edjr 5,563 Posted September 5, 2017 Skip to 2:29 mark for the absolute most offensive thing you ever heard. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/sep/05/peppa-pig-spiders-cant-hurt-you-episode-pulled-off-air-in-australia-again A controversial episode of Peppa Pig has been pulled off the air in Australia for a second time, after complaints it told children to pick up and play with dangerous spiders. Mister Skinny Legs, a 2004 episode of the popular children’s show, was removed from online publication by the national public broadcaster, the ABC, in 2012 for sending the “inappropriate” message that spiders were friendly and not to be feared. In the offending episode, Daddy Pig tells a frightened Peppa that spiders are “very very small” and “can’t hurt you” after the eponymous arachnid enters her room. The children are then depicted picking the spider up, tucking it into bed and offering it some tea. This advice from the British-produced show was deemed to be “inappropriate for Australian audiences” and the ABC banned it from future broadcast. The episode had not been broadcast on TV because of its unsuitability, but was “accidentally published online due to a technical problem”, the ABC said at the time. Not all Australian spiders are “very, very small” and some can hurt you. Last year footage of a huntsman carrying a mouse up a fridge in the Queensland town of Coppabella became an internet sensation – the huntsman’s leg span can be as large as 16cm. Australia’s dangerous spider species include the venomous redback spider, the funnel-web spider, white-tailed spider and wolf-spider, according to the Australian Museum. It estimates 2,000 people are bitten each year by redback spiders, and 40 by funnel webs. Data released in January revealed 12,600 people were admitted to hospital for spider bites between 2000 and 2013. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kilroy69 994 Posted September 5, 2017 Peppa pig is a crap cartoon. I will not let my boy watch it. Try watching an episode where the men are not made out to be morons in every situation and the women are not all saviors. Good luck with that one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,563 Posted September 5, 2017 Peppa pig is a crap cartoon. I will not let my boy watch it. Try watching an episode where the men are not made out to be morons in every situation and the women are not all saviors. Good luck with that one. Puppy Dog Pals FTW Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
surferskin 30 Posted September 5, 2017 We watch that at my house too. It could be worse tho...I remember back in the day my oldest would watch Cailou and Dora. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,563 Posted September 5, 2017 We watch that ###### at my house too. I could be worse tho...I remember back in the day my oldest would watch Cailou and Dora. Absolutely not, no, never, no way! I'll sit outside in the snow before I watch Caliou. That whiny little fock. Fock him Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
