Comcast’s “wardrobe malfunction”
posted at 9:22 am on February 2, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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Move over, CBS. Another media conglomerate has some embarrassing questions to answer after a Super Bowl malfunction turned the family fare into the Porn Bowl in Tucson, AZ, where Cardinals fans hoped to see their team blow the Steelers out of the game. Instead, Comcast gave them … well …
Tucsonans watching the Super Bowl got more action than they bargained for when a short clip from an adult movie channel interrupted Comcast’s feed with full male nudity during the final moments of the game.
Officials at Comcast said about 30 seconds from Club Jenna, an adult cable television channel, were shown on the local Super Bowl telecast. The company was still working Sunday night to figure out how it happened. …
The Star newsroom was flooded with calls from irate viewers who said that the porn cut into the game with less than three minutes left to play, just after Arizona Cardinals player Larry Fitzgerald scored on a touchdown pass from Kurt Warner to put the team in the lead.
Callers said that the clip showed a woman unzipping a man’s pants, followed by a graphic act between the two.
One of the viewers interviewed by the Star said she thought it was just another commercial at first. With GoDaddy plumbing the depths of bad taste in their ads last night, who could blame her? In fact, who wants to bet that GoDaddy tries this next year?
Comcast officials acknowledge that the problem occurred in their offices at not with the broadcast station, KVOA, which carried the game in Tucson. Oddly, it only occurred on the analog channel for Comcast, and not their HD channel. They’re mystified as to the cause, but I’m guessing that the employees working the Sunday night shift will get the closest look. My bet: someone’s going to get fired over this, and soon … and publicly.
You know, if they’d interrupted the Heidi Bowl like this, Jets and Raiders fans might not have minded so much. Well, at least the Raiders fans.
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the Jawa Report has the Clip, I won’t link out of Respect for hotair.com, although I do respect the Jawa just as much.
Wooootini!
Kaptain Amerika on February 2, 2009 at 1:25 PM
WHAT???
WOW that would make anyone mad..
I mean who wants to watch a cheesy sex act
When i have something real to watch
Like the superbowl..
I wonder if the liberals will complain?
Somehow i doubt it..
jcila on February 2, 2009 at 1:29 PM
Yes, someone registered a URL and have posted the entire offending hijack.
Lots of people in Tucson are ticked and some claim they are going to switch away from Comcast Cable. Looks like Comcast is going to end up a victim of this hijack, unless it can be shown they were negligent somehow. I do hope they can trace it and throw whoever is responsible in jail.
Ordinary1 on February 2, 2009 at 1:32 PM
First the Heidi Bowl….
Now the Heidi HO Bowl
HarryStar on February 2, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Someone was up to a bit of mischief.
SC.Charlie on February 2, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Shoot, they needed this mishap to let them know Comcast is a lousy company? I coulda told ‘em that! :-)
Internet connection sabotaged by provider in 5… 4… 3… 2… 1…
RD on February 2, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Expecting another population explosion in 9, …
DannoJyd on February 3, 2009 at 5:46 AM
You forgot to mention ABC, NBC…well, most of the other channels. There’s plenty of filth all ’round.
That’s why we’ve never had cable, & we watch on average an hour of TV per week.
jgapinoy on February 3, 2009 at 8:15 AM
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