NationStates Jolt Archive


A harmless mistake?

Philosopy
02-02-2009, 13:06
US sports fans in Arizona got a surprise when their TV coverage of American football's Super Bowl was interrupted by a pornographic film.

"I just figured it was another commercial until I looked up," viewer Cora King told the Arizona Daily Star.

"Then he did his little dance with everything hanging out."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7864733.stm

How would you feel if this sort of thing interrupted a programme you were watching? Would the answer be any different if you were with children?
Skip rat
02-02-2009, 13:11
Was it another 'wardrobe misfunction'?
FreeSatania
02-02-2009, 13:11
Ha Ha Ha.
Philosopy
02-02-2009, 13:11
Was it another 'wardrobe misfunction'?

I'm not sure the participants had much need for the contents of a wardrobe.
Delator
02-02-2009, 13:13
The interruption happened just after the last touchdown by the Arizona Cardinals, who lost the match to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

British media is the only place I've ever heard an American Football game called a "match"...

...as for the rest, meh. Someone will be fired, and several someones will whine that they've been traumatized or something, and then everyone will forget until next time.
Pure Metal
02-02-2009, 13:18
hehe, somebody's gonna get a boot up their ass for that one

that said, i'd probably rather watch porn than american football, so i wouldn't mind much ;)
Skip rat
02-02-2009, 13:21
Can you imagine the disappointment if it happened the other way round - halfway through your porn flick it suddenly changes to the Superbowl coverage

"oh...oh....oh....i'm....TOUCHDOWN"
Maineiacs
02-02-2009, 13:26
Can you imagine the disappointment if it happened the other way round - halfway through your porn flick it suddenly changes to the Superbowl coverage

"oh...oh....oh....i'm....TOUCHDOWN"

ROTFLMAO:D


You win the thread.:hail:
Cabra West
02-02-2009, 13:34
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7864733.stm

How would you feel if this sort of thing interrupted a programme you were watching? Would the answer be any different if you were with children?

I would laugh.
And the answer would be the same if I was with children.
FreeSatania
02-02-2009, 13:36
I would laugh.
And the answer would be the same if I was with children.

You would watch porn with children?
Cabra West
02-02-2009, 13:56
You would watch porn with children?

I wouldn't sit them down saying "Now lets look at some real nice hardcore, kids!"
But I know that kids find naked people and anything to do with sex incredibly hilarious, so a glitch like that would almost certainly make them laugh, and me as well.
Skip rat
02-02-2009, 14:02
I wouldn't sit them down saying "Now lets look at some real nice hardcore, kids!"
But I know that kids find naked people and anything to do with sex incredibly hilarious, so a glitch like that would almost certainly make them laugh, and me as well.

Thats an opinion from someone who doesn't have kids I think

My 8 year old sniggers at the word s-e-x but I would NOT have been impressed if she got to see porno stuff

Having to answer the questions would be the worse bit....."Daddy, do you do that with Mummy":)
Kryozerkia
02-02-2009, 14:07
I have no idea how I'd react. I'd probably wait to see if it was gay p0rn, and if so, I'd try and learn the name of it. If not, I'd change the channel. Who likes hetero p0rn anyway?
The Free Priesthood
02-02-2009, 14:14
... American football isn't considered gay porn?
Rambhutan
02-02-2009, 14:15
Cock ups happen
Sdaeriji
02-02-2009, 14:24
I wonder why a broadcast television station would have a pornographic tape to run, since there's no conceivable situation where they'd be able to run it legitimately.
Skip rat
02-02-2009, 14:25
... American football isn't considered gay porn?

Lol......it may explain why the referees keep throwing hankies at the players, to mop up any spillage
Khadgar
02-02-2009, 14:48
I wonder why a broadcast television station would have a pornographic tape to run, since there's no conceivable situation where they'd be able to run it legitimately.

It's a cable station.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
02-02-2009, 14:48
I wonder why a broadcast television station would have a pornographic tape to run, since there's no conceivable situation where they'd be able to run it legitimately.
There's always porn. Somewhere in the area, there's always porn.
Cabra West
02-02-2009, 14:53
Thats an opinion from someone who doesn't have kids I think

My 8 year old sniggers at the word s-e-x but I would NOT have been impressed if she got to see porno stuff

Having to answer the questions would be the worse bit....."Daddy, do you do that with Mummy":)

Don't have them yet, but I'm sure my kids would know about that long before they turned 8 anyway.
And if they get to see it sitting next to me while watching a sports match, or if they find it on dad's computer... where's the difference?
Sdaeriji
02-02-2009, 15:02
It's a cable station.

