“I’m waiting for a Muslim ‘All in the Family.’ Muslims are never going to feel like a part of the American family until people start to make fun of them on TV. That’s how minds have always been changed in this country.” Really? Can he give us a single other example of a group that started “to feel like a part of the American family” when people started “to make fun of them on TV”?
This is just another spurious claim of Muslim victimhood from someone who has made a tidy living in the Muslims-Are-Victims industry, Reza Aslan. And it is more muddled thinking from a spectacularly muddled thinker. Which marginalized group began to “feel like a part of the American family” because they were made fun of “All in the Family”? Right-wing racist bigots? Polish hippies who were dubbed “Meathead” by their fathers-in-law? Aslan here probably means not “All in the Family,” but something like “The Cosby Show,” which has been invoked before in the same way: Katie Couric said a few years ago that we need a Muslim “Cosby Show,” i.e., a TV show that shows Muslims as just ordinary folks, and this will supposedly melt away the alleged prejudice that Americans have toward them.
The fallacy of that reasoning lies in the fact that when “The Cosby Show” aired, there were no international black terror groups mounting terror attacks in the U.S. and around the world, and boasting of their imminent conquest of the U.S. The suspicion that Americans have of Islam comes from jihad terror and Islamic supremacism, not from racism and bigotry, and Americans know this distinction, despite the best efforts of people like Reza Aslan to obscure it and make people feel guilty for opposing jihad terror. Some slick TV show depicting funny, warm, attractive, cuddly Muslims would not end jihad terror, or blunt concern about it — it would only serve to further the idea that resisting jihad violence was somehow “bigoted.”
This is not the first time Aslan has revealed his abject intellectual vacuity. He regularly makes howling errors of fact, including his ridiculous claim that the idea of resurrection “simply doesn’t exist in Judaism,” despite numerous passages to the contrary in the Hebrew Scriptures. He has also referred to “the reincarnation, which Christianity talks about” — although he later claimed that one was a “typo.” In yet another howler he later insisted was a “typo,” he claimed that the Biblical story of Noah was barely four verses long — which he then corrected to forty, but that was wrong again, as it is 89 verses long. Aslan claimed that the “founding philosophy of the Jesuits” was “the preferential option for the poor,” when in reality, that phrase wasn’t even coined until 1968. He called Turkey the second most populous Muslim country, when it is actually the eighth most populous Muslim country. He thinks Pope Pius XI, who issued the anti-fascist encyclical Mit Brennender Sorge, was a fascist. He thinks Marx and Freud “gave birth to the Enlightenment,” when it ended in the late 18th century, before either of them were born. He claims that “the very first thing that Muhammad did was outlaw slavery,” when in fact Muhammad bought slaves, took female captives as sex slaves, and owned slaves until his death. He thinks Ethiopia and Eritrea are in Central Africa.
A “renowned religious scholar” such as Reza Aslan should not make such elementary mistakes. But this is, of course, the man who writes “than” for “then”; apparently thinks the Latin word “et” is an abbreviation; and writes “clown’s” for “clowns.” Aslan is less a “religious scholar” than he is a marginally literate, unevenly educated charlatan with a talent for telling the mainstream media what it wants to hear. He would be great to play Meathead on the new Muslim “All in the Family.”
“‘Rough Draft’s’ Reza Aslan wants to see a Muslim ‘All in the Family,'” by Libby Hill, Los Angeles Times, January 6, 2016:
Reza Aslan is like family.
That’s what legendary television writer and producer Norman Lear (“All in the Family,” “The Jeffersons”) assures the room at the Television Critics Assn. winter media tour Tuesday in Pasadena: “Spend three minutes with him and you’ll love him.”
Oh yes, Reza Aslan is an absolute sweetheart.
Lear is the first guest on Aslan’s new Ovation talk show “Rough Draft With Reza Aslan,” which features the author and religious scholar hosting writers of every stripe — film, television, music or literature, as well as an accompanying musical guest, an audience in the round, and a dash of alcohol, in the hopes of loosening tongues….
“This started because producer David Andreone and I are huge fans of ‘Inside the Actor’s Studio’ but wanted to do that with writers and a live band and everyone’s drunk,” Aslan says of the impetus for the series, going on to clarify that the show originally took place in Silver Lake but interest grew so high that he was determined to begin taping it to reach a broader audience….
