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| BBC to screen first TV sperm race |
| 2004-04-12 |
| Must-See TV! Digital TV channel BBC Three is to broadcast what it says is the first televised sperm race later this month. The race, to be shown as part of the educational Lab Rats series, will pit the sperm of presenters Dr Mike Leahy and Zeron Gibson against each other. It will be filmed inside two tiny glass tubes by a microscope and relayed to a crowd watching a pub’s big screen. BBC Three controller Stuart Murphy said it was being done for an audience that usually "balks at educational shows". It was a "creative risk" but Lab Rats tackled "difficult but important subjects", he added. Dr Leahy, a scientist, and Gibson, a comedian, say they will adopt different "training routines" to find out how different lifestyle choices affect reproductive abilities. They will then have their sperm measured and tested by fertility expert Allan Pacey from the University of Sheffield, who will predict which man is likely to win. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #7 FOX should do a version of this pitting American seamen against the semen of the Guantanamo detainees. They can call it "The Ultimate Race: The US Navy vs. the Terrorists." We're going to find out once and for all who is the strong horse. |
| Posted by: Tibor 2004-04-12 6:51:28 PM |
| #6 Why do I get the feeling Clintons sperm will end up in the test results somehow? |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-04-12 6:37:11 PM |
| #5 Does the apprentice zgot get a better handicap? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-04-12 4:03:30 PM |
| #4 Think of the kittens! |
| Posted by: Steve from Relto 2004-04-12 1:18:01 PM |
| #3 There's a Ron Jeremy joke here, isn't there? |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-04-12 1:11:14 PM |
| #2 More of that high-class, high-quality programming that the BBC is famous for. We must make contributions to PBS so they can bring this quality program to the U.S. (where it will run between "Teletubbies" and "Are You Being Served?"). |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-04-12 1:02:00 PM |
| #1 oops - should've tipped the hat to Drudge on this |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-04-12 12:20:58 PM |