# How did they slip THAT by the censors? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 19, 2002, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754 "2002-12-19T06:26:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754/101 "2002-12-30T22:20:05Z")
Oh, that’s from Dictionary.com ---
**Author:** ![LoN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@LoN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoN)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754/102 "2002-12-30T22:51:20Z")
Can’t belive nobody’s mentioned **Buffy the Vampire Slayer**. Let’s see… there was the great musical episode, where Tara was singing about Willow… and one of the lines was “beneath my willow tree”… and it showed her (or Willow, i forget) going down below the frame… and Willow started to levitate and moan… And then there was the one where Buffy turned invisbile, and there were lots of scenes of Spike reacting to what Buffy was doing to him… ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754/103 "2002-12-31T00:54:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Macro Man \* > \*\*We must not be talking about the same thing… E! Channel’s Wild On, where Brooke Burk hosts it (used to, anyway)… She travels to different places… > > It’s on commercial cable, so they have to blur out nudity. Trust me, if they didn’t, I’d never get any work done. \*\* That’s the one. Maybe it depends on the time of night they show it. Or maybe because I watch it on a Canadian channel 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Macro\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Macro\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macro_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754/104 "2002-12-31T17:24:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Manduck \* > \*\*That’s the one. Maybe it depends on the time of night they show it. Or maybe because I watch it on a Canadian channel 😛 \*\* Must be the Canadian thing, cause I’ve watched it at all hours of the night and day. None of the non-optional cable channels show nudity here. So, how do I go about getting Canadian cable in Texas?😛 ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754/105 "2002-12-31T18:28:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fazhoul \* > \*\*There was an episode of “Family Guy” that particularly stands out in my memory. Peter and Lois were in their bedroom discussing the various problems troubling their kids in that particular episode. As they are talking they are getting dressed. Peter puts on leather pants, a studded leather collar and a leather mask with a zipper for a mouth opening. Lois is putting on a black leather merry widow, knee high leather boots and elbow length leather gloves. They finish their discussion of the children and Lois says “Now remember. The safe word is “banana split” (or something like that).” and she hauls off and punches Peter in the face. I don’t know that it should have been censored but it certainly shocked me. > > Fazhoul \*\* “Let’s Go To The Hop” Season 2, ep 204 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754/106 "2002-12-31T18:36:56Z")
Chevy Chase was about to start the Weekend Update but he’s talking on the phone. Right before he hangs up he says, “No, you don’t blow. That’s just an expression.” ---
**Author:** ![teresa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@teresa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teresa)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754/107 "2002-12-31T18:57:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LoN \* > \*\*Can’t belive nobody’s mentioned **Buffy the Vampire Slayer**. Let’s see… there was the great musical episode, where Tara was singing about Willow… and one of the lines was “beneath my willow tree”… and it showed her (or Willow, i forget) going down below the frame… and Willow started to levitate and moan… > > And then there was the one where Buffy turned invisbile, and there were lots of scenes of Spike reacting to what Buffy was doing to him… \*\* UPN doesn’t have a Standards and Practices board (or whatever the right term is) like other networks, that’s why the show has been able to get away with so much. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754/108 "2002-12-31T19:27:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wearia \* > Groundskeeper Willy to Skinner: Thats that last time you play around with your Willy! I quit! When Lisa and Bart get stuck in the school on the day before Christmas Break, due to snow covering the doors and windows. The exact words are “This is the last time you slap your Willy around! I quit!” ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754/109 "2002-12-31T19:36:21Z")
I’m never surprised by what makes it to air, but one of my favorite bratty/push-the-envelope jokes on the Simpsons was: **Marge:** Homer, you can’t turn Springfield into a giant trash-hole! **Homer:** Ix-nay on the ash-hole-tray! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754/110 "2002-12-31T22:58:06Z")
Another “defective” sign in the Simpsons-- in the _Thelma & Louise_ parody, they go to a C&W bar, where the illuminated sign says “SH T KICKERS” – Marge, sounding impressed, says, “Ohh… I’ve _heard_ about Shot Kickers!” ---