“Television is where I learned what America was,” Aslan, an Iranian immigrant, says. “I learned English from ‘CHiPS,’ from ‘Sesame Street.’ I watched so much ‘CHiPS’ that I thought cars flipped over on ramps on the freeway every day.”…
As for family, Aslan is most anxious for Muslims to finally break through the ultimate television glass ceiling.
“I’m waiting for a Muslim ‘All in the Family.’ Muslims are never going to feel like a part of the American family until people start to make fun of them on TV. That’s how minds have always been changed in this country.”
Invite me on your show, Reza, and I will make fun of you all you want.
Ralph says
jihad3tracker says
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A week ago or thereabouts, I mentioned these resources for more combat videos, but this is a good time to put them up again: www [dot] funker530 [dot] com / www [dot] liveleak [dot] com.
A good slice of the total were recorded by Marines in firefights, with high-definition helmet cams — so there is a second-by-second experience in situations where there is no guarantee of winning the engagement. Patriots willing to risk their lives for America and a seditionist (Barry Hussein Soetoro aka the president).
Also, do a web search with “Hellfire missile” / “Javelin missile” / “TOW missile” / “Apache helicopter” / “Barrett rifle” / “sniper”. Some of the Hellfire missiles — especially in urban settings — are tracked from the Apache’s camera, and the missiles do flabbergasting adjustments in trajectory to the last moment, hitting the target dead center. Whoever was on the armament design team sure got the job done right.
Andrew GB says
Great Programme, hope they do another series – the more the better.
rev g says
The ratings would tank after the honor killings of the female characters. Achmed Bin-kehr, son in law Ham-head, and the camel, wouldn’t carry a series.
john spielman says
NOW that’s funny( though it took me a few seconds to get it)
john spielman says
I was referring to your islamic names for archie bunker and meat head!
Katnis says
+1 on that! LOL
Gene says
Acid attacks and honor killings are hilarious. People will certainly relate to everyday problems like forcing your daughters to wear a hijab or burka, and forcing them into an arranged marriage at 10 years old. And steamy goat sex scenes will certainly attract a lot of viewers. While, camel urine advertisements will be more than enough to pay for the show. If the cast members aren’t murdered in real life by a rival Islamic sect, this show will be a sure winner.
Jay Boo says
A Public Service Announcement on “Stranger Danger” would be more appropriate on anything that creepy Reza Aslan or Islam is connected with.
Chabuco says
There’s already an “All in the Family”, it’s called Cologne:
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/01/06/ifeelsodirtysousedharrowingtestimonyofcolognevictims/
katnis says
Disturbing article.
Don McKellar says
It’s amazing how this piece of human garbage continues to have all these delusional leftists completely bamboozled! Don’t they read anything about whom they are dealing with? Don’t they even try to educate themselves just a little bit? These people just seem to cover their eyes and stick their fingers in their ears until the unpleasant and frightening truths go by, and then it’s back to fantasy land and lunch with Iran’s taqiyya front man! A moslem All in the Family would have to have an infidel white guy whose daughter was converted to Islam by his new moslem son in law. Right? That’s what Asslan is thinking. And then they can make fun of how stupid the non-moslem white guy is and how “unfounded” all this “islamophobia” is as week after week we see how noble and decent the son in law is and how wrong the white guy is about Islam.
I am reminded of that propaganda nonsense show Little Mosque on the Prairie. Remember that one? Not a single moslem in the cast or crew — only one little moslem woman in her habib lending her image to a left-fascist fantasy show. The big joke on that show was the evil Christian minister guy and how he’s got them all wrong and he’s to blame for all the trouble. I watched maybe one episode of that one and almost threw up. It was clear that the producers of that show new that they could get a politically correct buck out of the CBC and stooped to any low they had to to spin the garbage. The second violent, hate-filled second half of the Koran ignored. The antisemitism and gay killing and death for apostates and second class citizenship for all non-moslems completely ignored. It’s all everybody else’s fault. Look how lovable these moslems are! Do the producers of Little Mosque on the Prairie ever look into the mirror at themselves, ever stay up staring at the ceiling at night — thinking about how they’ve promoted a philosophy of oppression, terror, bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, and religiously sanctioned murder? I’m sure they block it from their minds just like the nazis or the communists did.
