What was the favourite joke of Dustin Hoffman that Graham Norton told?

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Apparently it “crossed acceptable boundaries”.

What word other than say the ‘f’ word is ‘television’s most taboo word’? If it is the ‘f’ word then what’s the problem? The f word is uttered all the time (admittedly under a beep, but it’s obvious every time what the word is, often because what you hear is “fBEEPk”)
And what do people expect? If you are going to watch V-Graham Norton, expect some pretty crude language/jokes, or don’t watch.

I am only curious, the article didn’t show it.

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On the subject of beeping swearing - anyone else agree how pointless it is? As I thought of it, all they are beeping is a split seccond of the ‘u’ sound. “fBEEPck”. sometimes they get all of it - “fuBEEPck” or “fuBEEPcking hell” or “shBEEPit” or “wanBEEPker”

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I’m sure I’ve heard Graham say “fuck” on the show without a BEEP.

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Maybe this is the joke:

From http://ladyh.blogspot.com/2003_02_09_ladyh_archive.html

Perhaps the word was “cunt.”

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Ah. With a little more research it was the “c” word:

http://www.qcinema.org/QAnorton.html

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The first time I saw the Cher episode Cher said “fuck” and was not bleeped. Specifically in response to learning Graham had paid 10,000 pounds for a picture of Madonna’s lips she said “what the fuck were you thinking?” On every subsequent viewing Cher was bleeped.

The bleeping seems wildly inconsistent.

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I thought “cunt” isn’t quite as offensive in the UK as it is here?

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It isn’t, but as I explained in the last thread to discuss it, that word does still get bleeped routinely and is the only one I can think of that is still virtually banned from British TV.

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This is a little off-topic, but I was just wondering. How much extra cash do the “So Graham Norton” guests get for affecting the suprised, hands-to-the-mouth reaction that you see on all the promos on BBC America? Do they get bonuses for eye-rolling? Or are they contractually required to do this?