The DVD release of the TV series Little House on the Prairie will be flagged "for adults only" in Finland! Universal Pictures did not want to pay for the Finnish government to inspect each episode to see if they are suitable for children.
Although I loved the books as a child, I think someone would have to pay me, too, to watch all the TV shows. Link -Thanks, CheeseDuck!
Finnish authorities charge 2 euros ($2.57) per minute for assessing the correct age limit on films and television series. Distributors who forego this can only sell their shows with a sticker saying "Banned for under-18s."
"Long series can get quite expensive to check, and some use this exemption in the law to their advantage," said Matti Paloheimo, Director at the Finnish Board of Film Classification.
"Such unchecked material should not be shown to children publicly," he added
Although I loved the books as a child, I think someone would have to pay me, too, to watch all the TV shows. Link -Thanks, CheeseDuck!
My siblings and I all watched LHOTP while it was in syndication (Apparently it's still shown, but on daytime TV with these 10-minute-long "save the children" commercials so it's heavily edited). Anyway, we loved the show, but after seeing each episode about five times we found ourselves "Rocky Horror"-ing it, shouting additional dialogue at the screen and making off-color comments. One of my brothers even "scripted" Little House erotica to amuse his friends at college. THAT is what this article's headline reminded me of!
I feel confident in saying that every episode is chock full of family-safe, god fearin' goodness.
If the maker of Teletubbies wanted to save some money and wouldn't pay for official inspection, it would be "adults only", too.
For many years there have been discussion about whether we should shut down the entire office, because it's useless and expensive. This stupid little incident made finally the government officials to join this conversation and maybe it finally happens.