While harassment and infantilization of adult women is still widespread on reality TV, the increased stigma surrounding pedophilia and moral outrage about sex offenders makes me suspect that a male host forcing kisses on girls week after week today would meet with a significantly more negative response. 21 Fetch with Ruff Ruffman Fetch with Ruff Ruffman, sometimes shortened as Fetch, is an American animated television series that was on PBS Kids. Presumably many people may have found the behavior disturbing at the time the show (and others with similar behavior) was on the air, but it was sufficiently acceptable for an adult man to try to force young girls to kiss him that he was allowed to do it repeatedly on air. In hindsight, watching Olvers antics now is. Host Fergie Olver seemed to have a running gag of trying to get the young female contestants on the show to kiss him, even trying to sneak kisses after girls had very clearly said no (Note: A couple of readers suggested a warning that the video might be particularly uncomfortable or upsetting for some viewers because of the content):Īside from the harassment, it’s a great example of changing social norms. Fergie Olver was a Canadian game show host and sportscaster. But reader Melissa sent in another example of harassment and general creepiness on game shows, this time from the 1980s Canadian show Just Like Mom. Action Adventure Animation Biography Comedy Crime Documentary Drama Family Fantasy Game-Show History Horror Music Musical Mystery News Reality-TV Romance Sci-Fi. Sadly, that video has been yanked from YouTube. Olver was the host of a Canadian game show called 'Just Like Mom.' According to TVArchive.ca, the show aired from 1980 to 1987 and. ![]() ![]() A while back, Lisa posted a video of clips of Bob Barker harassing women - sorry, “girls,” as he invariably referred to them - on The Price Is Right. The latest viral video shooting up the charts isn't a teacher smashing a violin or a group of kids performing 'Scarface.' It's a montage of creepy former Canadian game show host Fergie Olver kissing little girls.
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