Disney Channel Horror

[nitestar41]

Source: CBS4

(CBS4) NEW JERSEY Many New Jersey residents watching the Disney Channel Tuesday morning were outraged after the family-friendly programming turned into a pornographic display.

Jennie Sherman still can't believe what happened while she was watching the show "Handy Manny" with her two twin sons.

"We were just sitting here and the screen just froze and then all of a sudden I saw very graphic pornography on the television and I scrambled to get the remote to shut it off," Sherman told WCBS-TV in New York City.

Sherman said she immediately recorded the X-rated graphic video on her DVR. She then e-mailed wcbstv.com to report the shocking news.

Read more: http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_122080846.html

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ROFL... It's scary that this can happen but I can see the humor too...

[YOY]

1. Scary? What's so scary about people having consensual sex?

Now inappropriate for young viewers...yes. Just as it is rather hilarious.

[Richardo]

2. "Handy Manny". What did she expect?

:shrug:

[Atman]

8. "Handy Manny and The Pizza Boy Meet Dora the Explorer."

I notice the woman scrambled to record it! I wonder if she made two copies?

.

[Ilsa]

36. Haaaaa! So, she captured the images rather than turn it off so her

kids wouldn't see it? Where are her priorities? Protecting her kids or gouging Disney?

[Atman]

44. A buddy of mine was complaining that his mother in law is like that

She actually seems to go out of her way to find things to "trip" over at places like Wal Mart and Home Depot and such, then she'll spend an hour in the manager's office threatening law suits until she gets a nice gift certificate or some sort of apology. She seems to just be waiting for her big "payday."

Sheesh. Some people.

.

[Occulus]

50. Where I come from, that's called fraud

and it's a crime.

It could also be called extortion. Have you told your friend that his MIL appears to be a criminal?

:silly:

[SKKY]

94. "Handy Manny"???

I heard it was "The Adventures of Bedman and Throbbin'"

[CrazyOrangeCat]

3. Yeah, I definitely see the humor!

[Javaman]

4. "I was in shock, I pressed record and shut the television off."

"So we can check it out later...wink wink". LOL

:rofl:

[lapfog_1]

7. My guess, lawsuit baby!!! -n/t

"I was so shocked by the hardcore porn that I barely had time to press record on my DVR..."

[Atman]

10. "I was so offended I nearly turned the television off three times!"

:rofl:

.

[nitestar41]

5. Here is another Source of info too...

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21658704-952,00.html

<snip>

CHILDREN in New Jersey asked awkward questions when a cable TV company broadcast hard-core porn instead of a Disney cartoon.

<snip>

"It was two people doing their thing, it was full-on and it was disgusting," said Dunleavy, who asked that his son not be named. "It wasn't something you'd expect to see on Cinemax, never mind Disney."

<snip>

I just can't get over the idea of porn on Disney. :rofl:

[Connie_Corleone]

9. He's never seen Cinemax After Dark. Do they still have that?

LOL

[aggiesal]

39. Skin-O-Max? Yes they do. Since I have a young child, ...

I have those programs, parent controlled, but
when the guide is displayed, some of the program
names can be suggestive as well. And you can't
hide those.

[AllegroRondo]

69. depending on your cable, you can block the names also

mine allows that, under "parental controls", you have the option to block adult titles. they simply appear on the program guide as "adult title".

[dysfunctional press]

14. hard-core porn...? on cinemax...? i don't think so.

no penetration scenes, no "money" shots...soft-core at best.

[brentspeak]

71. I don't understand. It's "funny" that some sicko broadcasted porn for children to watch?

Why am I not laughing?

[superconnected]

80. It was likely a mistake.

I work as a server admin in ip tv and it's easy to get whats broadcasting on one channel suddenly going to another.

[TankLV]

84. What's funny is that this supposedly "upset" viewer spent more time recordeing it instead of just

IMMEDIATELY turning it off or changing the channel.

Just another hypocrit...

[Fierce]

6. What do you expect?

You turn on a crappy channel, you're going to get crap.

