It's part of the benefits of enlisting. Discounts at hardware stores, free pancakes 2 times a year, watching porn with your dog.... I mean they fought so we can enjoy our freedom and being able to buy elaborate grills with min fridges, so they deserve to watch all the naked ladies and gore they want.
Grampa was in the army and he's not bothered very much: Meaning Grampa saw some shit overseas and there ain't nothing Hollywood can throw at him that's gonna phase him or Sgt. Scruffy
@@seronymus one of the older Tracy Ullman sketches. I forgot the name, but it’s a scenario of Bart telling Lisa what if they were the adults in charge and homer and Marge were the kids and see how unfair it is to be bosses around to do chores. It’s a part where Marge ask Bart if they really have to clean their room and Bart yells “YUP!”
Actually rewatching this I now love the subtle shift of expectation 😂, could’ve gone with the easy joke and made the mom extra sensitive but apparently this hypothetical woman only draws the line at straight up pornography and the like (or at least Troma levels of violence). Grandpa and Sgt Scruffy are gonna have a great find with Showgirls tho LOL
This is one of the scenes that stuck in my head for my entire life after the first time I saw this. Specifically "Grandad was in the Army so nothing much can bother him anymore"
When I recently went to see the Polar Express at Regal Cinemas as part of the Regal Holiday Classics series, someone did bring their small dog, and it was quiet and sat on its’ owners lap the entire time.
I just found out decades later after seeing this as a kid that not only is Jack Valenti real, but Stephen Speilberg liked this bit so much he asked jack himself to do it. And for a guy who as far as I know wasn't a voice actor, you cannot tell. He does a hilarious job here and fully commits to the bit.
I remember Paul Rugg saying he wrote that sequence just as a joke, then when the actual Jack Valenti came in, and started reading, he's like "oh shit, he's going to read the "these are my cheeks" line, I forgot I wrote that" and the guy just read it like a pro. For a champion of something as inherently evil as the movie ratings system, easily one of the greatest blights of history, Valenti's kind of a swell guy.
And if the movie is rated X then well, let's just say there aren't enough janitors in the world to clean up the spunk left all over the seats in the theaters. It's highly recommended that children stay home.
This is a great way for those who don’t live in the US to learn about the MPAA’s rating system! I live in the UK and this is where I learned about it. 😊
Aww man I actually mis-remembered this from when I saw it as a kid; in my memory Dad was the only one who had to stay at home if the movie was PG "because he's not mature enough for things like that"
I personally only started watching Freakazoid! after seeing so many great clips from it on RU-vid, and I was actually disappointed when I saw the episode with this clip. I thought it was funnier cut THIS way. xD God bless you, Jack Valenti - God bless you AND your cheeks.
I agree with everyone that this is where I learned what all these ratings meant. Literally, every time I see rated "R" or anything else, I always see sergeant Scruffy.
I remember laughing so hard at seeing Jack Valenti doing this bit in the show. Excellent moment for the intelligent adults to catch if they just happen to be watching children's programming. Well done Warner Bros. and Mr Spielberg. Well done!
+Micheal Polant Really? I thought it was funnier having the contiuation of the "Movie Ratings Explained" scene be the next scene, simply because it's not what one would expect. :p
Earlier in that episode, when he introduces himself, he says, "I'm Jack Valenti, and these are my cheeks." *SHOWS CHEEKS TO CAMERA* They're a source of pride.
Jack Valenti was one of the biggest douchebags in the history of Hollywood, but this is pretty hilarious, especially since you would have an extremely hard time finding ANY NC-17 movies in theaters, because almost no theater carries them. I recommend everyone to watch "This Film is Not Yet Rated," because it is an absolutely incredible and maddening reveal of the ridiculousness of the MPAA and it's ratings. Oh wait, it's NC-17, so have fun finding it.
Reading this response, I understood your points clearly and I agreed...but then I got to that bottom sentence. I must take time out of my day to thank you for that. That's amazing.
yeah whats funny about this now is that now in 2016 G and PG rating are splitting hairs; the only reason that a movie is rated G is if its a kids movie plus a direct to DVD, VHS, Blue Ray Release or cable television movie.
The problem comes more from the fact that G-rated movies get synonymized with the direct-to-dumpster family shlock that was churned out ad nauseum in the 90s and early-2000s. PG at least implies something watchable for adults. PG-13 is the "golden line" for most movie directors and screenwriters because the content won't be extreme enough that parents won't take their kids (especially in the face of video games, fearmongering in politics and rampant domestic abuse), and is mature enough that parents won't go at all because it's completely unwatchable for them.
Imagine a weird concept as using numbers for your ratings instead of random letters? A movie rated 16... What the hell could that possibly mean, right? xD
Freakazoid whispering:"jack! We're ready for the next scene, you're gonna have to wait!" Jack:"no! No! Please! I beg you! Let me finish! This is very very important!" Freakazoid:"later." Jack:"but--" (Freakazoid snatches jack) freakazoid:"Later!" Jack:"oh, shoot!" Freakazoid:"and now the next scene!"
@whiteclaudia9 The children's names are in reference to the old TV show Family Affair...Buffy and Jody were the two kids (a boy and a girl). Why do I know this? Because at the same time that Freakazoid was airing (during the glorious Animaniacs days as well), Family Affair was enjoying a stint on TV Land, and thats what I watched at my grandmother's house when she watched me in the afternoons. TV Land, I believe, is how I understood a random Perry Como reference on Animaniacs as well.
Aladdin (1992) = G Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) = PG Jurassic Park (1993) = PG-13 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) = R Bad Lieutenant (1992) = NC-17
We'll meet again,Don't know where,don't know when. But I know we'll meet again, some sunny day. Keep smiling through , Just like you always do,Till the blue skies chase those dark clouds, far away.
The last NC-17 movies I remember were: The Dreamers A Dirty Shame Lust, Caution Lust, Caution - NC-17 or not - should have played in every theater across America. An awe-inspiring and heartbreaking piece of cinema that got completely shafted by America and the guilds because of that damned rating.
TV-Y=EC(before they got rid of it)-Early Childhood TV-G=E=G-General Audiences/Everyone TV-Y7-directed at older children TV-PG=E10+=PG-parental guidance suggested TV-14=T=PG-13-parents strongly cautioned/teen TV-MA=R=M-Restricted/mature NC-17=AO-adults only
I watched movies with lots of brutal violence, gore and sex all the time when i was changing channels as a kid and my parents did not seem to care lol.
