Manatee Porn

A mana-"teen", relaxing on bed -- Picture courtesy NBC

by blogSpotter
On December 4th, Conan O'Brien had a comedy segment introducing "College Mascots We'd like to See". They had things like the conjoined-twin Vikings, but nothing was as funny as the "Horny Manatee". They had someone in a large, gray manatee costume, rubbing himself (or herself) to the tune of "I Touch Myself". The image was hilarious -- they also had trumpet player Mark Pender viewing the manatee via webcam on a computer laptop offstage. He appeared ecstatic looking at the gyrating sea cow. Conan said jokingly "You can check more of that out at www.hornymanatee.com".

Well by saying that, it seems Conan created a problem for the NBC legal department -- promoting a web site that might actually exist with unknown content. If someone bought that URL and placed real pornography out there, NBC could have some problems, image-wise at the very least. Instead, the staff of Conan O'Brien acted with vigilance to reserve the web site for NBC ($159 dollars for 10 years). They've now loaded it with other naughty manatee porn: manatee twins, manatee school girl and manatee-on-manatee action.

In what might be an NBC first, they asked the viewers to send in their manatee art, poems and stories. The viewers responded en masse -- 3 million site hits in the first couple of days. They now have hundreds of pictures which range in quality from stick figures to DaVinci paintings. You can also now buy a "horny manatee" tee shirt for $25, and part of the money goes to a save-the-manatee foundation -- the manatee is apparently an endangered sea mammal.

Conan had James Lipton read a manatee love poem and then dance with the manatee a few days ago -- I've never seen better television than that. Have to say I'm curious who is inside the costume. The person actually manages some coy, funny and flirtatious moves in that bulky outfit. Who knew that manatee love could be so compelling?

If you'd like to see more of this phenomenon, check it out at:
Official Horny Manatee web site

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