[Ads-l] obscene slang on TV

[Bill Mullins]

> Indeed, it was this very lack of lyrics that made it possible for this

> gross obscenity to get a wink and a nod from the censors and be accorded

> airplay, in any case.

I read this and thought, "Wilson, you really do have a dirty mind."  Then I found:

Louisville Courier-Journal 12/22/1941 p 7 col 6

"Glenn Miller has lots of fun with the inappropriately named "A String of Pearls"
on Bluebird, backed by a smooth "Day Dreaming." "

So maybe 1940s people were just as depraved and perverted as folks today.



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