There's been a huge furor over the MNF football intro this week. To me, it's a tempest in a teapot. People complaining that "I was watching with my child!" need to say the following to themselves: "I have the remote; I can change the channel."
Now I hear that Tony Dungy, coach of the Indianapolis Colts, has weighed in with his disapproval, calling it "racially insensitive". I think he's just upset about someone showing up his players. After all, Nicolette Sheridan wrapped up TO pretty good, and that's a skill that his defense hasn't mastered yet.
Update: Best analysis yet over at the Kerry Spot.
Update: The Instamonster had this to say:
I saw the commercial for the first time in that broadcast, and I have to say that it was an absolute disgrace, and that it should not have been allowed to air. It didn't show nearly enough of Nicolette Sheridan to justify all the hoopla, and that's a tragedy because, despite her perhaps overdone plastic surgery, she's still hot.
Bah. Give me Terri Hatcher any day of the week. Any day that I don't happen to be married, of course.
Posted by Physics Geek at November 18, 2004 01:34 PM
Stumble It!
"Just change the channel" doesn't wash. I can't change the channel if I'm watching a football game and then NAKED CHICK COMES OUT OF NOWHERE and whoops we're back to football.
The expectation is that broadcast TV will clearly define when salacious or off-color content is to be expected. If it's going to be randomly interjected into regular programs then the only screening option is not to watch anything at all.
Posted by: DensityDuck at November 18, 2004 07:51 PM