Westman says
Aslan: “Muslims are never going to feel like a part of the American family until people start to make fun of them on TV”
That’s odd. The last time I saw some Muslims who thought they were the object of humor, they were trying to kill Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, Geert Wilders, and the free-speech cartoon contest attendees in Garland, TX.
This Reza fella’ seems to have his wires crossed.
miriamrove says
So can they mock their pedophile and murderous prophet? M
Westman says
Sure, if they want to die.
Mirren10 says
This utterly *stupid* little twit says;
“I’m waiting for a Muslim ‘All in the Family.’ Muslims are never going to feel like a part of the American family until people start to make fun of them on TV. That’s how minds have always been changed in this country.”
Until people start *making fun of them* ?
Aslan has clearly forgotten, (more likely his excuse for a brain failed to process the information) all the deaths that have ensued from people *making fun of mohammed*. But maybe that’s what this egregious mohammedan is hoping for …
Mirren10 says
Here’s the original. Brava, Alf ! All coming true, now.
Mike says
And not many people remember that the actor who played the out of work scouser (Liverpool layabout) was Tony Blair’s father in law (Anthony Booth).
Mike says
Best download them now before the fascists have a Nazi style burning of the ‘content’. The BBC won’t show the comedy series “It ain’t half hot mum” because of sensitivities towards Indians but Allo Allo is probably safe as its an all white comedy taking the p*** out of Brits, French & Germans.
grace begley says
Well we all know how well the Cosby Show turned out.
But OK a moslem All in the Family. Dad is a radical hate preacher who beats his wife and ships his 13 year old daughter off to Yemen to marry her 55 year old uncle. And the sons are cadet suicide bombers who want to fight for isis, but who mostly harrass local white girls for not wearing hijab. It would be a hoot. I say give it a shot.
nicu says
😉
I see Muslims everyday and I would not like to see them in a show , too !
mortimer says
Agreeing with grace 100%. They will certainly ‘give it a shot’ if the show is produced. Some jihadist will be offended enough to use firearms.
Charli Main says
The BBC has a long running Soap called ” Eastenders” which has had a lovely, cuddly teddy bear type Muslim family in it. You know, just the ordinary, peace loving neighbours that we all long to have living next door.
A current story line, is a girl starting to show an interest in Islam and her Muslim boyfriend is encouraging her to have chats with the local imam. No doubt the BBC will have lots of weepy scenes showing her conversion to the ” religion of peace” in the future.
Another BBC masterpiece of subliminal audience brainwashing.
catherine says
There was such a program in Canada. Little Mosque on the Prairie ran for several years and was fairly popular, however it’s salutary effect was likely overtaken by recent events such as ISIS, Boko Haram, al Shebaab, the migrant invasion of Europe and so on!
Pere LaChaise says
I watched a couple seasons of the show back in 2008-9, and quite enjoyed the humor and colorful characters but after a while it seemed tiresome so,I gave it up. Canadians have a more normal emotional economy than Americans and aren’t freaked out about a show concerning mohammedans. Their colonial empire has saddled them with large communities of them so they better learn to laught at their foibles.
I liked Little Mosque as it showed moslem people with faults and fallacies. The uptight dad of the young girl was particularly ridiculous with his religious scruples.
D.C. Watson says
The “Beverly LaSalle” character may be a more fitting role for this jackass.
Mike says
Germany may have decided to go down the Islamic path and embrace Sharia law rather than have Muslims appearing on western TV.
In Cologne the Mayoress has told young women not to wear suggestive attire after a number of them were assaulted by Muslims migrants on New Years Eve and in Bavaria, the police and schools have told parents not to allow their daughters to wear clothes that might be sexually arousing to male Muslims.
Sounds like they’re either frightened of a back lash if a migrant rapes a German girl having got bored with their own kind or Germany is on the way to introducing Sharia law.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3386673/Women-Cologne-lockdown-council-admits-no-longer-safe-wake-African-Arab-mob-s-rapes-declares-upcoming-carnival-no-area-females.html
http://rightedition.com/2015/09/15/muslim-migrants-raping-women-children-at-german-refugee-camp/
http://www.thelocal.de/20150626/refugee-school-calls-for-uniform-modesty
mortimer says
Ayatollah Khomeini SPECIFICALLY forbade TV sitcoms:
“Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam. There can be no fun and joy in whatever is serious. Islam does not allow swimming in the sea and is opposed to radio and TELEVISION SERIALS.”
