Did I just hear an F-bomb on NBC?

[Smasher_Sloan]

But the claim of "why would he expect a camera to be in his face" is ridiculous. Of course it's going to be there. You just won the Cup.

It's not the camera, it's a camera with live sound being broadcast on network TV.

And the difference is ... what? The concept is the same. When you win a title and hoist the trophy, why would you not expect there to be cameras in your face, whether they have audio or not. You're splitting hairs instead of addressing the issue.

There's a huge difference. NFL coaches wear mics all the time for NFL Films. They're free to say what they want because they know it's not being broadcast live and anything inappropriate will be either edited or discarded.

The issue is NBC decided it was good idea to air live sound. How many people work in the sports division at NBC? Think they had more time to kick it around than a hockey player caught up in the moment did?

Sorry buddy, but I disagree. Fox had a live camera on the ice when Scotty Stevens was handed the Cup in 1995 and I know for a fact that most Cup presentations are presented live with a sound-camera right there. It's not like 2006 was the first time they had on-ice skatearound with the Cup broadcast live.

Pay attention, will you? The "fork" didn't come during the formal presentation to the captain. It came when the players were passing the Cup among themselves. There was no ceremony involved.

 

[Smasher_Sloan]

No, but NBC is gonna take the heat for it instead of the player who actually said it.
That's all my point is.

There are players, coaches and fans saying obscene things all over the building throughout the game.

NBC, which has some experience in broadcasting live events, is supposed to use its professional judgment in determining what to put on the air.

They screwed up and they deserve whatever heat they get.

 

[zeke12]

NBC's fault.

You gotta have a delay on that shirt. You don't, and you're at a live event, you takes your chances.

 

[buckweaver]

And I reiterate: I don't think it should be an issue. But that's more a complaint with the FCC, and what type of false image of reality we think we're projecting on TV in this country.

TV is entertainment, for the most part, so in those settings it can be controlled to be whatever we want it to be. But when it's real-life stuff, like crime or sports or war or events in the community, we shouldn't be trying to manipulate it. To say "can't say this, can't do that" -- all bullshirt. We say all these things in real life, and we do all those things in real life. There's no need to suppress it.

So he said "forking right" -- we should be celebrating his passion and the extreme joy he felt in winning the ultimate prize in his sport, not at his "inappropriate" language on TV when kids might watching.

Words are words -- they're not intrinsically bad. It's the thought behind them that makes them "bad." What's the difference between saying "GOSH DARNIT" and "fork!"? There's no difference. You're still thinking the same thing, aren't you? You're still expressing the same emotion, aren't you? Yes and yes.

Words are words -- it's the thought and how we express them that counts.

 

[RedCanuck]

That certainly wasn't the first f-bomb I've seen in a televised hockey game — ok, perhaps the loudest — but you see it when the cameras are on coaches all the time, if you're sitting behind the bench in any of the buildings, you hear it a thousand times. I think it's the first time I've heard that in a Stanley Cup celebration, granted, but so what?

Bug Ray Whitney if you want, but he said it. I don't see a problem with that being miced.

 

[jay_christley]

They just bleeped "ass" from the Heat owner.
ABC quick on the button.

 

[KP]

ABC is clearly on delay if they nailed it like that.

 

[Flash]

Maybe NBC didn't figure they'd ever need delay because those nice Canadian boys would never say fork.

 

[slappy4428]

They just bleeped "ass" from the Heat owner.
ABC quick on the button.

Pussy ass censors

 

[Flash]

Thanks. I laughed today. Who knew?

 

[WHA73]

What the heck is a Ring Ding?

Sort of like a Ding Dong . . . I think.

The Ring Ding is very similar to the Ding Dong, which also used to be marketed in parts of the States as the King Don.

It's still called the King Don in Canada but we also have, courtesy of my lovely assistant Flash, the Jos. Louis, which I believe is exclusive to us.

I think.

Why wouldn't they call it the King Dong?

Good question. I'm assuming this may be one reason why not.

NSFW!!!

RF...I hope that page is not on your favorites list!!

 

[terrier]

When there's a mike on near a celebration (or a brawl), Swearengenese sometimes falls out of people's mouths. Somebody in the truck needs to keep a finger on that mike's volume when appropriate, that's all.
After Michael Nylander scored a shootout-winning goal in a Rangers-Bruins NBC game late in the season, he made a casual remark in the postgame interview about the Olympics final and his Czech teammates to the effect of "I still catch some shirt about it." Ah, the perils of live sports.
My favorite, though, was an early '80s Wide World of Sports light heavyweight title fight with Michael Spinks and Dwight Braxton. I still think Spinks was inspired to win by the F-bombs, uncensoreed for the home viewer, he heard his trainer fire at him after Round 9. No wonder virtually all the guys that fight on HBO have Spanish-speaking trainers.