But at the same time, did he really need to join FART? The least he could have done is be more proactive in the production of the series on his own terms.
IOTL he sits on the board of the Parents Television Council...or did...I'm not sure if he's still there as of December 2022 IOTL. This year, Billy Ray bullied his way into the writer's room.
Anyways, besides SBC having buckled under FART's pressure, landing the Ninja Turtles at Disney in '89, there have been other incidents.
In 1991, the original
Big Nate on NBC was a pioneer in early LGBT representation on SatAm programming. When FART had a predictable meltdown, NBC wisely ignored it.
It was FART who tried to intimidate Hollywood from giving Greg Rhodes a second chance after he got clean from his heroin addiction in the early 90's.
ITTL, FART was also instrumental in stirring up the fire flap that almost got
Beavis and Butt-Head canceled. Although, MTV still trimmed fire references out of some early episodes while others like "Stewart's House" and "Comedians" were taken out of circulation until they each resurfaced on Adult Swim in recent months.
In early 1994, when Blance Boudreaux ran away from the Kricfalusis' Simi Valley home around her 14th birthday, FART ignored the fact that she crashed on a few foster home couches when police refused to send her back to John K and Bridgette.
That same year, when Warner Bros. was being crucified over the third act of
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, FART made several threats towards Siskel and Ebert when they both gave the film Two Thumbs Down over the reveal of Lois Einhorn's (Sean Young) true identity.
And in just the past year, FART has been trying to bully the NHL into reinstating TMZ's locker room credentials. Last season, a TMZ employee was caught trying to shoot video of Tiffany Disney putting her pants back on after a diaper change in a walled off part of the backstage area at the Staples Center during her Mighty Ducks' 5-3 loss to the Los Angeles Kings. The LAPD quickly dragged said TMZ guy out of the arena in handcuffs. Because Tiffany is well respected among the rest of the league's owners, Commissioner Gretzky swiftly revoked TMZ's locker room access for the forseeable future.