# Samuel L. Jackson's Foul Mouth **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 8, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jacksons-foul-mouth/673433 "2013-11-08T17:43:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jacksons-foul-mouth/673433/21 "2013-11-08T23:27:31Z")
Despite the crowing of One Million Moms, I tend to believe the bank when they say they simply had another commercial in the same series. They didn’t “clean up” anything and they didn’t withdraw the first commercial; in fact they specifically stated they would continue airing it. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jacksons-foul-mouth/673433/22 "2013-11-08T23:55:10Z")
This sounds like a whole lot of made-up hype. Capital One aired a commercial that used the word “damn”. Then they aired a second commercial that didn’t use the word “damn”. They say they will continue airing both commercials (technically, they only said they would continue airing the first commercial, but I’m assuming they won’t pull the ‘G-rated’ version). The only thing of note I see here is a possible publicity grab by One Million Moms, and/or a marketing ploy by Capital One (by way of manufacturing the ‘controversy’ in the first place). ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jacksons-foul-mouth/673433/23 "2013-11-09T01:24:46Z")
Would OMM have been satisfied if Jackson had said, “…every monkey fightin’ day”? ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jacksons-foul-mouth/673433/24 "2013-11-09T02:38:57Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > He should hold up a wallet that says “Bad Muther-Fucker” on it. Will [this](http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/1905/winducopy.jpg) do? I also wondered if they caught come flack and had to change that part of the ad. It looks like just that one line was changed. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jacksons-foul-mouth/673433/25 "2013-11-09T02:43:42Z")
I don’t know about the rest of you, but what I’m upset by is that spiced tea recipe. 2 1/2 cups of sugar and 1 1/2 cups of Tang? _Tang??!_ :eek: :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jacksons-foul-mouth/673433/26 "2013-11-09T02:52:33Z")
Wow, I was sure the OP was about [this](http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clips/memqnj/chappelle-s-show-samuel-l--jackson-beer) ad, which does go a little too far for public airwaves. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jacksons-foul-mouth/673433/27 "2013-11-09T03:21:50Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > Frankly I find it a bit disappointing that so many people are offended, and feel the need to call for changes. We have bigger problems, folks. At the very least, allow him to retort. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jacksons-foul-mouth/673433/28 "2013-11-09T12:44:47Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > I don’t know about the rest of you, but what I’m upset by is that spiced tea recipe. 2 1/2 cups of sugar and 1 1/2 cups of Tang? _Tang??!_ :eek: :dubious: Watch it bub. Growing up in Indiana, my mother the Saint made us a popular drink called Tea, Tang, & Twist, with Twist being the most prevalent lemonade mix of the time, pre-Wylers or Country Time. One whiff, and I’m back at the kitchen table, 9 years old, melting ice and snow all around after sledding all morning. And it’s very dusty. I miss my mom. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > At the very least, allow him to retort. You. Win. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jacksons-foul-mouth/673433/29 "2013-11-09T13:43:00Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > He should hold up a wallet that says “Bad Muther-Fucker” on it. What’s in your mothafuckin wallet motherfucker? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jacksons-foul-mouth/673433/30 "2013-11-09T13:59:46Z")
I’m more surprised that the SVP of Corporate Development would say something like this, which could be highly inflammatory. > [@](#): > > “I think the people who will close their accounts for a single word aren’t necessarily the people Capital One wants to appeal to,” says Jim Marous, a senior vice president of corporate development at digital marketing agency New Control. That’s not much different really than Abercrombie-Fitch saying they really didn’t want the fat demographic in their stores. StG ---
**Author:** ![James\_Toothpaste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@James\_Toothpaste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Toothpaste)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jacksons-foul-mouth/673433/31 "2013-11-09T14:15:02Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > I don’t know about the rest of you, but what I’m upset by is that spiced tea recipe. 2 1/2 cups of sugar and 1 1/2 cups of Tang? _Tang??!_ :eek: :dubious: Why is this a bad thing? 😕😕😕 ---
**Author:** ![Gerald\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Gerald\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gerald_II)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jacksons-foul-mouth/673433/32 "2013-11-09T22:01:36Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > Frankly I find it a bit disappointing that so many people are offended, and feel the need to call for changes. We have bigger problems, folks. There’s always bigger problems. Which is why so many people are apathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jacksons-foul-mouth/673433/33 "2013-11-09T22:44:12Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Would OMM have been satisfied if Jackson had said, “…every monkey fightin’ day”? A whole commercial of Sam Jackson saying TV swear dubs would be kind of awesome. "I’m Samuel Jackson, and I’m the melon-farmer who’s going to tell you about the best viking bank on the planet. " ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jacksons-foul-mouth/673433/34 "2013-11-09T23:33:30Z")
> [@James\_Toothpaste](#): > > Why is this a bad thing? 😕😕😕 Out of deference to **ducati** ’s sainted mom, it’s not. Not bad at all. [COLOR=“Silver”]_Tang?_[/COLOR] ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jacksons-foul-mouth/673433/35 "2013-11-10T08:45:42Z")
It must be a good credit card, Nick Fury says so. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jacksons-foul-mouth/673433/36 "2013-11-10T08:58:01Z")
I don’t begrudge Capital One their publicity stunt and Samuel Jackson is a fine actor. That said, the commercial should be (self) censored so as stave off the inevitable and continual coarsening of our society for at least another microsecond. This is coming from a guy who believes he swears too often. I’d rather not have that word jump out at me as I’m watching or passing by a TV. Am I offended? No, not at all, not remotely. Not motivated enough to write an email either. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jacksons-foul-mouth/673433/37 "2013-11-10T21:18:32Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > It must be a good credit card, Nick Fury says so. Nick Fury has an eyepatch. Samuel L. Jackson doesn’t. But both are badasses. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jacksons-foul-mouth/673433.md?page=1)