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This article is from the Saturday Night Live: Commercial Parodies FAQ, by Doug Krause snl-faq@lido.com with numerous contributions by
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26 Has anybody else said "fuck" on the show? (Saturday Night Live)
Yes, according to Jarret Cooper <jcooper@uicslsw.csl.uiuc.edu>:
To the list of people who have said "fuck" on SNL, add Morris Day
(of The Time). The Time appeared on the 1990 show featuring host
George Steinbrenner (20 Oct 1990 -ed.), and performed "Jerk Out"
and "Chocolate". During the second song, there is a pantomime
about Morris going to a restaurant for dinner. At the end of the
song, after "dinner" arrives, the music stops, and in the few
seconds of silence before the "finale", Morris quite clearly looks
at Jerome and says:
"Where the fuck this chicken come from -- I thought I ordered ribs!"
Oh, and also (as detailed in the "SNL: Backstage History" book,
Prince did NOT refrain from using the lyric "Fightin' war is such
a fuckin' bore" during his performance of "Partyup" on the same
night as Rocket's "who the fuck did it" line.
Eddie Tillis <tillis@icpsr.umich.edu>:
I remember a show where Tony Danza guest hosted (28 Jan 1989 -ed.),
and they did a sketch on stereotypical Italians (or "Tonys," I'm not
sure ). The last line in the sketch was Tony's and he said "Fuckin' A!"
William Lambert <wlambert@nations.ucs.indiana.edu>:
The sketch was "Da Brooklyn Academy of Fine Arts presents *Da War of
da Woilds*, and Danza's last line was clearly "fonkin' aaaay!!". Most
of the cast had been using "fonkin'" throughout the sketch; in fact,
one of the big laughs came from Jon Lovitz's obvious care in not saying
the other word.
Jim Henning <ujhennin@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>:
Steven Tyler of Aerosmith sang "get the f---ing monkey off my back"
in their 1990 [17 Feb 1990 -ed] appearance promoting their album
"Pump". The offending word was silenced out for the rebroadcast.
And most recently Janet Jackson used the word "fuck" during her
her performance of "Throb" on 14 May 1994.
Bob <bamini@jpmorgan.com>:
There was a sketch a couple of years ago with host Joe Pesci. He
was a customer in a pinkie ring shop. He'd try on each pinkie
ring and then look at himself in a full-length mirror. He'd do
various poses with the ring, then move on to another ring. Each
successive ring would be accompanied by more and more elaborate
poses and gestures with the ring. By the end, he was miming a
conversation with an imaginary person, and the argument got heated
and he ends up mouthing "Fuck You! Fuck You! Fuck me?
No, Fuck You!", repeatedly. He never says it out loud, but even
a lousy lip reader could make out what he was saying. :-)
Sasha_Issenberg@horacemann.pvt.k12.ny.us:
REM also used the word "fuck" on their most recent performance of
"What's the Frequency, Kenneth?". However, Michael Stipe had his
back turned to the audience. (This was 12 Nov 1994. -ed)
David C. Jones <djones@ponder.csci.unt.edu>:
I'm pretty sure you have already heard this a million times now
since its all they can talk about now over on Rec.music.rem, but
last week when Stipe performed What's the Frequency Kenneth,
he performed the album version, the last line of which is:
"I never understood. Don't fuck with me."
Shortly before the line, Mike Mills gives Stipe this "are you gonna
do it?" look. Stipe smiles at him, turns around, and then says it
so you can't see his lips.
Richard Wells <rdwells@mmm.com>:
So there I was, perusing news.answers (was I bored? you be the judge)
and there was the SNL FAQ. I was surprised that my favorite example
of someone (almost?) saying "fuck" on the air was not present. In
fact, I think this pre-dates all the examples listed in the FAQ.
I remember a show from about 1979 in which the Weekend Update
segment (with Jane Curtin and Bill Murray?) had a story on the
first test-tube baby, or perhaps the first American test tube
baby, which was conceived in a hospital in Norfolk, VA. At the
end of the story, Jane Curtin made a point of making the final
mention of the city name sound as close to "Nofuck, Virginia"
as possible; if I recall correctly, the line was something like
to "And yes, this happened in Nofuck, Virginia".
Of course, I fully accept that my memory after 16 years is quite
possibly faulty, so perhaps other readers can fill in or correct
some of the details.
Will Pacer <2fd3pacerw@vmsb.csd.mu.edu>:
I just wanted to add something to your FAQ about who said "fuck" on the
show although they didn't come right out and say "fuck." They said
"cock" which I'm pretty sure you're not allowed to say. It was the show
with Rosanne and Tom Arnold and the musical guests were the Red Hot Chili
Peppers. Thei'r first song was "Stone Cold Bush" off the album Mother's
Milk and it can clearly be heard that they say
"When you smoke that rock
and suck that cock...you do it oh so well"
I'm thinking that this wouldn't ordinarily be allowed by the censors.
Will Pacer <2fd3pacerw@vmsb.csd.mu.edu> (2):
Just wanted to add to your list of those who say fuck...
I think it was last year when the Beastie Boys were the musical guests
and during their performance of "Sure Shot" Ad Rock clearly yells out
"Never quittin' so won't you fuckin listen?!"
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