Craig Ferguson talks about censorship (air date: 04/28/09)

Craig is a tad upset about censorship on TV. He talked and joked about it throughout the show on April 28th, 2009.

[@chrismichaels100]

I understand why he left. But I damn sure miss this show. My guilty pleasure is now in reruns and waiting for the next standup.

[@DerekKnisely]

Did you see his "Couple Thinkers" series? It was amazing

[@jessicalee333]

Having re-watched this video a year later, may I just say... TOOTSIE-FROOTSIE!

[@Muzikrazy213]

BOO-LALAH!

[@Sadeness99]

Yo lemme get some tootsie from u

[@timaglam9140]

Girl with the dragon tattoo 😂😂😂😂😂

[@seymourbuttz6419]

Crikey-dingo!

[@lonely_crash2059]

I love this TOOTSIE FROOTSIE comment 💜

[@jessicalee333]

It's like Stephen Fry said on one of his interviews with Craig, it's unfortunate that what's considered most offensive is a word for sex, when words to describe the worst sorts of violence are used in casual conversation. Messed up priorities.

[@paulashe7460]

Anglo Saxon words for reproduction

[@jasonlefler3456]

“We train young men to drop fire on people but their commanders won't allow them to write ‘fuck’ on their airplanes because it's obscene!” -Colonel Kurtz from Apocalypse Now

[@baronmind954]

Such a dope line

[@peterakinwale9460]

The irony is hella funny😂

[@ladyjustice1474]

He was years ahead of everyone, talking about censorship. Bless him.

[@izs6946]

U pixilated my hand?!? *then pulls out the middle finger XD Ladies and Gentleman, the legendary Creepy Old Craiggy ^_^

[@thehopefulyetdoubtful3656]

I wish Craig could come back, because we need some laughs during this quarantine.

[@tonk82]

What a wonderful video... now i have a screen capture of Craig flipping the bird :D

[@shelleyking8450]

This was so amazing, let the truth be funnier than a joke.

[@68wpie]

Do the nipples fit into this?

[@viol999]

The funniest guy on late night t.v.!

[@timaglam9140]

Their dog's like : * ^O^ *

[@blackcat5702]

This show is so flippin' great (;

[@screwthenet]

Real talk about violence being okay in tv, but not the slightest "cussing" *smfh * This man was and will ever be the greatest talk show host in human history. ^~^

[@danmseattle975]

I miss Craig Ferguson so much- late night talk shows suck now

[@fadacious]

Nobody like him. I go back and watch these when I need some cheer and they never let me down.

[@screwthenet]

@@fadacious Well said. ^~^ BE well

[@fadacious]

@@screwthenet Thank you!

[@Labcoat42]

Absolute legend!

[@MPaans]

Censorship is a very tricky thing.. and overly (ab)used for silly stuff like a late night show.. kids learn about these words one way or the other, and we should be teaching them the impact they can have. personally, I try not to swear a lot.. because when I do, it adds power to what I'm saying (could be serious, or a joke)... imo, they should've completely censored the beheadings years back during the iraq 'war'. those videos were shown for sheer sensationalism, and empowered those awful people

[@Krystalmyth]

It's just a distraction. Curse words are meaningless. Violence is real.

[@sueabramovitz3539]

Best talk show host ever!

[@kingpin6989]

I never understood this whole "keep swearing from children" bullshit. They're all going to grow up to swear anyway.

[@fe5018]

TheGr8stManEvr but they don't necessarily have the judgement and experience to discern when it is and isn't appropriate. I agree with ice cubes take on it with his kids "I know you're gonna swear but you'll be in trouble if you let me or another adult hear you do it" Gives them the practice of knowing when to and when not to.

[@werwerqweqwe]

@@fe5018 That's stupid as fuck.

[@fe5018]

@@werwerqweqwe, as opposed to your intelligent, discerning, & valuable comment here 🤔

[@werwerqweqwe]

@@fe5018 You haven't even managed to learn a different word than the adjective form of "discern" these last three years, but apparently I'm the unintelligent one. So since "swear words" (which is a wholly unintelligent concept) clearly rub you the wrong way: Kindly fuck off.

