Big Brother 8 bans banner planes
During the first two seasons of Big Brother, banner planes hired by fans were the way to go. I recall various websites gathering five dollars from their forum members to hire them. Flying banner planes with cryptic and not-so-cryptic messages to the houseguests was tolerated by the producers of the show until it got out of hand in the second season.They clamped down on the planes because the houseguests aren't supposed to have any contact with the outside world. The producers also stopped the Megaphone Lady from the first season.
Now it's deja vu all over again. TMZ is reporting that that a local pilot has been the recipient of a cease and desist letter from Endemol USA in regard to stopping a plane which would have outed Eric as America's Player. In the article, there was no mention of the plane which flew over the Head of Household competition. On a personal note, I still find that odd as the show has scouts looking for the planes and hustling the cast inside before they can read the banners. Yet, the banner plane was seen during the competitions and the live feeds were mysteriously blocked for over an hour.

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