Language on network TV in prime time

[imjustagirl]

I feel like we've had this conversation, but I couldn't find anything in a search.

When did standards become so lax? I mean, I don't even flinch at someone using "*****" in prime time any more. But on My Name Is Earl tonight, Joy walked into a public restroom and said "Fee, Fi, Fum, Fo, I smell the stank of a stank-ass ho."

Stank-ass ho? Really? On NBC? At 8:40 p.m.? On a Thursday?

Am I the only one bothered?

 

[BYH]

Now THIS is irony!!!!!

 

[Clever username]

What about that bothers you? Are you trying to think of the children? If so, it's up to individual parents to deem if their kids are ready to hear that sort of thing. Every kid is different. When/if I have kids, they'll be free to use any words they choose, so long as they understand the full meaning and impact of that word.

 

[imjustagirl]

If you'd pull your head out of your hindquarters, you'd realize I'm cursing a lot less over the past month or so. Better station in life, and stuff.

AND, I'm not doing it on national TV for kids to see.

 

[Clever username]

Now THIS is irony!!!!!

There's that, too, but she'll probably just say her use of that type of language on here will only be seen by adults, which I'm sure is mostly true. At least, that's what I'd say.

 

[Clever username]

AND, I'm not doing it on national TV for kids to see.

Dammit! I was too late.

 

[imjustagirl]

No, you were also wrong.

There's a big difference between this site and NBC. If they were saying stank-ass ho on something like Style Network, it wouldn't bother me either.

 

[BYH]

In all seriousness, I remember thinking back in the mid-90s that the rating system would result in more profane prime-time TV, because once you've got a warning sticker, it's hip to push the boundaries of what's acceptable. The recording industry didn't get a whole lot more wholesome after the warning stickers, did it?

Nice job you ****s!

 

[forever_town]

it's up to individual parents to deem if their kids are ready to hear that sort of thing. Every kid is different.

Truer words have never been written. Whatever happened to parents explaining to their children that just because you see something on TV or in a movie doesn't make it OK for them to do it or say it?

 

[RossLT]

It is bad to hear some of the stuff they say on TV. I certainly wouldn't want my kids, if I had some, to hear stank-ho on a show.

 

[Clever username]

No, you were also wrong.

There's a big difference between this site and NBC. If they were saying stank-ass ho on something like Style Network, it wouldn't bother me either.

Why not? It would bother me more there because it would seem so out of place. My Name is Earl has always used salty language, especially Joy. She's a piece of white trash and proudly written and performed as one. What else would you expect?

 

[Sam Mills 51]

IJAG, you're aware that we're pretty much saying anything sort of the absolutely worst words.

The one you mentioned barely registers. Sadly.

The words mentioned should be brought into question. Worse, a word that isn't an FCC issue, like "hate," is flung around like it means nothing. That's a huge problem emerging ... at least I think so.

 

[BYH]

Hell damn fart!

 

[Clever username]

Every network tv show is now supposed to promote love and peace? Isn't that what Seasame Street is for?

 

[Clever username]

Hell damn fart!

You mother****er! Stop ****ing corrupting the ****ing youth in this ****ing country.

 

[forever_town]

Every network tv show is now supposed to promote love and peace? Isn't that what Seasame Street is for?

No. That's what Sesame Street is for.

 

[Clever username]

I had a feeling that was wrong. Yet, it didn't stop me.

 

[Diabeetus]

I noticed it, too, not that I have particularly strong feelings one way or the other.

 

[ArnoldBabar]

**** **** **** *unt cocksucker mother****er and ... tits.

Don't forget the addendum: fart, turd and ****.


This brings up another point. I have always argued that if someone can say it at 8 p.m. on a prime time TV show, I should be able to get the word in a newspaper story. Who's with me?

 

[forever_town]

I noticed it, too, not that I have particularly strong feelings one way or the other.

That show just needs more cowbell.