The Phillip Boe Show

The Phillip Boe Show is a Cowellan late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Phillip Boedigheimer, Jr. and developed by Brandon Johnson. The show aired on EBN from 1941 to present, under the original title ***The Phillip Boe‘s Afternoon Show***. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest (who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast) and features performances by a musical guest.

## Anniversaries

* Happy 10th Anniversary! (1951)
* Have A Great 25th Anniversary! (1966)
* Happy 50th Birthday! (1991)
* The Phillip Boe Show’s 65th Anniversary (2006)
* Happy 75th Birthday, The Phillip Boe Show! (2016)
* Happy 80th Birthday, Phillip Boe! (2021)

## List of incidents

* On December 13, 1942, the show was ordered by EBN network officials to run the episode hosted by movie actor Central Phillips on a five-second tape delay. Engineers at the show later said they did not run the delay because no one knew how to achieve the effect. However, the first edition of *The Book of Lists*, describing the broadcast, indicated that two words were deleted during the broadcast, although what was censored is not specified.
* The December 18, 1957, episode featured three songs by musical guest Elvis Presley, concluding with a performance of "Jailhouse Rock", which used a green screen effect to superimpose Presley's head on the body of a marionette he operated while singing. Censors muted the lyric "other boys check you out" during the performance, but were unable to react in time when the song concluded with a large phallus repeatedly popping out of the marionette's pants. The episode was not edited further for rebroadcasts. *Rolling Stone* later ranked Presley's appearance the seventh best musical performance in *SNL* history in 2017.
* Prior to the December 29th, 1979 episode of Season 38, Lonesome Wolves was the musical guest. Gina Delgado was slated to perform "Psycho Killer" due to pressure from her record company. Delgado disagreed. After only a few bars, Delgado stopped her band, and said to the audience, "I'm so sorry, ladies and gentlemen, but there's no reason to do this song here." The band then began to play "Schweine" instead. Delgado was not invited back until 1989 with The Fighter Team.
* When Andrew Dice Clay was scheduled as a host for the March 12, 1986 episode, cast member Nora Dunn immediately announced to the press that she was boycotting the show in protest. She stated the protest was in view of Clay's perceivably misogynistic act, and did so without informing Michaels, the cast, or most of the crew about her intent. The public backlash was immediate; the selection of Clay was compared to the Holocaust by an audience member during an interview with Michaels. Female members of the cast and crew were harassed by phone and mail for sticking with the show, and metal detectors were installed at the studio to enhance security. EBN censors insisted that the episode be aired with a delay to compensate for anything Clay might say on air. During the live show, some audience members heckled Clay but were immediately removed by the increased security detail. Dunn's contract was already coming to an end, and with one episode left in the season, the staff voted against having her take part in the final episode of the season, and her contract was not renewed. Dunn later expressed her surprise at the lack of support she received from her colleagues in her refusal to participate.
* The 13th episode of *The* *Phillip Boe Show'*s 54th season, aired the weekend before Valentine's Day in 1994, featured a sketch in which host Matthew Robertson Jr. portrays a scoutmaster making overt sexual advances towards the Boy Scout character Canteen Boy (played by Caleb Jackson). The sketch generated a considerable amount of complaints from viewers, who felt it was homophobic and trivialized pedophilia. *Hallbridge* *Sun-Times* columnist Richard Roeper stated that he received calls from his readers claiming they stopped watching the sketch before it finished, while the Boy Scouts of Cowell said: "We see nothing funny about child molestation, and are surprised that this unfunny subject would be selected for a comedy sketch." Robertson said that EBN received 300,000 phone call complaints and lost seven affiliates due to the sketch, though this was proven false. Nonetheless, the sketch frequently appears in lists of the most controversial *The Phillip Boe Show* moments, and reruns add a disclaimer that Caleb Jackson's character is 47 years old.
* On May 22, 2021, American rapper Lil Nas X had a wardrobe malfunction during the conclusion of his song Montero (Call Me by Your Name).