Let me tell you about a radio commercial I heard today. Went something like this"
Sue: "Bob I was rear-ended yesterday."
Bob: "Huh?"
Sue: "Someone hit my car yesterday. What did you think I meant?"
Bob: "That’s terrible Sue. You should take your car to (I forget the name of the body shop) for repairs."
First, the person playing Sue had a rather sexy voice. Second, do you see where that interaction was leading the listener? I have mentioned before that it isn’t the normal shows that are problems with explicit/obscene content: it is those that sneak up on you. The last thing I wanted to hear was a radio commercial which was hinting at anal sex. Was this necessary in order to get people to go to the body shop (no pun intended)? I doubt it.
Here is the thing that annoyed me: I couldn’t change the channel. The commercial snuck up on me. If I am listening to the Bob and Tom Show, I know there will be some sexual references in the material, some which I do not care for. But it is my choice. The commercials aren’t.
