August 23, 2007 | Funny Bits

Signs of the times

Our straight, deaf Japanese surfers may be saddened to hear that the Japanese government will no longer subsidize a popular news program for the hearing-impaired.

The satellite TV show "Naked Sign Language News," which features "a (female) newsreader who removes her clothes between news items that she delivers in sign language," is not the kind of programming the government wants to support. Shinichiro Fukuyama, a spokesman for the show, says the show will go on, though we're sure he's considering firing off a one-fingered salute sometime soon.