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The Colbert Report – Global Edition: Holy cow that’s a lot of f-bombs
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33 Comments
May 19th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
by outside-US censorship standards, i believe this blog post still qualifies as family friendly.
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May 19th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Only as long as you watch it after 9pm.
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May 19th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Some day I will understand why I enjoy hearing Stephen curse so much.
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May 19th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
It just brings joy to me. no idea why.
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May 19th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Hawt! I dunno why either, but I think it’s tres sexy…
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May 19th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Somehow when Stephen curses, it seems acceptable:) He’s the only person I know who actually elevates cursing. Oh, and I think the British do a bl**dy good job of it:)
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May 20th, 2008 at 2:57 am
I agree that Stephen elevates cursing — or actually that he comes to the situation from an elevated position. I think that’s a good way to put it. He’s not some inarticulate sort of thug or whatever who has no other way to express himself in the moment. He’s clearly a classy guy who is making a choice from many possible options, and that’s the way it comes across. We like him, and we’re willing (most of us, I think) to join in the spirit of the thing.
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May 20th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Well put. Thank you for saying what I was trying to say.
May 21st, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Oh no, there are plenty of us who most certainly don’t. Stephen Fry. He elevates swearing too, so, so much.
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May 21st, 2008 at 5:42 pm
I love Stephen Fry, especially when he’s cursing. There was a sketch from “A Bit of Fry and Laurie” I believe, in which he’s ranting and raving while making a salad and he successfully uses the word “a**ing” as an adjective, among others that are a bit more explicit. It pretty much always reduces me to tears. The good kind.
May 19th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
@Ann G.
Hahah! I don’t think I’ll ever understand why I do.
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May 20th, 2008 at 9:42 am
LOL. Now that is a great reCAPTCHA.
Going OT for a second, Rep. Wexler has a book coming out next month, and it’s called Fire-Breathing Liberal. Ya think we’ll see him show up on the Report again?
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May 20th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
He definately should!
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May 20th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
I hope so! haha. An awesome guy he was.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Ahahahaa! I don’t think I’ve heard him drop so many f-bombs! I mean, sure, here and there in the SWC commentary, but my god, it’s made of win, yes it is.
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May 19th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
he looks so cute walking away from the desk…i would so love to go to a live taping!!!
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May 19th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
That’s super. I wish TCR weren’t bleeped on TV here.
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May 20th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Ditto. I wish the same for some of the stand-up specials on CC too. I was watching the new George Lopez special and there were so many bleeps, the jokes weren’t funny. It’s a shame ’cause he’s hilarious. Thank goodness for Secret Stash!
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May 20th, 2008 at 1:49 am
It’s much fun to see all this new stuff, Chica – thanks so much for uploading these for us! I feel very blessed.
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May 20th, 2008 at 7:09 am
Aw, my pleasure. *blesses you*
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May 20th, 2008 at 1:52 am
I understand that not everyone has the same “family values” as my family, but my family specifically raised myself and my younger siblings pretty much without censorship (my dad literally swears like a sailor- he was in the Navy), and we’re all totally fine. I mean, I don’t curse around my parents or anyone I consider to be “my elder” and specifically around children, though we were never specifically told not to curse in the first place.
It’s a really perplexing scenario and it makes me really doubt the whole concept of “censorship”. I mean, to a certain extent yes, but they’re just four-letter words.
I’ll hush now. As many have said, there is something about Stephen cursing that really is enjoyable. I guess it’s because we don’t really get to hear him do it often?
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May 20th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
I agree… I was in the Army myself and it totally ruins your vocabulary. :)
My 12 yr old son watches TDS and TCR and he knows what’s being bleeped, so what’s the point of bleeping? I don’t make a big deal about it, as long as he doesn’t use those ‘rude’ words himself.
If I kept him from watching Stewart and Colbert he wouldn’t know anything about politics. (He calls Stephen Colbert the funniest man in America — totally unencouraged by me.)
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May 20th, 2008 at 5:21 am
Hee hee… Stephen’s so cute when he’s mad. :)
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May 20th, 2008 at 6:32 am
Stephen swearing like, actually warms my heart.
(plus, it’s hot.)
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May 20th, 2008 at 10:59 am
I love how he mutters, “This is the Colbert Report,” and it comes across to me as “THE TIME TRAVELING WAS JUST REALLY INCONVENIENT, OKAY?” Hee.
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May 20th, 2008 at 11:51 am
His sad little “beat” right before “This is the Colbert Report” is too hilarious.
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May 20th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
I think the reason we all love hearing Stephen curse is because we very seldom get to hear it. If you watch this clip censored and then uncensored, you can tell that the uncensored version is way funnier. To me that proves that censorship strips the funny off the comedy. I actually don’t see a point to censorship, because even kids can tell what he’s saying.
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May 20th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
In this particular case I’m not sure that’s true. It was made with so many swearwords precisely because it was never meant to air without bleeps. Some shows turn the censorship into an ingenious way to create better jokes around the bleeps. Arrested Development turned it into a fine art.
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May 20th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
First of all, Arrested Development was the bomb. I loved that show, but I still disagree. I personally think shows are way funnier without censorship, and particularly in this clip I think it was way funnier uncensored.
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May 21st, 2008 at 1:42 pm
I miss Arrested Development. Oh to have the movie project actually go through!
Most shows are funnier without censorship, obviously, but sometimes these posts can make the artists more inspired to find ingenious ways around them.
May 20th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
wooooo that’s a lot of bad words! I hardly ever swear outside of quoting people, which is excellent because then when I do, it has SO MUCH POWER! and I love powerful words.
I could listen to that as an audio file I think.
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May 21st, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Personally I like the bleeps. I’m the kind of person who just do not want to hear certain words. I don’t think the bleeps make anything less funny.
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May 26th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Mmm… Love the whole time-travel bit… And Cursing Stephen? Priceless! <3
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