Carol Burnett Can’t Take a Joke


Carol Burnett not amused by ‘Family Guy’

Carol BurnettLOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) — Fox says Carol Burnett can’t take a joke.

The actress says Fox and its “Family Guy” show paid her back for refusing access to her music and other copyrighted materials by lampooning her in an episode of the animated TV comedy, and now she wants them to pay for the indignity.

In a suit filed last week in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Burnett and her Whacko production company seek more than $2 million for alleged copyright infringement and other claims.

In July 2005, “Family Guy” producers were refused permission to use Burnett’s well-known theme music from her long-running former CBS TV show in an episode of the animated series titled “Peterotica,” according to the suit. That’s when they decided to cook up some paybacks, it claims.

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“Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane was not named as a defendant in the suit. Fox, which produces the show and airs it over its broadcast network, issued a statement indicating “surprise” over the legal action.

” ‘Family Guy,’ like the ‘Carol Burnett Show,’ is famous for its pop culture parodies and satirical jabs at celebrities,” Fox said. “We are surprised that Ms. Burnett, who has made a career of spoofing others on television, would go so far as to sue ‘Family Guy’ for a simple bit of comedy.”

It bothers me that any-one in Hollywood would take offense to what Family Guy does on a normal basis. I feel that if you make it your job to be in the public spotlight you deserve whatever the public can ridicule and throw back in your face. Especially when you’re a comedian. No one thinks she’s a horrible person because of what Quagmire said in character, in fact after that scene I remember thinking back to when I used to watch the show… people bug me.


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