# Question about sitcoms with blurring or bleeping

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-sitcoms-with-blurring-or-bleeping/760432>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 20, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-sitcoms-with-blurring-or-bleeping/760432 "2016-07-20T17:12:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-sitcoms-with-blurring-or-bleeping/760432/1 "2016-07-20T17:12:19Z")

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Often on sitcoms you will see a scene where something is blurred out, or foul language bleeped, usually for comedic effect. (“The Goldbergs” does this quite a bit - Bev Goldberg can be one foul-mouthed lady when she wants to be!) My question is, when these episodes are released on DVD, are they the same censored version that aired, or do they release them unedited? Any specific examples of uncensored versions?

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**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-sitcoms-with-blurring-or-bleeping/760432/2 "2016-07-20T17:22:29Z")

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I want to say that Family Guy on DVD is uncensored.

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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-sitcoms-with-blurring-or-bleeping/760432/3 "2016-07-20T17:27:22Z")

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IIRC Reno 911 (another great Wendi McLendon-Covey show) DVDs are uncensored.

And I believe the same is true of other Comedy Central shows like Insomniac and The Man Show.

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**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-sitcoms-with-blurring-or-bleeping/760432/4 "2016-07-20T17:39:42Z")

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If it’s done for comedic effect it’s not censored. If it’s different on the DVD release then it’s, well, is there a word that means reverse bowdlerization - adding profanity that wasn’t in the original?

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**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-sitcoms-with-blurring-or-bleeping/760432/5 "2016-07-26T22:03:41Z")

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later series of Venture Brothers are uncensored in the DVDs, starting with season 4 I think.