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It's more of a HN thing than an American thing.
by lawnchair_larry 10y ago
It's more of a HN thing than an American thing.
- lucideer 10y agoI dunno. Don't American's bleep their TV shows?
- vidarh 10y agoIt's quite amusing the see American guests on some of the ruder British talkshows, and see their reactions when some British guest swears, which often leads to more swearing when the British guests notice their reaction and choose to demonstrate just how much they can get away with. It's pretty much a standing joke on some shows - US guests on these shows fall in two categories: those who are aware of UK humour and/or the specific show (often people who live or have lived in the UK) and who are "in on it" and tend to play up the difference and play up to US stereotypes, and the unsuspecting innocents who have no idea what they're in for, and who get pounced on like prey.
- lorenzhs 10y agoHere are some examples of what can happen on UK talk shows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTd4hw7mZEI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTd4hw7mZEI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4sGU_eFc40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4sGU_eFc40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_RAE98uE7E&t=393 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_RAE98uE7E&t=393
- lucideer 10y agoTo be fair, the UK are generally quite uptight about this kind of stuff as well - particularly on radio, but also on the majority of daytime TV. Graham is something of an exception, though he's been doing it for so many years now, his competitors are catching on.
- bartread 10y agoQuite so: he's definitely post-watershed material.
- thrillgore 10y agoOnly on over the air, and if it's only the word "fuck"
- yellowapple 10y agoOther words do get bleeped, especially before watershed. Notably, about half of George Carlin's famous list of words not allowed on TV is subject to bleeping. Same deal on radio, though that's been loosening lately. Sublime's "Wrong Way" still omits "whore" and "tits" whenever I hear it on the radio, but some songs get away with "bitch", which I guess is progress.
- slededit 10y agoAt least on the east coast, the further south you go the more things get bleeped out.
- nommm-nommm 10y agoUm....No. George Carlin even did a very famous stand up routine about it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_dirty_words https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_dirty_words A few years ago Jon Stewart (late night cable) played a clip of the routine and they were all bleeped except for one.