On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]>wrote:
> Or actually, one of his posse... and this time, it's broadcast, not > cable: > > > http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/NBC-catches-Shaun-White-coach-having-vulgar-cha?urn=oly,220425 > > It came after 10:00 midwest, so don't expect any action... and it was > munged for the west-coast airing... > I watched it this morning when I woke up (I spend my prime time Olympic viewing watching Curling I record during the day). I heard the NBC guys apologize for the language, but when I rewound it, all I could hear them saying was "fricking" and "frick". I assumed there was some other obscenity that they censored for the more innocent ears out here on the West Coast, but I thought it was odd that these guys would use such a circumlocution like "fricken" and then go ahead and use actual cuss words. The article above seems to suggest that maybe NBC actually dubbed in "fricken" instead of "fucking" - can that possibly be right? I don't think I have ever heard of a network doing anything like that - what, did they have White and his coach come into the studio for a frickin ADR session? The article suggests that the bad words were more difficult to make out on the West Coast - maybe my old ears just missed them - though I am sure I did hear them say "frickin". The whole thing is ridiculous of course - either don't put a live mike on athletes in that situation, or don't worry about an occasional stray F-bomb. OTOH, the Curlers have live mikes during the heat of battle, and the dirtiest thing you hear from them is a pretty girl screaming "HAAAAAAAAAARD" - after she has not put enough weight on the rock, which I kind of like. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
