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Due to shows such as South Park and Family Guy, people are given alternate resources for pop culture and news. South Park is notorious for putting pop culture events and popular views in the limelight. Let’s take the infamous Indiana Jones episode. We all know that Indiana Jones’ latest adventure was not the greatest, so with that, South Park made an episode about Indy getting raped by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. This is funny, controversial and true at the same time. As Americans, we all felt that Lucas and Spielberg “raped” Indiana Jones by making such a terrible movie. In South Park, we get to see that…and laugh about it.

From what I’ve noticed, Family Guy takes a different approach to cover universal subjects. In one instance, the Griffin family encounters the “wonders” of welfare checks. In this episode, Peter gets fired from his factory job and is too embarrassed to tell his wife, so he applies for welfare without her knowing. He then receives a check for $150,000 every week by mail. Although his dog tells him that the welfare committee made a mistake and argues that he is stealing from “American tax payers,” Peter decides that welfare is a blessing and spends his money freely. When his wife finds out that he has not been given a raise at work and that they are actually on welfare, she flips out and explains that welfare is only for individuals who have a disability or lack of education, etc. As Peter learns about welfare, so do we. “Stealing from American tax payers is bad.”