Thursday, 19 January 2017
MALALA YOUSAF ZAI
he heart of millions of people "Malala" has finally won the Nobel Peace Prize in the youngest age in the history, She made history this time. Malala was nominated for Nobel Peace Prize in 2013 but She did not succeed last year. In 2014, She and Indian activist Kailash Saty arthi won the award jointly. However, Malala has become the youngest person among the people who have been honored with this award. She accepted the award and dedicated it to the young girls and women who are still far from the schools & education.
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Wednesday, 18 January 2017
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Monday, 16 January 2017
Sunday, 15 January 2017
WHO IS ELEVEN FROM STRANGER THINGS
For a show that so aptly captures the feel and fears of the 1980s thriller scene, Netflix's Stranger Things sure boasts a lot of leads who weren't even alive during that decade. (Or the one after, for that matter.) In fact, at the show's core is a preteen character named Eleven (called "Elle," for short) who's a powerful force against the monsters, human and beast alike, that threaten the safety of the town's children. Millie Bobby Brown, the 12-year-old actress behind that electric performance, looks like a major star on the rise.
She's wowed everyone from the start
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Brown was born to British parents in Barcelona, Spain in 2004, but the family temporarily relocated to Orlando, Florida when she was seven years old. She learned to speak with an American accent thanks to her exposure to the Disney Channel's programs (and also picked up a twangy Southern drawl that she likes to use on strangers for kicks sometimes).
Brown, who participated in acting workshops in her free time, was discovered by an agent who suggested the family move to Los Angeles, to pursue her potential as a performer, reportedly telling her parents "she has instincts you can't teach." Her parents took that advice and headed to Hollywood, where she soon obtained representation and got started working on TV.
You've seen (and heard) her on popular shows recently
Brown's first big gig was a recurring role in ABC's Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, wherein she played Young Alice (a character who, like Elle, has certain spooky-slash-supernatural gifts), and she was also chosen to lead up the BBC's short-lived thriller series Intruders. She also booked cameo roles on NCIS and Modern Family, as well as a turn on Grey's Anatomy.
In the show, Brown appeared as Ruby, a girl who calls into the hospital for help after an earthquake injures her mother and 911 is busy. Her heard-but-mostly-unseen presence in the role is a direct contrast to her mostly silent Stranger Things work as Elle—and just as the Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I Go" was the survival anthem of Will in Stranger Things as Elle mentally triangulated his location, the Grey's docs all gathered 'round to soothe Ruby with a (terrible) rendition of the BeeGees' "Stayin' Alive" while trying to zero in on her coordinates and send help.
She had to do a ton of auditions for Eleven
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When she was called in for her Stranger Things audition, Brown was actually back in England at the time; in fact, she's said that she "didn't get a lot of auditions" while she was there, so she was taken aback by the opportunity. In addition to her first "very emotional audition," Brown had to do a taped follow-up, a video conference call with showrunners the Duffer Brothers, and another audition in L.A. Only at the very end was Brown told she'd have to get a buzz cut for the part.
But she was pretty into shaving her head
When Brown learned she'd have to shave her head for the role of Eleven, it was her mother who first resisted. "I called my mum after the audition, and she said, 'You're not doing it, that's wrong, they can't do that to you, you have beautiful long hair!'" She was inspired by other actresses she'd seen pull off the look before, however, like Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road and her own co-star Winona Ryder in Alien: Resurrection. ("I thought Winona looked cool back in the day with the pixie cut, and I thought maybe I could bring it back," said Brown.)
Ultimately, it was the social implications of the buzz that won her over. "Shaving my hair, it threw me off a little bit … but I thought, 'No, society's telling people that girls have long hair, boys have short hair.' I didn't want to rebel, but I thought, 'I've got to change something, I've got to make sure everybody knows that it's OK to have short hair,' because it is!" (If and when she is talked to as a boy, she said she just rolls it with it and goes by the name John.)
She had to brush up on her '80s cinema to prepare
Among the professional homework Brown had to do for her part, she was asked to watch some of the show's biggest pieces of inspiration, like Poltergeist, Stand By Me, and The Goonies. Most importantly, though, she was told to study up on E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial. She explained to IndieWire, "They told me that the performance that they wanted me to resemble was E.T. and that sort of relationship between E.T. and the kids."
