Adult content
http://www.charismanews.com/us/52809-this-kids-favorite-exposes-young-minds-to-adult-content-every-3-minutes
Major Findings:
- In just four episodes, there were a total of 33 instances of adult-themed content. That is equivalent to one instance of adult-themed content airing every three minutes and 38 seconds.
- Most of the adult-themed content within the show consisted of sexual innuendos or alcohol and drug references/depictions.
- Forty-six percent of all the adult-themed content was sexual (45.5 percent).
- Fifty-five percent of all the adult-themed content consisted of alcohol or drug references and depictions (54.5 percent).
- The following Muppet characters delivered sexual, alcohol, or drug-related content: Miss Piggy, Kermit, Fozzie, Scooter, the band, Yolanda, Animal, Rizzo, Sam, Zoot, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Bobo, Waldorf, Floyd, Uncle Deadly, Pepe, Sweetums and Swedish Chef.
- Over 70 percent of all alcohol and drug references/depictions aired in the two most recent episodes—episodes #3 and #4 (72.2 percent).
- The number of instances doesn't tell the full story of how much adult-themed content a child watching The Muppets would consume. Screen time (the amount of time allotted for a scene, actor, subject matter or show) is also important to consider. One bar scene in the fourth episode of The Muppets was counted as one instance. However, the scene was long enough to consume almost one-quarter of the show's screen time. During this scene, the Muppets were drinking and shown becoming drunk from beer, wine and hard liquor.
- Eighty percent of all the sexual content aired in the first two episodes (80 percent) was in the form of sexual innuendos (for example: "too many women, too many towns"); sexual references (for example: "sex it to me sake boy"); and anatomical references (for example: "I'm getting this thing hiked over Hiatus").
- Almost half of all sexual content in the study was delivered by the two most famous, iconic children's characters: Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy (46.7 percent).
