By: Cecile Ann Sy
On the night before Halloween, October 30, 1938, thousands of unexpecting Americans who turned on their radio for an evening programming, erupted into panic, after listening to a radio play, simulating a news broadcast about alien invasion.
Depicted as a live news report on Martian attacks, Orson Welles' radio performance caused mass hysteria as many listeners did not realise that it was a hoax. Welles, who later wrote, directed, and starred in the film classic, “Citizen Kaine”, wrote and performed the broadcast as an adaptation of the science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, “The War of the Worlds.” Who would have thought that 70 years later, unsuspecting Americans would again be traumatised by another invasion of a different kind?
Cut to February 01, 2009. Television has replaced radio as the prime source media of entertainment and almost every American has dropped everything to watch The Super Bowl, which is pretty much the American football finals, specifically for the National Football League or the NFL. Considered to be the biggest sports event in the country, it is the most-watched broadcast in American television every year. Hence, many companies would pay millions of dollars just to squeeze their 30 second ad in the programming. But this year, the viewers in Tucson, who received their Super Bowl broadcast through Comcast cable, were instead treated to a 30-second porn clip, almost mistaken for a commercial ad. The guy featured in the video horrified parents around the country as he entertained his lady companion by performing a rather unusual dance, performed nude, accompanied by a rather unusual music accompaniment, a series of slapping sounds.
Muwahahahaha. See for yourself. It is hilarious!!!! I looveeee ittt!!!
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=odfQqvoKT4I And for those who haven't heard or read about it, I assure you that it's real. See the news report on the delightful Super Bowl interruption.
http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2009/02/03/Super_Bowl_telecast_interrupted_by_hardcore_pornography