Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos
Artist: Nine Network
Year: 1992
Date of Action: 4 September 1992
Region: Australia
Location: Australia-wide
Subject: Explicit Sexuality, Political/Economic/Social Opinion
Medium: Film Video
Confronting Bodies: Kerry Packer, owner of the Nine Network at the time
Description of Artwork: The show was a spin-off of the series 'Funniest Home Videos' and contained short home videos that were humorous in a manner that was informed by sexually explicit situations. Examples of clips include...a man lifting a bar bell with his penis, a child grabbing a kangaroo's genitals, and two people having sex in the middle of a park
The Incident: The show was being aired whilst the owner of the network was watching on at a dinner. He immediately called to pull it from the air finding it 'disgusting and offensive shit'
Results of Incident: The show was pulled after one episode, however the caller reactions were positive and 65 percent of people were upset that the program was pulled.
Source:
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia%27s_Naughtiest_Home_Videos
