“Hi, and welcome back to ‘Turned On’ where we’re always turned on. I’m Diana.”

“And I’m Matt.”

Sex experts, or sexperts, LSA junior Diana Rosenbach and LSA senior Matt Plonsker smile in front of the camera as they co-host WOLV-TV’s student-run sex talk show “Turned On” during an episode in early December. The episode, which was the last of the fall 2010 semester, focused on the holidays and exam week.

The hosts discussed everything from “sexy” ways to use a pen, highlighter, calculator and cell phone, to what kind of gift to get your partner at any stage of a relationship.

The show, which is filmed in South Quad Residence Hall and airs on Tuesdays at 9 p.m., typically focuses on season-appropriate themes, such as holidays or the World Series, and features calls from viewers and interviews with random students on campus.

Art & Design junior Eli Yudin, one of the show’s guest hosts, provided advice to viewers in the Dec. 7, 2010 episode about how to be sexy during exam week when students don’t have much time to get spruced up. He suggested going commando or bra-less, wearing sweatpants or putting hair in a ponytail.

As Yudin talked about his sexy study tips, a picture of a smiling female in a low-cut button up shirt wearing glasses popped up on the screen.

“That’s what I would look like (studying),” Rosenbach joked. “Third floor UGLi. Come and find me.”

As the episode ended, Plonsker offered viewers a Hannukah-themed sex tip.

“I just want to go over a quick role play for the holiday this year, a Jewish Hannukah version,” Plonsker said. “It’s called the ‘Mel Gibson (Sadomasochism) Thing.’ One of you pretends to be Mel Gibson. One of you pretends to be Jewish, and you just beat the crap out of that person because God knows, (Gibson) hates Jews.”

Rosenbach said in an interview after the taping that some of what Plonsker says on-air can cause problems.

“If our episodes are deemed too inappropriate or offensive for the University, we don’t air them,” she said. “It’ll show live, like tonight. But we won’t rerun on WOLV-TV."

Being censored isn’t too much of a concern, Rosenbach added, because “Turned On” still posts episodes on the show’s Facebook page and Vimeo.com.

Rosenbach said issues often arise because scripts are improvised from a list of bullet points.

“It’ll say like talk about gifts, or talk about this sex position. When the script is so improv based you have the chance that things could take a turn and get inappropriate quickly,” she said.

But Plonsker said many of the jokes made on the show are meant to be light-hearted and comical and that people can sometimes take them too seriously.

“People are infinitely too sensitive about sexual commentary,” Plonsker said.

Rosenbach, who is also the show’s main producer, said the show started a few years ago as informational, but with the arrival of her co-host Plonsker, the emphasis shifted toward comedy.

“Kids aren’t watching for sex advice,” Rosenbach said. “They’re not going to turn to us as doctors or professionals.”

Plonsker added that some questions are still serious, such as proper dating etiquette or the logistics of sexual activities.