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But I remember it!
(lemmy.world)
Lisa it's your birthday, Happy birthday Lisa
Lisa, you’re teeth are big and green
Lisa, you smell like gasoline
Lisa it's your birthday and god bless you this day
he gave me the gift of a little sister and I'm proud of you today
i just ripped that season from my dvd collection. i should seed it. 🫣
Here... You dropped this: 👑
Do they not rerun this one anymore?
The episode was also omitted from the streaming service Disney+.[51] The Slate journalist Isaac Butler criticized the removal as "an offense against art and the medium of television, and part of a growing trend of corporations using their consolidated power and the death of physical media to do damage control by destroying works by troublesome artists".
Stark Raving Dad - Wikipedia https://share.google/bkT2WOa5qDZKeQICR
Essentially corporate censorship for fear of maybe offending someone.
This is a decades old story.
The show runners themselves pulled the episode because the thought of Jackson using The Simpsons to get to kids was "icky" to put it lightly.
Calling it corporate censorship, is just bullshit.
Not even remotely true. Disney pulled the episode in March 2019 after the HBO documentary Leaving Neverland premiered.
Doesn't change the fact it was the production staff of the Simpsons that pulled the episode. Not Disney,
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Calling it corporate censorship, is just bullshit.
The news corporations had a major hand in framing Michael Jackson - who was literally innocent. So if the creators removed someone because corporate made money by pretending he is guilty, it is corporate censorship.
One excerpt I enjoyed reading.
Michael Jackson guest-starred as Leon Kompowsky, but went uncredited (credited as John Jay Smith) for contractual reasons; his role was not confirmed until later. Jackson was a fan of the show and called its creator, Matt Groening, offering to do a guest spot. Jackson pitched several story ideas and wrote the song "Happy Birthday Lisa" for the episode. Leon's singing voice was performed by a Jackson soundalike, Kipp Lennon, due to Jackson's contractual obligations with his record company.[3] The episode references Jackson's career, with Kompowsky singing portions of the songs "Billie Jean" and "Ben".
Side note, why does this link above go through Google? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stark_Raving_Dad
Side note, why does this link above go through Google?
Android browser share button doesn't copy the URL as shown. It prefixes the title to the clipboard content to help hide (behind "too long text") that it secretly, unprompted, uses the share.google link shortener / tracking service.
I got bit by it within the last week. Fuck that feature.
I think it used to have a way to actually copy the URL, but most mobile browsers are making that harder for a variety of reasons.
I recommend Firefox for Android, share works normally, and you can install extensions. I have one for ad blocking and one to keep YouTube running even when I minimize the browser or lock the screen.
I have FF installed, and set it as my default. (It's what links from Tusky use, at least.) I just happened to use the OS search bar which always (?) uses the Android browser.
I have UBO installed on FF because it's the only way browsing the web leaves any content visible anymore.
I just happened to use the OS search bar which always (?) uses the Android browser.
Ah right, I had that issue too.
To avoid it I use the Lawnchair 3rd party launcher with a 5x5 grid, and placed a Firefox "search the web" Widget on the top row. Admittedly it's not perfect, I encountered a few bugs in Lawnchair before (though not recently), but it still annoyed me less than the default.
Switch to firefox. They're assholes too but at least no google tracking BS and you can install ublock origin
Edit: just saw the other reply after I posted but let's be honest, you knew what you were getting into with lemmy 😅
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Essentially corporate censorship for fear of maybe offending someone.
and people will blame the wokes/DEI/whatever
They famously took it off the air years ago because of the Michael Jackson stuff, but I don't know if that has changed.
It has not on the high seas. Also Disney shows the old 4:3 episodes in 16:9, cropping away like 30% of the image. I hate the way corpos rape art and culture.
You can get it to display them in 4:3, if you go to details (alongside the episodes and suggested tabs) and uncheck "Remastered aspect ratio"
If the episode didn't happen, why do I have the song stuck in my head Bart?
It’s literally one of the best episodes of that season (although many of s3 were great!). I get why but wtf. Glad I have a copy 🏴☠️
My newest and favorite argument in favor of piracy. Disney doesn't get to throw my hard drive in the memory hole
A shame, that episode was one of the better ones. What next, Sonic 3 being unavailable because MJ supposedly helped with the music?
No, they just wrote new tracks for the most recent re-release, Sonic Origins. Not because Jackson is controversial or anything, but because there was some kind of copyright issue.
Personally I never liked Carnival Night Zone, but the rest of the tracks were a downgrade.
Just to add cause I think it's neat, the tracks aren't actually new, but were used in the old PC version and even in the original beta. They're still new to most people, but I think it's interesting that these were technically the originals.
I agree though, they're not as good.
I bet it’s probably more the race bits in the episode than MJ himself.
“the big white guy who thinks he’s the little black guy who thinks he’s the white guy” line
Community advanced DND episode was peak!!!!
That episode getting removed from Netflix over some virtue signaling bs was one of the reasons I wrote off streaming and started hoarding content.
Leon's even got his own questline in Tapped Out. Weird the episode's banned, but he's still A OK in alt media.
What, did they stop running the episode?
Yes, in 2019
Why?
All that disinfo about Micheal Jackson being a pedophile
In March 2019, following the release of the documentary film Leaving Neverland, which details allegations against Jackson of child sexual assault, "Stark Raving Dad" was pulled from circulation. Jackson was previously tried and acquitted of child sexual abuse charges in 2005 and denied any wrongdoing.
Hmmm that’s old news why pull the episode now? I mean whatever I don’t really care it’s just weird.
They pulled it years ago, this meme is just referencing it
The episode was pulled AGES after the allegations, though.
Fwiw, that song has been in my head ever since I saw this thread. Thanks everyone, I hate my life right now. 😉
Easy fix
Baaaaaay Beeeeeee Shark-dadundadadada
Baby Shark-dadundadadada...
You monster.
Even if MJ is a pedophile, there are still more offensive episodes of the simpsons. Such as the pufferfish one.
Wait, it this a legit debate? This episode actually happened...
It's the first Simpsons episode I remember seeing
Same here.
there was a john jay episode though
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