According to the article, and http://www.kvoa.com/, it was the Tuscon NBC affiliate.
Skip rat
02-02-2009, 15:06
Don't have them yet, but I'm sure my kids would know about that long before they turned 8 anyway.
And if they get to see it sitting next to me while watching a sports match, or if they find it on dad's computer... where's the difference?

Thats a good attitude to have - no point repressing a crutial part of a childs education.

My point is that there is a difference between sex and porn, cos Mummy and Daddy don't do a lot of whats on the internet

*grumbles that he should be allowed too*
Khadgar
02-02-2009, 15:14
According to the article, and http://www.kvoa.com/, it was the Tuscon NBC affiliate.

The company said the material was only seen by viewers of one cable network
...
Cabra West
02-02-2009, 15:15
Thats a good attitude to have - no point repressing a crutial part of a childs education.

My point is that there is a difference between sex and porn, cos Mummy and Daddy don't do a lot of whats on the internet

*grumbles that he should be allowed too*

Well, true that, although if it was just regular stuff (as in, no BDSM, no fetish), mommy and daddy are most likely doing it, too. ;)

Sure there's a difference. But they will come into contact with it, and getting the chance to be sitting next to them in their first encounter by accident would allow me to explain a few things. I don't know what they were showing, but if it was normal guy/girl or guy/guy or girl/girl stuff, they would most likely not be unduely traumatised.
Theocratic Wisdom
02-02-2009, 15:47
mistake???? glitch????

yeah - right. a "mistake" like that just doesn't "happen." it had to be intentional. so, yeah, the person who did it should have his butt handed to him w/ a pink slip embedded.
Kryozerkia
02-02-2009, 15:50
No one suspects malicious intent on the part of a disassociated third party who might've done this for kicks?
Theocratic Wisdom
02-02-2009, 15:51
No one suspects malicious intent on the part of a disassociated third party who might've done this for kicks?

I do. In fact, I can't see any other reasonable explanation.
The Alma Mater
02-02-2009, 15:57
It was PETA, wasn't it ;) They cannot show their commercial - so they arrange real porn :p
Lunatic Goofballs
02-02-2009, 16:00
I doubt the prankster will ever be caught. :)
Trans Fatty Acids
02-02-2009, 16:03
I'd have been hella pissed. Regardless of my feelings about porn, I don't want to watch it unexpectedly, in the same way that I don't want to have a cupcake shoved down my throat when I'm driving on the freeway. Involuntary consumption is generally bad.
Theocratic Wisdom
02-02-2009, 16:04
I doubt the prankster will ever be caught. :)

logically, someone was scheduled to be working there, and have access to the tech that would have allowed him/her to do it.

unless they tapped into the feed somehow - but I'm not tech savvy enough to know if such a thing is actually doable.
Smunkeeville
02-02-2009, 16:13
I would have been pretty pissed off.
Holy Cheese and Shoes
02-02-2009, 16:29
If that was a planned and orchestrated practical joke, then hats off to whoever managed it!

But then maybe that's because the most enthusiasm I can muster for spectator sports is "meh"
Theocratic Wisdom
02-02-2009, 16:33
I'd have been hella pissed. Regardless of my feelings about porn, I don't want to watch it unexpectedly, in the same way that I don't want to have a cupcake shoved down my throat when I'm driving on the freeway. Involuntary consumption is generally bad.

:D

And I love that these words of wisdom come from a person named "trans fatty acids". Too funny!!! Too true!!
Gift-of-god
02-02-2009, 18:04
I would have enjoyed it if I was alone. Ignored it if my kids were around. If my kids asked, I would then explain what porn is and how tv stations sometimes make mistakes.
Smunkeeville
02-02-2009, 18:06
Okay, so I saw it, and it's not as bad as I was led to believe by the media, but I still would have been annoyed.
The One Eyed Weasel
02-02-2009, 18:07
Definitely a "Tyler Durden" style terrorist act.


Props to the guy(s) that had the balls to do it.
Hotwife
02-02-2009, 18:07
We live in a country where you can show people getting their brains blown out on prime time television - but show an erect cock or a nipple and everyone gets in a tizzy...
Smunkeeville
02-02-2009, 18:22
We live in a country where you can show people getting their brains blown out on prime time television - but show an erect cock or a nipple and everyone gets in a tizzy...

People choose to watch that, these people were not actively choosing to watch a guy with his stuff out.

I don't let my kids watch shows where people get their brains blown out......neither do I want them to be exposed to some guy with this stuff out.

It's the same as if we were walking down the street and a guy dropped his pants.
New Wallonochia
02-02-2009, 18:24
We live in a country where you can show people getting their brains blown out on prime time television - but show an erect cock or a nipple and everyone gets in a tizzy...

