Girls Go Wild, Religious

Philadelphia viewers tuning in for an Easter service from the Vatican on Sunday came across quite the surprising programming glitch. Comcast accidentally aired a commercial for Girls Gone Wild, and according to a press release just issued by Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis, sales spiked immediately. “It seems that many of the same people interested in the Pope’s message are also interested in ours,” he wrote, later adding that he was “happy to have shared an audience with the Pope.”
We shall now brace for the ensuing march upon Joe’s castle, replete with pitchforks and torches.
The full press release after the jump…

Girls Gone Wild Reports Record Sales From Vatican Broadcast

April 13, 2009, Los Angeles, CA Girls Gone Wild has reported a huge spike in sales from a 30-second commercial for its popular DVD series than ran during a live broadcast of Good Friday Mass at the Vatican. “We may have tapped into a whole new market,” Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis says. “It seems that many of the same people interested in the Pope’s message are also interested in ours.”

The Girls Gone Wild commercial was broadcast throughout the Philadelphia market at 2 a.m. by the Comcast cable network. A Comcast spokesman claims that the commercial was aired inadvertently due to a test of the Emergency Alert System. During such tests, the channel airs regular programming, which in this case included an advertisement for Girls Gone Wild’s “Search for the Wildest Bar in America” DVD.

According to Comcast, the commercial reached the network’s entire local area, but only one person called to complain. Francis says he was pleasantly surprised by the healthy increase in sales due to the Vatican broadcast, and says he was “Happy to have shared an audience with the Pope.”

# # #