NOVA episode "Making Stuff Colder" with a Rectal Temperature Reference

Did anyone see the NOVA episode "Making Stuff Colder" on PBS tonight? The host of the show , David Pogue, was participating in an experiment at a US Army laboratory. The purpose was to see how temperature affects the human body and ways to control how hot or cold the body gets. Before the experiments began, a cute little female Army technician showed him what he would be wearing, then said..... "this is how we'll monitor your body temperature, with a rectal probe" and holds it up. David laughs and says "you've got to be kidding me", to which the Army cutie says something like " It's narrow as you can see, so you'll barely feel it, and it won't come out during the experiment." David goes to the changing room, then we see him come out......assuming the narrow probe been self inserted deep up his rectum like the tech instructed.

My only argument is that I wish they had shown the pretty brunette technician go into the changing room with him, which would've most likely meant she had inserted the probe up his butt like an expert medical technician ought to. Then NOVA would've briefly become Masterpiece Science for those of us who watch PBS often.

They were making things "less hotter". I thought of members on here too when I saw that part. How many would have been jumping up and down yelling, "ME, ME, ME" to get their probe inserted for the test.

I will watch to see both of those episodes repeated. Yes, sign me up to be the patient!!! Though my preference is a male technician.

There was a woman who swam in arctic waters for some sport purpose and they needed to constantly monitor her body temperature for obvious reasons. It was explained that she had a small probe inserted in her rectum for this purpose. Not sure who inserted it but that brought some images to mind!

There was a woman who swam in arctic waters for some sport purpose and they needed to constantly monitor her body temperature for obvious reasons. It was explained that she had a small probe inserted in her rectum for this purpose. Not sure who inserted it but that brought some images to mind!

When the tv show, "Dude, You're Screwed" was on, the guy the friends dropped off in the middle of nowhere, often in a cold climate, having to find his way back to civilization, always had a rectal probe inserted because if his temp fell below or above a certain temperature, they would quickly rescue him. They used telemetry and gps to keep tabs on him.