From Sideline Chatter:
It won’t make anybody forget George Carlin’s “seven words you can’t say on television,” but Tiger Woods certainly gave it a try in his TV debut at age 2.
And all because, 27 years ago, Earl Woods somehow talked Jim Hill of Los Angeles’ KCBS-TV into doing a profile of his toddling golf prodigy.
“After shooting some footage of Woods hitting balls and rolling in a series of amazingly lengthy putts,” wrote Steve Elling of the Orlando Sentinel, “Hill’s crew propped Tiger on his dad’s knee and did everything possible to get him to speak.
“Hill said he practically pleaded with Woods to utter something. Anything. Please.
“Finally, Tiger turned his head, let out an audible sigh and said, ‘I have to go poo-poo.’ ”
The outtake never aired, but Hill saved it and showed it to Woods last year.