Extreme Examples of Censorship

When they showed the film on HBO, they changed the line again, to “Well, frell this!”

It fit her lip movement better, and it was nerdy. Everyone wins!

And yet ironically The Venture Bros. is full of this kind of thing, with no bleeping (except for swear words, and in the context of the show it actually makes things even funnier instead of detracting from it).

I heard something similar with Metallica’s cover of So What?

And there was an interview with Graham Chapman about one of the skits that got censored on MPFC. He was in a game show and listed his favorite activities, many of which were very violent, and ended with “and masterbating.” They insisted that be cut, but the rest was okay.

Similar story watching Fargo on TBS. Instead of “fuckin” it was “firzzin.” And at one point Buscemi beats the hell out of somebody and (in the uncensored version) calls him a “fucking fuck” or something similar. In the censored movie he calls him a “foolish man.”

Yep. “Foolish man.”

There’s no greater shame than being gently chided by Steve Buscemi.

I still hear recordings of “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” in which the line

I done told ya once, ya son of a bitch
I’m the best that’s ever been

has been replaced with “son of a gun.”

Yeah, that always annoys me because “son of a gun” just doesn’t fit with the tone of the line, a victorious fiddler telling off the Devil himself.

I’m surprised they left the title intact. “Pursuit of the Po-ho” sounds like a pimp chasing one of his hookers. :smiley:

I had to ressurect this to report the absolute funniest one I’ve ever seen.

I’m watching “The Usual Suspects” on AMC right now and during the line-up scene they’ve changed the line (“Hand over the cash you fucking cocksucker”) to :

“Hand over the cash you fairy godmother.”

And the topper is that right after they’ve all said that line, the next line in the movie is :

“This has got to be pretty embarassing for you guys, huh?”

I almost fell out of my chair. :smiley: