It's like Stephen Fry said on one of his interviews with Craig, it's unfortunate that what's considered most offensive is a word for sex, when words to describe the worst sorts of violence are used in casual conversation. Messed up priorities.
“We train young men to drop fire on people but their commanders won't allow them to write ‘fuck’ on their airplanes because it's obscene!” -Colonel Kurtz from Apocalypse Now
Real talk about violence being okay in tv, but not the slightest "cussing" *smfh * This man was and will ever be the greatest talk show host in human history. ^~^
Censorship is a very tricky thing.. and overly (ab)used for silly stuff like a late night show.. kids learn about these words one way or the other, and we should be teaching them the impact they can have. personally, I try not to swear a lot.. because when I do, it adds power to what I'm saying (could be serious, or a joke)... imo, they should've completely censored the beheadings years back during the iraq 'war'. those videos were shown for sheer sensationalism, and empowered those awful people
Words don't have an intrinsic power. We make them up. WE decide whether their "acceptable" or not. It comes down to an irrational fear by parents that children will hear them and copy them. And that fear comes from the fact that we have arbitrarily decided that certain words are "unacceptable". So it's a self-reinforcing, irrational social fear. We don't want kids to hear them. Why? Because they're bad words. Why? Because they're not appropriate for kids. Why? Because they're bad...and so on.
TheGr8stManEvr but they don't necessarily have the judgement and experience to discern when it is and isn't appropriate. I agree with ice cubes take on it with his kids "I know you're gonna swear but you'll be in trouble if you let me or another adult hear you do it" Gives them the practice of knowing when to and when not to.
@@fe5018 You haven't even managed to learn a different word than the adjective form of "discern" these last three years, but apparently I'm the unintelligent one. So since "swear words" (which is a wholly unintelligent concept) clearly rub you the wrong way: Kindly fuck off.
@@werwerqweqwe, what an ignorant & callow take. Swearing, distinguishing language for different interactions, having the option of heightened & inflammatory language - none of that is "wholly unintelligent", neither in practice or concept. And the adjective discerning is a distinct word from the verb. But by all means keep reaching more desperately, it's hilarious to watch.
Censorship rules in Europe are far lighter than in the US, but our TV isn't filled with "fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck". People still use it the same amount, it's just not bleeped out after the watershed.
Comedian George Carlin once said describing the word "fuck": it's a word used to describe the creation of life when 2 people make love, and it hangs around with words like "love & life", yet we use it to try and hurt each other as in "AH FUCK YOU". I just thought it was ironic & memorable.
I actually know a lot of people who wont/dont swear when bad things happen, some of them had their house bin robbed. so some drama films are like real life.
What do you mean by "havn't any of the censors been to Italy where there are sculptures of naked men every where? Silly, isn't it?!"??? Because i don't really understand your point there....
He is absolutely right!! On British tv, there is only a couple of words edited out of a show (depending on the channel its on). and nudity is not a biggie either,...anyways, i think the only thing funnier that pixilating Craig's mouth, is when they put up the flag over the mouth and use a phrase from that country...like "OOOhhh LALA" for france...or "kriky" for Australia...Plus not much else funnier than Geoff Peterson as the gay robot sidekick, that guy is funny as shit most of the time
That doesn't make a lot of sense to me.. i think the difference is appropiate use in the right context of nakedness, cursing and what else.. full on nakedness and sex is appropiate in porn movie.. cursing like an irish dockworker in front of a child isn't.. I think in craig's show, it's appropiate to curse.. it's an adult show.. even 12 year olds know those words already.. we shouldn't be censoring, but educating kids that in common day life, these words are usually inappropiate..
Well there are a lot of painting with naked people and thats alowed to. During the 2e WorldWar there was a theather with naked women standing still like pantings and sculptures and it was allouwd. So it think it the differance between moving and standing still, real and fake.
Words are bad, ban words. Sex/nudity bad, ban them. Murder, rape, torture, kidnapping, etc, ok 👍 👌 it can air anytime, anyplace without restrictions. That will sure help the kids grow up stable ... but if they end up violent, it must be video games, music, pot, etc. that did it ... yep, that's the ticket.
Censoring swear words on regular TV is not really a problem. What I don't get is this fear for nudity or sexual topics. I mean, you're basically censoring being human.
I understand why he left. But I damn sure miss this show. My guilty pleasure is now in reruns and waiting for the next standup.
Did you see his "Couple Thinkers" series? It was amazing
Having re-watched this video a year later, may I just say... TOOTSIE-FROOTSIE!
BOO-LALAH!
