curse words-related stories
Posted Sep 2nd 2008 7:02PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free
There is a
marvelous article on CNN about the origins of the word "Frak", the replacement curse word used heavily in the series
Battlestar Galactica. It seems that the word was invented in the original 70's version of the show by creator Glen A. Larson but it was seldom used.
It got me thinking about other replacement profanities used by scripted television to replace the normal curse words that the FCC bans from televised broadcasts. We have previously posted about
made-up words on television (including the profanities "Smeg" from
Red Dwarf and "Frell" from
Farscape), but I have a few to add to that list:
Continue reading Frak and other fictional curse words
Posted Oct 11th 2007 10:30AM by Jay Black
Filed under: OpEd, The Simpsons, Watercooler Talk, TV Squad Lists
My wife gave birth to our first son three months ago, so names have been on my mind recently. A name says a lot about a person: strong names help kids to grow up to be television news personalities or
American Ninjas (Wolf Blitzer and Joe Armstrong, respectively). Weak names, on the other hand, lead to name calling in grade school and sad lives of quiet desperation in adulthood.
Television has given us a large catalog of super-cool names to choose from. Since TV is all about wish fulfillment, it's rare for a character to be given a truly terrible name. Sometimes, though, a terrible name slips through the network sieve and luckily for all of us, TV Squad is there to catch it. The five worst names in the history of television after the jump...
Continue reading The five worst names in the history of television
Posted Sep 4th 2007 7:02PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Industry, Documentary
"Gee whiz, that crazy nut just shot at me! I'd like to give that silly so-and-so a bop on the noggin, by golly!"
Yeah, I just can't imagine a World War II veteran talking about his experiences and not using a few expletives, and there are more than a few curse words bandied about in Ken Burns' seven-part documentary The War. The swearing comes not only from the soldiers themselves who use phrases like "holy s**t" and "***hole," but from the narrator, who explains what the military acronyms "FUBAR" and "SNAFU" stand for (if you don't know, Google it).
Continue reading PBS offering censored and uncensored versions of The War
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