1944 song back on CBC playlists "Baby, it's cold outside"

[DanNospamSay]

CBC Reinstates ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’
The Canadian Press
By The Canadian Press as published by The National Post
December 11, 2018

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CBC is changing its position on controversial Christmas classic “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” after pulling the song out of rotation last week.

The 1944 duet will be back on two of CBC’s holiday streaming playlists where it had been removed, according to a statement sent Tuesday by head of public affairs Chuck Thompson.

Last week, two other major broadcasters in Canada said they would not play the song on the radio this year because some people take issue with the lyrics, in which one singer is trying to persuade the other to stay inside, with exchanges that include, “What’s in this drink?” and “Baby, don’t hold out.”

The public broadcaster initially said it would join Bell Media and Rogers Media and remove the song “in light of the times we are living in.”

Thompson said the decision to reinstate the song was made after overwhelming audience input, which was to include the song on playlists.

Those who still take issue with the lyrics should skip the song, Thompson said.
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[Michael Black]

CBC Reinstates ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’
The Canadian Press
By The Canadian Press as published by The National Post
December 11, 2018
. CBC is changing its position on controversial Christmas classic “Baby,
It’s Cold Outside” after pulling the song out of rotation last week.

That's good, since right before they announced they wouldn't play the
song, they aired the movie "Elf" on tv, which has someone singing the
song.

And then they aired "Jingle All the Way", which has a scene were someone
is making unwanted advances on the wife of the main character. The only
way she gets out of there is to slug him with thermos of eggnog.

Reminds me of decades ago when the opening of "Street Legal" had someone
cycling on the sidewalk, and then there was a CBC comedy "Material World"
where the opening credits had someone riding a bicycle on the sidewalk.
And even around that time, a Christmast movie where Ed Asner (playing a
not real Santa Claus if I reemmber properly) rode a motorcycle on the
sidewalk.

Michael