Seven dirty words you can never say on television

E76729

"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.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy bit
spoken word performance
stand-up comedy routine
alsoKnownAs Seven Dirty Words
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
surface form: United States
creator George Carlin
firstPerformer George Carlin
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
medium comedy album track
live performance
notableFor challenging broadcast censorship
controversial use of profanity
influence on U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence
notableWorkOf George Carlin
partOf George Carlin: Class Clown
performer George Carlin
setting live comedy venue
targetAudience adult audiences
timePeriod 1970s
workExampleOf countercultural comedy
political comedy

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Carlin hasSignatureBit Seven dirty words you can never say on television
Class Clown hasTrack Seven dirty words you can never say on television
this entity surface form: Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television
Class Clown featuresRoutine Seven dirty words you can never say on television
this entity surface form: Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television
Seven dirty words you can never say on television alsoKnownAs Seven dirty words you can never say on television
this entity surface form: Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television
George Carlin: Personal Favorites includesRoutine Seven dirty words you can never say on television
this entity surface form: Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television
George Carlin's "Seven Dirty Words" monologue alsoKnownAs Seven dirty words you can never say on television
this entity surface form: "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television"
George Carlin: Class Clown hasPart Seven dirty words you can never say on television
this entity surface form: Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television