Posts Tagged ‘porn’

The end of an era

The other day, a very sad thought occurred to me.  The advent of digital cable means the death of scrambled cable porn.  What was once a proud ritual of pubescent boys, switching over to the PPV channels late at night and watching the scrambled feed — “Is that a boob or an elbow?  I think I just [...]

Talking lemons and porn stars: a small collection of 30 Rock parodies

Okay, even though this season has gotten off to a rough start, 30 Rock is still one of my all-time favorite TV shows.  And, given my documented fondness for Sesame Street, you can imagine how tickled I was to find this very clever send-up sketch, entitled “30 Rocks.” I’m quite amused by the fact that [...]

An unnecessary distinction (also, porno)

I heard a political ad on the radio this morning that was touting the efforts of a particular state senator’s efforts to protect the people from “child sex predators.”  I was unaware that there were different categories of child predator, necessitating the distinction.  Perhaps part of our financial crisis is due to child lending predators, [...]