# I can't believe they got away with that! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930 "2006-07-10T21:26:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930/21 "2006-07-11T02:22:20Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > An older _ATHF_ episode where a “Voodoo Witch Doctor” tricked the cast into reciting, from helpful cue cards, the phrase “I am… **Sofa King** …We Todd Ed.” as part of a ritual. > > “Not so fast…looses meaning. [chuckle]” Um…people will understand you a lot better if you explain your acronyms at least once. What the heckis ATHF? ---
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930/22 "2006-07-11T02:25:59Z")
> [@Dijon Warlock](#): > > The Simpsons are full of this kind of stuff. “Mmmmm…sugar walls.” Morningwood Penitentiary. Salad-tossing references. What is sugar walls refering to? Which episode? ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930/23 "2006-07-11T02:34:06Z")
> [@BluePitbull](#): > > What is sugar walls refering to? Which episode? [Sugar Walls](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Walls) refer to the vagina. Homer said it while eating the wall of the witch’s gingerbread house one one of the Halloween episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930/24 "2006-07-11T02:36:32Z")
> [@](#): > > What the heckis ATHF? Aqua Teen Hunger Force - a cartoon series on Adult Swim. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930/25 "2006-07-11T02:39:30Z")
> [@Skald the Rhymer](#): > > Um…people will understand you a lot better if you explain your acronyms at least once. What the heckis ATHF? Aqua Teen Hunger Force ---
**Author:** ![Grelby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@Grelby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grelby)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930/26 "2006-07-11T02:58:39Z")
I recently re-watched some old _Rocko’s Modern Life_ episodes (a cartoon a grew up on about an immigrant wallaby, great stuff). In one of them, there was a scene with small pet animals (not sure what they were) using a _beer funnel_. I was 9 and 10 years old when I was watching this show! Then again, this was the _Ren and Stimpy_ era, so I guess beer funnels seemed tame by comparison. ---
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930/27 "2006-07-11T03:22:11Z")
> [@Grelby](#): > > I recently re-watched some old _Rocko’s Modern Life_ episodes (a cartoon a grew up on about an immigrant wallaby, great stuff). In one of them, there was a scene with small pet animals (not sure what they were) using a _beer funnel_. I was 9 and 10 years old when I was watching this show! Then again, this was the _Ren and Stimpy_ era, so I guess beer funnels seemed tame by comparison. Is it true that Rocko’s Modern Life had other innuendo ie references to sex or masterbation? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930/28 "2006-07-11T03:23:35Z")
> [@BluePitbull](#): > > Is it true that Rocko’s Modern Life had other innuendo ie references to sex or masterbation? Yes, a number of references. One of the most noticable was the name of Rocko’s favorite hangout: the Chokey Chicken. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930/29 "2006-07-11T03:34:47Z")
_You Bet Your Life:_ GROUCHO (to Mrs. Story, who has 19 children, all in the studio): Why do you have so many children? That’s a big responsibility and a big burden? MRS. STORY: Well, I love my husband. GROUCHO: Lady, I love my cigar but I take it out of my mouth once in a while. [Actually, they **didn’t** get away with that,](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_024.html) but it was too good to omit! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930/30 "2006-07-11T03:35:14Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > Aqua Teen Hunger Force - a cartoon series on Adult Swim. Yeah, I can’t believe I didn’t know THAT one immediately. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Grelby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@Grelby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grelby)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930/31 "2006-07-11T03:49:56Z")
> [@BluePitbull](#): > > Is it true that Rocko’s Modern Life had other innuendo ie references to sex or masterbation? Oh hell yeah. That same episode had a weird pet psychologist that apparently was taking Rocko’s mop (which Spunky had a crush on) into his office alone… supposedly to “talk.” What’s really cool about it is that, ten years and more later, the show **really** holds up - it’s still great entertainment! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930/32 "2006-07-11T04:05:39Z")
I’m surprised with what Conan O’Brian gets away with sometimes. I was shocked as hell when the “Camel Toe Annie” character made her debut. I mean, the verbal reference is surprising enough–even on late night televison, but to have a woman come out dressed in very tight pants with a very exaggerated, bulging camel toe… Man, I was floored! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930/33 "2006-07-11T11:57:01Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > Yes, a number of references. One of the most noticable was the name of Rocko’s favorite hangout: the Chokey Chicken. Or that at one point in time they are actually playing a game called ‘spank the monkey.’? Rocko’s Modern Life was not a kid’s show. I have a theory that the producers pitched it to MTV or Comedy Central first, and when it failed there, they went to Nickelodeon, and figured the dirty jokes didn’t matter because kids wouldn’t get them. Turns out they were right. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930/34 "2006-07-11T12:17:59Z")
Times have surely changerd. In “Goldfinger”, first the book and then the movie, it was considered downright scandalous that there could be a character named “Pussy Galore”. One of the few things about any of the Austin Powers movies I liked was the character name “Lotta Fagina” as a parody of this. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930/35 "2006-07-11T12:27:13Z")
Homer also mentioned the “Hersey Highway.” And said to a gay guy “You’ve been riding his ass all morning. And not in a good way.” ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930/36 "2006-07-11T14:42:02Z")
**The Simpsons** is full of them. One of my favorites is the Krusty See ‘n’ Say. “S is for shiksa! S…H…I…um…I think there’s a T in there…” Similarly, there’s Apu’s alma mater, the Springfield Heights Institute of Technology. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930/37 "2006-07-11T14:45:43Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Or that at one point in time they are actually playing a game called ‘spank the monkey.’? > > Rocko’s Modern Life was not a kid’s show. I have a theory that the producers pitched it to MTV or Comedy Central first, and when it failed there, they went to Nickelodeon, and figured the dirty jokes didn’t matter because kids wouldn’t get them. Turns out they were right. Hell, there was an entire episode about how Rocko was jackhammering so much in preperation fora jackhammer contest that he started to go blind. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930/38 "2006-07-11T14:48:08Z")
Another Simpsons reference: Homer and Marge are hiding in a barn, and an angry farmer with a pitchform says something like “Get outta my barn or there’s gonna be some ass-forking!” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930/39 "2006-07-11T14:49:56Z")
In the 80’s TV show _GI Joe: A Real American Hero_, one of the villainesses is the Baroness. An Eastern European knockout, her standard outfit was a black leather catsuit, boots & gloves. [![](http://subshape.phpwebhosting.com/cobra/baroness.jpg) ](http://subshape.phpwebhosting.com/cobra/baroness.jpg) A Dom. In a kid’s cartoon. What were they _THINKING!_ :eek: :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930/40 "2006-07-11T14:59:39Z")
I was going to post Soupy Sales’s famous “every time I say F, you see K!” bit, but a check of [Snopes](http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/soupy2.htm) tells me that he didn’t actually do it (or any of the other subversive gags that were attributed to him). I’m kind of bummed–those were cool gags, and it’s fun to think he got away with them back in the uptight days of television. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-got-away-with-that/363930.md?page=3)