Show execs just love her
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Before Stranger Things took her budding career to the next level, the people who worked with Brown on the BBC's Intruders predicted her inevitable success, declaring that "she's going to be a superstar." Even author Stephen King, whose material would later serve as unofficial inspiration for Stranger Things (or, as he called it, "watching 'Steve King's Greatest Hits") praised her Intruders performance on Twitter in 2014, writing, "Millie Brown, the girl in INTRUDERS, is terrific. Is it my imagination, or are child actors a lot better than they used to be?"
The Duffer Brothers, who created Stranger Things, credited Brown with helping them to rest assured that their character creation was in good hands. "Millie's something special, all right, with a downright spooky and preternatural talent," they wrote. "She inhabits every moment so intensely, with some alchemy of intelligence, preparation, and instinct."
She's got one heck of a singing voice
As if being gifted with such impressive acting talent isn't impressive enough, Brown's also got some pipes, and she's not afraid to share them. In fact, she's got an entire YouTube page devoted to herself belting out big numbers, with covers ranging from Adele to Amy Winehouse to John Lennon.
Her extracurricular activities are completely badass
When she's not owning the small screen, Brown likes to do boxing training just for fun because, much like Eleven, she's tough stuff. She told Vulture, "Because I'm homeschooled, I get kind of lonely sometimes. So I like to go the gym. I do Thai boxing Mondays, jujitsu Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Wednesdays I do boxing … I actually have a punching bag right outside my garden. I'm obsessed with working out." She also likes to write casual essays about whales and dolphins because she has a healthy appreciation for all-things-aquatic (minus sharks, which scare the daylights out of her).
Eggos aren't really her favorite
One thing you probably won't find Brown doing in her downtime is scouring the frozen section for Eggo waffles, the way her Stranger Things counterpart does onscreen. "I love the brand. I think we might have actually brought them back a little too. They're just not one of my all-time faves to eat," she said of Eleven's go-to snack—which she actually had to eat, in decidedly un-fresh form, while filming the show.
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The untold truth of Ice Road Truckers
Jeff Giles @jefito
Since making its hugely popular debut in 2007, Ice Road Truckers has been a ratings machine for the History Channel. Millions of viewers have tuned in to watch the often dangerous Arctic exploits of the show's drivers, but as with any long-running show, the stories behind the scenes are often just as interesting as what we see onscreen.
Things can get dangerous for the crew, too
The members of the production crew obviously aren't the focus of the show, but they're right there with the drivers—and their jobs can be just about as dangerous. A Creative Planet Network report from 2012 detailed the work necessary to put the show together, including literally hanging out of a "chase car" to get footage of moving trucks, sometimes with nothing more than a seatbelt for security. A pair of crew members were even hospitalized after crashing their truck into a semi during a blizzard in 2009.
There's an Ice Road Truckers movie in development
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Fox optioned the movie rights to an Ice Road Truckers movie in 2008, and two years later, the studio hired Max Payne director John Moore to helm the feature. Moore described his vision for the Truckers movie to Deadline, calling the 3D action thriller a "tough guy" feature. He added, "Here's a bunch of characters who tackle problems by getting in there and getting things done. We'll turn it into a mission movie that hearkens back to Towering Inferno, Jaws, or The Guns of Navarone. You got a problem, go solve it." We can see the posters now: "Kick some Ice;" "Go Truck Yourself;" "Something about Roads"…these taglines write themselves!
One Trucker had problems with the law
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Timothy Zickuhr, a season two cast member of the Truckers spinoff series Deadliest Roads, made headlines in 2015 when he stood trial for two felony charges of kidnapping and extortion. According to prosecutors, Zickuhr imprisoned a prostitute after claiming she'd stolen money from him, allegedly assaulting her while she was in captivity. She eventually tricked Zickuhr into calling a police officer, who then lured him into a meeting where he was arrested. Zickuhr was also accused of assaulting and robbing an 80-year-old woman—a crime police linked him to after he ditched his flip-flops while fleeing the scene. He was ultimately sentenced to a five-to-15-year prison term.
