Thank you, FCC, for posting this disturbingly detailed Simpsons complaint.

SKinner


“In this episode, the students of Springfield Elementary have revolted against the teachers and administrators, taking ‘control’ of the school. The students eventually catch Principal Skinner in the gym. As they begin to overtake and subdue Principal Skinner, one of the students empties out a large, brown-colored drawstring bag that is filled with various sports balls (soccerballs/basketballs/voleyballs etc). Mr Skinner is then placed inside the empty sack and the drawstring was pulled snug around his neck, leaving only his neck and head outside of the bag. My concern, and the basis for this complaint, is in the manner of how the image of Principal Skinner was depicted after he had been placed into this bag and the drawstring pulled. The image of the large drawstring bag very clearly, and undeniably, resembled a non-circumcised penis (flaccid state). Mr Skinner’s height was the reason for the length of the brown sack, depicted the ‘shaft’ and where the sack tapered from Mr Skinner’s shoulders up to his neck where the drawstring had been pulled into a ‘pucker’ depicted the foreskin.; Principal Skinner appears in this depiction several more times during the episode: Toward the end of the episode, Principal Skinner has managed to hop around while still inside this sack and escape from the gym. Alone in the schoolyard he encounters a squirrel who just happened to be holding a knife or scissors (some type of cutting device). Principal Skinner, still inside of a sack drawn to resemble an intact penis, then said to the squirrel:; ‘Mr. Nibbles, would you please come here and cut my ball sack:’; The secondary intention of Principal Skinner’s statement should be obvious, but since description is key to an effective complaint, I will briefly elaborate…; – Principal Skinner’s use of the word ‘cut’ was an inferred reference to the procedure of circumcision, whereas a circumcised penis is commonly referred to as being ‘cut’ and a non-circumcised penis is commonly referred to as being ‘uncut’. ; -Principal Skinner’s use of the term “ball sack” would have been a ‘double entendre intended to refer to the male anatomical part of ‘scrotum’, which is commonly referred to as ‘ball sac’…I hope I have provided sufficient information to assist you in reviewing this complaint. I look forward to your response.”


- The best complaint about The Simpsons ever filed

with the FCC (there are a lot more at this link)

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Published on October 21, 2013 06:24
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message 1: by David (new)

David Fleming Hilarious!


message 2: by M.E. (new)

M.E. LMAO!


Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!* WHAAAATT!!!!???? Oh, to have that kind of time on my hands.


message 4: by The Headless (new)

The Headless Horror Those are great haha


message 5: by Xan (new)

Xan PS - I am not a crackpot.


Ross Macpherson It bothers me that the person complaining gets the phrase wrong. Skinner wishes the squirrel to "chew through" his "ball sack." As such, I hope this inaccurate complaint can be corrected and the objection re-filed in such a way that judges of the supreme court, who (not knowing the american legal system) I assume will review this complaint, can do so without rolling their eyes into centrifuged jelly balls at the error.


message 7: by Joanne (new)

Joanne Ross Macpherson wrote: "It bothers me that the person complaining gets the phrase wrong. Skinner wishes the squirrel to "chew through" his "ball sack." As such, I hope this inaccurate complaint can be corrected and the ob..."

LOL! Good catch, Ross. My 5-star award today goes to you!


Ross Macpherson Joanne wrote: "Ross Macpherson wrote: "It bothers me that the person complaining gets the phrase wrong. Skinner wishes the squirrel to "chew through" his "ball sack." As such, I hope this inaccurate complaint can..."

😜👍


message 9: by M.E. (new)

M.E. Ross Macpherson wrote: "It bothers me that the person complaining gets the phrase wrong. Skinner wishes the squirrel to "chew through" his "ball sack." As such, I hope this inaccurate complaint can be corrected and the ob..."

Not to mention that Mr. Nibbles is the class hamster (even rolling around in a hamster ball) and not a squirrel. I suspect the supreme court will return this complaint to a lower court that should have previously explained to the complainant that the joke has nothing to do with circumcision. 🍆✂️


message 10: by Joanne (new)

Joanne M.E. wrote: "Ross Macpherson wrote: "It bothers me that the person complaining gets the phrase wrong. Skinner wishes the squirrel to "chew through" his "ball sack." As such, I hope this inaccurate complaint can..."

Mr. Nibbles! I missed that also! And your emojis were my big smile for today…


message 11: by Dustin (new)

Dustin bahahahaha


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