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Presenting the award for special effects, Ben Stiller wears a green unitard and pretends to be using green-screen technology to appear as a floating head, then - covering his head with a green mask - invisible.
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A cooking show Duff Goldman and Geoffrey Manthorne are putting the finishing touches to a cake in the form of a CAT scan machine. When Geoffrey snips a piece off to complete the cake, Duff says it was a nice snip and he would be a good mohel. Both laugh. A typically gratuitious reference to circumcision as Jewish. | |||
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(ABC) Episode 300. Not only unusual, but a highly un-Jewish suggestion. The pain and damage of circumcision is trivialised. |
Originally Broadcast: ~2001 Repeated: 5 Dec 2005, WGN Chicago (shown in both the USA and Canada) Baby is sitting looking at camera. Assumes all boys in the USA and Canada are circumcised. Implies circumcision is once and forever when in fact some circumcisions do need to be revised because of skin bridges or other
complications. Implies that circumcision is funny and trivial.
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(An early "reality" TV show, in which hidden cameras monitor contestants confined to a house while they try to avoid being voted out by each other and the audience.) [Drew Daniel, Scott, Jase and Will are in the bathroom talking about Drew's intact penis]  Drew Daniel Scott: I have never seen one Drew: Well I don't want to show you right here Scott: No it's okay.. maybe later.. but what does it look like? Drew: The best way I can describe it is an elephant's trunk. Scott: What do chicks do? Do they freak out? Drew: No, they love it. Jase: Do you have a head? Drew: YES! ha ha! Will: We only have 30% of the sensitivity that he does.. so he enjoys sex like, way more, Scott: Drew, that's great. Drew: Yeah, it is, man. | (UK)
During a game to win food and supplies for the British Big Brother house, Big Brother showed Mikey a photograph of housemate Sezer as a child, dressed festively, and asked what he was celebrating. Mikey guessed: "His birthday?" A "Wrong!" buzzer sounded and Big Brother told Mikey: "It was his circumcision." Embarrassed, Sezer hid his face in his hands. His fellow housemates then "broke into hysterics" according to the Daily Mail. In the UK, only Muslims and Jews commonly circumcise.
Thanks to NORM-UK
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Season 9, broadcast Sunday, February 17, 2008. In this season the contestants have been paired off, regardless of existing partnerships outside.
A dark bedroom. James is in bed. His partner Jen is brushing her hair. Jen: "The Hooded Warrior"? James: Yeah. Jen: Why? James: Ask him. (Jen gets up, goes to the door and calls.) Jen: Adam! Adam! James: Yo, Adam!  Adam Jasinski Adam: What? James: Do you go by "the Hooded Warrior"? Adam: Yup. Jen: Why is your name "the Hooded Warrior"? Adam: Because I'm uncut. Not circumcised. (Jen and James laugh, joined by others in the house, off camera.) Jen: Oh my God! Not circumcised?!" The diary room. Sheila, Adam's partner, already reluctant because of his previous crass and boorish remarks - CBS has been asked for an apology on behalf of autistic and mentally challenged children who Adam called "r*t*rds" - talks to camera. Sheila: Out of every guy in here, I get the uncircumcised guy! What is that about? The bedrooms. Jen: Are you really? The diary room. Jen, to camera. Jen: (laughing) Yeah, I have never seen an uncircumcised penis. And I found out Adam had one. And I wanted to see it. The bedrooms. Jen: Are you really not circumcised? Adam: You want a tutorial? I'll give you a one-on-one tutorial. Cut to Jen and another girl in a doorway. Jen is pointng toward Adam (off-camera), laughing loudly. Adam has apparently shown them. The diary room. Adam, to camera. Adam: I'm uncut, dude. That's what it is. And apparently I'm - everybody finds it to be amusing. The bedrooms, in darkness, the guests are still laughing. [presumably] Jen: Eww!! The diary room. Jen: I mean it's weird. It's so weird. The bedrooms. Everyone is still laughing. Jen: Why are you uncircumcised? Adam: (Shrugging his shoulders) I had no choice! [He could have said "Same reason you are."] The diary room. Adam. The bedrooms. A woman: You can get it - A woman: You gotta wash it so it doesn't stink. [Just like hers.] This underlines a point made in the introduction to these pages: "Anyone may be as insulting as they like about the foreskin or the man who has one. They have no feelings or rights." Adam's acceptance of labels implying some lapse, and his lack of Anteater Pride, is also due for an overhaul. The contrast between this and the treatment of autistic children is striking. While the contestants are responsible only for themselves, the appearance of these remarks in the edited highlights is the fault of the producers of the show.