[hlthe2b]

11. All I can think of is Brando in Apocalypse Now: "the horror.....

the horror..."

I'm sure this was disturbing to the mother, but really.... "Disney Channel Horror?" :eyes:

[mikelgb]

12. yep

and the other poignant line from that movie: "they couldn't write FUCK on the side of their planes"

[nitestar41]

15. Was Articles Title...

I couldn't think of anything else except LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL :rofl: I needed a good laugh

[ProudDad]

89. Wow, that's spooky

I was hearing the music from "Apocalypse Now" after seeing the thread title too!

[AlCzervik]

13. omg think of the children!!! Won't you?

[Tempest]

16. This happens to Disney... a lot

It happened with their in-house TV signal in their hotels at Disneyland in Florida and California.

It also happened on a Disney cruise, another in-house signal.

[nitestar41]

18. This keeps getting better and better

:rofl:

[Tempest]

25. Welcome to DU, Nitestar41

:party:
:toast:

[nitestar41]

28. Thank you

:hi:

:party:

:bounce:

I'm having fun... In the first thread that I started :woohoo:

[Lautremont]

19. Not to mention the Golden Phallus Scandal

on the Little Mermaid video jacket.

[apnu]

32. great scandal... too bad its a hoax.

Snopes.com shot that one down. Still, its a funny theory tho.

[Pastiche423]

72. Believe it's a hoax all you want

but that IS a penis:

[Tempest]

79. And it sticks out like a ...

Sore thumb.

:evilgrin:

[Beausoir]

24. When did it happen on a Disney Cruise?

[Tempest]

26. It was some time ago

Maybe 3 or 4 years ago.

I can't find the story on-line, but I think it was on a Bahama cruise.

[Beausoir]

74. I don't believe that is true.

No flame war. I just don't believe that it occurred. Perhaps it was urban legend or something.

[Tempest]

78. Mind over matter

I don't mind, because you don't matter.

:evilgrin:


I distinctly remember the story because the people who it happened to thought it was funny and a change of pace from watching all the G rated fare.

[Beausoir]

90. Prove it. Really. Again...where is the link to this?

Insults don't count. Where is the proof?

[superconnected]

81. I saw that one in the news at the time.

It did happen.

[Beausoir]

91. When? What year did that happen? Which news channel did you see it on?

Just a year will suffice. Approximately what year did this happen?

I can't find one single source for this story.

[superconnected]

103. I think it happend about 2 years ago.

It was a blip on the internet news.
Since I saw it, it would have been on yahoo news, or posted here.

I want to search but I can't type the word into my work computer.

[apnu]

31. that makes sense. Disney is an easy target for something like this.

Disney... who's spent probably billions of dollars on building a wholesome, family friendly image to the point that most people automatically accept anything Disney does as 'safe' for the family. So to juxtapose Disney's image with pron is just too easy to do. It shocks all the puritan's in the world, grabs immediate attention, and generates instantaneous news. Its a win-win for attention seekers. Play with a couple of wires in the cable system and poof! Instant 'for the children' shouting will commence, spokespeople will trot out and crow about this and that, and then you've got a media circus.

[Sin]

17. Looks like...

Tyler Durden is up to his old tricks again :) lol

[xchrom]

20. apparently i don't watch the disney channel enough.

[asthmaticeog]

21. She scrambled to shut it off AND she immediately recorded it.

Which one was it?

[Wolfetone]

23. Disney

You can turn the TV off and then on your remote hit record and then select and your DVR will begin recording; at least you can on my Dish Network DVR.

In general I don't think the SNAFU was horrible; if someone decided to sue and I was on the jury I would award them ten dollars off their cable bill.

[The Stranger]

29. She had to watch it again to make sure she saw it correctly, and watch it again, and again . . .

[alfredo]

22. It's a small world after all.

[Roland99]

27. It's not the size of your world, it's how you use it!

[alfredo]

40. But any of us from horse country are humbled.

[Roland99]

53. Yeah, and, not really related, I find that new Sony digicam commercial disturbing.

:)

[alfredo]

56. I haven't seen it. I haven't been watching TV lately.

[Roland99]

57. It involves a horse's rear end acting as the father of a household

touting their face recognition software for proper focusing.