Aslan’s idea is ‘haram’ … it is not permitted by Islam. Aslan should be executed for making light of Islam.
Westman says
And that’s Aslan’s Shia Ayatollah in Iran where Aslan comes from. Whoa, does this mean that, in Iran, Aslan is no-beard apostate(takfir)? He is definitely a comedian who is bringing humor upon Islam.
mortimer says
I can’t wait until this ‘MAKE FUN OF ISLAM’ show offends the JIHADISTS who have NO SENSE OF HUMOR WHATSOEVER!
I can’t wait for the Western non-Muslim writers to be sent DEATH THREATS from the terrorists. That will be a whole lot of LEFTARDED CULTURAL MARXISTS who will never work again…because they are hiding from the terrorists and have changed their names and moved to Alaska!
FRITZ says
Croatian Security speaking about the new year night in cologne:
Mo says
@ Fritz
Wow, thanks for this video. Truly horrifying. Well, the wanted Islam. Now they’ve got it!
It is interesting how they also seem to have the same brainwashing that having concerns about Islam and the violence it creates is somehow “right wing” nonsense. Now they’re seeing it with their own eyes.
Libertyphobic says
Letterman did alot of Pope jokes, tried a mohamad joke—-result = Fatwa–no more madham jokes–same South Park–BE VIGILANT and keep a keen sword
Charli Main says
OFF TOPIC
Heard the latest folks ??? The “O” and ” A” level GCSE examinations, that are absolutely pivotal to the future of British children are to be rescheduled this year “because they fall during the holy month of Ramadan”.
You couldn’t xxxx make it up. !!!! Won´t be long before Mohammed´s birthday becomes a national holiday in Britain and the ” life of the Holy Prophet” a compulsory subject taught in schools.
Mo says
I thought making fun of Muslims is offensive? Now he’s calling for it?
Make up your mind!
eduardo odraude says
How Reza Aslan whitewashes Muhammad’s caravan raids
First, notice how Aslan, on pages 82 and 83 of his book No god but God, makes Muhammad’s caravan raids look bloodless:
Why does Reza Aslan make no mention of what core Islamic texts say about those raids, for example, what happened at Nakhla, where for the first time Muslims succeeded in finding a caravan to target? See page 287 (425 in the Arabic) of the earliest Muslim biography of Muhammad:
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How Reza Aslan misleads about Muhammad’s marriage to 9-year-old Aisha
Notice how Aslan, on pages 64 and 65 of his book No god but God claims that Muhammad did not consummate his marriage to Aisha when she was 9:
Why doesn’t Aslan mention what the core Islamic texts tell us?
From Sahih al-Bukhari, the most canonical hadith collection:
Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 62, Number 64:
Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 62, Number 65:
Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 62, Number 88:
Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 58, Number 236:
rev g says
Even accepting all his bs, how is it that stealing is not stealing? Ah, it resembles socialist redistribution of wealth! All good then.
Westman says
It was just a little stealing for Allah; “no harm done” other than an illustration of Muhammad and Allah’s true characters. Aslan left out a few murders in his description.
Could you imagine Jesus stealing a little money from the changers at the Temple and then declaring that if you have seen my character, then you have seen the Father’s?
Aslan cannot conceive that honesty is absolute. Where did he get flexible morals, Islam, perhaps?
mortimer says
The harm Aslan does is to the facts, historiography and scholarly ethics.
gravenimage says
Excellent post, Eduardo. Even Aslan’s saying that Aisha was betrothed to Muhammed at nine is a lie–this is when the “marriage” was *consumated*–when he raped the little girl. And the idea that caravan raids were bloodless is nothing but the most baldfaced lie.
eduardo odraude says
gravenimage, thanks. There’s probably a ton more distortions in Aslan’s books, because I did not have to look long to find those lies.
pdxnag says
Everybody but dad is an apostate, then he kills them. That’s the end of that. One episode.
Angemon says
Is this guy for real? Is he really suggesting that Americans should mock and ridicule a minority on national TV? WHAT A BIGOTED, RACIST, ISLAMOPHOBE REZA ASLAN IS!!! I’m offended by what he proposes, and I demand all human beings worthy of that name, the people who genuinely care about the well-being and feelings of others, to go on social media and raise hell, and don’t stop until he apologizes and gets fired – he needs to be made toxic to the point where no one will ever associate with him, not even at gunpoint.
