Lap Dancing Teachers; Church of the Naked
JOY BEHAR, HOST: Tonight on THE JOY BEHAR SHOW, two Canadian teachers are suspended for dirty dancing in front of their students. Well, that never happened when I was a teacher although one time a 74-year-old janitor asked me to</s>BEHAR: You know what -- I always hated gym.</s>RAMONA SINGER, REALITY TV STAR: You tried to get out of it, right?</s>BEHAR: I mean what was that? Was that inappropriate, mildly disturbing or really bad and what?</s>MAUREEN LANGAN, COMEDIAN: It was surprising. It was surprising because when I think of a female gym teacher, I think of another female gym teacher. I didn`t think of that dichotomy.</s>SINGER: That was a shocking thing.</s>BEHAR: That`s a big point. What do you think, Ben?</s>BEN LYONS, E! NETWORK: I`m all for teachers relating to their students and sort of humanizing themselves in a way, but this was really crossing the line. You have to remember that whether it`s in Canada or here in the States or around the world really, teen pregnancy is a big issue. Kids having sex unprotected in high school is a big issue and I think that kind of condones and encourages that and it`s just really not appropriate at all.</s>BEHAR: Ramona, how about a reality show so you think you can schtook (ph)?</s>SINGER: I don`t` know. I think it was totally inappropriate. It was. I mean who`s monitoring the teachers? Usually we`re sending the children to school. They`re being monitored. Now do we need adults to monitor the teachers?</s>BEHAR: Yes. Exactly. Go ahead Maureen.</s>LANGAN: No, I say it`s a pep rally. The thing is -- the interesting thing -- they get suspended, you know what they`re going to be doing during their suspension. You`re suspending these two so they can have more time?</s>BEHAR: I know but they can`t teach anymore.</s>LANGAN: They can teach sex ed.</s>LYONS: If you`re a student in one of their classes, how are you going to take a teacher seriously when they say to turn your homework in on time or to do a certain reading or assignment when you`ve seen them do a really awkward lap dance, by the way? As far as lap dances go, it wasn`t even really a good one.</s>BEHAR: It wasn`t that good. But wasn`t it fascinating that it`s Canada? You always think of the Canadians as so straitlaced. All that stuff.</s>LANGAN: I performed in Canada and you watch the television there, they seem more open than we do.</s>SINGER: They just</s>LYONS: They call them Mounties. I`m sorry, that`s terrible I had to do it. I`m sorry.</s>BEHAR: That`s all right. A church in Virginia -- let`s do another story -- is bringing a new twist to the old-time religion. Everyone at this church is nude, including the pastor. Take a look at this.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Let`s hear exactly what you have</s>BEHAR: You know it`s a nice idea but where do they hang the rosary beads? What do you think? Do you think this is going to catch on around the world, a nude church ceremony?</s>LANGAN: Not my Irish Catholic Church. Are you kidding me? We grew up -- our God didn`t like nudity, he liked self-loathing, shame and guilt. That`s the kind of God that we had - -</s>SINGER: That`s not the same God.</s>LYONS: I would like, you know, meeting a nice church girl -- I don`t know. It`s taking this to a whole new level, the body is a temple I suppose. But I don`t know if this is really going to catch on.</s>BEHAR: Well, they could do it in a temple also.</s>SINGER: I can`t imagine that you`re in church and I can`t imagine seeing all these naked people. I don`t think I could concentrate on praying.</s>BEHAR: No beauties either, I would like to point out.</s>LANGAN: It would make it scary to give the sign of peace. You don`t know where those hands have been, right? You don`t want to do that. Come on.</s>LYONS: I just think being in church and seeing a lot of people clothed or unclothed is kind of a rare these days. People aren`t practicing the way they did years ago. And so if it gets people into church --</s>BEHAR: Well, let me read this. The church is part of a year-round nudist resort and they say business is up 20 percent, even in this economy. So I guess naked is good for business, right?</s>SINGER: Obviously.</s>LANGAN: I was reading the article and they had said that the parishioners don`t know who is wealthy, who is poor, who the plumbers are. And I`m thinking of course you know who the plumbers are, you`re seeing everybody`s crack.</s>BEHAR: When we come back, we have another little conversation going on. We`ll be back in 60 seconds. Don`t go away.