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(HBO, early 2005) Comedian Richard Jeni spends perhaps five minutes on circumcision. He acts out the baby being strapped down, "then WHAM!" his foreskin cut off, using his finger sticking over the edge of a table, then asking his mother why he was circumcised. As her, he looks around vaguely and says "I wanted you to match your father". "Oh yes, bald and tubby, I thought I matched him pretty well already. ... The reason men are having so much trouble with the penis is because they were molested as infants," He suggests that, like the Phantom of the Opera, they spend the rest of their lives seeking revenge on the person who did this to them. As "Penis of the Opera" he limps around the stage with his hand half covering his face, peering between his fingers. (The sketch does not return to circumcision, but the image of the circumcised penis as being like the disfigured face of the Phantom is powerful.) | |||
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A "reality" show in which a camera follows a series of blind dates, and captions and doodles are superimposed over the participants. A couple are in a cigar shop. When the man cuts a cigar,
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WB (Warner Bros.) Group improvised comedy (like "Whose Line Is It, Anyway?") Responding to the question 'What don't you want to hear the first time someone sees you naked?' the cast, sitting in front of a studio audience, replied with a variety of funny answers. Comedian Jeff Foxworthy: "Just how many times were you circumcised?" Message: Circumcision reduces the size of the penis.
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At last! A show that actually goes for circumcision's jugular! First broadcast April 25, 2005 on Showtime. Penn & Teller are better known as two conjurers who explain their tricks. The show is unique in
It lacks
It implies that Intactivists are only in San Francisco, when in fact, we are to be found all over the world. Great lines:
You can see the show here, here or here . Reviews: New York Newsday:
Penn & Teller: TV for adults
BY DIANE WERTS
April 25, 2005
... Tonight's half-hour obliges us to laugh, wince and cogitate as the third
season kicks off with what we can only call a load of genital jokes. When
towering bully Penn Jillette goes after circumcision, you know precisely
what physical areas will fuel his humor.
Yet amid the gleefully displayed sex toys, frontal nudity, Oscar Mayer [brand of small sausage] allusions and cameo appearance by porn king Ron Jeremy, there's a sincere
issue here. And it gets sincere, thoughtful treatment. Penn & Teller might
not take themselves seriously, but that's how they ultimately address
their shows' topics.
But with anywhere between 65 and 80 percent of American men said to have
been circumcised, tonight's exhortations are no slam-dunk sale.
The evidence the pair presents on circumcision is, to say the least,
disconcerting, whether it's statistics (the most common surgery in America
at about 3,000 a day), history (the procedure was popularized as a "cure"
for masturbation), consequences (from purported sexual dysfunction to the
question of what happens to all that removed skin) and remedies (with
live-action close-ups). ...
the Chicago Sun-Times: Penn & Teller remain ribald men of the people April 24, 2005
BY MIKE THOMAS Staff Reporter
As myth-busters go, Penn Jillette and his partner of 30 years, Teller,
have few equals. ...
Entering its third season on Monday with a laugh-riot look (as in,
up-close and disturbingly personal) at circumcision, the unflinching,
uncensored series examines all manner of topics ... through their ostensibly objective,
non-rose-colored glasses. ...
The circumcision episode stemmed from a conversation Jillette had with a
female friend of his. In the episode, which pulls no punches, infants get
clamped and snipped, doctors explain the process in scientific detail,
anti-circumcision activists bare all and say things like, "I'm really
angry with doctors who love to play with baby boys' penises and cut 'em
off."
All of that is peppered by juvenile silliness, which includes rubber sex
toys, giant phalluses and crude euphemisms. Oh, and legendarily large porn
prince Ron Jeremy cameos with a guillotine. Cliched? Sure. Funny? Um, not
really. ... "... you
know [Teller says] that if you brought up, 'I'm havin' a son in a few months and I been
reading some s--- about circumcision, I just don't really know,' you know
that if you're sitting around with your friends that our hearts are gonna
go out to you, we're gonna talk to you honestly and openly, and we're also
gonna make a lot of jokes. And we're gonna do all of that s--- all at
once.
