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We thought that the only objectionable content on channel 15, the “Home Preview Channel,” involved the price of A2 real estate. But apparently if you tune in late at night, you can see “minimally-clothed women dancing in strip clubs, simulating sex acts and rolling around on beds in their lingerie.”
We don’t really want to think about what those historic district commission meetings on channel 16 might be like after hours.
I think I’ve actually seen this, or something similar. It wasn’t as bad as what SpamAssassin filters out of my inbox, I’ve certainly seen worse on broadcast TV (Super Bowl not withstanding).
posted by George on February 12th, 2004 at 6:43 pmOh there’s much better than the strip club tour. They’ve also got amateur non-porn. They have some chick grinding around some suburban house with generic royalty-free music. Its like it was created by the high school AV Club.
Now if only U-M would get its own nudie magazine. Then the quality of local porn would be so much better.
posted by Kringle on February 12th, 2004 at 8:08 pmThe channel 16 program is called “Erogenous Zoning.” Not to worry–they’re very well-preserved.
posted by Laura on February 12th, 2004 at 11:04 pmI believe Harvard just approved a sex magazine for its students, but I have to admit I only read the headline.
posted by sammy on February 13th, 2004 at 12:02 amWe don’t have (believe in) cable, but I was informed once at lunch that our waitress was “Safety Girl”. After hearing a brief description, I questioned the protein in my meal…
posted by Leighton on February 13th, 2004 at 12:19 am…is she still on cable?
Nope. Safety Girl has retired. But Stoney Speaks is still on.
posted by js on February 13th, 2004 at 8:40 amjs
I met Stoney in the (old) Washtenaw County Jail in 1975. He was arrested for sleeping in a University building.
posted by name withheld on February 13th, 2004 at 10:13 amCheck out what Bill Nace (aka the king of smut) had to say about his time at the 26th Annual Origins convention – the so called Mecca of gaming. I don’t know if this is the same Bill Nace quoted in the news article, but the coincidence is hilarious.
“I hesitate to include mention of the card game Pornstar by Freak Factory. But my group had an absolute blast. You play a producer who needs to find enough (ahem) stars to fill the production requirements of the latest adult movie. I found myself making some pretty slimy deals and doublecrosses that would get me exiled from my gaming group (if I had a gaming group). And I won with the largest amount of money any of the staff had ever heard of during a game ($715), so I must really be the king of smut. Eeeewwww, did I really say that?”
Check out the rest of his review of the Origins convention at grognard.com/info1/origin00.txt
posted by Anonymous on February 13th, 2004 at 10:37 amsorry, i just have to throw this comment out,. . .
Porn on TV????? WTF, I thought that was what the internets is for!
posted by Just a Voice on February 13th, 2004 at 3:40 pm