Don't they have people who check for this sort of thing?

I just read a great small report in Steve Fritz's weekly animation article he does for newsarama.com that shows why you should check every language you can before you create a show or character. The whole article is here: http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=113615 but the part I loved is buried, so I'll paste it below.

And Joanie Loves Chachi will forever be tainted now that I've read it...


SOUTH FLORIDA MOM MAD AT ANIMATED PENGUIN

It appears a South Florida mother, Maida Rodriguez, is up in arms over a PBS animated series entitled Pingu. Aimed at pre-schoolers, it tells the tale of a CGI kid-friendly penguin. The problem? The little bird’s name is apparently the same as a Latin term referring to a particular part of a man’s anatomy.

Her daughter, Samantha, loves the show and anything associated with the Antarctic birds."Basically, the word 'pingu' stands for male genitalia," Rodriguez, of Miami Lakes, told CBS TV station WFOR. "Whenever she sees a penguin, be it a stuffed toy or what not, she says, 'Look Mommy, there’s a Pingu.' I've had a couple of people at stores give me the eye because my daughter is saying a very bad word," Samantha's mom said.

"I have to constantly tell her that she's saying something wrong, and she doesn't understand because it's a show for kids and it's a cartoon and it's got a lovely little song that repeats the song over and over and over and it's a really catchy little tune.”

Rodriguez said that she has called both PBS and cable system Comcast. However, she's been told that she can turn Pingu off if she doesn't like the show. Instead, the mom is thinking of canceling her Comcast cable service.

Obviously, the woman has never heard of blocking the show, either.

As one person later posted on the same news item, Rodriguez is probably going to be having issues with TV shows for some time in the future. After all, the word ‘chachi’ is another Latin American slang term for another piece of male anatomy. As the poster pointed out, this probably goes a long way towards explaining why Joannie loved it so much.