Comments on: The “F” Word

By: Badtux

Badtux — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:24:37 +0000

And we had cable when MTV launched because we were living in a small city in Louisiana that had one (1) television station. If you aimed your rabbit ears just right you could pick up some of the Baton Rouge and New Orleans stations (albeit with every show looking as if it were in the middle of a blizzard 😉 ), but it wasn’t worth it when cable was $7.95 per month *with* the converter box for the dozens of channels ($5.95 per month for just basic cable).

And now I’m sounding like the old coots talking about how they used to get a cup of coffee or a Coke for a nickel … :).

– Badtux the Antique Penguin

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:36:02 +0000

In reply to Badtux. Like books, they get records and other things from the UK, where it wouldn't be censored. I don't know that I have ever actually heard it on the radio, but if I did, I would have "heard" the word automatically. I had cable when MTV launched because I worked 3-11pm and that was the only way to get anything worth watching on television.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:26:19 +0000

I’ll just point out that it has *never* played in uncensored form on American radio. You had to watch the video on MTV to get the uncensored version. The surprising thing is that Canadian radio ever played the uncensored version at all — not that they have suddenly decided it needs censoring.

– Badtux the Radio Penguin