Transcripts for CNN The History of Comedy 20240604 08:27:00

CNN The History of Comedy June 4, 2024 08:27:00

government reprimand of a radio station that broadcast a record by comedian george carlin. >> wbai played a cut from an album. the cut is called filthy words. and it's a follow-up to an earlier album piece i did called the seven words you can never say on television. wbai played it in the context of a program they were doing in the mid-afternoon about contemporary language and attitudes toward language. the fcc took issue with wbai based on a complaint by a listener who was in his automobile at the time with his son. and he claimed that it was indecent. claimed that it was an invasion of his privacy and that his son shouldn't be subjected to that. >> the seven words you can't say on television don't exist before george carlin. those are not seven words you can't say on television. he put those words together because of the rhythm, because of the way they sounded and for the routine. and then instantly it goes into the court record. and the fcc and everybody pretends that these are the actual words. he created the very battle that

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