# Truly smutty lines on broadcast TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296 "2014-08-23T15:54:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [September 5, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296/101 "2014-09-05T00:13:58Z")
Everybody is familiar with _Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In_, which aired from 1968-73. However, NBC revived Laugh-In in 1977 without Rowan or Martin. One of the featured performers was a still-unknown Robin Williams. I recall Williams in one scene exclaiming, “I’m so happy I could drop a log!” I know Laugh-In was noted for pushing the envelope, but still, it was startling to hear someone use such an obvious euphemism for taking a dump in the 1970s. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296/102 "2014-09-05T00:19:29Z")
> [@bump](#): > > As far as TV is concerned, wasn’t that originally a Karen line from “Will and Grace” some 10 years ago? We said that at school in the 70s. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296/103 "2014-09-05T01:15:29Z")
I believe The Simpsons also had a lemon party reference. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296/104 "2014-09-05T01:23:03Z")
_St. Elsewhere_ had a character tell his wife that while decorating for a party, that she should “put my roses on your piano, and put your tulips on my organ”. It was kind of awkward to get the old joke shoe-horned into the episode. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296/105 "2014-09-05T01:56:35Z")
Another one from THE SIMPSONS: “I’m Dick Tracy! Take that, Pruneface!” “Now I’m Pruneface! Take that, Dick Tracy!” “Now I’m Prune Tracy! Take that, Dick…” ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296/106 "2014-09-05T08:16:32Z")
[This clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl0CCjfua1M) on Top Gear was rare, unscripted hilariousness. ---
**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 5, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296/107 "2014-09-05T12:43:02Z")
One I caught recently on the kids’ show Wayside: The main character, Todd, has been left in charge of the class’s pets, which he is terrified about because he blames himself for the death of his pet goldfish, King Arthur. After accidentally letting the pets loose, he goes to the bathroom and laments his irresponsibility, when the spirit of King Arthur pops out of the toilet. \ Todd, it’s not your fault. Some fish just don’t last that long. At this point, a clearly female fish pops out (she’s got long, curly hair, and a female voice). \ That’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296/108 "2014-09-05T13:19:31Z")
Another Rowan & Martin one: Dick: I’m going to the Virgin Islands. Want me to bring you anything? Dan: Well, a pair of gloves would be my second choice. Quite risqué for the 1960’s. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296/109 "2014-09-05T13:28:36Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > _St. Elsewhere_ had a character tell his wife that while decorating for a party, that she should “put my roses on your piano, and put your tulips on my organ”. It was kind of awkward to get the old joke shoe-horned into the episode. Episode of Cheers, Norm and Sam are searching Cliff’s house for some reason. From the bathroom, Norm says, “Hey, Cliff uses lilac hand lotion.” Sam: “He uses that to keep dogs from biting him on his route.” Long pause. Norm comes out of the bathroom. “On his what?” \*Very \*much the pause that made it work. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296/110 "2014-09-05T14:52:36Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Another Rowan & Martin one: > > Dick: I’m going to the Virgin Islands. Want me to bring you anything? > Dan: Well, a pair of gloves would be my second choice. > > Quite risqué for the 1960’s. Yeah, and Dick often said, “We could do that on the Smothers Brothers Show.” And Dan and Dick would appear in a snippet, on that show, saying, “We couldn’t do that on \* Laugh-In.”\* ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296/111 "2014-09-05T14:54:49Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > One I caught recently on the kids’ show Wayside: > > The main character, Todd, has been left in charge of the class’s pets, which he is terrified about because he blames himself for the death of his pet goldfish, King Arthur. > > After accidentally letting the pets loose, he goes to the bathroom and laments his irresponsibility, when the spirit of King Arthur pops out of the toilet. > > \ Todd, it’s not your fault. Some fish just don’t last that long. > > At this point, a clearly female fish pops out (she’s got long, curly hair, and a female voice). > > \ That’s for sure. That girl fish has been spoiled. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296/112 "2014-09-05T15:02:28Z")
> [@Flywheel](#): > > In another episode, there was a sign for the Springfield Heights Institute of Technology… Well, I’ve seen sweatshirts for the University of California at Los Angeles… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296/113 "2014-09-05T15:08:43Z")
On the original \* $10,000 Pyramid,\* a celebrity player tried to make a contestant name things you see at a football game. CP: This is something a cheerleader waves. CT.: Tampons? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296/114 "2014-09-05T15:38:36Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Dick: I’m going to the Virgin Islands. Want me to bring you anything? > Dan: Well, a pair of gloves would be my second choice. Help a dummy out. I’m not getting this. On _ **30 Rock** _, when Liz had read Jack Donaghy’s book on negotiation, and he realized negotiating with Liz would now be essentially negotiating with himself, he said: \* It’s gonna be a Jack-off!\* ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296/115 "2014-09-05T15:48:34Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Help a dummy out. I’m not getting this. He’d like a virgin… from the Virgin Islands (as his first choice) ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296/116 "2014-09-05T16:05:12Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > He’d like a virgin… from the Virgin Islands (as his first choice) An announcer once blooped, “The Virgin of Governor’s Island!” ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296/117 "2014-09-06T03:05:16Z")
On the show “Prison Break”, a character is in Las Vegas and has just gotten his hands on a duffel bag full of money. Of course, he hires _three_ hookers (and give the age of the character this was the height of optimism). So they cut back to them and one of the hookers is saying, “A Cleveland what?”. The character replies, “I’ll talk you through it.” He even makes reference to a glass tabletop. As far as I’m concerned this one pretty much tops anything else in the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296/118 "2014-09-06T04:29:33Z")
**E-DUB** : You might as well explain for those of us who aren’t in on the reference. (Please?) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296/119 "2014-09-06T04:32:29Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > **E-DUB** : You might as well explain for those of us who aren’t in on the reference. (Please?) > **[Urban Dictionary: Cleveland Steamer](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Cleveland%20Steamer)** > > The cleveland steamer is far more specific than the listings I have seen here. A sexual act by nature (fetish) the cleveland steamer is when one person craps on another person's chest and (very important) then sits down and rocks back and forth like... > **[Urban Dictionary: glass bottom boat](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=glass%20bottom%20boat)** > > A sexual act in which the customer lays under a glass coffeetable and looks up through it, while their partner defecates on the top. How some people find this stimulating I'll never know. Also can refer to the same positioning with a coffee table but... ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296/120 "2014-09-06T05:00:53Z")
On Will & Grace, middle-aged Karen Walker talking to a young teenaged boy. Elliot: Hey, do you think I could come back sometime and play with your X-Box? Karen: Anytime, kid. [he walks out] Karen: Would you look at that? This game is called an X-Box. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-smutty-lines-on-broadcast-tv/696296.md?page=7)