According to the request, “chub has a sexual connotation” - an edit for which Hirsch did offer suggested alternatives after pointing out it was referencing a dog’s stature. That includes the use of crud for having an “inappropriate slang definition” and “chub,” which appeared on a character’s “chub pup” t-shirt. The video features a number of notes related to adult understandings of terms or concepts applied within the context of a children’s show. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. The context is an owl-themed restaurant called Hoo-Ha’s Jamboree. As for “hoo-ha,” he wrote, “It is a proper word meaning excitement or hullabaloo and that is clearly its meaning here. Hirsch responded to the initial edit by dismissing that any child watching would find the term “poop face” offensive. “Please revise poop face as it comes across as a replacement for ‘shitface.’ Prior use of Mabel saying ‘poop, poop and butts’ in the episode ‘Fight Fighters’ came across as more childlike and not as offensive,” the narrated S&P note says, before another states, “It has come to our attention that ‘hoo-ha’ is a slang term for vagina.
That includes one about the use of the word “poop face” and the word “hoo-ha.”
The video begins with the message: “The following are real emails from the Disney TV standards and practices department.” It then rolls right into the requested edits, featuring exact page numbers and dates going back to September 2011, which Hirsch refused to make or challenged.
Hirsch said the notes were provided to him and the Gravity Falls team by the studio’s Standards and Practices department, which at a TV network is responsible for ensuring programming adheres to the moral, ethical and legal standards of the station it airs on.