NBC Gets "Horny" Domain to Avoid Legal Woes

In a pre-emptive strike inspired as much by the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission as by the laws of comedy, NBC bought the license to hornymanatee.com, for $159, after the taping of a Dec. 4 "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" show but before it was broadcast. At the end of a skit, in a line Mr. O'Brien insists was ad-libbed, he mentioned that a voyeur was watching www.hornymanatee.com. There was only one problem: as of the taping of that show, which concluded at 6:30 p.m., no such site existed.

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