Research Guru / Moderator
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Apr 26, 2008, 3:18 PM
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Dude, where's my pants?: Porn replaces toon on DVD
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Instead of the Dynamic Duo, the cartoon DVD bought by a Virginia mother for her young kids featured a very dynamic -- and live-action -- threesome.
To her shock, the discount disc from Target at Monticello Marketplace in Williamsburg displayed a menu screen for a gay porn flick.
Nothing in the packaging warned of pornography, said the James City mom, who works in the area but asked to be unnamed.
"It was sealed in the package, just like any DVD," the Williamsburg Virginia Gazette quoted her Saturday as saying. "I opened it, put it in the player and went into the kitchen. I heard my son scream, and when I went to check on him, instead of Batman, the screen had three men on it, one of whom had no pants on."
She remembers seeing the words "Titan Man" -- or something similar -- on the screen. Titan Media is a firm that produces gay porn movies.
Immediately shutting the DVD off, she removed it from the player. The mother noticed that the disc wasn't professionally produced disc with graphics showing the movie title. Instead, it was blank -- suggesting that it was burned on a home computer.
"It's not unusual for a discount disc to have very little text on it," she said. "I didn't really look at it when I put it in."
When her husband returned the DVD to the store, a store manager told him that this was the third time since Christmas a disc had been returned for the same reason, she said.
A reporter who phoned the store Friday morning was disconnected after being put on hold by a manager.
Target's corporate office in Minneapolis confirmed the snafu, but expressed surprise at learning of it.
"We are continuing to research this, but at this time we believe this is a single isolated incident specific to this store. We apologize for any inconvenience it may have caused," Target spokesman Anne Rodgers said. She added that she knew of no other incidents at the Williamsburg Target.
No complaints have been filed with the police department, Mike Spearman of the James City Police said.
"My hunch is it happened where it was packaged," the mother said of what she believes was an intentional disc switcheroo.
In January 2007, the Web site Consumerist.com stated that Wal-Mart and Target accidentally sold pornographic manga comic books online. "Both Target and Wal-Mart have pulled the entries from their virtual shelves," the site said.
At the time, Wal-Mart provided an explanation and apology.
"These titles erroneously appeared on Walmart.com due to an isolated system filtering issue. We're taking this matter very seriously, and are working to remove these titles immediately from our Web site. We apologize to our customers for this occurrence."
Meanwhile, the chagrined James City mom promised future vigilance: "You can bet I'll look at the next DVD I buy before I put it on to play."
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"Oh boy." -- Allan Sherman
(This post was edited by eminovitz on Apr 26, 2008, 5:46 PM)
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Key Animator
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May 1, 2008, 8:33 PM
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Re: Dude, where's my pants?: Porn replaces toon on DVD
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That's the same thing that happened with "Pinocchio".
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Thank God for kids who love obscure things-Lee Hazelwood (1929-2007)
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Research Guru / Moderator
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May 1, 2008, 11:38 PM
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Re: Dude, where's my pants?: Porn replaces toon on DVD
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Something grew... it just wasn't his nose. 
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"Oh boy." -- Allan Sherman
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