One of the new additions to Saturday Night Live, Jenny Slate, inadvertently dropped the “F-bomb” during the season premiere this past weekend, September 26th. Check out the video (while it’s still up) above.
Jenny Slate is the newest addition the SNL team, and let possibly the worst word you can say on TV slip on her very first night. Slate was performing a skit with Kristin Wiig, playing tough-talking biker chicks on a talk show. Slate got a little too into character saying, “You know what? You stood up for yourself, and I f—–’ love you for that.”
Slate then made an “uh oh” face, the crowd gasped, and the rest of the skit went on as if nothing happened.
Grounds for dismissal? Nope.
NBC confirms that Slate’s job is safe. “No truth to firing conjecture,” NBC spokeswoman Sharon Pannozzo said. “She will not be fired.”
Because the word was said around 12:40 am, which is well after prime time, Saturday Night Live will not be fined by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
So basically, every one gets off scott free.
I didn’t even catch it, as producers replaced the four letter word with “freakin’” for tape delayed West Coast airings. So here’s my question- if they can take measures to edit out flubs if they should occur, should they just tape the show before in the off chance these things should happen? Or does that take away from the fun of Saturday Night Live?
Of course it’s possible, but I’m thinking the buzz couldn’t hurt the ratings (which haven’t been so great for SNL lately.) Given the air time, the odds of children hearing the word is very unlikely, and anyone that would be offended by the word, probably wouldn’t be watching the show in the first place.
What do you think: innocent mistake or unforgivably irresponsible?
