The Replacements' SNL Contract

This contract tale about the Replacements from anecdotage.com:

"Saturday Night Live" producers were so worried about an appearance by Paul Westerberg and the Replacements (who once sang their song "Shut up!" with a "F--- you!" chorus after disagreeing with a nightclub manager) that they forced the band to sign a $20,000 agreement not to swear on the air.

Westerberg endeavored to sneak in as much profanity as possible with subtle replacements. During their performance of "Kiss Me on the Bus," for example, he replaced the word "bus" with a mumbled "butt."

[He also mouthed the words "F--- you" as he stepped back from the mike. But because they were inaudible, Westerberg's words, while greatly annoying to the show's producers, did not violate the band's contract.]

[Meredith R. Miller]