A couple of the scenes are just a bit too.... uh... well... you catch my drift I reckon. :)

[Ms. Clio]

59. well, I don't get your drift

are you talking about a real commercial?

[Roland99]

63. Yeah....for the new Sony Cybershot digicam.

Just comes off in scene as a bit of bestiality. Perhaps I've seen the movie Airplane! too much (the scene there with the horse in bed with the woman)

[Ms. Clio]

66. well, that sounds icky, and what about the children?

and it's obviously been too long since I saw Airplane! (which I loved), because I can only vaguely remember that scene.

[Roland99]

68. The kids just refer to the horse's rear-end as "Dad". "Dad, can you give me a push?"

[alfredo]

62. I will have to see if I can find it online.

[apnu]

30. Hey there's a silver lining here

At the end of the article, she says she's afraid to turn on the TV. Great! Maybe her kids will now spend less time vegetating in front of the boob-tube and more time playing outside... you know interacting with other kids... learning social interaction... learning to be engaged in their world... creative play... independent thought... and so many other things the TV deprives people of.

[uppityperson]

46. My thought also. And maybe the kids will figure out that Love isn't just songs& instant attractions

leading to happily ever after but can include sex. I hate the Disney bs-they took one look and it was love!No, it was hormonally driven lust. "Love" takes a while to develop. And no, the only people to "fall in love with" are not just beauty pagent males/females but normal people too. And no, happily ever after doesn't mean always peace and bliss but hard work.

Shut the tv off, don't turn it on is good also.

[Occulus]

52. Hey! I surf DU on my TV.

My... 50"... 1080p... DLP... TV...

:blush:

That was a little... embarassing.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

33. Me, I would have

put a fresh tape in the VCR and hit "record" and "play."

[CRH]

34. lol Why all the ruckus, ...

after all the years of violence portrayed in new age Disney films, a natural act of sex is appalling?

Besides what do they expect on the pubic airwaves, virtue, truth, and un american compassion? lol.

[brentspeak]

70. ????

You approve of children watching hardcore pornography?

[CRH]

83. As a daily diet no ...

But when people can make such a display of distaste over a natural sexual act while allowing the every day violence that can also be found on the Disney Channel, I seriously question the choice of disgust. Why should people be more disgusted of the act of pro creation than violence against other human beings either in action or ill placed humor?

[SayWhatYo]

99. What kind of violence is on the Disney channel?

[Robbien]

35. Instead of writing Disney, she wrote to CBS.

This lady couldn't be too upset. She made a tape of the porn and instead of registering a complaint with the company, she tries to get the story on TV news.

[Ilsa]

37. And she moved quickly to record it rather than make sure her kids couldn't see it. nt

[onehandle]

38. Comcast cable problem. Things like this almost always originates with the distributor...

...not the channel. I think she just wanted to see herself on teevee.

[sg_]

45. Yup

unless of course there was a big Disney logo while the "action" was happening :P

[firefox_fan]

41. The minds of these poor kids ruined forever!

The horror!!!

[myrna minx]

42. Heh. I wonder if the porn had the Disney logo on

the bottom right of the screen. That would be one hilarious screen shot.

[slackmaster]

43. BACK DOOR SLUTS NINE?!?!?!

Sorry, I couldn't resist that one.

[Occulus]

54. Precioussssss....

:rofl:

[JNelson6563]

60. Snow White does the 7 Dwarves?

:shrug:

[Warren DeMontague]

75. That's only eight. nt

[VegasWolf]

85. Hey! I saw that one! It was great! There was one about the Wicked Witch too, poor

little Gretel!

[rucky]

101. how about Pokeahotass? n/t

[Lochloosa]

47. Kick for nitestar41's first thread

Welcome to DU nitestar41
:toast:

[sneakythomas]

48. Meanwhile back at the Comcast office

some poor guy is trying to figure out how to explain that he didnt' know the tape was being broadcast. Not the first time this has happened. A few years ago somebody at a station in (I think) Miami tossed a porn tape into a VCR after the station went off the air, only to find out he'd sent it out over the air.