**Author:** ![marinwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@marinwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marinwood)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754/111 "2003-01-01T05:30:10Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by LoN_ > **Can’t belive nobody’s mentioned Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Let’s see… there was the great musical episode, where Tara was singing about Willow… and one of the lines was “beneath my willow tree”… and it showed her (or Willow, i forget) going down below the frame… and Willow started to levitate and moan…** It was Tara who was levitating & moaning. Don’t forget her closing lines: “You make me complete, you make me complete, you make me com–” then a quick cut to another scene! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754/112 "2003-01-01T05:43:33Z")
Xander, wearing a dirty grin: ‘I think they’re…::Dirty look from Buffy:: SINGING! Bet they’re singing…’ Speaking of musical Xander…the ‘Tight Embrace’ line at the beginning of I’ll Never Tell, when (despite the fact that the rhyme scheme of the verse) ‘embrace’ clearly wasn’t the word Xander was thinking of… The last little bit of Under Your Spell though, does take the cake for that episode. A lot of scenes between Buffy and Spike, and between Willow and Tara really came close to crossing the line, actually… ---
**Author:** ![marinwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@marinwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marinwood)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754/113 "2003-01-01T05:58:38Z")
Xander: “You’re the cutest of the Scoobies, with your lips as red as rubies, and your firm yet supple…tight embrace!” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754/114 "2003-01-01T06:35:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bryan Ekers \* > \*\*In keeping with the rhyme, picture “Chuck’s F\_\_\_ and S\_\_\_.” > > Oh, hell, why dance around it? It’s “Fuck and Suck.” \*\* I would also assume this is a reference to the movie _Chuck and Buck_\*, right? ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754/115 "2003-01-01T11:44:46Z")
Maybe my filthy mind just reads too much into this old Groucho Marx line from _Animal Crackers_: Ah, how happy I could be with either one of these women if both of them just went away. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754/116 "2003-01-01T12:14:45Z")
Has no one mentioned Mr Hanky? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754/117 "2003-01-01T12:53:07Z")
**Shoshana** , I think you could just say “South Park” and be done with it. I’ve never seen another program that, after a couple of seasons, still prompts me to question “Did I really just see that?” Mr. Hanky’s nothing. What about _The Entity?_ Or _Two men in a hot-tub?_ I don’t think I’d like Matt & Trey, but South Park often leaves me gasping for air. ---
**Author:** ![Scruff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Scruff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruff)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754/118 "2003-01-01T20:09:49Z")
All the way back on page one, someone said: > [@](#): > > When ABC briefly ran the Best of Monty Python shows late at night, their cuts were so egregious that the troupe sued, saying that the censoring was so bad that it diminished the value of the material (one cut, for example, was the “Summarize Proust” competition when Graham Chapman, asked about his hobbies, was blanked on the word “masturbation” I believe that this was blanked on the original by the BBC. This was talked about (I think) in the Monty Python Reunion Interview at Aspen (hosted by Robert Klein), which shows up on HBO every once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![RichietheGrenzlander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@RichietheGrenzlander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RichietheGrenzlander)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754/119 "2003-01-01T20:48:53Z")
For _The Simpsons_, in one of the old flashback episodes you will notice that Homer attends **S** pringfield **H** igh **I** nstitute of **T** echnology, thus spelling a clever acronym. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754/120 "2003-01-01T21:11:49Z")
Two nice uses of supernatural: When Buffy is invisible and Spike is making love to her, and is discovered doing so by Xander, and has to pretend he’s been doing some weird masturbation thing or other to hide his relationship with Buffy … In Charmed, Rose McGowan’s character is having difficulties reaching an orgasm, and at one point the other witches magically transport her to their placek in order to fight a demon or something, and Rose is wearing a nightie and looking TOTALLY confused, saying, “I was THIS CLOSE …!” I still it would have been more effective if she’d arrived, say, with her ankles up at ear level (maybe with her posterior facing away from the camera for propriety’s sake). Re: E! Channel I’ve never seen breasts unblurred on the E! Channel, but as long as the woman is wearing even the least tiny scrap of a thong they will definitely show a nice, long, clear shot of her butt. Maybe that’s where the confusion originates. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-slip-that-by-the-censors/143754.md?page=7)