Forbidden Words

July, 1976

Some time ago, I heard the word bullshit on the William F. Buckley, Jr., show. I'm not kidding. Jimmy Breslin was Buckley's guest and they were talking about New York City's problems. The conversation was intelligent. Intelligent I was expecting. It was witty. Witty I was expecting. It was dirty. Dirty? William F. Buckley, dirty? I wasn't expecting dirty. Someone in the studio audience had asked an ordinarily clean question and casually edged in the word bullshit.It wasn't bleeped out. No one re...