[Ads-l] "Fuck, Marry, Kill"?

[Ben Zimmer]

The Nov. 7, 2001 episode of "The Howard Stern Show" (referenced in the
Usenet post) is summarized here:

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http://www.marksfriggin.com/news01/11-5-01.htm
Ed McMahon And The ''F***, Marry, Kill'' Game. 11/7/01. 8:30am
Before Ed McMahon came in Howard said he had a new game to play called
''F***, Marry, Kill.'' In the game you get a choice of 3 women. You have to
pick one that you'd screw, one that you'd marry and one that you'd kill. It
sounded so interesting that Howard decided to let Ed McMahon play along
with him.
[...]
Howard quickly got to the ''F***, Marry, Kill'' game and told Ed how they
play it. Howard gave him the three names and then told Ed his choices. Here
are the names and Howard's picks for the first group:
Barbra Streissand - F*** because she's the only one of the three he might
be able to get it up with
Rosie O'Donnell - Marry her because she's a ''dyke'' and she'd bring hot
women home for him to bang
Oprah Winfrey - Kill because he doesn't want anything to do with her
[etc.]
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Internet Archive has a number of audio and video clips from the show in
2001, but I don't see anything from that episode.

https://archive.org/details/howard_stern_2001
https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22howard+stern%22&sort=date&and%5B%5D=year%3A%222001%22


On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 5:09 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
wrote:

> A quick look at Usenet messages (which I cannot search effectively)
> reveals some citations beginning in 2001. The second citation below
> suggests that Howard Stern used an instance of the expression by 2001.
>
> Timestamp: Nov 7, 2001, 1:22:52 PM
> Usenet Newsgroup: alt.pro-wrestling.wwf
> Subject: bang, marry, kill
> Poster: sinistersteve
>
> https://groups.google.com/g/alt.pro-wrestling.wwf/c/DkLneen5l7g/m/8te0X-2MngAJ
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> You must bang one, marry one, and kill one
>
> Lita
> Molly Holly
> Stacey Kiebler
> Mae Young
> Fabulous Moolah
> Chyna
> [End excerpt]
>
>
> Timestamp: Nov 7, 2001, 4:43:08 PM
> Usenet Newsgroup: alt.fan.howard-stern
> Subject: Am I the only one who noticed...
> Poster: MrPacNW
>
> https://groups.google.com/g/alt.fan.howard-stern/c/9aw3ERKqUW8/m/wq2JGYNE1tUJ
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> << ...that Stern accidently said "fuck" instead of "bang" during one
> of the bang/marry/kill games, and it got through? >>
>
> I noticed it too. Yep, it got thru.
> [End excerpt]
>
> On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 10:02 AM Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com> wrote:
> >
> > Subject line says it all: What's the origin of the game "Fuck, Marry,
> Kill" (in any variant)? There's a Wikipedia entry for it, with examples
> from the late 00s onwards; the earliest I have, after a casual search, is
> from 2002. I don't recall it from my own adolescence. Has anyone researched
> this?
> >
> > Jesse Sheidlower
> >
>

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