Another Trucker sued the producers of the show
Hugh "Polar Bear" Rowland was a popular mainstay during the show's first eight seasons, but was notably absent when Ice Road Truckers returned for Season 9 in 2015. The reason for Rowland's sudden disappearance? A lawsuit he filed in early 2014 alleging that a producer's reckless driving was responsible for injuries Rowland sustained in an accident. TMZ reported that Rowland claimed "severe and permanent injuries" as a result of the crash, and his wife added that she was deprived of "love, companionship, and the enjoyment of sexual relations."
Even being a fan of the show can be dangerous
We've all long since accepted the knowledge that much of the "reality" we see on reality TV has been staged and edited, but whatever the Ice Road Truckers production staff might change between filming the show and bringing it to the screen, the danger depicted is very real. Brett Colley, a military veteran and 45-year-old novice trucker who was inspired to change careers after watching the show, died on a run in 2012 when his vehicle left the highway. According to his sister, Colley had only achieved his dream of driving ice roads six months before the crash. "It made us all really proud," she told Business Insider. "I told all my friends that my brother was a real-life ice road trucker."
But don't believe everything you see
Meanwhile, though much of what Ice Road Truckers depicts is real, there's plenty that's been changed in an effort to create good TV. Truckers star Rick Yemm explained in a 2012 interview with Huliq: "They take small parts of our personality, like, yeah, I'm brash, I'm not always the most politically correct person and all that stuff. But, that's not ME. That's a small part of me that they exploit [...] This is all their thing, that they push these stories to the point that we have to go along with it or we're not involved."
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The cast of Lois & Clark: Where are they now?
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The handsome actor who played Superman is getting ready for his fifties. After the series ended, he starred in tons of TV movies, eventually playing real-life wife killer Scott Peterson, to whom he bares quite a striking resemblance, in the made-for-TV film The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story. He also hosted Ripley's Believe It or Not. This former Clark Kent is guest starring in the Netflix series Lady Dynamite. The series is a mockumentary of stand-up comic Maria Bamford's life. The leading man roles have all but dried up for Kal-El.
Teri Hatcher (Lois Lane)
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Hatcher went on to have another major TV hit. She starred in the monstrously popular Desperate Housewives, which ran from 2004 to 2012. She picked up a few Golden Globe and SAG Awards for her work in the series, along with an Emmy nomination. Now, the actress has nabbed a recurring role as Charlotte, the love interest of Matthew Perry's Oscar, on The Odd Couple, a reboot of the classic series. Fortunately, Hatcher has remained a boob tube staple and isn't just a lowly reporter looking for a scoop anymore.
Lane Smith (Perry White)
Sadly, the actor who played the longtime editor of the Daily Planet passed away from Lou Gehrig's disease. Lane Smith died at the age of 69 in 2005, according to The L.A. Times. Smith is also remembered for his roles in V, Red Dawn, The Mighty Ducks, My Cousin Vinny, and The Final Days.
Michael Landes (Jimmy Olsen)
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Michael Landes' first big role was on Lois & Clark, according to TV.com. He continue to work steadily since the end of the series, with episodic roles on CSI and Stalker. He also appeared on Anne Heche's ill-fated series Save Me. While he has not been bumped up to leading man status, Landes career has been respectable since Lois & Clark went off the air. His next project is the horror film The Disappointments Room, also starring Kate Beckinsale. On the personal front, Landes is now father to a daughter and a son. Sounds like Jimmy Olsen is all grown-up.
John Shea (Lex Luthor)
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The actor behind Superman's iconic nemesis has had recurring roles on other hit series, such as Gossip Girl and The Good Wife. Much like his onetime co-star Hatcher, TV has remained Shea's visible forte. Shea also has been working on an array of independent films over the years. Thankfully, Shea didn't have to go bald for most of his post-Lex Luthor roles.
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Banned episodes from popular TV shows
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The Big Bang Theory, The Good Wife, The Practice, and NCIS were all famously banned from Chinese streaming services after they surged in popularity as a welcome change from the mundane programming of the country's government-controlled television. Seen primarily as a move by the "regulation-friendly" regime, these show bans had everything to do with exerting power and nothing to do with content. There have, however, been other shows throughout the years that pushed the limits so far with shocking or controversial content that government leaders around the globe ordered them off the airwaves. Here are some popular TV show episodes that were banned.
