This week the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School in Malden,
Massachusetts, put a highly regarded teacher on paid leave after
the local Fox affiliate
revealed that he has appeared in several pornographic movies.
No one alleges that Kevin Hogan, a crew coach who is also head of
the school's English department, did anything illegal, and he gets
high marks as a teacher. Yet the school is investigating him,
ostensibly for giving an incomplete account of his work experience
prior to taking his current job. When it broke the story on
Tuesday, Fox 25 seemed mostly interested in titillation:
Kevin Hogan is an English teacher and crew coach at a top-rated
Massachusetts public high school, but he brings some unusual
experience to the job: until recently, he was starring in
pornographic movies....He can also be found on the Internet and in adult entertainment
stores under his screen name: Hytch Cawke.His movie credits include "Fetish World" and "Just Gone Gay 8,"
and FOX Undercover found his third movie, whose title is not fit to
reveal in a family news outlet, in a local adult store. It features
him answering an ad to have sex for money."Hi, I'm Hytch and I just answered the ad and now I'm here to
see what it’s like to be with a guy," he says to the camera.But Hogan wasn't so talkative when FOX Undercover's camera was
on him.
To provide a fig leaf of legitimate public interest, the TV
station quoted three parents who were disturbed by the news for no
clearly articulated reason, one of whom also said: "The kids really
love him. He's been a great addition to the team." The story also
noted that Hogan had "flawless references."
In a follow-up segment the next day, Fox 25
reported that the initial piece "sparked a flood of responses,
many of them critical of the story. One tweet said 'Kevin Hogan did
not deserve that. He's a good teacher with students supporting
him.'" The headline on a
story posted this morning asks, "Are private lives of teachers
truly private?" Which seems like something Fox 25 should have asked
before ruining this guy's life.
The closest the station has come to an intelligible
justification for its exposé is this
quote from a spokesman for the state Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education, which also is investigating
Hogan: “We expect teachers to hold a very high moral standard.
They are role models for students."
So even if everyone concedes a teacher is good at teaching, he
is disqualified from the job if he behaves immorally off the clock.
Who decides what counts as immoral? Does it have to involve sex?
Promiscuity and adultery too, or just making porn? Does it matter
whether it is gay or straight porn?
Obviously, no one forced Hogan to make those movies. But should
he have taken it for granted that he was throwing away his teaching
career by doing so?
[Thanks to Andrew Friedrich for the tip.]
"Humble" Howard Glassman and Fred Patterson have worked together on and off as the morning radio duo "Humble and Fred" since 1989. They started out at CFNY, moved to the AM station "radio for guys" Mojo in 2001, then the Mix in 2003.
... Then the firings began. Fred was let go from the Mix in 2005. A year later, Howard was fired. The two made various jumps around the Toronto market for a few years (Fred apparently was still being paid under contract with the Mix for 3 years after his firing), with Fred ending up working as a program director at The Wolf and Howard finally ending up at Boom in Toronto. And then... They were both fired again. With no immediate prospects for mainstream radio gigs, the boys decided to try something a little bit different. Lucky enough to pick up a few sponsors to get them off the ground (and putting their own money into building a professional studio), Humble and Fred radio was off and running.
With the help of old Humble and Fred show favourite Pete "Scary Pete" Cugno (also known musically as Peter Bloom, and the voice of the Mini Wheat in the animated Mini Wheats commercials, among MANY other things) and the technical help of prolific Toronto blogger Toronto Mike, the show is now getting close to the 50 show mark. With a mix of hilarious storytelling, fascinating insights into the radio industry in general (and Toronto in particular), and over 130,000 downloads in their first week, the show is definitely taking off. Guests so far have included Alex Lifeson of Rush, Gil Moore of Triumph (and Canada's biggest recording studio, Metalworks), musical encyclopedia Alan Cross (featured on the blue previously), and many other fascinating folks. Regular features also include "Humble and Fred Heritage Moments," which are classic Humble and Fred bits including Mr Goohead (a prank call bit where a confused man calls up various businesses), Uncle Vince's Diary (Uncle Vince is Scary Pete's fictitious, extremely sexually active French Canadian uncle), Toronto radio mainstay Kelly Kutrara doing the news (she is also a regular guest on Tuesdays and Thursdays), Spotify songs submitted by listeners referring to past show anecdotes (hence the VaginaJuice and LickThePooPoo tags) and making fun of Howard dating a 27 year old (he is 51).
What would be an otherwise unremarkable story (two guys setting up a podcast) has garnered quite a bit of mainstream news coverage. A feature in the Toronto Star, as well as appearances on Canada AM and the Global Morning Show have boosted their profile tremendously. They are touting themselves as "The Most Downloaded Podcast in Etobicoke" - another example of their self-deprecating humour, Etobicoke being a small-ish part of the west end of Toronto.
All this attention has included, apparently, the attention of former employers Corus Entertainment. The former employers who had trademarked the name "Humble and Fred" for radio purposes back in 1998, and graciously "offered" to transfer the trademark back to Humble & Fred for $5000. The ensuing controversy (warning, no actual controversy ensued) resulted in an agreement that Corus will transfer the trademark to Humble and Fred if they make a donation in Corus' name to a charity of their choice (they chose the Vaughan Food Bank, as it has close ties to friend of the show Mike Wixson). Thus was born "Humble and Fred's trade-mark registration Christmas fund for the holidays", a fundraising attempt to make enough money to get their name back (though Corus VP Dave Farough, who appeared on the show after they received the offer to sell them back the name, has stated that whatever they are able to raise will be fine).
Humble and Fred are also reviving their annual "Gift of Christmas" show, which is a live broadcast of their show including musical guests. This year's (free!) show is December 21st at Wayne Gretzky's Restaurant in Toronto, and will be featuring Canadian band See Spot Run, Shawn Brady (solo artist and also front man from "the world's most successful U2 Tribute band", Elevation), as well as Peter Bloom and Alexander Quail (and obviously featuring Humble and Fred in all their glory), and will also be broadcast live online from 6-8pm at Gretzky.com.
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