[@fe5018]

@@werwerqweqwe, what an ignorant & callow take. Swearing, distinguishing language for different interactions, having the option of heightened & inflammatory language - none of that is "wholly unintelligent", neither in practice or concept. And the adjective discerning is a distinct word from the verb. But by all means keep reaching more desperately, it's hilarious to watch.

[@ThePirateburke86]

I feel like he got in a lot of trouble for this EP

[@wazaza2011]

The scottish guy makes a point !!!

[@maagiapall]

We need George Carlin back up in here.

[@fe5018]

God can you imagine? Even in the years since your comment there's been so much change, like I can't even imagine what he'd make of it.

[@sweiland75]

How do you protect the Americans in the live audience from the sweary words so their ears don't bleed?

[@Phi1618033]

Words don't have an intrinsic power. We make them up. WE decide whether their "acceptable" or not. It comes down to an irrational fear by parents that children will hear them and copy them. And that fear comes from the fact that we have arbitrarily decided that certain words are "unacceptable". So it's a self-reinforcing, irrational social fear. We don't want kids to hear them. Why? Because they're bad words. Why? Because they're not appropriate for kids. Why? Because they're bad...and so on.

[@ellenmurphy2150]

Love his accent.Craig talk dirty to me.

[@Hellwyck]

Don't, you'll need subtitles

[@knnth201]

is that why they had the flags for censors?

[@NESherv]

OOHLALA!

[@emmanuelniyo4116]

Tootsie frooties

[@volo455]

Ay caramba!

[@ykap34]

Girl with a dragon tattoo

[@greendaleforever]

OHH

[@J3DandKr15]

6:22 LMAO :D

[@fe5018]

JedandKris XD yep twas brilliant

[@GearsDemon]

I fucking love craig.

[@ZKY2]

Censorship rules in Europe are far lighter than in the US, but our TV isn't filled with "fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck". People still use it the same amount, it's just not bleeped out after the watershed.

[@plstrom]

there's no off position on the genius switch ..!

[@crazypianolady]

So he can't even swear in a late show? Some weird rules.

[@ryanqc111]

Agree!

[@ThePopcornia]

The King Rant XD

[@LetDalvinCook]

3:28 LMFAO

[@benadams3569]

sausage wresslin' lmao

[@MikinessAnalog]

Comedian George Carlin once said describing the word "fuck": it's a word used to describe the creation of life when 2 people make love, and it hangs around with words like "love & life", yet we use it to try and hurt each other as in "AH FUCK YOU". I just thought it was ironic & memorable.

[@paulashe7460]

Cussing is normal in Scottishlandshire. The under 5’s gold star kindergarten class

[@hannahmcgahan8920]

sausage wrestling.... that's a new one 😂😂😂😂😂😂 PMSL xxx

[@HolandaChiquita]

I actually know a lot of people who wont/dont swear when bad things happen, some of them had their house bin robbed. so some drama films are like real life.

[@omega14j1]

Who in the hell disliked this??

[@fe5018]

omega14j1 someone from the FCC, erection having beach walkers, people who can't take hearing swearing on a 1230am show...the list goes on.

[@BlankRami]

Members of the supreme court

[@HolandaChiquita]

with Craigs show i think its funny, when they bleep out a curse of a puppet it isnt neccery to go pixilating but i find it funny.

[@anthonycutt8854]

Take a tip take a lesson, you'll never get by messin', with the fellas from the freakin' FCC .

[@omega14j1]

LOL Damn my people, After all I am of Jewish Decent, Native American, and I am also Scottish.

[@stephanemignot100]

Strange country indeed, you can't drink alcohol when you're 18 but you can do porn...

[@Aaackermann]

I don't get it! Where is your outcry for the first amendmend here?

[@DerekKnisely]

Huh?

[@Nothing2DoWithSean]

Seriously? You can't swear on U.S TV? Wow,

[@sweiland75]

An Australian Bush Man Australia isn't far behind.

[@MCguy52]

+An Australian Bush Man depends on the time and station. Most places now they can say shit but not fuck which is weird.

[@ianmccown2934]

Al-zein Kusmantoro yeah just look at bill Maher lol

[@renardgrise]

Not on network TV (aka, not cable).

[@ellenmurphy2150]

Sad but true. Just imagine if the Muppets swore on Sesame Street.