^That would be the reaction from the left were Reza Aslan a Republican.
Seriously now, All in the Family is an old series. What we need is a muslim Modern Family. Cameron and Mitchell equivalents would be a gay muslim couple who regularly argued on whose day it was to wear the burqa, all while hiding their sexual orientation from the in-laws. The equivalent to Jay Pritchett would be an old muslim married to 4 beautiful younger women supposedly of different races and ages, with the joke being that he never saw them without the burqa after he met them for the first time and they were in fact old crones of his own ethnicity. Hey, it could work!
eduardo odraude says
One could not publicly make fun of Muslims without getting a target on one’s back for the rest of one’s life. Aslan must believe Islam is true, and for that reason he is willing to lie about it, no doubt even to himself.
eduardo odraude says
Basically, to publicly and without anonymity tell the truth about Islam in any kind of sustained way means facing something like crucifixion of one’s reputation by mobs on the Left, and also having to guard against violent Muslims. That’s why so few people are willing to tell the truth about Islam in public. And that’s why propagandists and whitewashers of totalitarianism like Reza Aslan are too rarely called on their manipulations and lies.
Champ says
In that case Reza ought to draw a picture of ‘prophet’ muhammad and call it a day. I mean he’s already half way there. Drawing mo might be therapeutic for Reza …ROFL!
gravenimage says
Reza Aslan wants to see a Muslim “All in the Family”; will he play Meathead?
……………………………..
*Really*? Could you imagine the howls of protest that a Muslim “Archie Bunker” would bring, even if he were whitewashed enough that you wouldn’t believe he might “Honor Kill” Edith or Gloria?
Could you imagine his grumbling about the “filthy Infidels” down at the loading dock just getting a chuckle?
And whatever else Gloria’s marriage to the feckless “Meathead” might have been, it was clearly a love match, and one that dad *did not approve of*.
Such a show–toned down as it would be if dad were presented as no worse than a sexist bigot–would bring *screams of “Islamophobia”* from both Muslims and their leftist apologists.
The *only* reason leftists considered All in the Family funny was that they main butt of the jokes was a hard-working, narrow-minded, blue collar white guy living in Queens decades before that borough would become cool. That was, indeed, the main point of the program.
And you know who would be leading the protest against such a show featuring Muslims? Reza Aslan, of course.
Catherine says
Little Mosque on the Prairie Episode 1. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k8APVztLSaw
abad says
““I’m waiting for a Muslim ‘All in the Family.’ Muslims are never going to feel like a part of the American family until people start to make fun of them on TV.”
LOL
Aslan’s comment tells me he does not often visit JW for if he did he’d know Muslims are being made fun of right here.
LOL
mortimer says
Agree with abad. Any examples of poking fun at Muslims is called ‘Islamophobia’…it is condemned by the mullahs and people like Aslan. The upshot of the condemnation is normally 1) mullahs preach angry Friday sermons 2) people exit mosque after sermon and i) burn something belonging to ‘nationality’ or ‘religious faith’ of the mocker or ii) someone of ‘nationality’ or ‘religious faith’ gets murdered…or both.
The reason Aslan will never see a Muslim sit-com is that producers and their staffs would be too TERRORIZED by ISLAMIC TERRORISTS to work on the show!
Goat Pimp says
“Some slick TV show depicting funny, warm, attractive, cuddly Muslims would not end jihad terror, or blunt concern about it — it would only serve to further the idea that resisting jihad violence was somehow “bigoted.””
I think it would increase Muslim-hate because it would serve as another piece of evidence that the establishment is lying to us about the Muslim problem. We are sick of the jihad problem being white-washed, Islam being promoted by the likes of the POTUS, and Muslims being afforded special privileges that no other groups get.
eduardo odraude says
Such a show would never work because even the people who pretend there is no problem with Islam know under all the denial and self-deception that there is a problem.
Dude says
Riiight, because muslims just love to be mocked.
Dave J says
They don’t really mind being mocked as long as it makes them the center of attention and they get what they want in the long run.
Its the same narcissism as how dare you make a drawing or cartoon. Then right behind comes the militia.
sidney penny says
A super paragraph.Wish more people study logic.
The fallacy of that reasoning lies in the fact that when ……….
