I love words I thank you for hearing my words I want to tell you something about words that I think is important They're my work, they're my play, they're my passion Words are all we have, really We have thoughts but thoughts are fluid, y'know like, woo woo woo woo, POP! Then we assign a word to a thought and we're stuck with that word for that thought So be careful with words I like to think that yeah, the same words that hurt can heal It's a matter of how you pick them There are some people that aren't into all the words There are some that would have you not use certain words Yeah, there are 400, 000 words in the English language And there are 7 of them that you can't say on television What a ratio that is! 399, 993 to 7. They must really be bad They'd have to be outrageous to be separated from a group that large All of you over here, you 7, bad words! That's what they told us they were, remember? That's a bad word! No bad words, bad thoughts, bad intentions, and words! You know the 7, don't you, that you can't say on television? Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits Those are the heavy seven Those are the ones that'll infect your soul Curve your spine, and keep the country from winning the war Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits, wow! And tits doesn't even belong on the list, y'know? Man! That's such a friendly sounding word It sounds like a nickname, right? Hey, Tits, come here, man Hey! Hey Tits, meet Toots Toots, Tits, Tits, Toots It sounds like a snack, doesn't it? Yes, I know, it is a snack But I don't mean your sexist snack! I mean New Nabisco Tits!, and new Cheese Tits, C Orn Tits, Pizza Tits, Sesame Tits, Onion Tits, Tater Tits Betcha Can't Eat Just One! That's true, I usually switch off But I mean, that word does not belong on the list Actually none of the words belong on the list, but you can understand why some of them are there I'm not completely insensitive to people's feelings I can understand why some of those words got on the list, like cocksucker and motherfucker Those are heavyweight words There's a lot going on there Besides the literal translation and the emotional feeling I mean, they're just busy words There's a lot of syllables to contend with And those Ks, those are aggressive sounds They just jump out at you like " CoCKsuCKer, motherfuCKer CoCKsuCKer, motherfuCKer It's like an assaualt on you So I can dig that We mentioned shit earlier And 2 of the other 4-letter Anglo-Saxon words are piss and cunt Which go together of course A little accidental humor there The reason that piss and cunt are on the list is because a long time ago There were certain ladies that said: Those are the two I am not going to say I don't mind fuck and shit but P and C are out Which led to such stupid sentences as: Okay you fuckers, I'm going to tinkle now And, of course, the word fuck I don't really, well that's more accidental humor I don't wanna get into that now because I think it takes too long But I do mean that, I think the word fuck is a very important word It's the beginning of life, yet it is a word we use to hurt one another quite often People much wiser than I am have said I'd rather have my son watch a film with two people making love Than two people trying to kill one another I, of course, can agree It is a great sentence I wish I knew who said it first I agree with that but I like to take it a step further I'd like to substitute the word Fuck for the word Kill in all of those movie cliches we grew up with Okay, Sheriff, we're gonna fuck you now, but we're gonna fuck you slow So maybe next year I'll have a whole fuckin' ramp on the N word I hope so Those are the 7 you can never say on television, under any circumstances You just cannot say them ever ever ever Not even clinically You cannot weave them in on the panel with Doc, and Ed, and Johnny I mean, it is just impossible Forget those 7 They're out But there are some 2-way words Those double-meaning words Remember the ones you giggled at in sixth grade? And the cock crowed three times Hey, the cock crowed 3 times Ha ha ha ha Hey, it's in the Bible Ha ha ha ha There are some 2-way words, like it's okay for Curt Gowdy to say Roberto Clemente has 2 balls on him But he can't say, I think he hurt his balls on that play, Tony DOn't you? He's holding them He must've hurt them, by God And the other 2-way word that goes with that one is prick It's okay if it happens to your finger You can prick your finger but don't finger your prick No, no