Eric Idle’s FCC Song

Eric Idle doesn’t like the FCC – so much so that if this song is played on tv or the radio then it could cost him a cool quarter of a million dollars! This is because the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) are the people who fine you for swearing on the air in the States. The FCC amusingly describe themselves as ‘an independent United States government agency, directly responsible to Congress’ although quite how they can be independent when they are appointed by the government and report directly to the government is a mystery known only to themselves).