"And somehow television has this point of view that it's either/or. But
that's not the way human beings live." ...
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Comedianne Chelsea Handler and her assistant Chuy Bravo are interviewing men and women to be Chelsea's bodyguard. Man: Yes, I am. Chelsea: Well, we're actually looking for someone who has not been circumcised. Would you be willing to reverse the procedure? (audience laughs) The question would be funnier if restoration was not possible. |
Discussing the day's tabloid events, Chelsea asks her panel of guests what they think of Paris Hilton. An Australian comedian says Australians are fans of her because they don't have many celebrities. Casual denigration of intact men. An Australian aged 25-35 is almost as likely to be circumcised as an American. |
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First broadcast February, 2004.  But, you know, when I take my pants off in America, people gasp, which is kinda nice (smirks), until I realise that they're actually staring at my penis as if it's some kind of National Geographic photo come to life. And they look at it and they're like "Wow! What do you do with that? How does it work?" Because, you know, you think because it's different, my uncircumcised penis, that somehow it's dirty, and that is wrong, America! (modest clapping and laughing) When I'm here in America, I feel like Pigpen from Charlie Brown, you know as if there's this big cloud floating around my foreskin all the time (laughter, clapping). So, tonight, I'm taking it upon myself to re-educate America about my penis. (points. Audience roars, claps) First of all, uncircumcised penises, like mine, need to know that they are not alone. When I was doing Cabaret, the only other person who was uncircumcised was the security guard. I won't go into how I know that but... (laughs, smirks, skips a little) Just let me tell you that for the rest of the run, I felt very, very secure. We eventually formed a support group, he and I. It was called "The Society for Penises Under No Knives" or S.P.U.N.K. for short,... or long, depending... (clapping, cheering). Tonight, we embrace uncut comedy, we go back to a time when comics offended ... |
Freak Show Episodes # 106-7: Mohel-Me-Not Parts 1 &2 Originally Aired: Nov 9 and 16, 2006 Official summary: 1. The Hartsdales choose to circumcise Primi while performing in a heavily Jewish community, but does the local rabbi have an ulterior motive? (2. Having used Primi's foreskin to summon Moshiach, the Jewish messiah, Pat Robertson and the President decide to fight back with their own secret weapon. When Primi exposes their plot and is captured, the Freak Squad must come to his rescue.) Primi is a premature baby who can talk and identifies as Italian. His elderly guardians are hesitant, but Rabbi Aaron Sugerman is insistent: Mrs H: Well they want to slice off the tip of your penis, dear. Mr H: Yeah, just the tippy-tip of the skin. It's a Jewish tradition Primi: Why Jews do thees? Mrs H: It was something God told them to do 6000 years ago. Who knows what goes through God's crazy mind? Primi: Maybe i's a practical joke. Mrs H: Oh probably, but a very important one to these Jews. They also can't have shrimp. Huh, whaddaya think of that? They cut their babies' penises and they can't have shrimp. The Bearded Clam, a boneless woman (stereotypical feminist): Well I am sorry but this is a barbaric antiquated practice. I mean it's mutilation. It's inhumane. Tuck, the Siamese twin: It's not inhumane. Benny, the other Siamese twin: Yeah, it's just highly unnecessary. Log Cabin Republican (stereotypically gay): Can I just stick my nose in her for a second. As far as pure esthetics go, I don't think it's a good idea. It just ruins the look. Plus, docking is completely out of the question. Mrs H: Well I think we need to ask Primi what he thinks. I mean, he is the future of Freak Show. Dear, how do you feel about this? Primi: Mmm, well, if it means we can stay an'a Mrs Hartsdale get the [cow cozies?], I guess i's OK. Mrs H: Oh, thank you, Primi. Mr H: An' just leave your foreskin for the Foreskin Fairy. Mrs H: And maybe he'll leave you a tooth. Primi: Yay! (claps... stops clapping) Yay. The other Freaks blind the mohel with pepper and rescue Primi from the "Made-up Company Name Circumcision Dome", replacing him with a cat. The cat is circumcised. The Jews use the foreskin ("With this foreskin I thee wed") to create a Messiah (who is more like a Golem). This show has something to offend everybody, mainly Jews but also Catholics, Evangelicals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Muslims and Scientologists, but it runs the same old themes: Circumcision is Jewish. Circumcision is trivial. The objections to circumcision are token. The disquiet is palpable. |
Mind of Mencia broadcast January 9, 2007 Carlos Mencia makes fun of the "Fantastic Four" movie with the speaker of the voiceovers for movie previews. Voiceover Dude: One man, one couch, one extremely long penis - Fantastic Foreskin! (applause)  |
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The Daily Show |
Preview of March 2, 1999
- Hey, we gotta go, everybody. Check us out tomorrow night at 11 when we'll find out... (picture of a doctor's hand holding a scalpel over a naked newborn boy's penis) Is it too late to get it back? |
March 2, 1999 - "Working for Tips": A bris is still a bris.
