Ever since 1965, when theatre critic/known sado-masochist Kenneth Tynan uttered the word “f**k” on “BBC-3,” one of George Carlin’s seven words you can’t say on TV has been, well, said on TV. It’s an easy word to overuse, and it’s only used effectively in two situations: 1) in an unexpected live moment, and 2) by skilled professionals. My current favorite cuss artist is Susie Greene on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” which returns to HBO this Sunday for its eighth and possibly final season. Played by Susie Essman, Greene has unleashed numerous toxic tirades at her “fat f**k” husband, Jeff, and his “four-eyed f**k” client, Larry David, since the show began in 2000. In honor of Susie, and for all those who don’t mind dropping an F-bomb (I’m sorry for using that phrase, I really am) every so often — or constantly if you’re on one BBC comedy — here are ten great moments of the F-word on TV.
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I’m going to start greeting clients with “Get the fuck in or fuck the fuck off.”
In the Loop was brilliant.. is In the Thick of It worth watching?
The Thick Of It should get a Nobel Prize in creative swearing. “Allow me to pop a jaunty wee bonnet on your ‘purview’ and ram it up your shitter with a lubricated horse cock.”
After watching In the Loop, I promised myself to end every conversation with “All right, fuckity bye.”
My daughter’s preschool teacher did not appreciate it.
@chazz -Most definitely, but as far as I know the only way to watch it on this side of the pond is torrents.
How do you write a post about the use of the word “fuck” and not include a clip of Bob Odenkirk from Mr. Show? It boggles my fucking mind.
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@Hef That was in consideration, but the show that it hurt the most to leave off was Spaced. Supposedly Pegg and Stevenson were only allowed one f**k (now it’s a habit) per episode. They used them well:
“And you’re lying there sweating, desperately looking for the tissue which you know is still in your pocket, and the remote control which is somewhere on the floor, and it’s like walking in on yourself, you know? It’s just like, ‘What you doing?’ That’s how I felt tonight feeling my heart miss a beat everytime the door opened. ‘What the fuck are you doing?’”
I was hoping The Thick Of It featured Alan Thicke swearing like a truck driver.
“Hello Boner… Mike’s punk ass is up the fuckin stairs.”
I wish there was a better quality clip available and the edit here misses out the build up to the gag where the Mayor repeatedly reassures his assistant that he “won’t turn the air blue” on live tv, but this is one of my favourite f-bombs*:
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*some great BRAAHHMM!!! action here too with the famously vulgar comic’s real name being used as the name for the fictional setting of the show. Also his character’s name here (Mayor Larry Vaughn) was the name of the weaselly Mayor in Jaws.
The great Fast Show swearing sketch (from 0:18) also warrants inclusion: [www.youtube.com]
Definitely Malcom Tucker FTW
“WORLD FUCKING CHAMPIONS!!”
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How the hell do you pronounce “f**k”? It sort of looks like “fuck”, but with those two asterisks in the middle it’s impossible to tell what the word is supposed to be.
Malcolm is only outdone in swearing by his fellow scot Jamie McDonald..
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I like “You’d betta stay detaached or ‘at is whut I’ll doo to your retinas!”
The Thick of It all the waaay home. fucking awesome show and between Jamie and Malcolm the most inventive swearing I have ever seen anywhere. I’ve just bought the dvds for less than 20 quid, bargain!
“It sucks cock. it sucks cock so deep the bell-end is wearing your appendix as a little hat”
-Jamie
Swearing aside though, its a brilliant show, and Iannucci is a genius on par with Chris Morris.
And what about Norm MacDonald’s ‘fuck’ on SNL? That was the original SNL ‘fuck’.
All I know is that I want a fucking car – right fucking now….the fucking tires and a seat.
Jon Stewart can go fuck himself
Joel, you are “awesome”.
YES!…
I paid $32.67 for a XBOX 360 and my mom got a 17 inch Toshiba laptop for $94.83 being delivered to our house tomorrow by fedex. I will never again pay expensive retail
prices at stores.I even sold a 46 inch HDTV to my boss for $650 and it only cost me $52.78 to get.Here is the website we using to get all this stuff,
BuzzSave.com