Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos
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| Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos | |
| Format | Adult Oriented Comedy |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Doug Mulray |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of episodes | ½ |
| Production | |
| Running time | 90 minutes (intended running time including commercials. 34 minutes aired during initial broadcast). 60 minutes (repackaged episode). |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Nine Network |
| Original airing | September 4, 1992 (original airing) August 28, 2008 (repackaged special) |
Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos was an Australian television comedy programme which was broadcast on Nine Network on September 4, 1992. It was hosted by Doug Mulray, and was planned as a spin-off of Australia's Funniest Home Video Show, depicting videos of sexual situations and other sexually explicit content. The programme gained notoriety for, as with the 1969 American TV show Turn-On, being taken off the air part-way through the broadcast of its first and only episode.
Kerry Packer, owner of Nine Network, was informed of the show's content by friends whilst at a dinner. He tuned in to watch the show, which was being transmitted on TCN-9, and was so offended by its content that he phoned the studio operators and ordered them to "Get that shit off the air!" The operators immediately pulled the plug, cutting to a card stating that the channel was experiencing "technical difficulties".[1] In Melbourne, the show went to a commercial and never came back, with two reruns of Cheers filling the show's remaining air time. The same happened in Brisbane, with the exception that it was replaced by three episodes of Cheers. Mulray was immediately fired and banned for life from the network.
After the broadcast, Nine reportedly received "thousands" of phone calls from viewers, with between 50 and 80 percent of callers upset with the program being pulled.[2] The show ran for just 34 minutes of a 90-minute premiere (minus the advertisements, an effective 24 minutes of the show was aired).
Due to other programming obligations, some states aired the show earlier, and thus received the entire show.[citation needed] On account of the time difference, the show never aired in Perth. In most states, however, the last clip reportedly seen on the show before it was pulled was of a child reaching for a kangaroo's genitals. A video was later released over peer-to-peer services of these 24 minutes, reportedly from an old VHS recording made when the show aired. However, the only footage seen is of Mulray's monologues and various animals having intercourse.
In 2008, a full copy of the show was located by Nine's head of factual television. Current Head of Programming Michael Healy, who as a presentation manager Packer had phoned during the initial broadcast of the show, decided to rebroadcast the show in a shorter, "repackaged" format on August 28, 2008 at 8:30 p.m. The show was promoted as "the show Kerry Packer didn't want you to see" and was presented by Bert Newton (Packer himself had died in 2005). A Facebook group titled "Bring Back Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos" was established prior to the re-airing of the program.[3][4]
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[edit] References
- ^ "Worst of TV". The Bulletin. NineMSN. http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=141718. Retrieved on 2007-11-14.
- ^ "Nine Press Release". eBroadcast. http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/enews/nine/AUSTRALIA-S-NAUGHTIEST-HOME-VIDEOS---THURSDAY-AUGUST-28-AT-8-30PM-ON-NINE-200808.html. Retrieved on 2008-08-20.
- ^ "Doug Mulray's Naughtiest reruns". TV Tonight. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/07/doug-mulrays-naughtiest-reruns.html. Retrieved on 2008-07-11.
- ^ "Nine hearts rude TV". TV Tonight. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/08/nine-hearts-rude-tv.html. Retrieved on 2008-08-20.
