09-02-2005 01:50									#1
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quote: Super Bowl Telecast Still Draws Protests Despite complaints that Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show was bland and forgettable, the FCC received 33 complaints Monday from viewers who either objected to Paul McCartney's rendition of "Get Back," which contains a reference to "California grass," or were upset by the content of some commercials. Those who complained about the ads deprecated one for GoDaddy.com, featuring a young woman who almost bares a breast; ads for erectile dysfunction medication; and a scene in a spot featuring one member of the Queer Eye For the Straight Guy crew ogling a man.

link: http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2005-02-08/#tv2

Man, what is wrong with these puritanical morons? Can they ever just shut their ****ing mouths?

OH NO A .4 SECOND FLASH OF A NIPPLE!!!

OH NO PAUL MCCARTNEY MADE A REFERENCE TO MARIJUANA

OH NO ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION MEDICATION!!!

these people should just stop watching TV if they don't like what's on...

	09-02-2005 01:51									#2
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to the complainers.

Without them, we'd never get anything fixed in this country!

	09-02-2005 01:52									#3
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OH NO ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION MEDICATION!!!

	09-02-2005 01:52									#4
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yeah I read the article about im using California Grass. Fox was hoping people missed that line. I know I did, I hardly pay attention to lyrics anyways.

I admit, I was surprised at that godaddy.com commercial. I was not expecting that after last year.

Here's a tid bit. That commercial was supposed to air after the 2 minute warning in the 4th quarter. But Fox pulled it. Rumour has it that the NFL called, and requested they not air the ad again.

	09-02-2005 02:00									#5
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i didn't like the godaddy.com commercial. once again, it's a case where the ads make me dislike a company (i.e., quizno's ads).

why? not because of the content, but because of the dumb premise, low production values, and stupid dialogue. it's way too reminiscent of the shitty ads we saw during the dot com bubble.

shame, too, because i used to like godaddy.com ...

	09-02-2005 02:00									#6
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Everything this year was so bland as to be pathetic. Those mentioned in the OP are so silly as to hardly be worthy of comment.

Oh and I liked the GoDaddy commercial precisely BECAUSE it poked fun at the censorship .

I also heard that there was a beer commercial that poked fun at last year's wardrobe malfunction-- Now that might have been fun but apparently they wouldn't air it.

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i didn't mind that it poked fun at the censorship, but if you're going to do that, do it with class and money, not with an ad that looked like it was filmed in mom's basement.

seriously, ads have gone downhill recently in quality, partly due to the censorship, but it seems as if the deathblow occured during the dotcom bubble. i cannot tell you how irritated i am every time i hear some inet company use a banjo twang (i.e, yahoo, expedia) in their jingle.

on the other hand, i did like the fedex kinko's ad, even if it was wayyyyyy too self-aware.

	09-02-2005 02:06									#8
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Puritans taking the fun out of life:

	09-02-2005 02:06									#9
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The one with Burt Reynolds and the Bear really disturbed me. I haven't had a good nights sleep since I saw that... I should write in.

	09-02-2005 02:11									#10
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I love how now almost baring a breast is too much. What's next - complaining that women have breasts?

	09-02-2005 02:15									#11
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And some really fat men.

It's an outrage!

	09-02-2005 02:26									#12
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But that's not too bad.. 33 complaints.. I don't care how boring it really was, that's not a lot of complaints. There's always complaints no matter how clean the show is.

	09-02-2005 02:33									#13
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After last year, I'd've been surprised if there would have been zero complaints. Some people were surely tuning in just to find something to complain about.

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quote: Originally posted by Kontiki I love how now almost baring a breast is too much. What's next - complaining that women have breasts?

Exactly. Why are people so scarred of kids seeing breasts? Why this irrational fear of kids getting "scarred for life"? This crap is just a relic of Victorian puritanicalism.

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I mad the Niners weren't playing in it :doitnow:

but am I complaining?! Noooooooooooooo.

	09-02-2005 02:40									#16
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Dude, it's only 33 complaints! What a non-story. Out of millions who watched, only 33 people actually complained... bah.

	09-02-2005 02:43									#17
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Actually, typical of most things that generate complaints, there were probably only about 4 or 5 people that complained. They just each complained 7 or 8 times.

	09-02-2005 02:45									#18
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They actually think the other way around. For every person that complains there is a billion that were offended but didn't complain.

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quote: Exactly. Why are people so scarred of kids seeing breasts? Why this irrational fear of kids getting "scarred for life"?

Haven't most of them seen it before? What with breastfeeding and all?

	09-02-2005 04:14									#20
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I haven't breast fed in months!

	09-02-2005 04:30									#21
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quote: Originally posted by Kontiki Actually, typical of most things that generate complaints, there were probably only about 4 or 5 people that complained. They just each complained 7 or 8 times.

this is the same as it was last year.

Europeans act like most americans disapproved of Janet showing her breast, when this simply is not true.

Only a few people complained about Janet Jackson last year. It's just the right blew it out of proportion.

	09-02-2005 04:31									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Q Cubed quote: Exactly. Why are people so scarred of kids seeing breasts? Why this irrational fear of kids getting "scarred for life"? Haven't most of them seen it before? What with breastfeeding and all?

breastfeeding is illegal in public.

	09-02-2005 04:51									#23
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quote: breastfeeding is illegal in public.

Well, I don't know about you, but I think breastfeeding in the privacy of one's own home would still leave the kids having been abreast a breast.

	09-02-2005 05:11									#24
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My city managed to skirt around the NFL rules another straight year! We were able to show commercials advertising our city in local markets in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, LA, New York, Philadelphia, and San Fransisco.

The NFL assured us they would prevent the local stations airing ads about my city.

**** the NFL.

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_h...s/25822946.html

	09-02-2005 06:54									#25
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yeah, i saw those "what happens in las vegas..." ads. seriously, it did nothing but lower my opinion of the city.

but, to broadcasting them.

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I was disappointed in the Godaddy.com ad. It should have been more suggestive.

	09-02-2005 08:26									#27
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quote: Originally posted by Sava link: http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2005-02-08/#tv2 Man, what is wrong with these puritanical morons? Can they ever just shut their ****ing mouths? OH NO A .4 SECOND FLASH OF A NIPPLE!!! OH NO PAUL MCCARTNEY MADE A REFERENCE TO MARIJUANA OH NO ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION MEDICATION!!! these people should just stop watching TV if they don't like what's on...

OH NOES, THIRTY THREE PEOPLE IN A NATION OF THREE HUNDRED MILLION COMPLAINED ABOUT SOMETHING!

	09-02-2005 09:11									#28
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I'd hit it but I ran out of erictile disfuntion medication!!!!!

OMG call the FCC!!!!!!

	09-02-2005 19:52									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Dissident breastfeeding is illegal in public.

Seriously? In Vegas even?

	09-02-2005 20:09									#30
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Dude, it's only 33 complaints! What a non-story. Out of millions who watched, only 33 people actually complained... bah.

I applaud the right to be offended. Now that they are offended and have voiced their grevience they can simply STFU.