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Family Guy Actor Responds

posted Monday February 22nd, 2010

Several people have pointed out that Andrea Fay Friedman — the actor who did the voiceover for Ellen, a.k.a. “Down syndrome Girl” on that recent Family Guy episode — responded to Palin’s criticism of the show. (Here is a link to the the clips if you didn’t get a chance to see them.) And if […]


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Back to the whole Family Guy thing. I know I said we should leave Sarah Palin out of it, but of course you know I didn’t really mean it. I mean, I did want to figure out whether that Down syndrome Girl episode was funny or not, on its face (general consensus from admittedly biased […]


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Sarah Palin aside, I’m with Whoopi. This is not funny. Neither is this. Now, if I was a. a regular viewer of Family Guy and/or b. not the parent of a child with Down syndrome, I might find it hilarious. But i doubt it. Be honest. Have I lost my sense of humor? I’ll reserve […]


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