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[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 81 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I bet 97% of the people who subscribed to gonewild communities were too young to remember these commercials

[–] Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 year ago

I bet you're right!

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 69 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I lived in Washington there was a public access show that aired once a week at 1 or 2 AM called Mike Hunt for President. It was literally hardcore porn and homemade commercials for Marijuana. There was one particular tag line that stuck with me for years. "Marijuana, it's not crack."

[–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Care to share a link for.... Research?

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

This was over 20 years and aired on public access cable. I only watched a few episodes but I think it was all or mostly 70s porn. I was in college and had access to the internet so it was just kind of a novelty to me.

[–] goldfndr@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Stranger, 2005

I don't know if SCAN considered obtaining V-chip encoding, which would've cost close to $2k that year for encoding equipment; perhaps their license forbade such encoding.

ACLU, 2000

[–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I looked up the Facebook page and apparently they've put the episodes up on pornhub

[–] navi@lemmy.tespia.org 28 points 1 year ago

Comedy Central after midnight was a wild ride in Jr high.

[–] RembrandtQEinstein@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

the threshold of human hearing

Mysides

[–] squiblet@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

for me it was this weird guy on public access in New England who made this weird diagram that reminded us of D&D. He smoked a pipe and we called him Dr. Bob, but I have no idea who he really was.

[–] jdf038@mander.xyz 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So he turned you on sexually? Because that's what you seem to be implying.

No judgment. Just curious.

I'm sure Dr Bob was sexy af though

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Between the salt and pepper hair, petite yet sharp cleft jawline, tailored midnight grey suit that clung to his shoulders, and the gentle affectionate smile he wore every time the pipe crested his lips, yeah, he awakened some feelings. Don’t even get me started on his hands because I don’t know what they look like, I made this up for attention on the internet.

[–] jdf038@mander.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Fake Dr Bob has my attention 🥵🥵🦢

Ignore the swan emoji. It was a typo. I'll keep it

[–] squiblet@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I suppose that in context that's what my comment would imply, but it's not really what I meant.

[–] EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Born too late to know. What is this referring to?

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Girls Gone Wild if I had to guess.

[–] June@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Elder millennial here to confirm, this is about GGW

[–] Abucketofpuppies@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I remember these commercials but I'm too young to remember 9/11. Maybe the topless girl riding a bike off a ramp and backflipping into a lake was just that memorable.