing could grow up into a teenage marrionette, spouting such bilge as ‘’DURKA DURKA! MOHAMMAD JIHAD!’’

[Califreak]

That’s the point I was going to make.

Consistency and truth in advertising...

Islam is a satanic death cult.

[ottbmare]

Did you hear the recording? I have heard it many times now, as it was played on the radio repeatedly yesterday. The words “Islam is the Light” were actually quite clear amidst all the other babble. That particular group of sounds are not among those a cooing, babbling baby makes randomly.

[Huck]

Yeah, I wanna hear it myself!

[Huck]

Still have nightmares about Telly Savale’s chrome dome bouncing down the stairs.

LOL. He was excellent. Great episode. Serling was a genius, and man, I can hear the doll's voice in my head!

[mquinn]

No. You hear what you want to hear. This is just as absurd as “Paul is dead” in the Beatles songs or the bogus lawsuits against Judas Priest in the 80’s.

[ottbmare]

I thought it was stupid when I first heard of this matter, too. I was sure this was some ignorant, hysterical woman who had never met a Muslim in her life. I did not particularly want to hear it; I believe I have an open mind.

Have you heard the recordings? If not, on what are you basing your statement that this is absurd?

[angcat]

I did hear it also. It says “Islam is the light”. Evil little doll!

[LizardQueen]

If it really says that I want one for target practices LOL...

LQ

[mquinn]

> If not, on what are you basing your statement that this is absurd?

Common sense, perhaps? The idea that a corporation is going to slip implicit Satanic, pro-terrorist speech into a talking doll is simply too far-fetched for a sane mind to believe.

[Salvation]

FReep Mattel for a recall.

[Crusher138]

Go to the video link and hear it for yourself.

Clear as day.

It doesn’t mean Mattel is spreading pro-Islamic drivel. It does mean that someone working at Mattel is spreading pro-Islamic drivel.

[mquinn]

I did listen to it. It makes vague, tinny, garbled sounds which any predisposed listener mind can render it into whatever they’re being told to expect it to say.

This sort of topic just degrades the overall quality of the Free Republic.

[dilvish]

It’s probably just random syllables and people are reading into it. They should put some Judas Priest on it.

[ottbmare]

The idea that a corporation is going to slip implicit Satanic, pro-terrorist speech into a talking doll is simply too far-fetched for a sane mind to believe.

Oh, I agree with you. It's impossible to believe that a corporation would want to do such a thing. I surmise that it was done just a few times by an employee.