Good news for males who haven't been born yet. The American Academy of Pediatrics has concluded there's no overriding medical reason to perform circumcisions. Wow. Where were you guys in 1962? Opponents of circumcision claim it leaves long-term psychological scars and deminishes sexual pleasure, but experts say "So does growing up, dating, and getting married." Critics also contend that the procedure causes loss of sensation, penis curvature, and virtually closes the door to a career in European porn. While performing ritual circumcisions, many rabbis use a little wine on their finger as a form of anasthesia, which not only relieves some of the discomfort, but prepares the boy for a lifetime of using alcohol to kill the pain caused by his penis. (Laughter, applause and cheering, and a male audience member yells "Yeah!") |
May 18, 1999 - (Interview with guest comedian Robert Schimmel, who discusses the birth of his
newborn son)
Jon: Yeah, I don't know if you want really your wife to be commenting on which penis she prefers. [Nothing about what the penis's owner prefers...] Robert: Yeah. I didn't know she was an authority really cause I've only seen one on video and it was mine. Jon: So, what, did you, did you go with it? Robert: Yes, we did. And I was in there for it. My wife wouldn't be in there for it. She said, "I don't want him to hear my voice or connect me to the pain he's gonna go through. So, you go." And, uh, they brought smelling salts in and I said, "Wow, could he faint from this?" They said, "This is for you." And, uh, it's pretty scary. Jon: Did you faint? Did you get woozy? Robert: I got very woozy. Jon: It's a tough thing to watch. Robert: It's a very tough thing to watch. [even tougher to undergo...] They strap you down. And I was going, and he was crying, and I'm going, "You're a good boy. You're a good boy." And the doctor said, "Don't say that to him. That's negative reinforcement." Jon: Right! Robert: "You're a good boy. We're gonna cut your penis. Good boy! Snip! Hey!" Jon: Did they keep, did they slap him at all or did they cut it or was there other stuff involved? Cause with me, that was that way. "Take it!" (Slap!) You know. Robert: No, they put this dome over the top and screw this thing on and they have like a cookie cutter thing they use. (Audience groans) Hey, well, how else are you supposed to do it? Jon: I don't know how. I don't have uh... Robert: In the old days, they did it with a stone. Jon: That's not so. Robert: Yes, it is. They pull the thing up and...(makes slicing noise and motion while audience groans again) Jon: How olden days are we talkin'? That's not like, we're not talkin' the fifties. I mean when when... when was that? Robert: I think in biblical times, actually. Jon: Well, that's good. |
August 19, 1999 - "Mississippi Masada": Administrators at a Mississippi high school have banned Jewish 11th grader Ryan Green from displaying his Star of David, citing concerns that other students could mistake it for a gang symbol, and insist he remove it, wear it beneath his shirt or better yet a crucifix. Green, who has moved forward with a civil suit against the school, is especially worried the board's actions will make him afraid to express his beliefs in the future saying, "And how's all the hoochies s'pose to know I gots the dope circumcision?" |
(John Stewart), April 20, 2005, soon after the election of Pope Benedict XVI: I - I mean, - the whole Pope thing, I'll tell you, here's how wrong I was about this whole thing as far as the new Pope - . I had my money on [Joseph] Leiberman [D. Connecticut, vice-presidential candidate in 2000, well known to be Jewish]. (laughter) I thought for sure - I tell you what: conservative, religious, I thought, ur, (laughter) The only problem, apparently, ur, he's got (points downward with his pen) whaddaya call it there, the penis with the ur, (makes a slicing movement with his other hand) got the ur, (makes a sweeping movement over his head), ur, 'pparently, you wanna be the Pope, you gotta wear sump'n on your - (holds up both hands in despair). But, the important thing is - urr, I know nothing about anything. Half of the humour is that he talks about circumcision without mentioning it. It plays on the fallacy that all and only Jews are circumcised (and perhaps deliberately plays on the fact that to be Pope a man must not have been castrated.) |
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Embarassing Illnesses (UK) |
