# Simpsons editing **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 13, 1999, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-editing/9457 "1999-10-13T22:32:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MissTangerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MissTangerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTangerine)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 1999, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-editing/9457/1 "1999-10-13T22:32:00Z")
Fox 21 in South Carolina just played the best episode of the Simpsons ever, the one where Lisa falls in love with the substitute teacher, but they cut out the part where she plays her saxaphone. What gives? That’s the best part of the episode. I’ve also noticed that they cut out a lot of scenes that I remember seeing in the original episodes, but usually they’re not that important. Do other affiliates do that? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 1999, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-editing/9457/2 "1999-10-13T22:35:00Z")
It’s not unusual. Cut out a minute here, a minute there, and you can run more ads. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 1999, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-editing/9457/3 "1999-10-13T22:42:00Z")
For the first run of syndicated episodes the cuts aren’t made by the affiliates, but, by the people who send the syndicated episodes out. Yes, they are cut due to commercial reasons, some of the best jokes are cut out as well. I think after the contract runs out, and the affiliates are able to show whatever episodes they want, in whatever order, they make addittional cuts, until finally all thats left, is an opening scene and lots of commercials. Well, its not that bad, but thats my understanding of how the process works. pat ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-editing/9457/4 "1999-10-14T02:06:00Z")
Yeah, KBHK 44 in San Francisco does it. Doesn’t it suck when they cut out stuff from shows you have all memorized? Meanies. * * * JMcC, San Francisco [http://members.tripod.com/~weirdstuff/index.html](http://members.tripod.com/~weirdstuff/index.html) “Hear the voices in my head, I swear to God it sounds like they’re snoring” ---
**Author:** ![TheDoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@TheDoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheDoll)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-editing/9457/5 "1999-10-14T13:05:00Z")
I literally have almost every single Simpsons on tape so I try not to worry about the cuts since most of them were taped the first time 'round. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-editing/9457/6 "1999-10-14T13:54:00Z")
That settles it. The First Annual SDMB Member SchmoozeFest and Beer Blast will be held at TheDoll’s place. TD, you got MST3K on tape, too? * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![TheDoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@TheDoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheDoll)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-editing/9457/7 "1999-10-14T14:00:00Z")
Actually if you can believe this…yes I have MST3K. I use to hate that show, but then quickly got hooked on it. Can you believe they cancelled it again?! WTF!!! And just when I was begining to love it! And there will be beer! I have become a beer lover in the last couple of years…mmmmm…scotch ale… ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-editing/9457/8 "1999-10-14T14:58:00Z")
How about the one where Lisa wins the patriotic essay contest and they all go to DC to get the prize from the crooked congressman. The congressman gets busted and George Bush is then seen signing some document and he says “Well … this should make my bosses happy”. This aired around the time of the 1992 election! Later incarnations of this episode I have seen include that scene cut out altogether, and another version where the above line is followed by “Your bosses, sir?” “Yep - the American Taxpayer!” It’s a shame - there’s nothing wrong with being a Hollywood leftist, but you should at least not pretend “you never said that”. ---
**Author:** ![TheDoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@TheDoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheDoll)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-editing/9457/9 "1999-10-14T15:03:00Z")
That’s a good one. I think I’ve got that one. There are so many of them! The Simpsons is a big release for me at the end of the day. Very comforting and even better with beer in hand and mimicking Homer, “Mmmmm…beeer”. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-editing/9457/10 "1999-10-14T15:54:00Z")
The worst syndication cut on “The Simpsons” was in the “32 Short Films About Springfield” episode. They cut a great line from the Mexican Bee Guy, who has come home from a rough day: “Ay, donde esta mi tequila?” Dr. J ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 1999, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-editing/9457/11 "1999-10-16T02:29:00Z")
Another cut was on the show where Lisa becomes a vegetarian. You miss Marge doing the “You can’t win friends with salad” conga line with Bart and Homer. Mmmmmmm…salad. BTW, I have all the MST3K’s on tape as well as the Simpsons and many other shows. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 1999, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-editing/9457/12 "1999-10-16T03:33:00Z")
All of the MSTs on tape?!? Man, I need (like a junkie) some of the first season…we need to hook up and trade… ---
**Author:** ![AzRaek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/azraek/32/16739_2.png) [@AzRaek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AzRaek)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-editing/9457/13 "1999-10-18T02:24:00Z")
The most annoying editing I’ve seen was during reruns of the first Hallowe’een eposode, the House segment. They cut Marge’s line “we’ve had our differences, but we’ve never had knife fights before” Why’d they cut it? It was a perfect description of MY family. * * * “On the edge of sleep, I awoke to a sun so bright…” ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Dirty\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Devil)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-editing/9457/14 "1999-10-18T19:24:00Z")
This is a good FAQ link for most things Simpson. There’s a section on Background, Production and Broadcast. [http://www.snpp.com/guides/lisa-2.html](http://www.snpp.com/guides/lisa-2.html)