NEW YORK - Barbra Streisand was jeered and heckled at her Madison Square Garden concert while performing a skit lampooning President Bush, until she dropped an unscripted "F" bomb.
"Shut the f*** up! Shut up if you can't take a joke," she exploded at a heckler.
Streisand's outburst not only ended the booing, it elicited frenzied applause more enthusiastic than anything that's greeted her singing in decades.
And Streisand knows a good thing when she hears it. For the remainder of the concert, she sprinkled the "f" word throughout each and every song.
F****** memories,
Like the corners of my mind
Misty f****** water-colored memories
of the the way we were.
The crowd couldn't get enough of it, up to the moment Barbra blew kisses and said, "You've been a f****** great audience, and I f****** thank you!"
Comedian Andrew Dice Clay attended the concert and was said to be so offended by the language that he left during "F****** happy days are here again."