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Jenny Slate's SN F-in' L Debut

By James Poniewozik | @poniewozik | September 27, 2009 | +

New Saturday Night Live cast member Jenny Slate made a splash in her debut on last night’s SNL premiere, letting slip the above F-bomb in a skit with Kristen Wiig. Could it have been a publicity stunt? One never knows, though her facial reaction suggests it was an old-fashioned you-know-what-up. (With which I can sympathize. The soundtrack in my head any time I do a live radio or TV interview is a steady loop of: Please don’t swear, please don’t swear…)

There shouldn’t be legal repercussions in any case, since FCC’s profanity regulations cover the swath from daytime through primetime, when children can reasonably be assumed to be awake; after hours, it’s a matter of what network standards and practices, affiliates and advertisers will permit. In any case, Slate is not the first to do thus on SNL. After the jump, take a ride back to 1981 with then-SNL-er Charles Rocket, star of the show’s Who Shot J.R.? parody:

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  • chriskw

    Did CBS have to pay a fine for Roger Federer cursing or for Serena Williams outburst. I know both of them were fined but I didn’t hear anything about the FCC.

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  • nickelking

    I’m kinda upset that they dubbed over it on the west coast. We don’t get enough live shows. Heck there news broadcasts about who won the Emmys before the show was aired.

  • http://www.harrisculptor.com blackswede45

    Let’s get real. Little 3rd graders use the so-called F word. This puritan blindness in America is absurd. I am more concerned about the mayhem that happens everyday in the United States. We have a war that we can’t win. We have millions out of work, and yet some people think that the “F” word is newsworthy? I bury my heart in “wounded gee.”

  • jmpitrelli4

    James – For my money, you’re the best TV Critic working today. But is this really all you had to say about SNL’s season debut? I was hoping at most you’d comment about how this should not even be remotely newsworthy anymore and then move on. Because I’m really curious what you thought of the rest of the show.

  • Rorschach

    I don’t think James is a big SNL fan, jmpitrelli4. I’m a giant fan and even I thought it was hit and miss.

  • Chaddogg

    @James — I think SNL was asking for it, with an entire skit based on a character saying “freaking” as often as that one. Perhaps a conpiracy? After all, many TV outlets/media outlets are talking about it.

    I think Megan Fox was actually surprisingly good, but I wish SNL would force hosts to go out of their comfort zones/type-casting a bit more. Fox looked to have good comedic timing (particularly as the air-traffic controller and in tht Kenan Thompson love-making video bit), but too often got stuck in “stand around and look attractive” skits.

    Too much Kristin Wiig, though (and I personally love her)….why did they get rid of female cast members when Wiig is clearly being overused? And did anyone else think Weekend Update was demonstrably weaker due to having their jokes diluted by the Thursday night episode?

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