Debut Buddies

First F-Bomb on American TV (1981) with Michael J. O'Connor

Episode Summary

These days, people drop F-bombs everywhere! Why, you'd be hard pressed to find a place where you won't hear one! But when was f*ck first spoken on American television? For that, we have to go back to 1981, but we'll go back even further... to 1956. Guest Michael J. O'Connor (musician, writer, podcaster) sits us down and tells us a tale of Saturdays, Nights Live, and Charles Rocket among so much more. Plus, we play I See What You Did There.

Episode Notes

These days, people drop F-bombs everywhere! Why, you'd be hard pressed to find a place where you won't hear one! But when was f*ck first spoken on American television? For that, we have to go back to 1981, but we'll go back even further... to 1956. Guest Michael J. O'Connor (musician, writer, podcaster) sits us down and tells us a tale of Saturdays, Nights Live, and Charles Rocket among so much more. Plus, we play I See What You Did There.

Have a First for us? Or maybe a cloaca? Just wanna try to convince Kelly to play a video game? Email us at debutbuddies@gmail.com

Listen to Kelly and Chelsea's awesome horror movie podcast, Never Show the Monster.

Get some sci-fi from Spaceboy Books.

Get down with Michael J. O'Connor's music!

Next time: The First Skyscraper!