A 72 year old man presents with BXO. He was partially (or badly) circumcised ten years before and has become reinfected. The doctor recommends a further circumcision. At the start of the programme the doctor says "If you come to see us, we are not necessarily going to chop it off," (a remark apparently intended to reassure against castration anxiety, not circumcison anxiety.) The programme provides an information page on the subject. | ||
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Inside Out |
(Current affairs, BBC North and East Cumbria), September 5, 2005 Reine Dohami says she is fleeing a voodoo cult which will force her into marriage, circumcise her and scar her limbs with knife cuts. As usual, female circumcision is (rightly) treated as unequivocally evil. | ||
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Joan and Melissa Rivers show |
(April 8, 2000, E! Television) re-capping the recent Academy Awards (Oscars) show and the fashions the stars were wearing. At the end of the show, male dancers in kilts/skirts (and tights) surround Joan, who sings. Near the end she falls to the ground for dramatic effect, looks up one of the dancers' kilts and says, "Please, call a rabbi and have that thing taken care of: I'll pay for it!" | ||
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Kingdom of David: Saga of the Israelites |
(PBS) Episode: The Book and The Sword
First broadcast: 2003
Briefly mentions that Hellenised Jews underwent cosmetic procedures to hide their circumcision in order to complete in the games, in which participants were nude. A rare acknowledgement that circumcision can be reversed. | ||
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Comedy "reality" show Kathy Griffin is taking her first trip to London to promote her show, soon to be shown in the UK. She tells her assistants Jessica, Tiffany, and Tom that most of the men in England are uncircumcised. Jessica and Tiffany seem disgusted. Tom asks if it is indeed true that most European men are uncircumcised. Kathy says that while she is there, she wants to go on a date with an uncircumcised man, apparently just to shock them. Implicitly, "the foreskin is disgusting." | |||
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Late Night with Conan O'Brian |
WNBC August 6, 2003 Rosanne Barr: In the year 2000 scientists will discover that the foreskin is the biological center of happiness and contentment. Jews all over the world will say, "It figures." [ laughter ] Repeating the myth that only Jews circumcise. | ||
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The Late Show with David Letterman |
May 23, 2005 (Show #2371) Letterman talks about how popular the latest 'Star Wars' movie is: Messages: "Circumcision = Jewish" "Circumcision is trivial/quick/painless" (think of Luke Skywalker losing his hand). In fact, this image has an uncomforatable similarity to the emasculation of the late David Reimer during his circumcision. | ||
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Mad TV |
Episode #1205 (Nov. 11, 2006) In a series of Terry Gilliam-esque sketches, the People magazine cover photo of Madonna's newly adopted son, David Banda, aged 1, talks to the audience about how great it is to be adopted by the former pop star. In the last sketch, he says it sucks having to be circumcised (just because Madonna wants him to be), but he'll be rich. Madonna adopted David from Malawi. She is a devotee of Kaballah, a mystical adjunct to Judaism. Her wish to circumcise, and his father's objection, have not been confirmed outside gossip columns. | ||
| Mama waarom ben ik besneden? Mum, why was I circumcised? Netherlands, 2004 |
A Dutch documentary (with English subtitles) covering most of the main issues. by Michael Schaap (shows several circumcisions, not for the squeamish) Translated summary. | ||
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Mischief |
Circumcise Me? January December 5, 2006 http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/mischief/circumcise_me.shtml
Official synopsis: Mischief goes looking for the answer to a question people have been asking for thousands of years - is it better to be circumcised or not?
Most American men are circumcised, whereas Brits prefer to keep their foreskin intact. So is it better to be circumcised or not? Is it healthier? Sexier? Or are circumcised men and their lovers missing out?
