March 18, 2009, - 12:36 pm
Lawsuit Over FOX’s Anti-Semitic “When I Need A Jew” Song Tossed: Where’s Family Guy’s “When I Need a Muslim Explosives and Wife Removal Expert” Song?
By Debbie Schlussel
A lawsuit over an anti-Semitic song that appeared on a FOX prime time show is not what you think. The suit, which just lost in federal court, was not an attempt by Jews to censor anti-Semitic free speech. It was an attempt to protect the reputation of copyrighted work.
Music publisher Bourne Co., the U.S. copyright owner of “When You Wish Upon a Star”–the song made famous in Walt Disney’s “Pinocchio”–sued makers of “The Family Guy,” the animated show, which appears on FOX and re-runs on the Cartoon Network. The suit concerned the anti-Semitic “When I Need a Jew” song that appeared on the show. Bourne said the anti-Semitic parody of the song sullied the original and its value. The judge didn’t buy it and ruled there was no case.
Yes, I’m a supporter of the First Amendment, and a court shouldn’t be telling anyone what they can or can’t say. Clearly, this song was a parody, and therefore enjoys some protection from copyright violations. That said, I find it interesting that FOX didn’t think twice about running this anti-Semitic song, yet would never do a similar song about Muslims or Blacks. But Jews–hey, it’s A-OK. And stuff like this repeatedly gets the kosher seal of approval from liberal, self-hating Jewish executives at FOX and pretty much every other “entertainment” purveyor in Lalaland.
Yeah, I know about “Family Guy.” They make fun of everyone. But no ethnic group ever got it this bad on this show. They simply wouldn’t dare do a “When I Need an Explosives & Permanent Wife Removal Expert” song about our friends in the “Religion of Peace,” or a “When I Need a Baby Daddy and Some Crack” song. CAIR, Al Sharpton, and Jesse Jackson would be all over it. Remember the absurd on-air “apology” CAIR extracted out of FOX from “24”‘s Kiefer Sutherland? (Remember how Comedy Central tabled the anti-Muslim episode of “South Park,” to save their lives?)
But not the Jews. Instead, they give out awards to people who air this kind of stuff. In fact, so-called Jewish leaders look the other way, and the liberal, pan-Islamist American Jewish Committee just gave an award to Rupert Murdoch, who owns the network that ran this Fuhrer-approved song, it’s National Human Relations award.
Incredibly, in accepting the award, Murdoch told the audience that Europe is “poisoned by anti-Semitism.” Europe? Look at your own American network, buddy.
And, for the record, the Jews did not kill Jesus.
Geez, where’s Stewie Griffin when I need him?
Given that Peter Griffin is portrayed as a complete buffoon, I’m not sure that the song is worth getting as riled up about as you suggest. However, in reference to your other point, I note that an entire episode of “American Dad” (by the same creator as “Family Guy”) was devoted to the main character being convinced that his Iranian Muslim neighbors were terrorists, only to have his “prejudices” shown to be foolish.
ibn Abu on March 18, 2009 at 1:34 pm