[@Dark_Ronius]

To be fair though they had Berlusconi in power until very recently, 17 year old Egyptian dancers were fair play to him so y'know ;)

[@TheTony1347]

the whole censorship is stupid

[@ahoymate5059]

Remember when Parental Advisory Explicit stickers were put on LP’s and content or lyrics? Sheesh

[@Hamlet92100]

What do you mean by "havn't any of the censors been to Italy where there are sculptures of naked men every where? Silly, isn't it?!"??? Because i don't really understand your point there....

[@Hellwyck]

He meant "if Italy can have sculptures of nekkid people, America is too uptight.

[@MPaans]

That doesn't make a lot of sense to me.. i think the difference is appropiate use in the right context of nakedness, cursing and what else.. full on nakedness and sex is appropiate in porn movie.. cursing like an irish dockworker in front of a child isn't.. I think in craig's show, it's appropiate to curse.. it's an adult show.. even 12 year olds know those words already.. we shouldn't be censoring, but educating kids that in common day life, these words are usually inappropiate..

[@stephanieshank4414]

How does he pixelate in time?! I wish I heard his swear words, they seem pretty creative from what I can tell

[@Pahricida]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_delay

[@Snaakie83]

It's pre-recorded

[@davidrobinson3434]

If you get fined for cussing like a sailor just resign from the efin' navy.

[@thestranger4812]

I agree with you, but what the fuck is wrong with "the F-word"? It's a fucking awesome word.

[@lmc2664]

Excellent point. Are we living backward, instead?

[@Hidenseekandfortnite]

a Scotsman an Indian and a Jew :)

[@fosterkeon1]

He is absolutely right!! On British tv, there is only a couple of words edited out of a show (depending on the channel its on). and nudity is not a biggie either,...anyways, i think the only thing funnier that pixilating Craig's mouth, is when they put up the flag over the mouth and use a phrase from that country...like "OOOhhh LALA" for france...or "kriky" for Australia...Plus not much else funnier than Geoff Peterson as the gay robot sidekick, that guy is funny as shit most of the time

[@rdumoulin1]

yep, love that show. i miss craig on tv.

[@daigurenhyurinmaru]

the supreme court :D

[@Thewiseone33]

The censors.

[@Kazikox]

Censoring swear words on regular TV is not really a problem. What I don't get is this fear for nudity or sexual topics. I mean, you're basically censoring being human.

[@Arcsis]

The FCC :P

[@zakuraayame5091]

Words are bad, ban words. Sex/nudity bad, ban them. Murder, rape, torture, kidnapping, etc, ok 👍 👌 it can air anytime, anyplace without restrictions. That will sure help the kids grow up stable ... but if they end up violent, it must be video games, music, pot, etc. that did it ... yep, that's the ticket.

[@LoriWolfcat]

I don’t get it. Even tho I don’t cuss, I’m like the only person in existence who doesn’t. So, who cares? If you cuss, go ahead!

[@HolandaChiquita]

Well there are a lot of painting with naked people and thats alowed to. During the 2e WorldWar there was a theather with naked women standing still like pantings and sculptures and it was allouwd. So it think it the differance between moving and standing still, real and fake.

[@gioiaribelle]

When I read things like that I'm ashamed to be italian :( I swear I've never voted him or liked him :D

[@ReiKrisRazo]

TOO BLURRY!

[@DerekKnisely]

It's from 2009. I have no idea how you'd get it in HD now.

[@omega14j1]

LOL Cause afterall CBS cares.

[@TheVoidRose]

Al qaeda, of course.

[@tazntpa]

If you Dislike this you must be in Al Qaeda - Craig ROCKS!

[@chelseylizzie]

land of the free censored!!!!!!

[@851995STARGATE]

government censors.

[@envy88rima]

Pink

[@ishomehome]

I feel like he was high... right on

[@paulhammons7077]

phaq

[@DerekKnisely]

know

[@MassiveDecks]

too bad he's dead :(

[@kanteannightmare]

I guess public decency doesn't mean anything then.

[@yomz0r]

+Charles Gable it does but it has nothing to do with this clip.

[@kanteannightmare]

yomz0r OK

[@leobuckey]

Rock of Sisyphus Who should be in charge or your censoring, you or your government?