As they are of random, humorous statements, questions, etc., they are not regarded as advertising. Shaun Micallef's Australian The Micallef P(r)ogram(me) shows contained strange subliminal messages that can be seen on the DVDs.These were included to mock the then-occurring matter of subliminal messages in television. Images included a tern coming into land, a tree frog jumping through the air, a man gurning, and the end credits of the film Carry On Cowboy. In the British alternative comedy show The Young Ones, a number of subliminal images were present in the original and most repeated broadcasts of the second series.The Federal Communications Commission looked into the matter, but no penalties were ever assessed in the case. When the word BUREAUCRATS flashed on the screen, one frame showed only the last part, RATS. Bush showed words (and parts thereof) scaling from the foreground to the background on a television screen. presidential campaign, a television ad advertising for Republican candidate George W. The attempt was unsuccessful, and police reported no increased volume of calls afterward. The glasses were included because when BTK murdered Nancy Fox, there was a pair of glasses lying upside down on her dresser police felt that seeing the glasses might stir up remorse in the killer. The subliminal message included the text 'Now call the chief', as well as a pair of glasses. In 1978, Wichita, Kansas television station KAKE-TV received special permission from the police to place a subliminal message in a report on the BTK Killer (Bind, Torture, Kill) in an effort to get him to turn himself in.These are instances of subliminal messages that have led to controversy and occasionally legal allegations. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

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