Nov 28
If you show Janet Jackson’s boob for a second during the Superbowl, you create all kinds of controversy and your network gets fined by the FCC.
If you show a pig having an insemination rod inserted into its vagina on Modern Marvels, and follow that up seconds later with a guy jacking a pig off, no problemo. It’s all kosher. Gather the kids around the TV and use the DVR to play it again and again.
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November 28th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
Having seen Janet’s boob, I think I’ll keep the pigs.
–chuck
November 29th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Well, cable isn’t subject to the same rules as broadcast. The FCC gets away with the ability to fine objectionable content because of the pervasive nature of being broadcast over the public airwaves, whereas cable has to be invited into homes.
Also, when tuned into the Super Bowl, you don’t expect a topless show. Of course neither was the network who got stuck with the fine.
The Modern Marvels example may be a bit extreme, but I’m sure that they gave viewers some expectation of what was coming up.
December 23rd, 2007 at 11:31 pm
Trust and believe, there was NO EXPECTATION of a pig’s vagina when we turned on the Modern Marvel episode entitled “Pork.” I did expect to see a lot of the inside of a slaughter house, but not a pig’s vagina!!!! I’ll take Janet’s boob to be quiet honest!