Cartoon Network & Adult Swim Remove Episodes From Rotation Following Plane Crashes: Report
The cable channel Cartoon Network and its adult-geared programming block Adult Swim are reportedly taking episodes out of their rerun rotations following the recent plane crashes in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The X account CN News/Schedules reported on Friday, January 31, that The Amazing World of Gumball’s “The Saint,” Courage The Cowardly Dog’s “Scuba-Scuba Doo,” Family Guy’s “Boy (Dog) Meets Girl (Dog)” and “Yug Ylimaf,” Robot Chicken’s “Happy Russian Deathdog Dolloween 2 U” and The Eric Andre Show’s “Hannibal Quits” will be pulled from the schedule for the next two weeks “due to depicting, or joking about, plane crashes.”
ComicBook.com has plot details for each episode: As the site reports, “The Saint,” “Yug Ylimaf,” and “Scuba-Scuba Dog” all depict aviation accidents; “Boy (Dog) Meets Girl (Dog)” contains a 9/11 joke; “Happy Russian Deathdog Dolloween 2 U” features a reference to the plane crash in Donnie Darko; and “Hannibal Quits” has a sketch in which Eric André pretends to have been dropped from a plane.
In 2013, Adult Swim apologized to viewers in Oklahoma for airing a Family Guy episode involving a tornado on the same day that a deadly tornado struck the city of Moore. “Our apologies to Oklahoma for the tornado reference in Family Guy,” read a post on the programming block’s X account. “The episode was scheduled weeks ago.”
Cartoon Network and Adult Swim’s reported programming decisions come days after the January 29 collision involving a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger plane in Washington D.C. — in which 67 people died — and the crash of a medical transport plane in Philadelphia two days later — in which seven people died and at least 19 people were injured. Authorities are investigating both incidents, the causes of which are not yet known.
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I know right? It just goes to show you how sensitive society has become. Even if the cartoon episodes were shown at a mere coincidence doesn\'t mean it was purposely satire over a real world event. It\'s unpredictable to begin with.
But regardless, I guess someone\'s feelings got hurt over social media regardless of the obvious fact in this cancel culture era we live in now.
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This is the DUMBEST article I\'ve ever read. Taking episodes out because of plane crashes is absurd. Like ANYONE was going to care if you left them in or not.
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I was in the February 1998 tornadoes in Florida and they postponed the Twister ride at universal opening for about 30 days. So this has been going on for decades. I actually like watching things about tornadoes. Even though it\'s hard I never want to forget.
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I understand why they decided to do it, but anyone who would actually be offended by this doesn\'t deserve to have a say. I acknowledge that the crashes were tragedies, but removing entire episodes became someone MIGHT be offended by them is just dumb.
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Man leave them now days y\'all might be to sensitive but the ones who grew up watching these shows they filled us with joy made us laugh the only time I felt said was when I missed a show like tf
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Sensitive ass mfs
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I\'ve heard about episodes of anime being delayed or changed in Japan because of earthquakes or murders, but hadn\'t heard about that happening over here before
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never forget school days nice boat
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