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Archive => RFF Archived Boards => Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden => Topic started by: puddin on October 02, 2008, 04:11:25 PM
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'Survivor' Reveals a Bit Too Much for Watchdog Group
(By Kelsey Mcneal -- Abc Via Associated Press)
By Lisa de Moraes
Thursday, October 2, 2008; Page C07
CBS, the network that gave us the Nipple That Knicker-Knotted a Nation, now brings us the Peekaboo Penis.
The self-appointed watchdog group Parents Television Council has filed an indecency complaint with the Federal Communications Commission over the season debut of "Survivor: Gabon" -- ironically the first episode of this series to be broadcast in high-definition.
If you look closely at participants in a race, you see Marcus Lehman's little colonel "falling out" of his boxer shorts as he runs to the finish line, PTC reports. "The image was not obscured in any way," PTC notes in disgust. In fairness, the episode had a lot of pixelation -- just not of Lehman's male pride.
"Although this instance was brief, it was nonetheless shocking and purposeful," PTC President Tim Winter said in a statement.
CBS, in a statement, insisted it was "a completely unintentional, inadvertent and fleeting incident that was virtually undetectable when viewed in real time." "Fleeting" was the word of choice when the Super Bowl Nipplegate story broke, too. "In the first 24 hours after the broadcast, before freeze-frame images were widely posted online, we received one viewer comment from the 13 million who watched the telecast," the network said.
PTC had this to say about that:
"CBS's decision to hide behind excuses that the incident was 'fleeting' and didn't generate an immediate flood of complaints is the epitome of irresponsibility. The number of 'fleeting' penises we expect to see on broadcast television is zero."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100103062.html
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CBS is notorious for its often-unnecessary blurring of Survivor cast members. Anything deemed offensivea bit too much breast, some pubic hair, a revealing bulgegets a fuzzy spot placed over it. Its so odd and amusing that theres even now a video compilation of the gratuitous blurring from the first episode.
But on Tuesdays two-hour premiere, something did not get censored: Marcus Lehmans penis. In the second episode, during the combined immunity and reward challengea recreation of one from Survivor AfricaMarcus starts running and gets exposed.
Hes wearing loose-fitting boxers, and right after Jeff says go and everyone starts running, Marcus penis pops out for a few strides. Its in both a close-up and a wide shot, and is extremely obvious if youre looking for it. Its even visible in the challenge video on CBS web site, at the 2:30 mark.
Oh La La has still photographs and Naked Straight Guys created a video that replays the moment in slow motion and zooms inand sets the whole thing to ironic music complete with sound effects.
Update: CBS has removed and/or edited the videos on its site, and Metacafe removed the embeddable video. However, you can still watch it on the Naked Straight Guys blog (http://www.nakedstraightguys.com/cbs-survivor/gabon-marcus-alvarez-lehman/). << PEEPEE warning! :P
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