CNN The History of Comedy November 30, 2019 06:13:00
Reason times was about comedians trying to get as close to that profane word as they could without getting arrested. >> wc fields, a pretty ornery guy, found a great way to swear without swearing. instead of -- he would say drat. when he said that, you would know what he was really saying. godfred daniel. >> and that was his way of swearing. >> the rules laid down about what you can get away with in movies were already archaic, you couldn't refer to sex or swear. >> we'll write down everything do you during the day. we'll allow so much time for each thing. ten minutes for this, 15 minutes for ...
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