# SNL Uncensored Video released on Youtube **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 23, 2006, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325 "2006-12-23T06:02:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325/21 "2006-12-24T04:22:40Z")
[QUOTE=Dewey Finn] You’re definitely not the only one who thinks so. The article quotes Seth Meyers, head writer for the show as saying, “The most interesting thing is that it’s actually not funnier uncensored.” [/QUOTE] [Here’s the censored version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnhJA2a3rXo) ---
**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:** [December 24, 2006, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325/22 "2006-12-24T05:00:07Z")
[QUOTE=astro] [For whatever reason ([possibly this](http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=a199f6ee-83bb-4243-9d09-7f66de314d64)) [/QUOTE] OK, that’s just…idiotic. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325/23 "2006-12-24T05:11:42Z")
[QUOTE=astro] Youtube is pulling it. Better DL and save while you can (if you can). [/QUOTE] I thought NBC gave them permission to carry it? -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325/24 "2006-12-24T05:27:25Z")
[QUOTE=Frylock] I thought NBC gave them permission to carry it? -FrL- [/QUOTE] Oops, sorry, nevermind. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325/25 "2006-12-24T05:33:25Z")
[QUOTE=Frylock] I thought NBC gave them permission to carry it? -FrL- [/QUOTE] I’m only telling you what I saw when I tried to run two of the you-tube videos. If there was some other reason the “NBC has withdrawn permission” notice would appear that has noting to do NBC changing it’s mind I don’t know what that would be. As of right now all the vids seem to be playing. Maybe it was a temporary glitch. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325/26 "2006-12-24T06:56:21Z")
[QUOTE=astro] I’m only telling you what I saw when I tried to run two of the you-tube videos. If there was some other reason the “NBC has withdrawn permission” notice would appear that has noting to do NBC changing it’s mind I don’t know what that would be. As of right now all the vids seem to be playing. Maybe it was a temporary glitch. [/QUOTE] My understanding of the article to which you linked is that NBC has requested the removal of the copies it didn’t officially put on YouTube; that is, any fan-copied version may be pulled at NBC’s insistence, but the one (or more than one) that NBC uploaded will stay (until NBC changes its mind). ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325/27 "2006-12-24T16:32:08Z")
Thanks for posting this. Now Mr. Athena is running around the house singing “My dick in a box!” in his best falsetto. Yup, gonna be a fuuuuun Christmas. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325/28 "2006-12-25T15:08:19Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] I kinda like to see that rap video Natalie Portman did, uncut. [/QUOTE] [Here](http://www.nbc.com/Video/videos/snl_1439_natalieraps.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325/29 "2006-12-25T15:09:20Z")
[QUOTE=astro] [Here](http://www.nbc.com/Video/videos/snl_1439_natalieraps.shtml) [/QUOTE] Sorry… that was the cut version. :o ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325/30 "2006-12-25T16:50:42Z")
[QUOTE=SkipMagic] My understanding of the article to which you linked is that NBC has requested the removal of the copies it didn’t officially put on YouTube; that is, any fan-copied version may be pulled at NBC’s insistence, but the one (or more than one) that NBC uploaded will stay (until NBC changes its mind). [/QUOTE] Right. Here’s the link to the uncensored version put up by NBC. [Dick in a Box](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dmVU08zVpA) ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325/31 "2006-12-25T20:08:03Z")
Well, this is a bit embarassing. I spent my teens making fun of Justin for being in a boy band and now I think he’s converted me. That was definitely one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a long time. And catchy, too! My brother and I have spent a cheery Christmas randomly singing lines from it to each other. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325/32 "2006-12-26T06:10:07Z")
I can’t get it out of my head. A day later, I’m still thinking “EVERY SINGLE HOLIDAY A DICK IN A BOX!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325/33 "2006-12-26T06:30:47Z")
Oh, please tell me I’m not the only person who, on the first hearing of the “dick in a box” line, thought they meant **cut it off**. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325/34 "2006-12-26T07:13:46Z")
Well, since the image accompanying the line is a box held about waist high, it never crossed my mind. (Mid day at the grocery store… dick in a box) ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325/35 "2006-12-26T07:59:12Z")
OK…thanks. Now I have the song, “Dick In The Box” stuck in my brain on Christmas Day…I am damned to hell. I have to admit, finding “cut” and “uncut” versions of “Dick In The Box” seems to take on a whole lot of connotations. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325/36 "2006-12-26T11:56:08Z")
Is it normal for “dick” to be censored on TV over there? (I was expecting something a bit more profane, like “cunt” or something.) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325/37 "2006-12-26T14:32:47Z")
“Over at her parents’ house, a dick in a box.” ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325/38 "2006-12-26T14:39:48Z")
\*Step two: put your junk in the box. \* This song is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325/39 "2006-12-26T16:08:01Z")
[QUOTE=1920s Style “Death Ray”] Is it normal for “dick” to be censored on TV over there? (I was expecting something a bit more profane, like “cunt” or something.) [/QUOTE] I think “dick” is generally censored on TV. When I originally saw the censored version on TV, though, I assumed it was “Cock in a Box,” just for the euphony of it. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325/40 "2006-12-26T16:15:13Z")
An IMDB article implied there was reticence on the part of NBC to release it uncensored in the first place, as they did not want profanity associated with NBC or something like that, so maybe they had second thoughts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-uncensored-video-released-on-youtube/385325.md?page=3)