YTV... is it really doing it for the kids?

Last Saturday night I was sitting at home, tired to go out due to a long day of work, and my cousin's 8-year old was sleeping over.

Flipping through the channels, we came across an airing of THE KARATE KID at 9pm.

My nephew was shocked to tell me that he had never heard of, or seen such a film.
A couple of hours later, he was entranced.

But that's when things fell apart, right during the climax of the movie, someone at YTV made a technical glitch and audio from some "yu-gi-oh" cartoon drowned out the audio of the movie, right when the crane-kick was happening.

I was disgusted, i mean... how could they do such a thing?

so i took matters into my own hands

i emailed them:

From: eastindianajones@gmail.com [mailto:eastindianajones@gmail.com]

Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:25 PM

To: Info YTV

Subject: Movies/Specials

hi there,

i was watching "the karate kid" last night (april 22nd) and
right when ralph macchio was about to execute the climactic "crane kick" i
began to hear an advertisement for "yu-gi-oh"

it was my nephew's first time ever watching this great film about morals
and trying hard to succeed, and this blunder pretty much ruined the film
for him

what the heck happened?

needless to say, he was very disappointed, as was i

please contact me back at eastindianajones@gmail.com

thank you for your time,
amandeep johal

Today, i was surprised to see that they responded:

Hi Amandeep,

The situation that occurred during the airing of The Karate Kid on Saturday, April 22 was caused by an unintentional technical problem.

Although we weren’t able to rectify the 9pm E/P broadcast, the subsequent airing at 12am E/P was corrected and aired intact.

Please accept our apologies for the disappointment and frustration this broadcast inadvertently caused.

Regards,
YTV Viewer Relations Department

OH REALLY????

WELL ALLOW ME TO RETORT!:

12am??? midnight??!!!??

surely you can't be serious

correct me if i'm wrong, but doesn't the "y" in "YTV" stand for "youth"?

what type of guardian do you take me to be if i keep a single-digit-aged child awake into the wee hours of the morning? i believe that you people at YTV would understand this more than any other adult.

and i do believe it would have been illegal for me to tape such a show to air to my nephew at a more reasonable time, as stated in the following:

International agreement and national laws protect copyrighted recordings. UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION, EXHIBITION OR DISTRIBUTION OF COPYRIGHTED RECORDINGS CAN RESULT IN SEVERE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PENALTIES UNDER THE LAWS OF YOUR COUNTRY. The International Criminal Police Organization INTERPOL has expressed its concern about recording piracy to all of its member national police forces (Resolution adopted by INTERPOL General Assembly, Stockholm, Sweden, September 8, 1977.)

surely you wouldn't want me to do such things and be branded a criminal,
especially in front of my nephew

trusting in YTV as a great television station and definitive piece of canadian media for today's youth, i believe you can do better than showing THE KARATE KID at midnight

my nephew is quite disappointed and appears to have lost faith, just recently he requested that i buy a sattelite and order Nickelodeon for him instead

please show your patriotism and respect of your viewers,
fix this problem, as i am now viewed as an uncle with a black cloud over his head

thank you kindly,
amn johal

stay tuned for any reply....

it's not over yet, YTV... not even close!!

*waving my fist*