July 13, 2006
"I Will Always Have a Dildo in My Window!"
We've often pondered how "The Daily Show" finds the idiots they interview for their news stories. More often, we've pondered why these idiots actually agree to appear on camera looking like idiots. Well, last night, "The Daily Show" visited San Francisco and found one of those idiots!
Meet Jeremy Paul, a husband and father who moved his family to the Castro district, and was shocked, SHOCKED, to see such blatant promotion of the homosexual lifestyle in his own backyard. Literally.
Watch for yourself.
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I saw this guy last night. What a tool.
Won't someone think about the children?? Or at least, the idiots they call parents?
My husband and I are two straights living above the Castro--following this little ditty, we had an elaborate conversation about merrily marching our (potential) future toddlers past the dildos and leather... "Mommy, why does that banana stand up all by itself?"
Saw the original episode when it aired on the "Daily Show" and absolutely loved the cri de coeur "I Will Always Have A Dildo in My Window!" Thanks for repeating it.
That clip was hilarious. If this guy did any research by driving around the neighborhood before buying a house he could have figured it out. All he had to do was to move a mile, maybe even less, in any direction and he could have saved himself a lot of grief. What an idiot.
It sounds like there's a not-insignificant number of less sex-friendly folks in the Castro these days -- do you guys remember the store that had to put away the naked statue in its window after all these irate parents complained?
I'M THE "TOOL"
Hey everybody ITS A COMEDY SHOW!
I spent more than 1.5 hours being interviewed about the neighborhood I love and have lived in for 14 years.
I have never complained to anyone about anything in the store windows on Castro.
It's called EDITING people. Out of 1.5 hours of tape they put together 45 second calculated to get laughs.
Yes, when asked, I said shopkeepers could excercise more discretion in display of sex toys. Yes, when asked I listed the community events centered in my neighborhood - BUT NO, I DON'T have a campaign against display of buttplugs, testical clamps and specula in store windows.
I thought the Daily Show piece was hilarious as did my many gay friends and neighbors who watched with us.
When the Daily Show producer asked if I'd be interviewed for a segment they were working on about the Castro, of course I agreed; I love the show - its the only TV I watch. I knew that I would be made a fool of - they're making COMEDY for chrissakes.
I didn't expect grafitti on my house the next day, nor did I expect the hysterical torrent of rants on Salon & SFist from people who can't tell "fake news" when they see it.