# Regarding the story about "Truth or Consequences" told on the SNL retrospective

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 22, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-the-story-about-truth-or-consequences-told-on-the-snl-retrospective/291276 "2005-02-22T01:56:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-the-story-about-truth-or-consequences-told-on-the-snl-retrospective/291276/21 "2020-06-11T15:43:33Z")

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Did he also say “in the butt Bob?”

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-the-story-about-truth-or-consequences-told-on-the-snl-retrospective/291276/22 "2020-06-11T20:00:54Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Of course, it’s still possible for the memories of this incident to be _almost_ perfectly accurate, like **glowacks** described: Someone went on a live variety show, to play some songs she had written, with one of them being the song described, and the producers quickly cutting off the feed. The only detail that need be changed is just what show it was.

Except for the “live variety show” bit. Has a live variety show ever been broadcast?

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**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-the-story-about-truth-or-consequences-told-on-the-snl-retrospective/291276/23 "2020-06-11T22:06:52Z")

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> [@Bijou\_Drains](#):
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> Did he also say “in the butt Bob?”

Actually, the lady said, “In the _ass,_ Bob,” as I saw watching the clip when they finally showed it to Bob Eubanks, who for years swore up, down and sideways that it never happened. He looked like he’d been hit in the face with a wet frying pan. 😃

That said, “In the butt, Bob” does roll off the ton–

Never mind.:o

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**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-the-story-about-truth-or-consequences-told-on-the-snl-retrospective/291276/24 "2020-06-12T02:18:43Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Except for the “live variety show” bit. Has a live variety show ever been broadcast?

Oh tons of the early ones, like Texaco Star Theater, Your Show of Shows, etc. But even a live show required lots of rehearsals and a practice runthrough. So this lady played a regular tune in the rehearsal and saved the racist rant for the show? No way.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-the-story-about-truth-or-consequences-told-on-the-snl-retrospective/291276/25 "2020-06-12T13:24:32Z")

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Maybe for the big ones, but I can well believe that there was some small local station that had their own show, that didn’t bother with that.

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