Loretta Young, more than somewhat priggish, had a profound aversion to frank language, and had
a special protocol, that any guest on her show, would have to remit a dollar, every time they would let an unsavoury word slip.
When Ethel was being sausage stuffed into a frock that was well too small for her, she exclaimed " Oh shit, this damn thing's too tight." to which Loretta scowled, and in her disgust asked Lady Merman to cough up a buck for the damage done, to which the cheeky Ethel replied "Ah, honey, how much will it cost me to tell you to go fuck yourself?"
why I always !