The programme takes a light-hearted approach: two "uncircumcised" men
undertake research to find out whether they are missing anything Those interviewed include The Times medical columnist Dr Thomas Stuttaford (cut), Kristen O'Hara, Ron Low, Michael Wilks and Edgar Schoen. The interview with the O'Haras made fun of their mechanical analogies, and focused on the one who wasn't speaking. (Two people from NORM-UK were interviewed but were left on the cutting room floor.) Three young "doctors" (medical students?) were interviewed and recited without hesitation that the medical reasons for circumcision were phimosis, paraphimosis and recurrent balanitis. "Cut" or "uncut" appears under the names of all those who spoke, illustrating that it is the victims who wish to inflict it on others. To ensure the point is not missed, Christopher Sykes concludes the programme by saying that in his view the baby should be left intact, but then, he is uncut. Dr Michael Wilks (BMA Head of Ethics, uncut) describes American "routine" circumcision as "a profoundly unethical practice." | ||
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Montel (formerly The Montel Williams Show) |
December 5, 2005 'Medical Horrors'
Guest Darla [Harper] told Williams how Dennis Momah, a GP, pretended to be his twin brother Charles, her Ob/Gyn, and sexually harassed her during examinations before the birth of her son. She agreed to let him circumcise the baby at his clinic to "avoid any financial obligation". He said he "would be more than willing to do it and that it would be better for everybody." He took the baby away and didn't return until 45 minutes later, sweating profusely and acting nervous: "We had a problem. ... Sometimes during a circumcision, it's very common that you cut too deep and you cut an artery.... but it's OK because I just cauterized it back together." When she got home she discovered the baby's diaper filled with blood and his penis "dark in color because the cauterization had burned the flesh." Not only that but the doctor "had dropped the instrument, so [the baby] was burned down his stomach, across his penis and his testicles." The 'doctor' had assured her that "it was very common, don't worry about it, everything is fine." When Darla or her mother appeared on screen, she was captioned "Her baby (or her grandson) was scarred while being circumcised" [They all are.] The brothers are being sued by both her and her son, and by numerous other women. (followup) | ||
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My Penis and I |
Self-made documentary by Lawrence Barraclough about his anxiety about the size of his penis. He interviews his girlfriend, his mother, doctors, psychologists, porn stars, a Rugby team making a nude calendar, the "Puppetry of the Penis" performers, Cyntha Plaster Caster and the Small Penis Support Group. The last two give him some comfort... Almost in passing, he mentions that his anxiety began after he was circumcised at the age of ten for ... To mother: So I had the circumcision and after that I became more aware of the size. What did you feel about it being done at such a late period?
... Lawrence (voice over): I decided to go and see Dr David Ralph about having my penis surgically enlarged.
(After being examined) Lawrence: I'm not tempted by surgery. The idea of going back under anaesthetic and under a surgeons' knife for the sake of my penis at the moment is not an option. It was surgery that caused the problem in the first place, and I doubt if surgery is going to solve that problem. ...a pity he didn't interview NORM-UK | ||
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Politically Incorrect |
A talk show encouraging conflict. Broadcast February 1, 2002 Host Bill Maher: All right.
Now, you were saying, Jack, that we should boycott things we don't believe in. What about diamonds? I have mentioned this on the show many times before, and I've never had a woman agree with me. Because women love diamonds, and they hate to hear the fact that diamonds have a lot of blood on them. I'm sorry, but not only do the terrorists funnel a lot of their money to the diamond trade, because it can't be traced, but even before that, many areas in Africa are controlled by rebel groups. They wanna control the areas with the diamond mines, so they terrorize the population. They cut off children's arms. And I said to a woman -- the nicest person in the world, I said to her, "Do you know that they cut off children's arms to get diamonds?" And she said, "Both arms?"
