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  • the late Red Skelton note

    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Daryl Stout on Thu Sep 24 23:03:00 2020
    Hello Daryl!

    ** On Wednesday 23.09.20 - 06:59, Daryl Stout wrote to August Abolins:

    The only "dirty word" I ever heard him use was the same
    one that Clark Gable used in "Gone With The Wind" over
    80 years ago. He fought long and hard with the Motion
    Picture Association Of America, as they wouldn't let
    him say "Damn"...and I think he threatened to quit the
    movie.

    Now, that's so commonplace, it's pathetic.

    You mean.. "it's damn pathetic." :D


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    ../|ug

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  • From Jay Harris@1:229/664 to Daryl Stout on Fri Sep 25 11:10:44 2020
    On 23 Sep 2020, Daryl Stout said the following...

    The only "dirty word" I ever heard him use was the same one
    that Clark Gable used in "Gone With The Wind" over 80 years ago.

    they wouldn't let him say "Damn"...and I think he threatened to quit the movie.

    Now, that's so commonplace, it's pathetic.

    I'm surprised how often I hear the word "Bitch" on TV now. Not just "late night" TV either, just regular prime time.

    Not that I think it's a bad word or anything, but when I think back to when I was younger, it was never something you heard on TV at all. Usually just movies.

    Jay

    ... The past, the present, and the future walk into a bar. It was tense.

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