Incredible, isn't it?

Perhaps it was Al Qaeda. I've always suspected them being behind Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" which, as we all know, almost destroyed America.
Cabra West
03-02-2009, 15:22
Incredible, isn't it?

Perhaps it was Al Qaeda. I've always suspected them being behind Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" which, as we all know, almost destroyed America.

*lol I always found that one really hilarious. I mean, you didn't even see a full boob.... but oh the outrage!
Smunkeeville
03-02-2009, 16:11
*lol I always found that one really hilarious. I mean, you didn't even see a full boob.... but oh the outrage!

The nipple thing is different than this. (to me anyway)
Cabra West
03-02-2009, 16:13
The nipple thing is different than this. (to me anyway)

Same difference to me, sorry.
Both were slightly funny, but made absolutely hilarious by the ensuing public outrage.
I sometimes think the public craves nothing more than a good, old-fashioned shock and outrage now and again...
JuNii
03-02-2009, 18:43
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7864733.stm

How would you feel if this sort of thing interrupted a programme you were watching? Would the answer be any different if you were with children?

happened before.

1968: Playoff between the Oakland Raiders and New York Jets was cut off to show the TV movie Heidi that was scheduled. the last 67 seconds were cut off and a spectaular turnaround was forever lost for many Fans.

With the Jets leading 32-29 with only 65 seconds left in the game, NBC programmers, eager to maintain their evening schedule, switched off the ostensibly-decided game. However, the Raiders came back and scored 14 points, winning 43-32. Because of NBC's decision, no fan following the match on TV was able to see Oakland's comeback live.
JuNii
03-02-2009, 19:07
We live in a country where you can show people getting their brains blown out on prime time television - but show an erect cock or a nipple and everyone gets in a tizzy...

please name the show where they actually show someones' brains being graphically blown out without any warning that the contents may be too graphic for some viewers.
New Wallonochia
03-02-2009, 19:08
please name the show where they actually show someones' brains being graphically blown out without any warning that the contents may be too graphic for some viewers.

You can show gratuitous violence on TV with disclaimers. You can't show frontal nudity, period.
Smunkeeville
03-02-2009, 19:12
Same difference to me, sorry.
Both were slightly funny, but made absolutely hilarious by the ensuing public outrage.
I sometimes think the public craves nothing more than a good, old-fashioned shock and outrage now and again...

I would be outraged if my child was walking down the street and a man dropped his pants and helicoptered his penis. I don't think that makes me any different than any other normal parent.
JuNii
03-02-2009, 19:14
You can show gratuitous violence on TV with disclaimers. You can't show frontal nudity, period.

nope, not on free broadcast tv. even those with the disclaimers tend not to show the graphic side of violence.

they show the gun being put to the guys head, then an 'off screen shot' with the sound effects of the gun and maybe the guy lying in a pool of blood. perhaps they might show a splatter of blood hitting the wall.

Meanwhile, they showed the cheerleader from Heroes, without her top on.
Granted she was on the autospy table with her chest opened up...
;)
The blessed Chris
03-02-2009, 19:16
Meh. Personally I'd have no problem with a child seeing frontal nudity; if they can appreciate the sexual connotations, they're probably old enough to either watch, or want to watch, porn anyway, and if not, all one can object to is the human body; no doubt thousands will.
New Wallonochia
04-02-2009, 02:09
nope, not on free broadcast tv. even those with the disclaimers tend not to show the graphic side of violence.

they show the gun being put to the guys head, then an 'off screen shot' with the sound effects of the gun and maybe the guy lying in a pool of blood. perhaps they might show a splatter of blood hitting the wall.

Meanwhile, they showed the cheerleader from Heroes, without her top on.
Granted she was on the autospy table with her chest opened up...
;)

I don't watch TV anymore (because it's stupid, not because it's violent) but I distinctly remember one episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer where she got stabbed in the stomach with a stake and pulled the stake out, blood everywhere. Can you honestly tell me that a stab wound to the abdomen is less disgusting than a penis?


Oh, and a condescending wink for you too.

;)
JuNii
04-02-2009, 02:29
I don't watch TV anymore (because it's stupid, not because it's violent) but I distinctly remember one episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer where she got stabbed in the stomach with a stake and pulled the stake out, blood everywhere. Can you honestly tell me that a stab wound to the abdomen is less disgusting than a penis?

Go watch it again, do you actually see the stake going into her stomach and being pulled out? or do you see the arm movements, then the aftermath?

Oh, and a condescending wink for you too.

