No, it is not illegal to say “shit” on television anymore. But the major networks rarely permit it and will often bleep the word as soon as it happens or shortly thereafter.

However, on Fox 4 in Kansas City when a foul-mouthed comedian used the word this morning the station seemed to have thought it was hilarious (below).

It even highlighted the interview on its Web site in a story headlined “Comedian Creates Some Commotion (and Laughter) on the Fox 4 Set.”

“Writer and comedian Chris Franjola caused us to squirm on the FOX 4 Morning Show Friday morning,” was the lede on the story about Franjola’s interview to plug some comedy shows he will be doing at a local comedy club.

What was ironic is Fox 4′s Kim Byrnes began the interview by noting that with Franjola “it is very, very difficult for us to find some stuff we can air on a morning show.”

Franjola then made fun of a previous story about a house fire that aired before his interview. In it, the guy whose housed had just burned down ended the interview ridiculously by saying how much he loves to watch Fox4.

Franjola cleverly thought he would pick up on the house fire remark so he closed his interview with “I love NBC! I love NBC”

At that point Byrnes yelled out, “No, we’re Fox!”

That caused Franjola to loudly blurt out, “Oh shit!”

Amid giggles Byrnes noted, “Before the FCC pulls our license” and then began plugging his upcoming appearances.

“Luckily, everyone on the set was laughing, even the producers,” said the comedy club owner in an article on tonyskansascity.com, the area’s most-read blog. “I apologized for the s-bomb being dropped, they assured me they were not upset and thought it was very funny, and in fact, even replayed it later in the show.”