My useless Palestinian alarm clock

Now how would you react if someone did a cartoon with a Baruch Goldstein alarm clock, which awoke people to the sound of machine gun fire and people screaming? It's easy get cheap gags out of racism, isn't it?

Hilarious

There have been plenty of Jewish jokes on Family Guy, and I've laughed at them all.

But none of these Jewish jokes has been racist. I still wonder what you would have made of a Baruch Goldstein or Meir Kahane alarm clock.

What, do you think, makes a joke about the Jews practising a voodoo religion, for example, non-racist, but this one racist?

All religions are voodoo and the show pokes fun at all religions. This one singles out Palestinians as being terrorists. But what if it had had a Baruch Goldstein clock? Or a Meir Kahane mobile phone ringtone? Or a Daniella Weiss SatNav voice? I suspect there would be a huge geshrei and gevalt.

The show pokes fun at all terrorists - see classic episode on bin Laden for starters.
All religions may be voodoo (in your opinion), but the point was made during an episode where Stewie, with a big kippah and peot, made kiddish - and then continued with a voodoo ceremony, ripping out the heart of whoever was sitting next to him.
In any case, the show specialises in being offensive. Frankly, my main reaction to a Baruch Goldstein clock would be sadness that there is a pretext for the joke - not offense.

But you specifically pointed out the Palestinian alarm clock "gag", not any of the others. This is somewhat indicative of a certain mindset regarding the Palestinians. And I stand by what I say: If there were any gags about Goldstein, Kahane, Levinger or Weiss, there would be a huge geshrei and no doubt people in the ADL and ZOA, as well as Jewish Agency and WZO would have a full and frank exchange of view with the producers or Fox.

Shalom.

I find Family Guy amusing at times although I do personally prefer South Park for its more intelligent satire and humour. However, iain is correct on this (even if it does seem he is being somewhat reactionary.) The potential outcry he described has in fact already happened, some years ago. The episode entitled 'when you wish upon a Weinstein,' was pulled from air by Fox after its production.. It was not aired until 3 years later for its potentially anti-semetic connotations.. This is despite the fact that it was written by a Jewish writer. The incident was quite possibly the inspirations for the South Park double episode, Cartoon Wars, which was a fantastic little piece of satire that perfectly undermined Family Guy.

Family Guy mock all, it would only be racism if they repeatedly picked on specific groups in a malicious manner. The targets however, are varied and only picked on in a critical manner. They aim to educate about the absurdity of racism as do most allegedly 'racist' jokes. Remember the poor treatment given to David Mitchell the other week after he made a joke that was in all honesty, quite amusing.

Probably one of the funniest clips of Family Guy I have ever seen.

If I was to compile a Top-10 funny list, this one would be in it.