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Eight part series how comedy has impacted the history. joining me to talk about it is the executive producer, award winning actor producer sean hay. thank you so much for joining us. thank you so much for having me, jake. i never felt more comfortable between joe lieberman and awaiting the verdict on the travel ban. kind of where i sit most comfortably. that s your sweet spot. oh, yeah. first episode is about bad words and breaking boundaries. obviously a comedy george car lin unintentionally created, the seven words you can t say on tv. he faced backlash. here is a clip from the history of comedy. wbai played a cut from an album. they cut it called filthy words. it is a follow-up to an earlier album piece i did, the 7 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 towards 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 his son shouldn t be subjected to that. it s obviously that s not the bit, it s an explanation of the bit. we couldn t run the bit. although guess theoretically we could, but look at the state we re, in why not? throw it all out there. sea it is remarkable to think how much times have changed. yeah, you know, it s so funny, you started with those seven words george car lin. i had that album, class clown. ways a hurj george car lin fan. those 7 words he created. not the broadcast network said you can t use. he created those and the things he created ended up being used against him. it s so ironic. i think comedy will always be changing and will always find 7 words or 20 words. it will just keep growing into ....
sean: have you ever talked to vladimir putin? no. sean: have you ever talk to any of his surrogates? donald trump? any of his surrogates? no.. no.e no. i think where this claim is coming from is there is a radio guy on wbai which is a mutual friend who wanted to come see me, to see if he didn t come to london, but he didn t leave with me. sean: if you say it is false, it did not come from russia, and the president of the united states is advancing the narrative. is the president of the united states lying to the american people? well, he is acting like a lawyer. he doesn t say that. he doesn t say wikileaks ....