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Toronto Radio Show host gets suspended over Jackass interview
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| torontotrance |
I heard it live but thought some might get a kick out of it.
Over The Edge
'Jackass' gets radio host suspended
By JOHN KRYK, TORONTO SUN
A pair of drunk jackasses went way over the edge yesterday. Toronto radio station 102.1 The Edge indefinitely suspended morning-show host Dean Blundell and his crew after they refused yesterday to stop a lewd and profanity-laced interview with wildman Steve-O of Jackass fame.
Steve-O urinated on the studio floor and performed a gag he called "unwrapping the mummy" involving duct tape and his penis. His cohort, Chris Pontius, twice shouted the F-word.
If that wasn't enough, following that interview the two zipped off to TSN to tape an episode of Off The Record with Michael Landsberg. Producers cut the disastrous taping short.
"Steve-O and Chris are the Toxic Twins," their promoter Keith Rubuliak said with pride last night. "They were extremely intoxicated this morning ... totally out of control."
Alan Cross, program director at The Edge, met with Blundell, Jason Barr and Todd Shapiro when their show ended and shelved them without pay.
The trio also will be fined an undisclosed amount, Cross said.
"They didn't exert enough control over the interview, and they didn't stop it when they were told to," Cross told The Sun.
"It was a live interview so we couldn't bleep out anything, and they knew that."
The Dean Blundell Show is the seventh-most-popular morning radio program in Toronto, and No. 1 in the 18-34 demographic.
Cross said he will meet with the trio over the weekend to discuss the length of their suspensions, and the fines.
"This is totally unfair," Blundell told The Sun last night. "The segment was good, compelling radio. It fit our demographic and it was funny ... I don't know when we'll return, and right now I don't care."
Steve-O -- the king of tasteless, outrageous and dangerous stunts on MTV's Jackass series and Jackass: The Movie -- appeared as a guest, along with sidekicks Pontius and "Wee Man" to promote "Steve-O's Don't Try This At Home Tour," a live show scheduled to perform last night at Kool Haus, a show The Edge sponsored.
After Steve-O urinated on The Edge's studio floor with a live audience looking on, Cross called his hosts. Said Blundell: "We were told to shut it down, and the three of us made the executive decision to keep going with it."
Cross admitted that his concern over what the CRTC -- the governing body of broadcasters in Canada -- might do if it receives complaints played a role in his decision to suspended the morning crew so quickly. "We just want to be pro-active," he said. |
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| Boomer187 |
haha, steve-o is hilarious.
there are gonna be tons and tons of similar stories coming out now that they shut down stern and passed that bill so quick.
I feel bad for these guys, I am pretty sure that none of their listeners complained, however the groups that hate these types of shows constantly write in complaints without even listening. which sucks, I am sure everyone loved the bit, hell I love it already and I didn't even listen to it. |
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| tranceDJ |
| Not as bad as when Steve-O stood up on a table in a bar somewhere and stapled his nutsack to the side of the leg. The radio station should be happy he didn't do something like that.:rolleyes: |
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| torontotrance |
| Lots of fans of the show complained because it was 9am and you don't expect to hear language like that on a show like that. |
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| Boomer187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by torontotrance
Lots of fans of the show complained because it was 9am and you don't expect to hear language like that on a show like that. |
bah, damn canadians, always throwing off my theories.... |
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| SkyHigh |
| quote: | Originally posted by torontotrance
Lots of fans of the show complained because it was 9am and you don't expect to hear language like that on a show like that. |
I bet the only ones that complained are old grumpy ladies that dont understand, that language like that is normal these days ,and quite funny (if used appropriatly).
If I would ever hear something like that at 9am ,that would make my day:) |
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| MERLIN |
steve-o is ing stupid in my opinion. when he was on jackass his stuff was funny, but when he went solo with his sidekick i thought most of the stuff they did was just filler. maybe 1 or 2 things are remotely funny.
hell is his show even on anymore? how bout bam's show? |
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| TRanCE643 |
| if u dont like it just dont listen i dont understand why people feel the need to always bitch and complain about stuff like this. yeh im sure it was a little shocking at first and maybe you werent expecting it but this is steve-o we are talking about here. |
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| Cal |
Weak
This is like that Janet's boob fiasco |
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