Seven dirty words you can never say on television

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comedy bit spoken word performance stand-up comedy routine

"Seven dirty words you can never say on television" is George Carlin’s landmark stand-up comedy routine that famously challenged censorship and free speech norms in American broadcasting.

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Seven dirty words you can never say on television ⓘ
surface form: Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television
associatedWith Federal Communications Commission ⓘ
Pacifica Radio ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
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creator George Carlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformer George Carlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre satire ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
stand-up comedy ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact American comedy ⓘ
First Amendment debates ⓘ
U.S. broadcast indecency policy ⓘ
hasLegacy benchmark for discussions of indecency in media ⓘ
iconic routine in stand-up history ⓘ
hasTheme arbitrariness of taboo words ⓘ
limits of free expression on television ⓘ
social attitudes toward obscenity ⓘ
influenced FCC v. Pacifica Foundation ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject broadcast regulation ⓘ
censorship ⓘ
free speech ⓘ
profanity ⓘ
taboo language ⓘ
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notableFor challenging broadcast censorship ⓘ
controversial use of profanity ⓘ
influence on U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence ⓘ
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performer George Carlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting live comedy venue ⓘ
targetAudience adult audiences ⓘ
timePeriod 1970s ⓘ
workExampleOf countercultural comedy ⓘ
political comedy ⓘ

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