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CHRIS: "Well I'm glad we're finally going out, Ellen. I've really liked you for a long time."

ELLEN: "Hey! What the hell you think you're doing?"

CHRIS: "Sitting down."

ELLEN: "Get up and pull my chair out for me."

CHRIS: "Oh goodness, I'm sorry, so sorry."

ELLEN: "That's better. You going to be this rude all evening? You haven't asked me anything about myself."

CHRIS: "Oh, um, sorry. Um, uh, so what do your parents do?"

ELLEN: "That's better. My dad's an accountant, and my mom is the former governor of Alaska." (Family Guy)

And to the real former governor of Alaska- some things just aren't funny. Sarah Palin is going after Fox's Family Guy after its most recent episode made a punch line of both her and Down syndrome.

We've got perspectives from FOX News, HLN, Sky News, ABC and the Huffington Post.

After posting her daughter's reply to the show's writers on Facebook, an almost teary Sarah Palin commiserated with Bill O'Reilly on The O'Reilly Factor.

O'REILLY: "No, no I agree with you. This guy McFarlane who did this, this guy McFarlane who did this is a hater. Makes a lot of money for Fox, but I think there should be some standards sometime. But apparently there aren't."

PALIN: "This is what Bristol said about it too though. Bristol reminded me, and she'll remind these million plus Facebook readers, she's going to remind people that those in the special needs community truly are some of the most loving and compassionate people in the world, so why pile it on to them and make their lives even that much more challenging?"

On ShowBiz Tonight, entertainment journalist Tanika Ray agreed, but said that Family Guy wasn't worth taking seriously.

RAY: "But let's not forget the facts here, that Family Guy is a show that appeals to the lowest common denominator of America. It is for teenage boys who are drinking beer in their dorm room and men that refuse to grow up and are appealing to their teenage boy insides."

ANCHOR: "That's a tough justification though."

RAY: "It's not justifying it. What I'm saying is that you can't say that show's not sophisticated. It's never professed to be sophisticated or politically correct, so take it with a grain of salt and move on. The fact that she's even responding to this is making it a bigger deal than it ever could have been."

And British network Sky News asked if Palin was simply fanning the flames.  

"Leaving aside the tastefulness or otherwise of a song and dance routine about Down's Syndrome, one wonders why Mrs. Palin would want to give the show exactly what it wants."

Others didn't believe the episode was offensive at all. On The View, host Joy Behar said the clip was classic comedy.

"I think the character is fiesty and assertive, and is like, 'Come on, fix my chair!' It's not like they made her into a pathetic kid, that's number one. And who's to say that people with disabilities don't have a sense of humor about themselves? ... I mean that is the way, that is the way comedians operate! They operate from a base of humor and goodwill in most cases."

And a Huffington Post editorial by a writer with a special needs son praised the show and called Palin's reaction "sad" and "misguided".

"But really, you should be grateful to 'The Family Guy' -- for tackling a taboo topic with relatable humor and smarts; for holding a funhouse mirror up to the public so they can recognize their shortcomings in their dealings with people who are handicapped; and for being real."

So was Sarah Palin justified in fighting back against Family Guy? Or has she blown the situation out of proportion?

Writer: Elizabeth Eberlin

Producer: Newsy Staff