# NFL Films voice bleeped on air **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-films-voice-bleeped-on-air/341881 "2006-01-27T19:18:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![some\_white\_dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-films-voice-bleeped-on-air/341881/1 "2006-01-27T19:18:27Z")
I was just watching this NFL Films presentation about the road to the Super Bowl. They were showing the Seahawks-Panthers game from last week in their trademark slow-mo fashion, when, out of nowhere, I heard this gem from that guy who does the voiceovers for the show: “Shaun Alexander offered a hearty [bleep] you to the Panthers defense.” WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-films-voice-bleeped-on-air/341881/2 "2006-01-27T19:39:06Z")
No way, I have to hear John Facenda dropping an F-bomb! ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-films-voice-bleeped-on-air/341881/3 "2006-01-27T19:46:17Z")
> [@Team of Scientists](#): > > WTF? (Underline Mine) Yea, that’s be my guess for the bleeped out word. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-films-voice-bleeped-on-air/341881/4 "2006-01-27T20:21:34Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > No way, I have to hear John Facenda dropping an F-bomb! Heck, I’d love to hear him say anthing, since he had a great voice and has been dead for 20 years. [Cite](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Facenda)😉 ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-films-voice-bleeped-on-air/341881/5 "2006-01-27T20:21:50Z")
A month or so back, there was something VERY similar on NFL Films during “Inside The NFL” on HBO. They had audio of a player or a coach saying something that involved “\ You” and then the voice said, “and then so-and-so delivered a \ you to the other side.” So, it wasn’t just copy out of nowhere, but related to something they had just shown on tape. Very funny. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-films-voice-bleeped-on-air/341881/6 "2006-01-27T20:48:59Z")
The narrator in question was very likely Harry Calas, he’s the current NFL Films “voice of God”. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-films-voice-bleeped-on-air/341881/7 "2006-01-27T21:24:50Z")
The line was probably written with the “\” as part of it. No one really thinks they can use the f-word on broadcast TV before 10 p.m. ---
**Author:** ![some\_white\_dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-films-voice-bleeped-on-air/341881/8 "2006-01-27T22:47:25Z")
Yeah, I figured they wouldn’t record that line with the intention of playing it uncensored, even after 10 p.m. It just caught me by surprise. I had just turned it on when I heard it, so it’s possible that it was related to a previous quote or something. The way I saw it, though, it came way outta left field. Got a pretty good laugh out of it.