Christian organizations call Comedy Central to pull Denis Leary's anti-Christmas TV Special
Dennis Leary TV Special Lacks Laughs, Exemplifies Media's Blatant Anti-Christian BiasNational Pro-Life Action Center joins Catholic League Call for Comedy Central to Pull Future Airings of Malicious Performance
To: National Desk
Contact: Joe Giganti, 703-928-9695, Joe@VeritasMediaGroup.com
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 /
Christian Wire Service/ -- The National Pro-Life Action Center (NPLAC)--the uncompromising voice of pro-life America on Capitol Hill--is outraged by Comedy Central's airing of and planned repeat showings of the patently offensive, Dennis Leary's "Merry F#%$in' Christmas." "With the airing of this so-called comedy show, another front has been opened on the war against the Christian faith and its holy observances," said Paul Chaim Schenck, director of NPLAC.
Among the more offensive comments in Leary's show is when he offers that the Christmas holiday is built on ". . . a bunch of bullsh**t," because he believes the real reason the Virgin Mary became pregnant with Jesus was because someone ". . . banged the hell out of his mom."
more...Catholic LeagueNovember 29, 2005
DENIS LEARY’S SICK IDEA OF HUMORTonight, Comedy Central will air a special by Denis Leary, “Merry F#%$in’ Christmas” (it first aired two nights ago and is scheduled to air again on Dec. 17). The show consists of several skits, a cartoon and musical performances.
There is a skit about lesbian nuns, and a song by “Our Lady of Perpetual Suffering Church Choir” about a hooker. But by far the most offensive part of the show is the monologue by Denis Leary on the origins of Christmas. Here is part of what he says:
“Merry Christmas. Tonight we celebrate the birth of the baby Jesus, whose mom, Mary, just happens to be a virgin—even after she apparently gave birth to Jesus. At least that is what the Catholic Church would have you believe.
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Mel Gibson to tackle mini-series on Holocaust
NewsMax.comTuesday, Dec. 6, 2005 9:30 p.m. EST
Mel Gibson Plans TV Miniseries on HolocaustYou can say this about Mel Gibson: He isn't afraid to tackle sensitive topics.
The actor, who defied the odds with the blockbuster success of his film "The Passion of the Christ," is turning his attention to the Holocaust.
According to the New York Times, Gibson's television production company is developing a four-hour nonfiction miniseries for ABC based on the life of Flory A. Van Beek, a Dutch Jew whose gentile neighbors hid her from the Nazis but who lost several relatives in concentration camps.
more...Mel Gibson planning Holocaust miniseriesThursday, December 8, 2005; Posted: 9:48 a.m. EST (14:48 GMT)
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Mel Gibson is stirring passions again with his latest project -- a nonfiction TV movie set against the backdrop of the Holocaust.
Gibson's Con Artist Productions is developing "Flory" for ABC, based on the true story of a Dutch Jew named Flory Van Beek and her non-Jewish boyfriend who sheltered her from the Nazis, The New York Times and Variety reported in Wednesday editions.
more...Gibson plans Holocaust mini-series By David M. Halbfinger
The New York Times
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2005
LOS ANGELES Mel Gibson, whose "The Passion of the Christ" was criticized by some as anti-Semitic - and whose father has said that the Holocaust did not happen - is developing a nonfiction mini-series about the Holocaust.
Gibson's television production company will base the four-hour miniseries for ABC on the self-published memoir of Flory Van Beek, a Dutch Jew whose gentile neighbors hid her from the Nazis but who lost several relatives in the concentration camps.
The project is in its early stages, so there is no guarantee that it will be completed. Gibson is not expected to act in the mini-series, nor is it certain that his name, rather than his company's, will be publicly attached to the final product, according to several people involved in developing it. But Quinn Taylor, ABC's senior vice president for movies for television, acknowledged that the attention-getting value of having Gibson attached to a Holocaust project was a factor.
"Controversy's publicity, and vice versa," Taylor said.
Gibson's father, Hutton Gibson, has repeatedly denied that the Holocaust happened. Before the release of "The Passion of the Christ," Hutton Gibson said that accounts of the Holocaust were mostly "fiction" and asserted that there were more Jews in Europe after World War II than before.
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Swamp the ACLU, the Grinch who stole Christmas, with "Merry Christmas" cards
With the ACLU acting like the Grinch who stole Christmas, WMCA radio host Kevin McCullough's Christmas card campaign intends to take back Christmas from these Scrooges by burying them in an avalanche of Christmas cards that express our joy at Jesus' birth.
Let's marshall our forces and overwhelm the ACLU with the love of Christ, by:
Tracking the events of the coalition at McCullough's MuscleHead Revolution blog page;
Following details of the campaign as well at McCullough's WorldNetDaily syndicated column; and, Sending out those "Merry Christmas" cards!
See also my other posts:
"Help disarm the ACLU with Christ's love; send "Merry Christmas" cards to its national office," in the "Pope Benedict XVI Blog," my blog on the Pope and the Vatican.
"Merry Christmas, ACLU"; join WMCA radio host Kevin McCullough's Christmas card campaign," in "Come with me to Golgotha...," my blog on prayer and the inner life.
CBS miniseries on Pope John Paul II starts tonight 9 p.m. EST
Miniseries on John Paul II starts tonightDOUGLAS DURDEN
POINT OF VIEW
Dec 4, 2005
More, in the case of CBS' "Pope John Paul II," isn't necessarily better.
The miniseries, which airs tonight and Wednesday, is the second TV drama about the late pope to air within four days. The second to trace his days from aspiring young actor to religious leader. The second to emphasize his world view and Polish heart.
ABC's "Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II" has the longer title but half the length. It aired Thursday, scheduled after CBS announced the airdates for its miniseries.
Dueling TV productions are unusual but not unheard of.
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