04/27/2007
Grey's Anatomy Went "Nuts" Last Night
Gay's Anatomy last night tackled a topic last night that would make most grown men squirm. The chairman of the hospital board came back from the Amazon with an affliction that stumped the doctors, but was later discovered to be the byproduct of an invader — the parasitic Candirú fish that is attracted to urine and swims up your urethra if you happen to pee in the South American river.
Said fish later made an appearance on X-ray and at the operating table.
But what made most eyes bug out was the appearance (in what may be a first for prime time) of their patient's private parts, bouncing into the top of the frame like some sort of alien mutant. As you can see, staff (including Isaiah Washington) couldn't take their eyes off it.
Now that's McNasty.
Posted 10:55 AM EST by Andy Towle in News, Television | Permalink
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That would make people a little squeamish.
Posted by: Karim | Apr 27, 2007 11:04:30 AM
weird. i didnt see that last night when i watched the show. you could see all of their faces very clearly between his legs and there wasnt anything in the middle like that.
Posted by: Chris in Seattle | Apr 27, 2007 11:10:45 AM
perhaps it was cut for the west coast broadcast?
Posted by: andy | Apr 27, 2007 11:13:31 AM
Ratings whores!
Now I've gotta watch online. Dammit. Just as long as they don't cook up some stupidass ripoff of Bewitched and suddenly Callie wiggles her ass and blows up the maternity ward, O'Malley blows through the hallways on a flying gurney, and Baily's got a talking syringe she keeps in her coat pocket.
Posted by: FizziekruntNT | Apr 27, 2007 11:15:58 AM
This would have never happened on Marcus Welby, MD.
Posted by: Tom | Apr 27, 2007 11:39:48 AM
Wikipedia:
"A well-circulated myth is that the candirú is capable of swimming up the stream of urine in mid-air to a victim standing on shore or a boat. However this is physically impossible as the maximum swimming velocity of the fish is opposed by the downward velocity of the urine stream, and the further impossible act of the 5-14 mm wide fish maintaining position and thrust within a 2-7 mm wide column of fluid."
Posted by: Dean | Apr 27, 2007 11:42:52 AM
An hour later, "Shark" on CBS was equating being gay with being a child molestor, but don't expect SAAD to do anything about it.
Nor expect me to watch SAAD award winner "Homophobe's Anatomy" again until the Queen of Shondraland makes a public statement making clear her position on "the F-word" that fits the Isaiah Washington SERIES of events and apologizes for having tried after the Golden Globe Awards to distract the public from the reality of the situation by suggesting that the media misrepresented what happened, and explains her laugh when he jumped to the microphone and unnecessarily repeated the word.
Sorry, bread and circuses and a couple of cute actors aren't enough for me.
Posted by: Leland | Apr 27, 2007 11:51:02 AM
I happened to be watching a program yesterday on Discovery or some other similar channel , which featured a piece about this particular fish. They had an interview with a guy who did in fact have one up his penis and it has been medically registered. So it's not a myth anymore from what I can tell.
Posted by: Tammy | Apr 27, 2007 11:57:44 AM
Babylon 5 is actually the first prime time show to show a penis on air. Granted, it was an alien penis, prehensile, and six feet, not six inches long. One of 8 (6?) IIRC.
Posted by: SciFiFan | Apr 27, 2007 11:59:52 AM
the myth regarding the candiru is that it can actually swim UP a stream of urine. In actuality, the fish doesn its dirty work while the victim is submerged.
Posted by: andy | Apr 27, 2007 12:00:32 PM
Chris in Seattle I'm betting we watching the same airing on KOMO and yes, it was there. Went back to the tivo to check, yup, it's there.
Posted by: Lost in Seattle | Apr 27, 2007 12:07:10 PM
Pee in the damn Mississippi and you won't have to worry about any fish in your dingdong. Fish! absolutely no pun intended, ladies...I don't use vicious queen slang. I only use nice queen slang, like "dingdong" instead of "dick."
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Apr 27, 2007 12:14:25 PM
That's his face. Watch it in slow-mo... it's his head while bending over.
Posted by: Mel | Apr 27, 2007 12:18:06 PM
B5 was a cable show, not a network show.
The irony is the victim here starred in the X-Files too.
What are the fish hoping to achieve?
Posted by: anon | Apr 27, 2007 12:23:13 PM
Yes, it is the patient's head (face) in the frame. I copied the image, took into photoshop and lightened it. He is looking down at an angle.
Posted by: Patrick | Apr 27, 2007 12:41:30 PM
The fish is a pretty nasty parasite that finds its way up the urethra while its victim wades across the amazon. once lodged as far up your urinary tract as it can force itself, it will latch onto the victim's tissue and begin consuming. native south americans usually die of shock as it is almost impossible to remove except through surgery.
Posted by: scott | Apr 27, 2007 12:43:12 PM
to clarify....his face looking up from below his chin. You can even make out his ear quite clearly though it is cropped at the top.
Posted by: Patrick | Apr 27, 2007 12:45:53 PM
It's hot daddy Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) from "The X-FIles" … I just realized there was a mini-reunion as Dr. Webber (James Pickens Jr.) was on "X-Files" too. P.S. This episode recap made me sort of glad I don't watch this show.
Posted by: dwight | Apr 27, 2007 12:51:26 PM
@Anon:
Babylon 5 was a syndicated show, which put it on cable and broadcast.
Posted by: SciFiFan | Apr 27, 2007 1:05:12 PM
ummmm NO!!! i saw that last night and thought the exact same thing, but if you look VERY CLOSELY its the guys face not his balls lol
Posted by: idalia | Apr 27, 2007 1:44:24 PM
The scene was on the west coast feed of the show. It was just so quick if you blinked you missed it.
Posted by: Brianna | Apr 27, 2007 3:47:35 PM
At the risk of sounding cynical, that totally appears to be clasped hands; not nuts.
Posted by: duane | Apr 27, 2007 3:50:21 PM
The thing that is showing between his legs are not his "parts" is his head bending over to pull his pants down, Duh! You can clearly see his ears, and hair.
Posted by: GlamrGirl | Apr 27, 2007 4:29:09 PM
Im gonna have to watch it again, but i really dont think its his balls. I thought he sort of bent over to pull his pants down and that was his head.
Posted by: Chris in Seattle | Apr 27, 2007 4:44:24 PM
I just watched it again online. It is at around the 7 minute mark and it is indeed just his head for a split second as he pulls his pants down..all other through the leg shots show absolutely nothing and you can completely see the chiefs face. nice try though.
Posted by: Chris in Seattle | Apr 27, 2007 4:54:35 PM