"Electric Soldier Porygon" - Pokemon (1997)
Only ever airing once in Japan, Pokémon's "Electric Soldier Porygon" is probably the best known title on this list since it actually caused a medical crisis, sending over 600 kids to the hospital. After a scene that featured a flashing, strobe-like effect with multicolored lights, kids started having vision problems, headaches, and nausea, with some actually having to be treated for seizures. The incident got worldwide media attention, because it's not everyday a TV show shocks people into a physical health emergency. The only other time we can recall this happening is probably the series finale of The Sopranos. To this day, if a show cuts to black for more than one or two seconds, we begin to violently shake and yell, "There's no way that's it! You've got to be kidding me!"
"Patterns Of Force" - Star Trek (1968)
The original Star Trek was ambitious in its attempts at social commentary, most famously highlighted by the interracial kiss from the episode "Plato's Stepchildren." But even before Kirk and Uhura locked lips, Star Trek devoted an entire episode to an alien planet that adopts the policies of national socialism, even going so far as to use Nazi uniforms and symbology. The alien race suffers the same fate as Germany when a charismatic leader—who is actually a brainwashed former Starfleet professor—almost manipulates the masses to his genocidal will until Kirk and Spock intervene and reinstate a peaceful government. Strangely, this did not go over well in Germany, who refused to air the episode until 1996. After all, it's one thing to use the reference of a tragic historical event, but it's quite another to imply that the man responsible for one of the greatest atrocities of all time may actually have been a scapegoat.
Prime Time Episodes In China - SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
While a commission dedicated to the protection of morality in Ukraine attempted to ban SpongeBob SquarePants for SpongeBob's "questionable relationship" with Patrick, China actually succeeded in booting the loveable yellow block from its prime time hours. Seeking to reinforce its own cultural values through domestic programming, the hardlining regime wanted as few eyeballs as possible on SpongeBob, which is kind of remarkable when you think about it. They could easily have banned the show altogether, but they probably knew the uproar would be so fierce they'd have another revolution on their hands. And if the mental image of millions of pink starfish protesting in the streets doesn't bring even a slight smile to your face, then you are dead inside and need to go hug a puppy until you feel feelings again.
"Dial M For Monkey" - Dexter's Laboratory (1996)
According to the Dexter's Laboratory Wiki—a website that's a testament to the overabundant amount of free time we truly have in modern society—two characters, Silver Spooner and Krunk, are what got the "Dial M for Monkey" segment banned in Canada, the U.S, and Latin America. Because Silver Spooner was a "homosexual stereotype" and Krunk gets drunk and throws up while hungover, the segment was ultimately replaced by another called "A Story." In it, Dexter essentially steals someone's dog, only attempting to find its rightful owner after becoming annoyed with the responsibility of dog ownership. So, to summarize, a flamboyant fictional gay man flying around on a spoon and a drunk monster are bad, but petnapping is okay as long as you eventually do the right thing even if it's for an awful reason. Got it.
"The Cartridge Family" - The Simpsons (1997)
"The Cartridge Family" tried tackling the issue of responsible gun ownership in the classic screwball way that—much like South Park—often gets shouted down by detractors before it's ever allowed to make its point. In actuality, the UK was the only country to specifically ban the episode outright, which isn't surprising given their strict gun control policies, but they may have made a knee-jerk reaction to the overall concept without actually watching the show. Supposedly they took issue with Homer and Bart messing around with a gun in a way that made it look like goofy fun, which ironically was the whole point of the episode, which can be summarized as "Attention Dummies: Don't do this with guns." So, instead of allowing a reasonable message to play out in the form of comedic social commentary, they just created a negative mystique around something they actually agree with. D'oh.
"201" - South Park (2010)
Not only banned in several European countries, but ultimately also in U.S. repeats, the last episode of South Park's 14th season attempted to satirically address extremist outrage over the depiction of the prophet Mohammed. As per what has come to be almost a formula for South Park, this of course included direct depiction of the prophet, as well as incendiary dialogue from obvious foils meant to provoke a shock response before ultimately being refuted with a moral lesson. Comedy Central wasn't willing to take the risk (the network was receiving death threats from Muslim extremist groups), so it heavily censored the dialogue with audio bleeps as well as any image of Mohammed. They even censored Matt Stone and Trey Parker's director commentary on the DVD release, and went so far as to not even include the episode on DVDs that would be sold in certain parts of the world, specifically the Middle East. It was particularly bad defeat for the guys known for pushing the envelope and usually getting their way, but on the bright side, they weren't murdered for blasphemy. So that's a plus.
