# Adventures in editing movie language for TV! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 15, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-editing-movie-language-for-tv/284900 "2005-01-15T20:02:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-editing-movie-language-for-tv/284900/21 "2005-01-17T12:17:59Z")
Before the use of “bastard” became acceptable on network TV the movie _Jaws_ dubbed it over. In the scene where the mayor is ranting to Chief Brody about the vandals who painted over a billboard he tells him “I want you to find those paint happy _bozos_…” ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-editing-movie-language-for-tv/284900/22 "2005-01-17T19:02:51Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Harvey Keitel asks “have you been funning my wife?” in the TV version of a movie whose name eludes me currently. Which, of course, makes me want to see Eddie Izzard on TV, dubbed over. “Did you fun my wife? Did you fun my wife? Hey…did you fun my wife?” “I AM your wife.” “I don’t care. Did you fun my wife?” “Yes. I funned your wife. I am your wife, and I funned her.” ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-editing-movie-language-for-tv/284900/23 "2005-01-17T23:27:27Z")
In the special features of the _Shaun of the Dead_ dvd, they have a scene called “Funky Pete” where Pete is cussing out his housemates, and every instance of “fuck” is replaced with “funk”. It’s quite silly. ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-editing-movie-language-for-tv/284900/24 "2005-01-18T00:12:44Z")
For some reason, NBC decided that the yiddish bits of _While You Were Sleeping_ should be dubbed over. Obviously, with a different voice, with mono sound. And of course, how can I forget that infamous scene in _A Few Good Men_ when Jack Nicholson yells “Forget you!” (Gotta love TBS, a close-up shot and a clearly two syllable phrase becomes three syllables. Priceless.) ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-editing-movie-language-for-tv/284900/25 "2005-01-18T00:27:52Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > On TNT (TBS?), Bruce Willis’ line in _Die Hard_ became “Yippe-kai-yay, Mister Falcom!” > > Hilarious. > > The changes in _Fargo_ are awesome, too (“Frosted snow demons!”). I understand that the Coen brothers intentionally come up with weird alternative swear words, **Only Mostly Dead**. (BTW, “fight a stranger in the Alps”? Totally cracked me up.) We watched a bit of Fargo on TNT once and were put out by the changes, but if the Coen brothers came up with them themselves, well, then they are pretty damn funny 🙂 “I’ll kill your fruity wife, I’ll kills your fruity kids” “I gave you simple fruitful instructions” ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-editing-movie-language-for-tv/284900/26 "2005-01-18T01:00:01Z")
My favorite is from Back To The Future, where Biff calls everyone a “Son of a butthead!” ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-editing-movie-language-for-tv/284900/27 "2005-01-18T01:21:00Z")
The one I remember best is **American Graffiti**. They censored _tons_ of stuff in a movie that really doesn’t have much profanity in it to begin with. Two instances became catch phrases around my household: first, when Paul Le Mat tells Mackenzie Phillips to file his traffic ticket under “C.S. …for _chicken stuff!_”; second, when Wolfman Jack shakes Ron Howard’s hand and gets melted popsicle juice on him. The original line is “Sticky mothers, ain’t they?” They badly spliced in the word “popsicles,” so it came out “Sticky 'opsicles, ain’t they?” ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-editing-movie-language-for-tv/284900/28 "2005-01-18T03:20:32Z")
One good dubbing was in _High Plains Drifter_ on TBS years ago. Near the beginning, several characters are discussing whether they should hire a gunman (Clint Eastwood) and someone comments “…seeing as how our sheriff is about as much use as tits on a boar…” The dubbed version was “…seeing as how our sheriff is about as much use as boots on a boar…” I thought it was pretty clever. ---
**Author:** ![Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoundrel_Swanswater)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-editing-movie-language-for-tv/284900/29 "2005-01-18T08:42:00Z")
Oh, we got to get the Coen Brothers to release these versions for TV in a DVD-box. I would love to own these. Those are some of the funniest lines ever written. ---
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-editing-movie-language-for-tv/284900/30 "2005-01-18T09:10:14Z")
The BBC used to do this, but lately are showing theatrical versions. Couple of years ago I watched Midnight Run on BBC1. The scene where De Niro loses his rag with Charles Grodin and says ‘I’ve got two words to say to you, shut the fuck up!’ was edited to - ‘I’ve got two words to say to you, shut up!’ thereby removing any vestige of humour. Jeez MiM ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-editing-movie-language-for-tv/284900/31 "2005-01-18T12:15:43Z")
In **Caddyshack** , at the end, Rodney Dangerfield exclaims “Hey we’re all gonna get laid!”. During one airing on broadcast TV, it was changed to “Hey we’re all gonna get coffee!” Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-editing-movie-language-for-tv/284900/32 "2005-01-18T15:14:24Z")
TV version of **The Blues Brothers** Jake: Shoot! Elwood: What? Jake: Rollers. Elwood: Shoot! Jake: You said you didn’t want our money. So I said, then I guess your really up the creek. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-editing-movie-language-for-tv/284900.md?page=1)