On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Karen Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I believe it was a new version of "On Golden Pond" that befuddled Dave so. > > > For me, the most bizarre incident I saw was on Letterman a number of > years ago, when Dave showed a clip from a recently-aired CBS movie > that included several unedtied BS's but when Dave said it, he was > bleeped. Showing the clip on the show: unbleeped; Dave repeating the > word: bleeped. > > Wasn't that a live performance of the play > that had permission to use the unedited word?
What I remember from that time is that CBS wanted to show a live performance of the play and the playwright allowed it on condition that none of the words be changed. It was also at a time when NYPD Blue, Chicago Hope, and other network shows were pushing the envelope on language and the networks were going along. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
