Previous Issues for Action - The Oblongs

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December 2001 -
Latest Update: Channel 9 has cancelled the series after just ONE episode!
Thank you to those who contacted Channel 9!
Write and thank them for not showing this series at 7.30 pm Saturdays.

(4 Dec 2001) Original Action message ...

Channel Nine is planning to screen a cartoon program called "The Oblongs" on Saturdays at 7.30 pm (from this Saturday, Dec 8). It is apparently rated "PG" by the station - even though it features siamese twins joined below the waist who are very violent, a little girl with a "penis" growing out of her head, a limbless father and an alcoholic mother. The series ridicules dwarves and those with mental impairment.

Channel 9 said "Coming up with an appropriate time slot was difficult". Unfortunately they have chosen prime time television when the maximum possible number of children will be watching.

Apparently Channel 9 is "bracing themselves for a barrage of complaints". Let's not disappoint them!

Contact them PRIOR to Saturday: express your concern, complain about the time slot and ask that the series not be shown. After Saturday, phone or write to them expressing your concerns again.

Phone: (03) 9429 0201 (Melbourne) (or contact your local Channel 9 in your State).

Write: Mr Graeme Yarwood, MD, Channel 9, PO Box 100, Richmond, Vic 3121.

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