[Occulus]

64. heheheheheh

While I can see it being an 'innocent' mistake of that nature (and 'innocent' mistakes aside, it takes a lot of guts to watch a porno VCR tape at work), you would think their system would be set up specifically to prevent such 'innocent' mistakes...

[Seabiscuit]

49. Max and Ruby in flagrant delicto

[slowry]

51. I'm writing a letter of complaint to the Disney Channel.

Because this NEVER happens for me ;(.

[nitestar41]

61. I have Satelite, I wish something fun...

like this would happen to me :ROFL:

[Ms. Clio]

55. probably just me, but I reserve the word "horror" for things that are actually a BFD n/t

[Occulus]

65. I'm pretty sure the 'horror' part was snark

Perfectly justifiable snark, BTW.

[Ms. Clio]

67. well, since the story was from a local CBS affiliate, I wasn't sure

But it's excellent snark, in that case.

[MilesColtrane]

58. So...Jennie Sherman, you've just recorded a half hour of hardcore mouse on dog entertainment.

What are you going to do now?

"I'm going to Disney World!"

[Bitwit1234]

73. What's also horrible is to interrupt our regular shows to show the coward in chief spewing his crap.

[Warren DeMontague]

76. What really pisses me off is when someone pre-empts my smut with Elmo. nt

[phrenzy]

77. Here is the pornographic video she saw.

It was actually a commercial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdAIt4MgnHc

I think 'Peter North' might be behind this toy.

[Warren DeMontague]

82. Yeah. "Splooginator", more like.

Yuk.

[tammywammy]

86. That was horrible

[Doctor_J]

88. Peter North - The Sultan of Spew?

He can't still be working, can he?

[Frank Cannon]

95. Oh. My. God.

I'm stunned. I thought this was a joke, but apparently not.

[SayWhatYo]

97. lol....

[BushOut06]

87. How come this never happens when I'm watching?

I always miss out on the good stuff. }(

[SayWhatYo]

98. I was thinking the same thing...

I never get free porn on the TV. I'm always stuck watching the squiggly lines.

[BushOut06]

105. Squiggly-vision is great

Every now and then, it clears up enough so that you can see a boob!

[SayWhatYo]

107. boob? I'm talking about c-span...

I'm too cheap to pay for it.

[Norrin Radd]

92. Great quote in the Yahoo/AP version:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070502/ap_on_fe_st/odd_porn_children_s_channel&printer=1;_ylt=Ah8hs7J395drja9G6_fBSX8uQE4F

Cable giant Comcast is investigating how the porn was broadcast during the popular cartoon, which is about a bilingual handyman, Manny Garcia, and his talking tools.

;-)

[nitestar41]

96. ...

:rofl: I was thinking there were no new entertaining responses but when I saw that quote, I hadn't even been thinking about the talking "tools". :rofl:

Best part is I'm watching Handy Manny now and the tools are talking about Manny's Birthday.

[Jennicut]

93. My daughters love "Handy Manny".

I would not know what to say if a porno came on while we were watching that. Ummm....Still at almost 3 and almost 2 I don't think the girls would have understood it anyways. By the way, Manny is a repair man and a great role model. Imagine, a hardworking likable friendly responsible hispanic man on t.v. Disney does some stuff wrong but I really like this show. It introduces lots of Spanish words without being annoying (Dora kills me, so repetitive).

[heliarc]

100. "immediately recorded the X-Rated graphic video"

for some fun later.

[Cant trust em]

102. where is youtube.com when I need them?

[TexasLawyer]

104. Will they receive a heavy fine from the FCC?

This seems somewhat more egregious than a "wardrobe malfunction."

[SemperEadem]

106. disney channel is cable, not broadcast

it's part of the cable package she pays for, not beamed out for free from a tower... therefore, her problem is with her cable provider, not Disney.