History of Swear Words

2021TV SeriesTV-MA

DocumentaryComedy

⭐ 6.4

IMDB Rating

5,782 votes

An education in expletives: the history lesson you didn’t know you needed hosted by Nicolas Cage. A loud and proudly profane series that explores the origins, pop culture-usage, science and cultural impact of curse words.

Director

N/A

Writers

N/A

Stars

Nicolas Cage, Kory Stamper, Melissa Mohr

Release Date

January 5, 2021

Language

English

Country

United States

🎯 1

Nominations

💬 71

Reviews

📋 6.3K

Watchlists

📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Nicolas Cage

as Self - Host

Kory Stamper

as Self - Lexicographer, Author of Word by Word

Melissa Mohr

as Self - PhD, Author of Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing

Elvis Mitchell

as Self - Film Critic, Host of The Treatment on KCRW

Nikki Glaser

as Self - Comedian

London Hughes

as Self - Comedian

Benjamin Bergen

as Self - PhD, Cognitive Scientist, Author of What The F

DeRay Davis

as Self - Comedian

Joel Kim Booster

as Self - Comedian

Nick Offerman

as Self - Actor

🎬 Technical Specs

Color

Production

B17 Entertainment, Funny or Die

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

ComedyDocumentary

⭐ Featured Review

Yawn!

by mhyyppa • 2021-01-06

5/10

"Less of a history more of a commentary and honestly it got rather boring. Actors expressing their opinions on curse words isn't exactly informative. Totally not offended by these swear words and it wasn't very entertaining...."

💡 Did You Know?

Nicolas Cage filmed all of his host segments for all six episodes of Season 1 in one day.

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📖 Synopsis

An education in expletives: the history lesson you didn’t know you needed hosted by Nicolas Cage. A loud and proudly profane series that explores the origins, pop culture-usage, science and cultural impact of curse words.