Controversies (Gregly 1964)

Thanks to the fact that Gregly is a long-running franchise and has been on the air for over 50 years with 3 different series, it has had its fair share of controversies over the years. This page will focus on the controversies surrounding the first series, which aired from 1964 to 1986.

Season 4, Episode 6
Season 4, Episode 6, (also known as Gregly Has Nothing To Do) was originally aired April 21, 1970. The episode immediately faced backlash thanks to a scene where Gregly feeds a baby with a milk bottle laced with crack. Protesters swarmed the studios that produced the series, eventually throwing rocks at the windows of the building and climbing in through the shattered windows to attack the animators and writers who had created the scene. The protest lasted about 30 minutes before local police arrived at the scene. About 5 hours later, it was confirmed that over 30 arrests had been made as a result of the protests and that the offending episode would be permanently banned and Gregly put on a 6 month hiatus. The episode remained banned for 35 years until it was finally allowed to air again, albeit in a heavily censored form that bleeped out all mentions of the word "crack", and the infamous scene where Gregly feeds the baby blurred out.