(Audience "oh"s) [Obviously neither knows what circumcision really entails. This has gone into the Circumsurdities page.] Katherine: For what? For ritual? A fairly typical exchange of loud and hasty ignorance. | ||
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Rich Girls |
Broadcast November 18, 2003 Ally is making herself up when when her ex-boyfriend, Charlie O walks into her huge bathroom/closet. She offers him a tube of lotion. Ally: Want some penis skin? Charlie O. (puzzled): Hmm? Ally (grinning): Want some penis skin? My Dad and Lizzie and my Mother use this. It's the foreskin of a baby's penis. And they put it on their face. Isn't that disgusting! I'm gonna do it. Wanna watch? Charlie O (laughing and scratching his head): Whadda they do? Do, like, crazy people sit at the hospital, like, collecting all the circumcised babies' foreskins? Time lag. Ally is applying some of the cream to Charlie O.'s face. Ally: There. Just rub it in. Charlie O: Rub it in where? Ally: Just go like this around your eyes. Like this. Pat. Got it. Charlie O: Yeah, um, I don't I think I was made for this stuff. Ally seems to be disgusted (at first) only that people put something made from foreskins on their faces. The idea that pillaging part of babies' genitals is in itself disgusting does not seem to occur to her. | ||
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Saturday Night Live |
(NBC) December 18, 2005, host Jack Black
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Sticky Moments |
Game show hosted by ultra-camp Julian Clary. In his autobiography he writes: Question: Which L is the most important ingredient ins .a
marriage? Question: True or false: all condoms are individually
numbered.
Question: Complete the quotation - 'Is that a pistol in
your pocket...?'
Question: Complete the quotation - 'Cupid, draw back
your...?'
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Sylvania Waters |
An early "reality" show in which cameras track a dysfunctional family day and night, and broadcast edited highlights. The Age (Melbourne) PAMELA BONE reports. ONE had to feel sorry for baby Kane, with a blood-stained bandage sticking to his poor little penis in an episode of the ABC's recent documentary-soap, ‘Sylvania Waters'. However, as Paul, his father, lovingly explained to the baby, - The Age (Melbourne), 2 December 1996, p. 6 Full text | ||
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The Tonight Show |
(1965) Ed Ames (who guest starred as "Mingo" on the Daniel Boone TV series with Fess Parker) was throwing a tomahawk at a life-sized outline of a man, drawn on a wooden target. It landed in the crotch area of the outline, to the guest's embarrassment. | ||
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V. Graham Norton |
A talk show with a very camp host. He gets the audience to tell embarassing stories about themselves, phones people with strange fetish websites, and interviews celebrities. Quick double entendres are his specialty. When he interviewed Texas girl group the Dixie Chicks, they referred to "aardvarks", adding that nearly all men in the UK had an aardvark, whereas nearly all men in the USA had not. When Graham looked puzzled one of the girls grinned impishly and, in explanation, imitated a pair of scissors with her fingers. "Snip, snip," she giggled saucily. Even Graham seemed to be caught off balance. English singer Alan Cumming told Graham in 2002 that when singing in New York, he discovered that his make-up artist had never seen an intact penis, so he showed her his. Her reaction seems to have been of disappointment - she had expected that it would look more like a pedal bin. Graham rang a German called Eric whose website features his skiing fetish. He liked putting snow under his Vorhaut, and Graham pretended he thought Vorhaut meant "forehead", guest Ivana Trump refused to tell him, so the audience did. The US secular custom is not well-known overseas. | ||
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Whose Line Is It, Anyway? |
[A theatresports improvisation gameshow] The set topic is "Questions not to ask after heavy drinking": "The world's worst priest or rabbi": Drew Carey (as Jerry Lewis): Hand me the knife, hand me the baby ... Reminiscent of the corresponding scene in Seinfeld, these invite us to laugh at a real problem, and (by using a Yiddish accent) reinforces the myth that all circumcision is Jewish. (Of course, it's harder to suggest a doctor with voice alone, but a confident, bossy, formal tone and an expression like "Now then,..." would do it. And unlike scripted programming, they have no time to reflect on the prejudices they are reflecting.) Contestants are improvising with a prop resembling a large foam two-legged stool. A contestand puts it on his head (so the legs resemble Orthodox ringlets) and asks: Again the identification of circumcision as exclusively Jewish (and as a fit subject for comedy).
It could be worse, you could be - circumcised. |
. It starts with the common view that being circumcised is the preferable state (interviewing many young Americans, on Castro St, San Francisco, Venice Beach and Los Vegas, almost all of who said circumcised penises were better, some telling the interviewers to get circumcised, none giving any indication of having any idea what a foreskin is or does) but gradually weans viewers onto the opposing view.
