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credit: Joshua Hollis, The Flop House Facebook Group, 22 September 2014
credit: Joshua Hollis, The Flop House Facebook Group, 22 September 2014

Running argument among the Flop House community and hosts that erupts every third episode or so.

Repeatedly since Episode 53: Hannah Montana: The Movie, host Stuart Wellington has insisted that a "ding-dong" is ripped off during the course of his oft-recommended movie Castle Freak. He cites it as a prime reason to watch the film and as an attraction comparable to the classic scene in The Invisible Maniac in which a guy gets choked with a submarine sandwich.

However, in the Listener Mail segment of Episode 92: Country Strong, a listener reported that he had recently watched Castle Freak, and observed that the titular freak/castle resident appears to be missing his ding-dong, but never actually rips it off on-screen.

Stuart blamed this on the listener's accidental viewing of an R-rated copy of the film, which the listener didn't bother to follow up on. There is a scene in which the titular freak rips off his own thumb to escape some handcuffs, or shackles, or something, and it maybe kind of looks like a ding dong, because he is all messed up.

In Episode 108: Passion PlayDan McCoy revealed that he had watched the film and verified that there was no on-screen ding-dong ripping. He had also done additional research into the rare unrated edition of the film and found no evidence of excised ding-dong related content.

Despite this new information coming to light, Stuart continues to recommend Castle Freak based solely on its inclusion of a violent penectomy rather than focusing on its many other charms (such as Jeffrey Combs' chilling performance...or...the castle?).

Elliott appears to have no opinion either way on the matter.

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Testimony[]

The Flop House Facebook Group, 17 September 2014
The Flop House Facebook Group, 17 September 2014

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Films Featuring Penis Mutilation[]

Ding-Dong Ripping in Real Life[]