Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeYour eyes aren’t deceiving you. In Episode 2 of Hulu’s “Pam & Tommy,” that indeed is Tommy Lee, played by Sebastian Stan, having a deep, honest conversation with his talking penis — voiced by Jason Mantzoukas.It’s unlike anything that has ever been seen on television.
Granted, it’s something that couldn’t have ever been seen on over-the-air television, at least without a hefty FCC fine and the threat of losing a broadcast license.
But not even premium cable has done this — at least, to the best of anyone’s memory. “I think it might be a first, it might possibly be,” said executive producer Rob Siegel.Despite all that, Hulu execs were surprisingly chill with the scene.“It’s a show that takes advantage of the canvas of television, which is different than it was 10 years ago,” said Hulu Originals president Craig Erwich (who is also president of entertainment for ABC, the network that famously caused a frenzy in the 1990s for showing a man’s rear end on “NYPD Blue”).
In the episode, Lee has tracked down Pamela Anderson (Lily James) at a syndication retreat in Cancun, and the two embark on a four-day romance that ends with a quickie wedding.
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