The Trumpton Riots EP There, the title of the second song is given as "Architecture and Morality Ted and Alice". In a 2001 appreciation of the band, music writer and novelist Kevin Sampson described the EP as "utterly marvellous". In May 2016, "The Guardian" newspaper reported that Gordon Murray's family were contemplating suing the band Radiohead for infringing the copyright of the idea of Trumptonshire in the video for their single "Burn the Witch". The same report noted that Half Man Half Biscuit's 1980s song "The Trumpton Riots" had "portrayed Trumptonshire as a place of striking firemen, militant socialism, and military coups". The following
Barney & Friends as a contributing factor to the perceived sense of "entitlement" seen in the Generation Y who grew up watching the show as children. One specific criticism is: The creator and performer of the San Diego Chicken mascot, Ted Giannoulas, called Barney a "ubiquitous and insipid creature" in a 1999 court case. "Barney & Friends" ranked #50 on "TV Guide" 2002 list of the 50 worst TV shows of all time. The show has also been parodied in many forms. (see Anti-Barney humor) In a 1993 newspaper article, Jerry Franklin, the head of Connecticut Public Television, which co-produced "Barney" at the