With a twitch of his brimstone detecting nostrils' Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has confirmed Homer & Marge's banishment from the oily nation's airwaves, after a ruling that The Simpsons traduced the Law of Social Responsibility in Radio and Television by being unsuitable for children.
The National Telecommunications Commission said the show pushed "messages that go against the whole education of boys, girls and adolescents", a task the regulatory agency, thinks better delegated to wholesome Sesame Street regulars like David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson, The Simpsons' 11 AM slot having been turned over to reruns of Baywatch
Media watchers are waiting to see if Borat counsels Kazakhstan to follow suit .