Those naughty, naughty vegetables
We'll get into the NSFW particulars and images after the jump, but suffice it to say, PETA has a problem with centuries of food-chain tradition but has no qualms whatsoever about objectifying women as sex objects (which, come to think about it, also has a centuries-long tradition).
So PETA's so excited about being censored that they posted online NBC's letter requesting cuts to the spot - cuts that, naturally, would cut the thing down to about 15 seconds or so. Some of the stuff that upset NBC includes images of, in their words, "licking pumpkin," "touching her breast with her hand while eating broccoli," "pumpkin from behind between legs," "rubbing pelvic region with pumpkin" (those pumpkins are beasts!) and a couple more that decorum insists I avoid mentioning completely. (Yeah, they're worse than the ones I listed.)
Not all that surprising - kids watch the Super Bowl© and we all remember that notorious "wardrobe malfunction" that tied up CBS and the FCC in the courts for years - and, really, you can't locate too many people who thought that PETA was really going to pony up $3 million (the going rate for a commercial during the Super Bowl©), but they were perfectly happy to allow NBC play the dupe for some free publicity.
Anyway, here's the spot. More free publicity for them, I guess, but I do wonder how PETA thinks that this is going to change anyone's lifestyle. I mean, after all, I have an exponentially better chance of eating a juicy cheeseburger than I do of scoring with anyone in the ad:
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David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place.
I guess the "org" in peta.org stands for orgasm now.
Enjoy your cheeseburger!