Tuesday, October 16, 2007

"Thou shalt not covet thy sister, Jan!"

So what's this about more people knowing the ingredients of a big mac and knowing all about the ersatz lives of the Brady Bunch than know the 10 Commandments? Slow news weekend? And what's this about Elliott Gould as God??

Americans know the Brady Bunch better than Bible
ReutersPublished: Saturday, October 13
NEW YORK - How many of The Ten Commandments can you name?
Put to the test, Americans recalled the seven ingredients of a McDonald's Big Mac hamburger and members of TV's The Brady Bunch more easily than the Bible's Ten Commandments.
A survey by Kelton Research found 80 per cent of 1,000 respondents could name the burger's primary ingredient -- two all-beef patties -- but fewer than six in 10 knew the commandment "thou shalt not kill."

Fewer than half of respondents -- 45 per cent -- could recall the commandment "honour thy father and mother," but 62 per cent knew the Big Mac has a pickle.
Bobby and Peter, the least recalled-names from the fictional Brady Bunch family, were remembered by 43 per cent of respondents -- topping the 34 per cent who knew "remember the Sabbath" and 29 per cent recalling "do not make false idols."
The survey was commissioned by the Ten Commandments Commission in the lead up to the Oct. 19 release of animated movie The Ten Commandments and the online campaign to boost awareness of The Ten Commandments.
Actor Elliott Gould, who voices God in the upcoming movie produced by Promenade Pictures, gave his backing to the campaign to raise awareness of the commandment's historical basis for the U.S.'s legal and moral code.
"I would hope that to renew, restore and strengthen our resolve in relation to ethics and morals can help to pave the way to make for peace and harmony in the world amongst all of us," he said in a statement Friday.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Clearly they didn't do this survey down in the deep south!