Don't be alarmed, the FCC told me it was OK to say.

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2003/12/12-12-03tdc/12-12-03dnews-09.asp

Awesome.

Just what we need; more eight year old running around shouting "Fuck You" to their parents when they can't get the newest Pokemon movie.

Is your regulation constant around the clock? TV usually don't air programs not suitable for children before like 20-21. Which makes sense to me. We don't have any "beep, beep, beep" sounds though (except for stupid imported shows, almost as stupid as the French).

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Just what we need; more eight year old running around shouting "Fuck You" to their parents when they can't get the newest Pokemon movie.
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Yeah, because if they hadn't seen it on tv they wouldn't know that it exists.

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[quote author=hismajesty link=board=4;threadid=4196;start=0#msg34972 date=1071261529]
Just what we need; more eight year old running around shouting "Fuck You" to their parents when they can't get the newest Pokemon movie.
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Yeah, because if they hadn't seen it on tv they wouldn't know that it exists.
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Well, TV is the source of all knowledge.

[edit]Added a comma :) [/edit]

I find this sudden turnabout suspiciously coincidental.

Considering that TV ratings are inexplicably down --
https://davnit.net/bnet/vL/phpbbs/index.php?board=4;action=display;threadid=3377

You think they pressured the FCC into letting them say fuck so they could bring back viewers? The almighty dollar.

Well, they can say, "fuck" all they want. But if the bottom line is that nearly all the shows suck on US televison, it won't change a thing. Also, I think they're allowed to say, "shit" now. But what else is allowed/restricted?

Note that in Canada we've been able to say Fuck on tv forever, and many shows do :)

LOL!!! This is extremely like South Park episode 502!

[quote]CARTMAN: Tonight... On Cop Drama... On TV... They're gonna say... Shit.
KYLE: They're gonna say shit on television?!
STAN: They can't say shit on television.
CARTMAN: It was just on the news. People are freaking out, dude.[/quote]

[quote]MS. CHOKSONDIK: For instance, 'That's a shitty picture of me' is now fine. However, the literal noun form of 'This is a picture of shit' is still naughty.
CARTMAN: I don't get it.
STAN: Me neither.
MS. CHOKSONDIK: The adjective form is now also acceptable. For example - "The weather outside is shitty". However the literal adjective is not appropriate, for example - "My bad diarrhea made the inside of the toilet bowl shitty, and I had to clean it with a rag, which then also became shitty." That's right out.[/quote]

Incredible :)

Yoni, what about "Fag"?

Yoni: Life imitating "art"?

Does this apply to network TV aswell?....or just cable?

If you listen to Gary brief people about what they can/can't say on the air prior to the Howard Stern show, you'd have heard that's how most words have been for quite a while. For instance, you can call someone a dick or a pussy, but you can't say you ate her pussy or sucked his dick.

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LOL!!! This is extremely like South Park episode 502!

[quote]CARTMAN: Tonight... On Cop Drama... On TV... They're gonna say... Shit.
KYLE: They're gonna say shit on television?!
STAN: They can't say shit on television.
CARTMAN: It was just on the news. People are freaking out, dude.[/quote]

[quote]MS. CHOKSONDIK: For instance, 'That's a shitty picture of me' is now fine. However, the literal noun form of 'This is a picture of shit' is still naughty.
CARTMAN: I don't get it.
STAN: Me neither.
MS. CHOKSONDIK: The adjective form is now also acceptable. For example - "The weather outside is shitty". However the literal adjective is not appropriate, for example - "My bad diarrhea made the inside of the toilet bowl shitty, and I had to clean it with a rag, which then also became shitty." That's right out.[/quote]

Incredible :)
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Heh, I was just going to post that; I can't remember the exact count of the number of times they say the word "shit", I think's it's somewhere around 115-130 times. You can always count on yoni, for the classic South Park quotes. 8)

163 times, iirc. Fantastic episode.