# If "R" rated language had ALWAYS been acceptable on TV... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2018, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-r-rated-language-had-always-been-acceptable-on-tv/821615 "2018-09-20T04:29:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-r-rated-language-had-always-been-acceptable-on-tv/821615/61 "2018-09-22T20:23:55Z")
A flustered Alice from Brady Bunch, arms in the air, going “oh FFS.” “Felix - clean my ashtray one more fuckin’ time and I’ll put it sideways up that fruity fuckin’ ass o’yours.” Instead of Richie standing up to the Fonz by saying “Sit on it, Fonzie”:eek:, I was kinda hoping for something more along the lines of: “Eat shit, Fonzie, you fucking goof. LET’S GO.” Nice to say there wasn’t much to embellish on _Larry Sanders_. MSW’s Angela Lansbury getting in a profanity-laced yelling match with an early morning municipal waste worker. Showing signs of mental instability in _Father Knows Best_, a smiling, avuncular Robert Young offers (“The Appletons”-style): “Ok, you useless little fucks, how about we get our shit together now, possibly.” ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-r-rated-language-had-always-been-acceptable-on-tv/821615/62 "2018-09-22T20:48:22Z")
I’m sure the crusty old Sgt. Mechanic guy from _Black Sheep Squadron_ would cuss up a blue streak. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-r-rated-language-had-always-been-acceptable-on-tv/821615/63 "2018-09-22T21:09:03Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > Sports commentators > > Jesus fucking CHRIST that was a hit! > > Much more like some of those watching their broadcast Interesting brief turn at commentating from [Brian Doyle Murray and ‘lezzie’ sidekick](https://youtu.be/XGwIyzrlOMQ?t=57) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-r-rated-language-had-always-been-acceptable-on-tv/821615/64 "2018-09-23T06:13:54Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > The Simpsons is a current show. That doesn’t change that Homer is a pottymouth and if it had been started in a milieu that was allowed to show that, we’d be seeing it. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-r-rated-language-had-always-been-acceptable-on-tv/821615/65 "2018-09-24T22:43:58Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > That doesn’t change that Homer is a pottymouth and if it had been started in a milieu that was allowed to show that, we’d be seeing it. So shows cannot evolve? Even over the course of 29 seasons? Um, ok. mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-r-rated-language-had-always-been-acceptable-on-tv/821615.md?page=3)