"Home" - The X-Files (1996)
Another interestingly self-imposed ban happened to The X-Files with their episode, "Home," which dealt with the controversial theme of incest. Named for the small Pennsylvania town in which the episode takes place, "Home" also features gruesome violence, which led to it receiving the first ever TV-MA rating for a network TV show. Audiences loved the episode and the reviews were mostly favorable, but being slapped with a mature rating from censors was enough to scare the network from ever running "Home" again. It's now considered a cult classic, and some would argue the best episode in the history of the series, which has to be bittersweet for the showrunners considering it has nothing to do with the overall paranormal conspiracy theory that the The X-Files is ultimately about. Turns out people would rather watch inbred monsters murder people than discover if the truth is really out there.
"Earshot" - Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1999)
After gaining the power to hear people's thoughts, Buffy thinks she overhears a student planning a mass murder. It turns out he was just planning to commit suicide, and while that's a pretty grim storyline even for a horror/comedy show, it probably would've made the air if it wasn't scheduled for the week after the Columbine High School massacre. They did, however, wait a tactful five months and aired the episode the following season, because that was probably enough time for the victims and anyone else traumatized by the real life tragedy to handle seeing a character holding a rifle in the school's clocktower. Way to go, WB.
All Episodes In Mississippi - Sesame Street (1970)
According to the urban legend fact-checking site, Legends Revealed, in 1970, the state of Mississippi banned Sesame Street from public television. Spearheaded by the former Mayor of Jackson, he and a lobbyist group convinced the five-man Commission on Educational Television that public funds shouldn't be used to create a show with such "a highly integrated cast of children." Ah, the old "This isn't about race it's about taxpayer money!" cannard. Ironically enough, Legends Revealed also points out that the town of Leland, Mississippi proudly displays a placard calling itself "The Birthplace Of Kermit The Frog," since Jim Henson—The creator of Sesame Street—grew up there. After an opposing member of the commission leaked the story to The New York Times, nationwide outrage ensued and the ban lasted only 22 days. But it probably also had a lot to do with how much money the town of Leland spent on that sweet placard. It ain't easy being gree—dy and racist.
"The Ricardos Visit Cuba" - I Love Lucy (1956)
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Lucy, Ricky, and Little Ricky travel to Cuba so Lucy will hopefully impress Uncle Alberto, who would have preferred Ricky to marry a Cuban woman. Lucy, true to fashion, bungles the entire encounter, and everyone in 1950s America had a good chuckle, because women, amirite? Anyway, nobody had any issue with the episode until after relations between the U.S. and Cuba soured in the early '60s. Despite the absolute lack of controversial material, it was apparently just too much to let the general public see Lucy stumble through one ruined-cigar-gag after another, because that's literally the entire episode. Seriously though, the fact that Lucy ruining Uncle Alberto's straw hat might have boiled tensions over enough for us to go to war with Russia is probably the scariest and saddest historical television fact ever.
"Flight As A Feather" - The Mask (1996)
Quick question—which of these is a worse idea: making a television show based on arguably one of Jim Carrey's worst movies, or having a character in it who is a stripper wearing a suicide vest? The answer is both. They're both terrible ideas, which is how an episode of a show literally made for 7-year-olds got banned from television. The character was called Cookie BaBoom, and she was suicidal because somebody dumped her, so the whole thing was not only lazy writing, but also a pretty gross example to set for a kid who witnessed a failed relationship. "Don't worry Timmy, you'll still see Daddy every other weekend. Unless his new girlfriend blows him up like Mommy wished she could have."
"Boston" - Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2008)
The creators of Aqua Teen Hunger Force wrote an entire episode parodying the infamous marketing fiasco for their feature film that resulted in Boston police responding to a bunch of homemade Lite-Brite displays as if they were legitimate bombs. The whole incident ended up costing $2 million in fines and settlement fees, so Turner Media ultimately balked when it came time to air the parody episode a year later. While the marketing stunt ironically worked much better than they probably ever hoped for, the city of Boston later suffered an actual terrorist attack using an improvised explosive, so if you're desperate to see a show that even remotely mocks anything close to that, we wouldn't suggest holding your breath.
