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Motley Crue singer says F-word on NBC’s Tonight Show; no viewer complaints
LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBC hasn’t received any calls about the F-word that Motley Crue rocker Vince Neil dropped during the live New Year’s Eve broadcast of The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.
“Happy f---ing New Year, Tommy!” Neil said to bandmate Tommy Lee shortly after midnight, USA Today reported Monday.
The remark was carried to viewers on the East Coast but was edited out before it was broadcast in the West.
Leno normally tapes his show for broadcast later in the evening but does a live version for New Year’s Eve. He had never a problem with profanities before, although the word has slipped out from time to time on other programs.
“The network has not received any calls regarding the incident,” an NBC official, who asked not be identified, said Monday.
U2 lead singer Bono used the F-word at last year’s Golden Globe Awards, which was also broadcast live by NBC. The network has said it will put this year’s broadcast on a 10-second delay.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission, in a ruling issued last March, said the word should never be used on over-the-air radio or television programs. FCC officials said at the time they had received hundreds of complaints from Golden Globes viewers.
Networks have been more cautious about material they air after singer Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl performance last year
Jackson was near the end of a Feb. 1 halftime duet with Justin Timberlake when Timberlake snatched off part of her bustier on stage, revealing one of her breasts, which was covered with only a sun-shaped “nipple shield.” Those involved blamed the exposure on a “wardrobe malfunction.”

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Could it be that all this hullaballoo about Americans' moralistic whatchamicallit is just bullshit?

― Huk-L, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 18:27 (twenty years ago)

TS: Swearing during primetime vs Swearing during late-night TV.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

remember, the vast majority the complaints about janet jackson and saving private ryan only came from like a handful of people in 2-3 groups, using mostly auto-spam/one-click email programs.

― kingfish (Kingfish), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 18:30 (twenty years ago)

Also, will AP coverage of the lack of response spur people who didn't see it to complain?

― Huk-L, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 18:32 (twenty years ago)

Probably, yeah.

― I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 18:40 (twenty years ago)

People were too busy passing around the "DAMN-he-got-fat"s to hear.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 18:43 (twenty years ago)

I saw him live about a year ago, and he looks like a soccer mom.

― Huk-L, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 18:44 (twenty years ago)

i would have complained if he had unleashed a nipple.

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 18:46 (twenty years ago)

For reals. Saggy Vince Neil titty is more repulsive than an pierced implant titty.

― Je4nne ƒury (Jeanne Fury), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 18:49 (twenty years ago)

plus, it has more hair.

― Huk-L, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 18:49 (twenty years ago)

What does, Mick Mars?

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:04 (twenty years ago)

People watch Leno?

― Carl Winslow is WHAT!?!? (deangulberry), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:04 (twenty years ago)

Did anyone see that Vince Neil plastic surgery makeover show on VH1? I didn't watch it, but have heard it was gruesome.

― Leon the Fratboy (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:05 (twenty years ago)

ok, which of these was it:

1. vince neil gets plastic surgery (only option that makes sense).
2. vince neil PERFORMS plastic surgery on someone (THE HORROR [unless it is on mick mars, in which case what has anyone got to lose]).
3. someone gets plastic surgery IN ORDER TO LOOK LIKE VINCE NEIL (space/time continuum collapses)

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:07 (twenty years ago)

The fact that he sort of looks like Pamela Anderson has always raised troubling questions among Tommy Lee's closest friends.

― Huk-L, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:14 (twenty years ago)

http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/remaking/87411/episode_about.jhtml

― Leon the Fratboy (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:16 (twenty years ago)

I saw him in the studio during the "after" part but had to switch channels in case they flashed back to the operating theatre. His face looks like it's been stung by 5,000 bees.

― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:20 (twenty years ago)

I saw a thing on MTV Canada last night where a guy got cosmetic surgery to look like Elvis. He was pretty good looking before, but afterward looked like an inflated sex doll. Especially his sick, dirty mouth hole.

― Huk-L, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:23 (twenty years ago)

This is what someone mentioned before about the complaints to the FCC:

http://www.mediaweek.com/mediaweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000731656

According to a new FCC estimate obtained by Mediaweek, nearly all indecency complaints in 2003—99.8 percent—were filed by the Parents Television Council, an activist group.

This year, the trend has continued, and perhaps intensified.

Through early October, 99.9 percent of indecency complaints—aside from those concerning the Janet Jackson “wardrobe malfunction” during the Super Bowl halftime show broadcast on CBS— were brought by the PTC, according to the FCC analysis dated Oct. 1.

― Pears can just fuck right off. (kenan), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:24 (twenty years ago)

This galls me:

Powell’s fellow Republican commissioner, Kathleen Abernathy, last week said that the agency does not let the number or the sources of complaints determine its indecency findings.

But the number of sources is ONE!

― Pears can just fuck right off. (kenan), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:26 (twenty years ago)

What a lameass. He looked fine fat, kind of like Tom Araya from Slayer.

― Triple Ho, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:32 (twenty years ago)

Further proof that no one -- rightfully -- actually listens to Vince Neil.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 23:27 (twenty years ago)

vince neil PERFORMS plastic surgery on someone (THE HORROR [unless it is on mick mars, in which case what has anyone got to lose])

You take that back Roxy! Mick Mars is teh shit. He looks like a skeleton now and SKELETON EQUALS FUCKING RAWK!

― martin m. (mushrush), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 01:53 (twenty years ago)

Too much, uh, skin.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 01:54 (twenty years ago)

http://www.vh1.com/sitewide/flipbooks/img/shows/remaking/vince_neil/6.jpg

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 02:04 (twenty years ago)

Vince Neil Pregnant/Everybody Laffs

― Carl Winslow and Jeanne-Claude (deangulberry), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 02:05 (twenty years ago)

Vince Neil Sweats/Nobody Surprised

― Carl Winslow and Jeanne-Claude (deangulberry), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 02:18 (twenty years ago)

http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/archives/vince_neil.jpg

The website from which this image comes said it the best: Is there a point to giving Vince Neil a plastic surgery makeover?

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 6 January 2005 20:55 (twenty years ago)

If you read "The Dirt" you'll stop making fun of Mick Mars. Dude's got serious, painful bone problems.

― LSTD (answer) (sexyDancer), Thursday, 6 January 2005 21:02 (twenty years ago)

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