;) not a condencending wink. It's obvious you missed the hidden text. :p
One-O-One
04-02-2009, 03:31
Weird, this happened not long ago during the Provincial rugby games on Prime here in New Zealand.

Some sort of conspiracy?
New Wallonochia
04-02-2009, 03:33
Go watch it again, do you actually see the stake going into her stomach and being pulled out? or do you see the arm movements, then the aftermath?

You saw the entry and exit. Even so, is a woman with a hole in her abdomen (which would be the aftermath) more disgusting than a penis?

not a condencending wink. It's obvious you missed the hidden text. :p

Clearly I did. My apologies.
JuNii
04-02-2009, 03:35
You saw the entry and exit. which episode? and which version? European or American?

Clearly I did. My apologies.
No problem. I try not to be condencending and would like to stop if I start. :p
New Wallonochia
04-02-2009, 03:36
which episode? and which version? European or American?

US. I'll have to look. I was living in Europe at the time, but saw it on the US Armed Forces Network, which falls under FCC regulation.
Smunkeeville
04-02-2009, 03:38
You saw the entry and exit. Even so, is a woman with a hole in her abdomen (which would be the aftermath) more disgusting than a penis?
I don't think penises are disgusting, neither is oral sex. However, being subjected to watching it when you don't consent is kinda gross, also forcing it on people including children is a pretty skeezy thing to do. Don't you agree?
New Wallonochia
04-02-2009, 03:49
I don't think penises are disgusting, neither is oral sex. However, being subjected to watching it when you don't consent is kinda gross, also forcing it on people including children is a pretty skeezy thing to do. Don't you agree?

Is it any more wrong than watching a woman being stabbed in the abdomen with a wooden stake?
JuNii
04-02-2009, 03:54
US. I'll have to look. I was living in Europe at the time, but saw it on the US Armed Forces Network, which falls under FCC regulation.

try check. because I have the series box sets. I think USAFN might still allow local broadcasts. My friend used to tape japanese shows off the air when stationed in Japan.

do you remember the villian of the episode?
New Wallonochia
04-02-2009, 04:03
try check. because I have the series box sets. I think USAFN might still allow local broadcasts. My friend used to tape japanese shows off the air when stationed in Japan.

do you remember the villian of the episode?

No, they only had US shows. It's part of why they aren't allowed/don't have to show commercials.

I remember it was in either 2001 or 2000. It was at the beginning of the episode and she was saved by some dude with a taser.
Cameroi
04-02-2009, 09:29
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7864733.stm

How would you feel if this sort of thing interrupted a programme you were watching? Would the answer be any different if you were with children?

there are perfectly logical arguments for 'this sort of thing' being LESS harmful to young minds, then athletic contests.
Cabra West
04-02-2009, 09:35
I would be outraged if my child was walking down the street and a man dropped his pants and helicoptered his penis. I don't think that makes me any different than any other normal parent.

Yes, I'm well aware that I'm not normal, thanks for pointing that out.
Todsboro
04-02-2009, 10:02
About four years ago in northeast Ohio, we had a rash of hardcore porn on the public access channels.

The thing was, the stations weren't allowed to view tapes before playing them (for fear of censorship). And they weren't allowed to not play submitted tapes (at least that's what they argued/rationalized). Although I'm fairly certain that this has changed...because I only see the crazy religious guy on the channel now. No porn. :(
Grave_n_idle
04-02-2009, 10:22
try check. because I have the series box sets. I think USAFN might still allow local broadcasts. My friend used to tape japanese shows off the air when stationed in Japan.

do you remember the villian of the episode?

The only stake wound on a human that I can think of, is when Faith is surprised by the Deputy Mayor in "Bad Girls" and accidentally kills him - but that doesn't sound like the episode.

Maybe he's talking about the episode where Buffy stabs Faith, with a knife?
SaintB
04-02-2009, 13:05
Someone is loosing their job over this, that kind of thing does not happen on accident.

That being said, I would probably laugh...
DaWoad
04-02-2009, 16:03
it actually sounds vaguely Fight Club-esq.
Peepelonia
04-02-2009, 18:37
Meh! that's what I say, and I doubt my teenage boy children would mind so much.
Truly Blessed
04-02-2009, 19:08
Broadcaster gets a huge fine.

Several people lose thier job in the Broadcasting company


Letters of complaint, switchboards overloaded.

It would be embarrassing in either case.

No honest honey I was watching football and then it switched.

Denial! Dad did you see that?

See what? I never saw anything.

You didn't see that pile of flesh doing things.

I saw nothing of the sort. Begin whistling...


This would be how fast can you find the remote situation.