Documentation of the material on which my COMPLAINT is based is provided below.  Video tapes of  "Father of the Pride" are available from the Parents Television Council.

COMPLAINANT believes that the excerpts cited from "Father of the Pride's" content are in context and fully representative of the show's overall tone and quality.

COMPLAINANT also believes that such material is:

(a.) Clearly offensive according to the standards of my community; and

(b.) Especially offensive because it was broadcast at an hour when millions of children were watching; and

(c.) Particularly shocking in light of the NBC network's and its affiliate stations' repeated promotions of the show in the weeks prior to its premiere episode as "from the makers of 'Shrek'" -- a highly popular feature film for children; such promotions inevitably had the effect of attracting millions of children to watch.

For the reasons above stated, COMPLAINANT urges the FCC to exercise its responsibility to enforce the existing law against indecency on broadcast TV between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. (Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 1464) by levying severe sanctions against the broadcasters of this program.

COMPLAINANT RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS THAT THE FCC ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THIS COMPLAINT, AND THAT THE FCC KEEP ME INFORMED OF THE PROGRESS AND RESULTS OF YOUR INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER.

EXCERPTS from the August 31, 2004 premiere episode of "Father of the Pride"

• An animated orangutan calls his wife "a bitch"

• A panda refers to her "slutty sister"

• An animal trainer is accosted by a sexually aroused chimpanzee

• Larry Lion bellows out at one point, "Big Daddy's home and he's ready for lovin' ... It may be 9 o'clock in New York, but right here it's mountin' time."

• A male house cat lies on the floor between Larry's legs.  There is a slurping sound.  "What?" asks the cat.  "Your wife ain't doing it.  I'm all you got, sunshine."

Such material is patently offensive, and should be found in violation of the law against broadcast TV indecency!

When you click the SUBMIT button below, the PTC will forward your INDECENCY COMPLAINT to all 5 Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission.

A copy of your COMPLAINT will also be forwarded in your name to TOYOTA, as sole sponsor of the premiere episode of "Father of the Pride," with the following message:

I am outraged at the frightening increase in violence, sex, filth, smutty humor and coarse language on prime-time television. TV shows have been poisoned by a flood of offensive material that is helping destroy family values and seriously harming America's children and grandchildren and SPONSORS LIKE YOU ARE PAYING FOR IT WITH YOUR ADVERTISING DOLLARS!

In particular, TV was poisoned by the August 31, 2004 premiere episode of "Father of the Pride" aired on NBC-TV and SOLELY AND ENTIRELY SPONSORED BY YOUR COMPANY, after weeks of incessant promotion of the show as "from the makers of 'Shrek'" thus guaranteeing that young children would be attracted to the show.

As a consumer, I am taking part in this grassroots campaign organized by the Parents Television Council (PTC) to urge you and all commercial TV Sponsors to STOP USING YOUR ADVERTISING DOLLARS TO UNDERWRITE THE FILTH THAT IS POISONING THE MINDS OF MILLIONS OF IMPRESSIONABLE YOUNGSTERS. 

I hope and expect to hear from the PTC that your company has adopted a new and more responsible advertising policy that will preclude sponsorship of any program containing material as indecent as that featured in "Father of the Pride."

Finally, a copy of your COMPLAINT will also be forwarded in your name to the NBC station in your area, which broadcast "Father of the Pride" to the homes in your community, with the following message:

I am outraged at the frightening increase in violence, sex, filth, smutty humor and coarse language on prime-time television. TV shows have been poisoned by a flood of offensive material that is helping destroy family values and seriously harming America's children and grandchildren and YOUR STATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SPREADING THE FILTH IN OUR COMMUNITY!

In particular, TV viewers in our area were slimed by the Auguest 31, 2004 premiere episode of "Father of the Pride" aired on NBC-TV and BROADCAST TO OUR COMMUNITY BY YOUR STATION.  Since your station had also broadcast NBC's incessant promotion of the show as "from the makers of 'Shrek'" in the weeks prior to the premiere, YOU HAD TO KNOW THAT MANY YOUNG CHILDREN WOULD BE ATTRACTED TO WATCH.

I am taking part in this grassroots campaign organized by the Parents Television Council (PTC) to urge you and all network-affiliated TV stations to TAKE A STAND IN DEFENSE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND STOP UNQUESTIONINGLY PUMPING OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY ANY FILTH THAT THE NETWORK FEEDS YOU.

Federal law holds YOU responsible for what you broadcast, and SO DO I!

STOP POISONING THE MINDS OF OUR COMMUNITY'S IMPRESSIONABLE YOUNGSTERS! 

I hope and expect to hear from the PTC that your station has adopted a new and more responsible policy that will preclude broadcasting between the hours of 6 am and 10 pm any program containing material as indecent as that featured in "Father of the Pride."