PBS and the "Technical Virgin"
So, PBS has fired Melanie Martinez, the host of “The Goodnight Show” on the PBS Kids Sprout network. This seems to have been a show for 2 to 3 year olds to watch at nighttime that got them ready for bed. There was a star puppet and a couple other cute things.
Melanie was fired because she revealed to PBS that she had created a couple of spoof advertisements for the website Technical Virgin. These were spoof public service announcements that described all of the things you could do in place of having sex. Some used graphic language.
Read about it on CNN.
Are these ads in "good taste?" Nope. Are they mainstream that you'd want your kids to hear? Nope. Do they exist solely on a website that noone knows about and would have a really hard time stumbling across? Yep. Would a 2 or 3 year old have any idea what they're hearing if they were stumble across one? Nope.
This bothers some folks. Read about one here.
This really bothers me. Here's a woman who, seven years ago, did some work that was questionable. She's now a stage actress with a toddler of her own. Having never seen this show, I cannot speak to how good of a job she did. But I know some folks that did watch this with their little ones and they love the show and Melanie. So this woman leads a respectable life, has cleaned up her past "questionable" acts, and VOLUNTARILY told PBS about this "video."
And they fire her.
Kids love her. She admitted she did something questionable (SEVEN YEARS ago!) before anything about it came out. She doesn't do anything like that anymore. There's a zero chance of anyone who watches The Goodnight Show would ever see one of these fake PSAs. So why should this warrant her getting fired from a job where many kids love her and she apparantly did a fantastic job?
Answer: It shouldn't. Let people realize they didn't make the best choices and move on. Additional fact: George Carlin (who is a dirty, dirty, comedian sometimes - both in his past and RIGHT NOW) is still on PBS shows, including Thomas the Tank Engine. WTF?
PBS - shame on you.
Melanie was fired because she revealed to PBS that she had created a couple of spoof advertisements for the website Technical Virgin. These were spoof public service announcements that described all of the things you could do in place of having sex. Some used graphic language.
Read about it on CNN.
Are these ads in "good taste?" Nope. Are they mainstream that you'd want your kids to hear? Nope. Do they exist solely on a website that noone knows about and would have a really hard time stumbling across? Yep. Would a 2 or 3 year old have any idea what they're hearing if they were stumble across one? Nope.
This bothers some folks. Read about one here.
This really bothers me. Here's a woman who, seven years ago, did some work that was questionable. She's now a stage actress with a toddler of her own. Having never seen this show, I cannot speak to how good of a job she did. But I know some folks that did watch this with their little ones and they love the show and Melanie. So this woman leads a respectable life, has cleaned up her past "questionable" acts, and VOLUNTARILY told PBS about this "video."
And they fire her.
Kids love her. She admitted she did something questionable (SEVEN YEARS ago!) before anything about it came out. She doesn't do anything like that anymore. There's a zero chance of anyone who watches The Goodnight Show would ever see one of these fake PSAs. So why should this warrant her getting fired from a job where many kids love her and she apparantly did a fantastic job?
Answer: It shouldn't. Let people realize they didn't make the best choices and move on. Additional fact: George Carlin (who is a dirty, dirty, comedian sometimes - both in his past and RIGHT NOW) is still on PBS shows, including Thomas the Tank Engine. WTF?
PBS - shame on you.
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