Daily Dialogue — January 24, 2020

Jackie: My answer is “cock”, and I wrote it really big, so I have a “big cock!”
Howard: I’m afraid you can’t say “big cock” on the air. That’s a no-no.
Robin Quivers: But I just said “pussy”.
Jackie: [whining] Yeah, she just said *pussy*!
Howard: Well, pussy’s okay. It’s the way you say it. “Big cock” coming out of your mouth is, just not good.
Jackie: Wait a minute. I can’t say “big cock”, but you can say “big cock coming out of your mouth?”
Howard: That’s right.
Jackie: That sucks!

Pig Vomit, very pissed off, starts running for the studio.

Fred Norris: [as Richard Nixon] Did you just say “big cock coming out of your mouth that sucks”?
Howard: So Brett, what did you write down?
Robin Quivers: [as Brett Summers] Just like the boys, Gene. I’ve got “cock”.
Howard: Do me a favor. Hold that up for a second so I can see your “cock”.

— Private Parts (1997), screenplay by Len Blum and Michael Kalesniko, book by Howard Stern

The Daily Dialogue theme this week: Radio.

Trivia: According to Howard Stern, he at first believed that he would be able to improvise throughout the movie, as he does on his radio show, and did not memorize his lines. Producer Ivan Reitman had to pull him aside and explain to him that he needed to learn his lines as scripted.

Dialogue On Dialogue: This scene explores the absurdities of language and censorship over the radio airwaves.