This morning the toga-wearing Tim Robinson (minus the toga) was in Bothell at a glassblowing studio that offers visitors the opportunity to blow glass with local glassblowers and an observation deck for viewing daily glassblowing. They showed a person putting a brick of glass into an oven via a hole and Timmy asks, “So what was that you called it?” The guy grins and says, “a glory hole”. Tim, without flinching turns to the camera and repeats, “a glory hole”. I don’t think he knows what that means. Either the King 5 morning news team is testing the profanity limits or the whole editing crew dropped the ball.
I’m not saying I think it should have been cut. I’m all about free speech, which is why I have a link to the ACLU on my side bar. I just can’t believe it was on the morning news considering 99.9 KISW had to take down some billboards that read, “Harder, Faster, Louder” and 100.7 KQBZ The Buzz had to bleep the word “bum“. I really don’t understand how and where the obscenity lines are drawn. Of the three I would think that “glory hole” would be axed out before the other two.
My guess is that at least the reporter guy had no idea what it meant, as for the editing crew perhaps it’s like the Disney thing and they get so bored at work they push the limits to see what they can get away with?
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I found it very ammusing. Amazing how many of those types of things slip past the censor’s and editors. I mentioned this to my wife and she had no idea what a “glory hole” was.
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Maybe they don’t know? Who knows, but it’s good for a laugh at their expense.
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Amy – I would agree with you but if someone were to complain and the FCC sided with the complaint the TV station would have quite a hefty fine!
pilotg2 – Yes, amusing at the very least. Hehehe I love it when adults don’t know certain slang. Kurt and I went out to dinner with some friends. We were talking about movies and Kurt said something about, “If they had some happy endings I would have watched it” or something to that effect. I could tell my friend had no idea what a “Happy ending” was and she made a comment about movies and happy endings that let everyone know she had no idea. -Oh the poor girl.
ByrningBunny – I’ve gotta think that *someone* on the news team ought to know. I mean it takes quite a few people to put a morning news show on and there can’t possibly be that many innocent adults out there. Either way it was funny to hear it on local TV at that time of the day. It really brightens the morning.
*giggling at happy endings and glory holes* Thanks for reacquainting me with my inner perv, Erica. I googled it out of curiousity, and I’m disappointed to learn that “glory hole” is the real term for it. I was hoping that the glassblower was slipping one past the reporter. I rather wish I hadn’t looked it up.
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smarmoofus – Damn! You just had to ruin all the fun.
Although I didn’t think the glassblower was trying to get one by. I figured it was a “shop” term and that he knew it would be edited out or something.