Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Pull Your Pants Up Doug

Who saw Doug Baldwin's touchdown celebration in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl last Sunday? Oh wait... that's right... no one saw it. The Seahawks' receiver caught a touchdown pass from Russel Wilson in a very important part of the game. After the referee signaled the score, ole Doug executed his celebration with grace and elegance... or maybe not. The celebration was cut from live feed by NBC because it was deemed inappropriate for television. Now, I happen to have seen the YouTube video of it , so let me fill you in. He walked to the corner of the endzone, spun the ball on the ground, then proceeded to squat over and and pretend to pull down his pants. In less proper terms, he pretended to crap out the ball. "It was the most inspiring touchdown dance of all time." said no one.. except maybe that guy at the party who had too many lil smokies. Now, to the real issue. Was the dance inappropriate? Probably. Should it have been shown on TV? I don't know. But please please please can the FCC start using this standard with shows currently on air? Just flipping through local channels trying to find American Idol (it's Hollywood Week booyah) I saw a lesbian kissing scene, and heard bitch and slut used multiple times. If a football player pretending to take a dump is cut from TV, then I think it's absurd that this other content is deemed "ok". TV shows are getting trashy. As a huge fan of television, I beg for some cleaned up content.
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7 comments:

  1. Giles MFebruary 5, 2015 at 8:21 PM

    BOOOO not even a news story.

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  2. Giles MFebruary 5, 2015 at 8:22 PM

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  3. QuinnL.February 6, 2015 at 12:04 PM

    I would have to say this is not really all that important seeing as they lost anyway. Also not what was assigned.

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  4. UnknownFebruary 6, 2015 at 8:15 PM

    I find this post to be rather amusing, Matthew. Don't let Giles and Quinn bring you down! Your blogs are the only ones that are guaranteed to be interesting every week. Keep doing you. Also I find that there is a real double standard present in today's culture, so it doesn't surprise me that it's okay to show lesbian love scenes and not touchdown dances.

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  5. UnknownFebruary 8, 2015 at 10:08 AM

    I agree with the standard that you're talking about. As a pretty little liars aficianado, I have seen that even ABC family and family networks show trashy stuff all the time. I don't think there's been more than a couple episodes that haven't had either teenagers having sex or lesbians making out. Sucks, but its the world we live in.

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