Yo lemme get some tootsie from u
Girl with the dragon tattoo 😂😂😂😂😂
Crikey-dingo!
I love this TOOTSIE FROOTSIE comment 💜
It's like Stephen Fry said on one of his interviews with Craig, it's unfortunate that what's considered most offensive is a word for sex, when words to describe the worst sorts of violence are used in casual conversation. Messed up priorities.
Anglo Saxon words for reproduction
“We train young men to drop fire on people but their commanders won't allow them to write ‘fuck’ on their airplanes because it's obscene!”
-Colonel Kurtz
from Apocalypse Now
Such a dope line
The irony is hella funny😂
U pixilated my hand?!?
*then pulls out the middle finger XD
Ladies and Gentleman, the legendary Creepy Old Craiggy ^_^
He was years ahead of everyone, talking about censorship. Bless him.
I wish Craig could come back, because we need some laughs during this quarantine.
What a wonderful video... now i have a screen capture of Craig flipping the bird :D
The funniest guy on late night t.v.!
This show is so flippin' great (;
This was so amazing, let the truth be funnier than a joke.
Do the nipples fit into this?
Their dog's like : * ^O^ *
Best talk show host ever!
Absolute legend!
Real talk about violence being okay in tv, but not the slightest "cussing" *smfh * This man was and will ever be the greatest talk show host in human history. ^~^
I miss Craig Ferguson so much- late night talk shows suck now
Nobody like him. I go back and watch these when I need some cheer and they never let me down.
@@fadacious Well said. ^~^ BE well
@@screwthenet Thank you!
How do you protect the Americans in the live audience from the sweary words so their ears don't bleed?
I feel like he got in a lot of trouble for this EP
Censorship is a very tricky thing.. and overly (ab)used for silly stuff like a late night show.. kids learn about these words one way or the other, and we should be teaching them the impact they can have. personally, I try not to swear a lot.. because when I do, it adds power to what I'm saying (could be serious, or a joke)... imo, they should've completely censored the beheadings years back during the iraq 'war'. those videos were shown for sheer sensationalism, and empowered those awful people
It's just a distraction. Curse words are meaningless. Violence is real.
We need George Carlin back up in here.
God can you imagine? Even in the years since your comment there's been so much change, like I can't even imagine what he'd make of it.
there's no off position on the genius switch ..!
Words don't have an intrinsic power. We make them up. WE decide whether their "acceptable" or not. It comes down to an irrational fear by parents that children will hear them and copy them. And that fear comes from the fact that we have arbitrarily decided that certain words are "unacceptable". So it's a self-reinforcing, irrational social fear. We don't want kids to hear them. Why? Because they're bad words. Why? Because they're not appropriate for kids. Why? Because they're bad...and so on.
is that why they had the flags for censors?
OOHLALA!
Tootsie frooties
Ay caramba!
Girl with a dragon tattoo
OHH
The scottish guy makes a point !!!
6:22 LMAO :D
JedandKris XD yep twas brilliant
I fucking love craig.
I never understood this whole "keep swearing from children" bullshit. They're all going to grow up to swear anyway.
TheGr8stManEvr but they don't necessarily have the judgement and experience to discern when it is and isn't appropriate. I agree with ice cubes take on it with his kids "I know you're gonna swear but you'll be in trouble if you let me or another adult hear you do it" Gives them the practice of knowing when to and when not to.
@@fe5018 That's stupid as fuck.
@@werwerqweqwe, as opposed to your intelligent, discerning, & valuable comment here 🤔
@@fe5018 You haven't even managed to learn a different word than the adjective form of "discern" these last three years, but apparently I'm the unintelligent one.
So since "swear words" (which is a wholly unintelligent concept) clearly rub you the wrong way: Kindly fuck off.
@@werwerqweqwe, what an ignorant & callow take. Swearing, distinguishing language for different interactions, having the option of heightened & inflammatory language - none of that is "wholly unintelligent", neither in practice or concept. And the adjective discerning is a distinct word from the verb. But by all means keep reaching more desperately, it's hilarious to watch.
Censorship rules in Europe are far lighter than in the US, but our TV isn't filled with "fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck". People still use it the same amount, it's just not bleeped out after the watershed.
So he can't even swear in a late show? Some weird rules.
Love his accent.Craig talk dirty to me.
Don't, you'll need subtitles
sausage wresslin' lmao
The King Rant XD
Comedian George Carlin once said describing the word "fuck": it's a word used to describe the creation of life when 2 people make love, and it hangs around with words like "love & life", yet we use it to try and hurt each other as in "AH FUCK YOU". I just thought it was ironic & memorable.
sausage wrestling.... that's a new one 😂😂😂😂😂😂 PMSL xxx
Agree!
