Fridays Sketch - New Swear Word
Posted by ConclusionFlat1843@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 4 comments
I’m trying to track down a sketch I remember from the early 1980s - possibly from the ABC show Fridays.
It was done like a news report. A young man claimed to have invented a new swear word ("carkfum" or something similar). The reporter asked how it was used, and he said things like "carkfum this, carkfum that, kiss my carkfum."
As he kept saying it, the people around him became increasingly offended and ended up attacking him (played for comedy).
Does anyone remember this sketch or know what show it was actually from?
ConclusionFlat1843@reddit (OP)
I finally found it. This has been taking up space in my head for 46 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMkenHXTh38
Queasy-Let-6910@reddit
Could it have been a singlets bit on Not Necessarily the News?
ConclusionFlat1843@reddit (OP)
I did consider that, but it sniglets was just super-short (like five seconds each) and not fully dramatized like this was. If was a full-on sketch. I can even see Mark Blankfield as the "young man".
calraith@reddit
Funt.