Fox Under Fire For Rape ‘Joke’

Stewie Griffin, left, learns to skateboard from his new friend, Bart Simpson in a scene from “The Simpsons Guy,” the one-hour season premiere episode of “Family Guy,” airing Sunday. The Fox network isn’t responding to suggestions that it edit the upcoming crossover episode of “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy” to remove a joke where the punch line is “your sister’s being raped.” (AP Photo/Fox)

(The rape reference) punctuates a scene in which the incorrigible Bart is instructing Stewie Griffin in the art of the prank phone call. Bart dials the owner of Moe’s Tavern and asks whether there is anyone there with the last name Keybum, first name Lee. When Moe calls out to his patrons, asking for a “leaky bum,” everyone gets a laugh. Stewie thinks that’s cool, and asks to make his own prank call. “Hello, Moe?” he says. “Your sister’s being raped”/CBS News. More here.

Question: Has “Simpsons”/”Family Guy” gone too far this time?