John Cage did . He composed a silent song called 4 ' 33 ', and after he had died his people accused Mike Batt of infringement for his song , One Minute Silence . IIRC it was settled out of court for 100 , 000 , and Cage ' s name was added to the writing credits of Batt ' s song . But yeah , other than some weird exceptions like that , you ' re spot on . Although a presentercharacter on a very similarly formatted show that ' s a silent racing driver is a different matter , and doesn ' t seem totally implausible , especially if we obviously don ' t know the BBC ' s lawyers were on the hunt for even the tiniest possible infringement . <| sep |> I don ' t understand how their parents allow them to look like that . Fucking tell them to wash their damn hair and don ' t let them do anything until they do .