Do Anything, Say Anything
James Meek: On the New TV, 4 January 2024
Pandora’s Box: The Greed, Lust and Lies that Broke Television
by Peter Biskind.
Allen Lane, 383 pp., £25, November,978 0 241 44390 3 Show More
by Peter Biskind.
Allen Lane, 383 pp., £25, November,
“... more leeway with risky material. It set a marker in 1977 by airing a stand-up comedy special with George Carlin. For the most part it was pretty safe material. Towards the end, a warning came up on the screen: ‘The final segment of Mr Carlin’s performance contains especially controversial language, please consider whether you wish to continue ... ”