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Cut from an album called filthy words. and its a follow up to an earlier album piece. i did call the seven words you can never say on television. w b a. i played it in the context of a program they were doing in the mid afternoon. about contemporary language and attitudes towards language. the fcc took issue with w b a. i, based on a complaint by a listener who was in his automobile at the time of his son, and he claimed that it was indecent. claimed that it was an invasion of his privacy and th...

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Is. >> at this time priests and people of the cloth, you bowed to them. people get very angry because now talking about religion, belief system. you play with somebodys belief system and their religion, now you got a problem. and they got the powers that be crazy. shut him up, youve got to silence him. >> someone saw lenny bruce in a club in chicago and he was making jokes about the pope or something, and two detectives went up on stage because of that remark and handcuffed him in front of the a...

>> all of a sudden words are beautiful ingredients to a great me melody. a great way to start an orchestra. >> i got carlin records and i remember my dad listening to it with me. he was english major. anything with word play and language he was always into it. despite the language he would still let me hear it. >> united states supreme court has ruled that government can act against broadcasters who present offensive material. the 5-4 decision up held a government reprimand of a radio station th...

No such thing as bad words, you know. theres bad intentions but not bad words. that was freedom. >> as soon as its desensitized its normal, then its not offensive. then its not offensive, not afraid of it anymore. everything george carlin said was him looking at world going grow up, grow up, grow up. >> [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] and tits. now that was the original as weve added a few words since then. added fart, turd and twat. and i know there are som...

Nine first fridays, first five saturdays, stations of the cross, trip to lourds. wow. that was one of the things that bothered me about my religion was the conflict between pain and pleasure because they were always pushing for pain and you were always pulling for pleasure, you know. >> george carlin was a word smith. and each of his routines were poetry, memorized poetry. carlin would respond a year practicing these routines. every word there for a reason, nothing by accident. >> trouble is i w...

Social critic. part of that was challenging our language and why certain words were taboo. >> the jew has no concept that theres a dirty word graph. in other words f -- is worth 90 points and s -- is 90 points. only one f-u-c-ks. >> if you listen to my fathers routines, you will hear a quote/unquote obscenity, the so-called curse words or blue material. he did not use them for shock value, they had a purpose, a reason, leading to a point. >> and theres a difference between a big piece of art wit...

>> you remember before we leave, do you remember the actual seven words? >> god. oh, geez. i had them memorized. i wasnt prepared to do it right now. >> its weird. i never committed them to memory. >> i dont want to say them now. because people may be watching. >> tits, [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ], tits. did i miss one? >> the problem is i dont think words are dirty. its hard to remember what the [ bleep ] they are. [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> missing one. wha...

He was english major. anything with word play and language he was always into it. despite language he would let me hear it. >> united states supreme court has ruled that government can act against broadcasters who present offensive material. upheld reprimand of a radio station that broadcast a record of george carlin. >> wbai played a cut from "filthy words" from earlier routine of "seven words you can never say on television" in the midafternoon about contemporary language and attitudes. fcc to...

I had them memorized. i wasnt prepared to do it right now. >> its weird. i never committed them to memory. >> i dont want to say them now. because people may be watching. >> tits, [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ], tits. did i miss one? >> the problem is i dont think words are dirty. its hard to remember what the [ bleep ] they are. [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> missing one. whats -- [ bleep ], oh [ bleep ], of course. >> are you serious, lewis? [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. [...