“F U, SNL” – Slate, Fox Kick off Season Debut with Bomb

 
Megan Fox was suppose to nab all the headlines for the season premier of Saturday Night Live, but the honor went instead to Jenny Slate. 

Slate, a newcomer to the SNL team, let the dreaded “F-Bomb” slip during a role in which she plays a tough biker woman on a talk show. The sketch was laden with tough talk from its three characters, but the most objectionable word was substituted with an inoffensive stand-in for that vulgarity. Then, midway through the sketch, Slate slipped and said the word. The sketch continued with no interruption or further slip-ups.

NBC declined to comment on the incident, other than to say the word had been restored to “freakin’” for the show’s replays in western time zones. Great, so now we get the cheesy dub in for the Westerners.

On a side (legal) note, the sketch aired live at about 12:40 a.m. Eastern, well after prime time, when use of expletives can be punished by the FCC.

Meanwhile, Fox provided plenty of laughs and a little fun poking at her new role in “Jennifer’s Body.”