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Religious program interrupted by racy ad

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BENSALEM, Pa., April 12 (UPI) -- A "Good Friday Mass at the Vatican" program was interrupted in Bucks County, Pa., by an advertisement for "Girls Gone Wild," a Comcast spokesman says.

Jeff Alexander, a spokesman for the cable TV company, blamed the early-morning TV incident on a required Emergency Alert System test, the Philadelphia Daily News reported.

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"We're obliged to do emergency tests that are usually done in the overnight hours," Alexander said.

The test automatically tunes viewers to a preselected channel offering emergency information, the Comcast official said.

Alexander said the test ended with "Vatican" viewers watching a channel that just happened to immediately air a 30-second advertisement for "Girls Gone Wild" videos featuring young coeds showing off their bodies to the camera.

Despite the notoriously racy nature of the commercials and videos, Alexander told the Daily New no actual pornography was shown and only one complaint was logged by his company.

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