“The fallacy of that reasoning lies in the fact that when “The Cosby Show” aired, there were no international black terror groups mounting terror attacks in the U.S. and around the world, and boasting of their imminent conquest of the U.S. …….The suspicion that Americans have of Islam comes from jihad terror and Islamic supremacism, not from racism and bigotry, and Americans know this distinction, despite the best efforts of people like Reza Aslan to obscure it and make people feel guilty for opposing jihad terror. Some slick TV show depicting funny, warm, attractive, cuddly Muslims would not end jihad terror, or blunt concern about it — it would only serve to further the idea that resisting jihad violence was somehow “bigoted.””
” Americans know this distinction” thanks to you.:and not only Americans but people around the world.
JIMJFOX says
Asshat Aslan, Chota-boy Choudary, Slimeball Mehdi Hasan, the Pope should all have a spot.
Oh, how we would laugh ourselves to tears at their waggish humor!
daniel sebold says
I have noticed in Reza’s videos that certain vapid meaningless words keep repeating themselves. He loves the word “profound,” profoundly this and profoundly that. He says to Sam Harris that he has a “profound” misunderstanding of Islam. What does that mean, really in this context? Maybe he has a shallow understanding of Islam, and not a profound misunderstanding at all, but profound sounds more intellectual. He says that atheists like Sam take the Quran literally. But how do you take, “there is no God but God and Muhammad is his messenger” figuratively? Does Reza believe that Muhammad is the figurative messenger of God? Does he have the courage to say that? He is a walking cliche whose mind is filled religious “phenomena,” whatever that is. “I have a very rational intellectual faith in the divine,” he says. Sounds good, but since when is faith rational? He loves throwing around cliche-ridden new age gibberish in an attempt to sound intellectual about what is really mumbo jumbo. Who needs this?
I think it was one of those Big Think videos where this word “profound” came pouring out with more sophomoric drivel about religions being symbolic systems that allow is to kill homosexuals figuratively with. “The colonialist experience was a profound experience for the world’s Muslims ” Really, my kids here in Saudi love James Bond movies and killing themselves and other people on the highways by driving two hundred kilometers an hour down the highway. Who taught them Islamic fatalism? The American colonialists?. It’s God’s will Where is the West in that? How profound. I am tired of the man claiming expertise in mumbo jumbo, pseudo intellectual, pseudo-disciplines for which he has no degree in, has lied to the public about his “expertise.” Why the hell Big Think would put on an imbecile like that–gee, what a sham. No more Big Think for me. “There is no such thing as Christinaity. There are Christinaities.” Seriously, who needs this? It says nothing. We already know that there are many different kinds of Christianity that are “radically different, depending on where you live” Say something new.
My experience with the Muslim world, and I have traveled all Muslim countries except Iraq, am currently living on the Saudi/Yemen border–I walked into the Umayyad Mosue in Damascus twelve years ago, the oldest most gorgeously beautiful mosque in the Muslim world, took photos inside and out, then went to Cairo and took photos inside and out of all the mosques there, all of them architectural masterpieces. A year later, i visited the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, an architectural twentieth century pile of junk and was told I couldnt take photos inside. That is Islam.
JIMJFOX says
When do you intend visiting Mecca and Medinah???
Bernice says
There WAS one in Canada. It was called “Little Mosque on the Prairie,” and you would swear you were dealing with the sweetest, most civic-minded people in the world. It was even a big hit for those people who could watch it without gagging. I wasn’t one of them.
mike says
Maybe Aslan can ask his arch-nemesis Sam Harris, who, as a very young boy would, on occasions, tag along with his mother to the Writer´s Room for All in the Family…Susan Harris was a ground-breaking writer on that legendary show in the 70s. She wrote the famous ¨Maude gets an abortion¨ episode. There is some trivia for you.
abad says
My dear husband just reminded me of a favorite television show of mine that routinely “played it high” on Muslims and was very popular, pre-dating “All in the Family.”
It’s called, “I Dream of Jeannie.”
Whether it was her cousin Habib (Ted Cassidy) wanting to cut Paul Lynde to ribbons with his scimitar, or her uncle Suleiman (Jackie Coogan) talking about beheading anyone who did not correctly guess what was in the ornate box in order to win Jeannie’s hand in marriage. And of course the handful of episodes where Tony ends up in Mecca for one crazy reason or another to save Jeannie’s life.
Yes.
Absolutely brilliant.
Reza Aslan, I suggest buying the entire series DVD set. It may help lighten you up.
Moron.