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SNL's F-Bomb Coulda Been Staged

The circumstances leading to Jenny Slate's viral video moment are awfully suspicious

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(Newser) – With the Jenny-Slate-says-fucking-on-live-TV clip going viral and making Saturday Night Live nearly relevant again, E! has to wonder—was it staged? It unrolls its best guess at what happened:

  • Sarah Palin bows out of politics, which means no more Tina Fey on SNL.
  • Lorne Michaels realizes he'll have to wait until next season to mock Sarah Palin’s 2012 presidential bid; enter desperation.

  • Michaels decides the naked-Megan-Fox jokes just aren’t enough to make the premiere buzzworthy; enter newbie Slate.
  • Conveniently enough, Slate drops the F-bomb at around 12:43am—outside FCC jurisdiction.
  • Cue viral video, Parents Television Council complaint, and Michaels’ apologetic quotes.
  • Then again, Michaels usually takes FCC guidelines seriously—so it could have been the mistake everyone says it was.

Jenny Slate drops an F-bomb in the middle of a live skit on
Jenny Slate drops an F-bomb in the middle of a live skit on "Saturday Night Live."   (SuperFunnyComedy)
Jenny Slate attends the premiere of HBO's 'Bored to Death' at the Clearview Chelsea Cinemas on September 10, 2009 in New York City.
Jenny Slate attends the premiere of HBO's 'Bored to Death' at the Clearview Chelsea Cinemas on September 10, 2009 in New York City.   (Getty Images)
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dokdok
Sep 29, 09 9:27 AM CDT
I watched this Saturday when it was LIVE and I never noticed she said it... Get over it people. Reply
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SalParadise
Sep 29, 09 3:26 PM CDT
It's a fucking word. There's much, much worse on television at one in the morning, beside.
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missprim
Sep 29, 09 9:40 AM CDT
not staged- come on- Reply
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Timinator2K
Sep 29, 09 10:21 AM CDT
FREE SNL publicity...any fine yet from the FCC? Reply
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passinthru
Sep 29, 09 1:32 PM CDT
im sure it wasnt a fake...the last one who dropped an F-bomb on SNL was found dead in a field from suicide because it ruined his career. Reply
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