Music
Newscaster fired for showing Gwar's junk on TV
by Jeremy Mersereau
September 10, 2015
Yes, an intergalactic alien warlord's fake genitals cost a man his job.
I think we can all agree that broadcasting exposed genitalia to a TV audience should be grounds for immediate dismissal—unless it’s HBO, of course. However, you’d think the HR guidelines would grow a bit murkier when the genitalia you’re talking about belong to an intergalactic alien warlord named Blothar, and are prosthetics made out of foam latex. Sadly though, that appears not to be the case, as one enterprising Texas newscaster found out.
A San Antonio feature newscaster and producer named J.T. Street has been let go after an interview he conducted with metal legends/alien conquerors GWAR aired on Fox affiliate KABB-TV. Street was filming the interview for his news feature segment “Street’s Corner” (slam dunk on the name), and neglected to blur out vocalist Blothar’s fabricated udder/testicles/reproductive organ-type-thing. Here’s what it looks like:
Both Street and the station either didn’t feel the need or merely neglected to censor the costume, and aired the interview segment on the morning news broadcast. According to MySanAntonio.com, the glorious galactic gonads being viewed by thousands of residents over their morning coffee cost Street his job:
The lead singer reportedly was wearing a codpiece sporting a couple of prosthetic penises that weren’t sufficiently blurred, and a few seconds of that video made it onto the Fox affiliate’s early morning news Wednesday. The mistake, confirmed Street, marked the end of his eight-year tenure at the Fox affiliate – first as a movie critic, then a video journalist and finally as host of his own feature.
According to the article, Street isn’t too fazed my his sudden unemployment, taking heart from supportive fans and colleagues on social media. It’s OK, J.T! Only a few lucky people among us can say they’re owed a favour by a roving band of extraterrestrial, murderous barbarians/one of the most iconic metal bands out there. If I were you, I’d be petitioning Beefcake the Mighty for a position in the band, possibly as some sort of hugely-endowed flying dragon/ogre-type creature who plays, I don’t know, bongos or something.
