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This sounds like that lost episode of Family Guy in which MacFarlane paid homage to the Crosby and Hope road pictures. IIRC, it was called "The Road to Harford." In this lost gem, Stewie and Brian go back to nineteenth century America in time to witness the self destruction of the Federalists during the Second Anglo-American War.
Legend has it that the suits at Fox shelved the episode after MacFarlane wouldn't budge on a story arc. Apparently, the same executives who did not draw the line on gags about bestiality were worried about the backlash from gags implying bestiality and miscegenation. "Does her name have to be 'Sally'? And if so, why can't her mom be named 'Martha'?"
This type of initiative further undermines the intellectual credibility of the American political right. We want America to use the best practices of the founders when it comes to governing the nation. Yet, at the drop of a hat, many are ready to ignore those same best practices.
My $0.02.
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