Cussing is normal in Scottishlandshire. The under 5’s gold star kindergarten class
3:28 LMFAO
I actually know a lot of people who wont/dont swear when bad things happen, some of them had their house bin robbed. so some drama films are like real life.
Take a tip take a lesson, you'll never get by messin', with the fellas from the freakin' FCC .
with Craigs show i think its funny, when they bleep out a curse of a puppet it isnt neccery to go pixilating but i find it funny.
LOL Damn my people, After all I am of Jewish Decent, Native American, and I am also Scottish.
Who in the hell disliked this??
omega14j1 someone from the FCC, erection having beach walkers, people who can't take hearing swearing on a 1230am show...the list goes on.
Members of the supreme court
I agree with you, but what the fuck is wrong with "the F-word"? It's a fucking awesome word.
To be fair though they had Berlusconi in power until very recently, 17 year old Egyptian dancers were fair play to him so y'know ;)
Seriously? You can't swear on U.S TV? Wow,
An Australian Bush Man Australia isn't far behind.
+An Australian Bush Man depends on the time and station. Most places now they can say shit but not fuck which is weird.
Al-zein Kusmantoro yeah just look at bill Maher lol
Not on network TV (aka, not cable).
Sad but true. Just imagine if the Muppets swore on Sesame Street.
I don't get it! Where is your outcry for the first amendmend here?
Huh?
Excellent point. Are we living backward, instead?
the whole censorship is stupid
Remember when Parental Advisory Explicit stickers were put on LP’s and content or lyrics? Sheesh
a Scotsman an Indian and a Jew :)
Strange country indeed, you can't drink alcohol when you're 18 but you can do porn...
What do you mean by "havn't any of the censors been to Italy where there are sculptures of naked men every where? Silly, isn't it?!"??? Because i don't really understand your point there....
He meant "if Italy can have sculptures of nekkid people, America is too uptight.
He is absolutely right!! On British tv, there is only a couple of words edited out of a show (depending on the channel its on). and nudity is not a biggie either,...anyways, i think the only thing funnier that pixilating Craig's mouth, is when they put up the flag over the mouth and use a phrase from that country...like "OOOhhh LALA" for france...or "kriky" for Australia...Plus not much else funnier than Geoff Peterson as the gay robot sidekick, that guy is funny as shit most of the time
yep, love that show. i miss craig on tv.
How does he pixelate in time?!
I wish I heard his swear words, they seem pretty creative from what I can tell
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_delay
It's pre-recorded
If you get fined for cussing like a sailor just resign from the efin' navy.
the supreme court :D
That doesn't make a lot of sense to me.. i think the difference is appropiate use in the right context of nakedness, cursing and what else.. full on nakedness and sex is appropiate in porn movie.. cursing like an irish dockworker in front of a child isn't.. I think in craig's show, it's appropiate to curse.. it's an adult show.. even 12 year olds know those words already.. we shouldn't be censoring, but educating kids that in common day life, these words are usually inappropiate..
Well there are a lot of painting with naked people and thats alowed to. During the 2e WorldWar there was a theather with naked women standing still like pantings and sculptures and it was allouwd. So it think it the differance between moving and standing still, real and fake.
The censors.
The FCC :P
Words are bad, ban words.
Sex/nudity bad, ban them.
Murder, rape, torture, kidnapping, etc, ok 👍 👌 it can air anytime, anyplace without restrictions.
That will sure help the kids grow up stable ... but if they end up violent, it must be video games, music, pot, etc. that did it ... yep, that's the ticket.
I don’t get it. Even tho I don’t cuss, I’m like the only person in existence who doesn’t. So, who cares? If you cuss, go ahead!
TOO BLURRY!
It's from 2009. I have no idea how you'd get it in HD now.
If you Dislike this you must be in Al Qaeda - Craig ROCKS!
When I read things like that I'm ashamed to be italian :( I swear I've never voted him or liked him :D
LOL Cause afterall CBS cares.
Al qaeda, of course.
government censors.
land of the free censored!!!!!!
Censoring swear words on regular TV is not really a problem. What I don't get is this fear for nudity or sexual topics. I mean, you're basically censoring being human.
I feel like he was high... right on
Pink
phaq
know
too bad he's dead :(
I guess public decency doesn't mean anything then.
+Charles Gable it does but it has nothing to do with this clip.
yomz0r OK
Rock of Sisyphus Who should be in charge or your censoring, you or your government?