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Accidental porn-cartoon substitution on the Disney Channel

Category: Haha, a funny
Posted on: May 3, 2007 1:59 PM, by Jake Young

Oops:

Children here got more than they bargained for when they tuned in to "Handy Manny" on the Disney Channel this week -- hard-core pornography.
Cable giant Comcast is investigating how the porn was broadcast during the popular cartoon, which is about a bilingual handyman, Manny Garcia, and his talking tools.

Customer Paul Dunleavy was stunned Tuesday morning to find his 5-year-old son watching the broadcast.

"It was two people doing their thing; it was full-on and it was disgusting," the father of three told The New York Daily News.

Well, I guess Manny really is Handy...

(Sorry, the joke had to be made.)

Comments

Im going to have to start watching the disney channel more.

Posted by: Brian Thompson | May 3, 2007 3:22 PM

Ooops - now we know what the broadcast personal is watching between changing program material; and on company equipment too.

Sounds like some dickheads will roll. (Sorry, the joke didn't have to be made, but I couldn't help myself.)

Posted by: Torbjörn Larsson, OM | May 3, 2007 5:55 PM

Hello:

If this didn't happen on a Disney Channel, it will be mildly hilarious.

Somebody must have goofed while doing the programming.

I guess this may be some kind of Freudian porn slip or was it a subliminal programming which got of hand?!

May be it is not safe anymore for children to watch these cartoons because there may be some nasty subliminal programming going on behind the scene.

Thanks for bringing this out.

Hopefully all parents in America will read this and wake up to the reality.

Ikey Benney
mscsrrr.com

Posted by: Home Business opportunity | May 4, 2007 8:23 AM

I agree with Torbjörn Larsson!

Posted by: Dave Lucas | May 8, 2007 8:16 PM

Talkin' tools, eh? Well i guess someone really got "hammered!" HAHAHAHA I GOT SUCH A SENSE OF HUMOR

Posted by: Jo Frederick | July 26, 2007 12:45 AM

IDK BUT THIS SHOW IS THE BEST! I DID NOT SEE IT....BUT IM GLAD I DID NOT C IT! BUT 4REAL THIS SHOW ROCKS! I LOVE IT!

Posted by: K.H | August 18, 2007 11:46 PM

omg!even though i like porn and stuff, younger children shouldn't see that stuff. hope there isn'any more trouble
with the stuff showed. idk,young kids dont deserve!

Posted by: "caitlin"thehandymannyfucker | July 15, 2008 1:21 PM

hah porn!!!...CLasssssssssIC man if only i was watchin handy manny...i woulda been HANDY andy and tha sticky tool!!!!!

Posted by: tom jennings | October 21, 2008 1:15 PM