Thursday, June 25, 2009

holy shit, they swear on tv here

Three weeks in, and we're pretty accustomed now to hearing uncensored songs on the radio. And we were pleased to watch Gordon Ramsay's show, "The F Word," without all of the beeping. (With Ramsay, it's a constant stream of beeps, isn't it?) It doesn't seem like they have strict standards for daytime versus nighttime broadcasting - we're hearing the F word on the radio at all times. And then we saw this the other night on "Close Up." Close Up is a news magazine program that airs at 7pm on channel 1. The other day, a young man had accidentally gotten his head and shoulders stuck in a tumble dryer. He was looking for underwear. It can happen. The fire brigade had to come and get him out. You should take a few minutes and watch this hilarious interview with the man -



That's right, he said, "Oh shit, I'm fucking stuck." This aired live without any editing. As far as we know, no one was fined by a broadcasting authority, no one wrote to the show to complain. Everyone just laughed at this crazy Australian man who got drunk and got his head stuck in the dryer while looking for his underwear.

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