Forty eight years ago today, on July 21, 1972,George Carlin was arrested for performing "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" at Summerfest in Milwaukee.
Carlin was subsequently charged with violating obscenity laws, but the case was dismissed in December of '72, with a ruling that Carlin's language was indecent, but not obscene.
Here's the man himself on how he came up with the now infamous "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television":
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