Not funny ... Some groups have attacked the Simpsons, Family Guy crossover episode for a joke about rape. Picture: Supplied. Source: Supplied
THE Simpsons-Family Guy crossover episode hasn't even aired yet but it is already copping flak for a controversial rape joke.
A trailer which was screened at Comic Con in July gave fans a sneak peak of what happens when the Griffins travel to Springfield.
In one scene, Bart Simpson shows baby Stewie how he makes prank calls to Moe the bartender.
It is a running gag that Simpsons fans know well.
Moe: "Moe's Tavern, Moe speaking."
Bart: "Uh yeah, I'm looking for a friend, last name Ki-Bum, first name Lee?
Moe: "Hang on I'll check, hey guys do I got a Lee Ki-Bum, do I got a Lee Ki-Bum?"
Will he ever learn ... Moe is the victim of another one of Bart's prank calls. Source: Supplied
Then Stewie has a turn.
Stewie: "Hello Moe, your sister's being raped."
After hanging up the phone he asks Bart, "is that one?"
Family Guy fans will know that the rape joke is far from being the most controversial that creator Seth MacFarlane has approved but it appears that it is causing outrage because people aren't that used to The Simpsons pushing the envelope so far.
Tim Winter, president of the advocacy group Parents Television Council, said he's a longtime fan of Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, and sought out the trailer when it was released.
"I was blown out of my shoes when I saw the scene with the rape joke in it," Mr Winter said. "It really troubled me."
Mr Winter said he didn't think the subject was worth joking about, and said he was particularly concerned about its exposure to younger viewers who may be fans of The Simpsons, but are not familiar with the Family Guy style of comedy.
"We don't mock certain groups because we realise that it is highly insensitive and morally wrong," he said. "Why wouldn't we do the same thing about sexual assault?"
He said he found it particularly offensive in the context of stories about sexual assaults on US campuses and, most recently, talk about abusive treatment of women by some players in the US National Football League. He said when rape is accepted as a punch line for a joke in entertainment, "it becomes less outrageous in real life."
Winter said he wrote to Groening, MacFarlane and Fox in August, asking that the joke be removed when the episode is shown on television. He said he received no reply.
Fox's entertainment division, through a spokeswoman, said it would not comment on the criticism or whether there are any second thoughts about the joke.
Katherine Hull Fliflet, spokeswoman for the Washington-based Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, said she did not find the line offensive.
"I think the show is making it clear that rape is not funny by how they are positioning the joke," Fliflet said. "It's my hope that would be the viewers' takeaway."
RAINN, which says it is the nation's largest anti-sexual assault organisation and operates a rape hotline, works with creators in Hollywood to help them depict sexual assault realistically. The group lists actor Christina Ricci as a national spokesman.
The National Organisation for Women didn't respond to requests for comment on the Fox comedies.
MacFarlane brought up the line during a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, predicting he will get attacked for it in the media. "But in context," he said, "it's pretty funny."
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