Episodes Featuring Fur Coats - The Price Is Right
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You're probably thinking "What could possibly get The Price Is Right banned from TV?", but if you remember Bob Barker's constant reminder at the end of every episode to "have your pet spayed or neutered," you're one step closer to the answer. At Barker's request—and in solidarity with the host's fervent stance against animal cruelty—the show stopped giving away fur coats. They then took it a step further and stopped all future airings featuring fur coats as prizes. That's a pretty remarkable gesture, which also highlights the substantial influence Barker had at the show. Granted, he later had other episodes taken off the air that featured some of the "Barker's Beauties" who had filed harassment lawsuits against him, which seems considerably less noble, and also makes that whole thin microphone thing extra creepy to us for reasons we can't even really explain.
"Edith's 50th Birthday" - All In The Family (1977)
According to the website TV Tropes, "Edith's 50th Birthday" was banned in Australia after just one airing because the general public was so upset with the depiction of a rape scene. Yep, you read that right. An episode of the sit-com, All in the Family, had a rape scene complete with audience laughter, pratfalls, and cartoonish violence. Amazingly, the show was well received in the U.S., even inexplicably winning an Emmy for writing for that particular episode. And look, we're well aware that All in the Family famously tackled social issues, but the idea that a woman—blissfully ignorant as Edith was—would offer her attacker coffee as an alternative is grotesquely offensive. "I've got Sanka!" was the line that she blurted out while being forced onto a couch to which the audience riotously laughed. Sorry, America, but Australia had you totally pegged on this one and they eat stuff called Vegemite down there. Let that sink in.
"Hee Haw! Hee Haw!" - Fear Factor (2012)
Fear Factor was known not only for its crazy physical stunts, but also for the psychological challenges it threw at contestants, which sometimes meant they had to ingest the worst imaginable parts of animals or insects. It was one of these segments in particular that led to NBC not only pulling that episode, but cancelling the entire series soon after, which had only been back on the air for less than a year. The episode featured three sets of twins who had to choose between drinking the only two liquids you can collect from a donkey. For the sake of your lunch, we'll leave the description at that. Aside from the general grossness of the whole concept, one of the options had a decidedly sexual connotation, which might have been the specific reason for not airing the episode. Or they may have just been thinking, "Well guys, if this is what we're down to, it's pretty clear we're entirely out of ideas for this show." As of this writing, the show still isn't back, but we're sure somewhere, a producer is digging through the dumpster behind a butcher shop just waiting for the right timing.
"Conflict" - Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (1983)
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The central focus of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood was always on teaching moral lessons to children through stories and songs, but the show made an odd choice when it came to attempting to explain nuclear proliferation. Yep, that's right, during the Cold War, Mr. Rogers tried to explain what was going on between the U.S. and Russia with a five-part storyline in which King Friday begins stockpiling bomb-making materials because he believes Southwood is gearing up to attack Make-Believe. So, what you had was puppets engaging in espionage, political paranoia, and teaching lessons on air raids and gas mask use. According to The Neighborhood Archive, an exhaustive Mr. Rogers retrospective site, the episodes actually aired until 1996, but haven't been aired since. It's difficult to find a specific reason for why PBS stopped showing them, but if we had to guess, we'd say it was probably because they were terrifying! Don't get us wrong, we're huge fans of Mr. Rogers and everything he did to help children understand difficult and emotional issues, but a nuclear arms race puppet show sounds more like something suited for South Park.
"Elephant Issues" - Tiny Toon Adventures (1991)
Of the three segments in the Tiny Toon Adventures episode titled "Elephant Issues," only one was controversial enough to get the episode banned from TV. See if you can pick which of these it was: 1.) "Why Dizzy Can't Read" – A segment about how watching too much TV is bad and reading is better. 2.) "C.L.I.D.E. and Prejudice" – A segment about how popularity isn't the most important thing. 3.) "One Beer" – A segment in which three characters get drunk, steal a police car, drive it off a cliff, and die. If you said anything other than, "The one where cartoon characters violently die a realistic death," you probably won't ever have a career writing for children's television. In fairness, the episode did start with a warning that it was going to be addressing "relevant issues," but maybe the dangers-of-alcohol-abuse segment could have dipped its toe into areas like hangovers, job loss, or family stress before diving right into vehicular manslaughter.
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