Who knew “porno” was such a naughty word?

Nearly 15 stations have dropped or refuse to carry the commercials for Kevin Smith’s wonderfully titled Zack and Miri Make A Porno due to the graphic nature of the title. For some reason, the hardest hit were those watching a Los Angeles Dodgers game, which the AP has in all of its’ Onion-esque satire:

Commercials for the film during Los Angeles Dodgers games on Fox Sports were dropped at the team’s request after some viewers complained, said Dodgers spokesman Josh Rawitch.

One complaint came from a man watching a game in September with his young son, who did not understand a suicide-squeeze bunt the Dodgers tried, Rawitch said.

“He was explaining to his son what a squeeze bunt was. Commercial break, the ad comes on, and the kid asks, `Dad, what does porno mean?’” Rawitch said. “Dodgers baseball has always been about family, and we’ve always been sensitive to the type of advertising that runs on our games.”

Even bus shelters in Philadelphia, a so-called city of “Brotherly Love,” has deemed the cutesy stick figure poster too risque:

Rina Cutler, Philadelphia deputy mayor for transportation, said the stick-figure posters were cute and clever but unacceptable for bus shelters where schoolchildren would see the word “porno.”

“If they want to call the movie `Zack and Miri,’ that’s fine, but Zack and Miri cannot make a porno on my bus shelters,” Cutler said.

Fine! Then Zack and Miri will make a porno somewhere else! Like, in theaters on October 31st! Pfft!