# TV Binge Watch (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 16, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-3/1026759 "2026-01-16T22:01:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-3/1026759/161 "2026-02-05T15:09:15Z")
> [@](#): > > **Cleaned up for TV (theatrical films shown on TV also apply)** 1. [In this live appearance,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_ScWtP2IxU&list=RDO_ScWtP2IxU&start_radio=1) Tom Waits sings “The Piano Has Been Drinking.” The line “Jukebox’s been busted for sev’ral weeks” is substituted for “The jukebox has to take a leak.” 2. _[The Blue Brothers](https://youtu.be/guycCsgLIzw?si=gs-rNldxjf9UaxdJ&t=26)_, the broadcast version has the swearing edited out, including Jake telling the Penguin that she’s “I guess you’re really up shit creek” was changed to “I guess you’re really up the creek.” 3. _The Big Lebowski_: in some broadcasts, Walter’s enraged question “You see what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass?” became “You see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?” 4. _The Jerk_: Navin Johnson’s dog, Shithead, has a name change to “Stupid” for television releases. 5. _Repo Man:_ “I call bullshit on that” overdubbed with “I call no way on that.” 6. The word “hell” silenced out of the TV version of _Eddie and the Cruisers_. Unfortunate, because the fictional band had a frequently-referenced album titled “A Season in ------” Sometimes the ------ was preceded by a aspiration as they cut off the “H,” so you got, more of less, "A Season in H-----\* with the H vivisected, making it even more obvious. 7. _Die Hard:_ While McClane says “Yippie ki-yay- motherfucker” to the terrorists in the movie, in the (absurdly) cleaned up version for TV, he says “Yippie ki-yay melon farmer.” ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-3/1026759/162 "2026-02-05T15:39:12Z")
> [@](#): > > **Cleaned up for TV (theatrical films shown on TV also apply)** 1. [In this live appearance,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_ScWtP2IxU&list=RDO_ScWtP2IxU&start_radio=1) Tom Waits sings “The Piano Has Been Drinking.” The line “Jukebox’s been busted for sev’ral weeks” is substituted for “The jukebox has to take a leak.” 2. _[The Blue Brothers](https://youtu.be/guycCsgLIzw?si=gs-rNldxjf9UaxdJ&t=26)_, the broadcast version has the swearing edited out, including Jake telling the Penguin that she’s “I guess you’re really up shit creek” was changed to “I guess you’re really up the creek.” 3. _The Big Lebowski_: in some broadcasts, Walter’s enraged question “You see what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass?” became “You see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?” 4. _The Jerk_: Navin Johnson’s dog, Shithead, has a name change to “Stupid” for television releases. 5. _Repo Man:_ “I call bullshit on that” overdubbed with “I call no way on that.” 6. The word “hell” silenced out of the TV version of _Eddie and the Cruisers_. Unfortunate, because the fictional band had a frequently-referenced album titled “A Season in ------” Sometimes the ------ was preceded by a aspiration as they cut off the “H,” so you got, more of less, "A Season in H-----\* with the H vivisected, making it even more obvious. 7. _Die Hard:_ While McClane says “Yippie ki-yay- motherfucker” to the terrorists in the movie, in the (absurdly) cleaned up version for TV, he says “Yippie ki-yay melon farmer.” 8. Quick Change: Bill Murray, Gena Davis, and Randy Quaid are trying to get out of New York and end up pounding on the door of a ganger’s hideout. The dialog goes from “Answer the fucking door” to “Answer the Viking door.” ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-3/1026759/163 "2026-02-05T16:24:55Z")
**Cleaned up for TV (theatrical films shown on TV also apply)** 1. [In this live appearance,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_ScWtP2IxU&list=RDO_ScWtP2IxU&start_radio=1) Tom Waits sings “The Piano Has Been Drinking.” The line “Jukebox’s been busted for sev’ral weeks” is substituted for “The jukebox has to take a leak.” 2. _[The Blue Brothers](https://youtu.be/guycCsgLIzw?si=gs-rNldxjf9UaxdJ&t=26)_, the broadcast version has the swearing edited out, including Jake telling the Penguin that she’s “I guess you’re really up shit creek” was changed to “I guess you’re really up the creek.” 3. _The Big Lebowski_: in some broadcasts, Walter’s enraged question “You see what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass?” became “You see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?” 4. _The Jerk_: Navin Johnson’s dog, Shithead, has a name change to “Stupid” for television releases. 5. _Repo Man:_ “I call bullshit on that” overdubbed with “I call no way on that.” 6. The word “hell” silenced out of the TV version of _Eddie and the Cruisers_. Unfortunate, because the fictional band had a frequently-referenced album titled “A Season in ------” Sometimes the ------ was preceded by a aspiration as they cut off the “H,” so you got, more of less, "A Season in H-----\* with the H vivisected, making it even more obvious. 7. _Die Hard:_ While McClane says “Yippie ki-yay- motherfucker” to the terrorists in the movie, in the (absurdly) cleaned up version for TV, he says “Yippie ki-yay melon farmer.” 8. Quick Change: Bill Murray, Gena Davis, and Randy Quaid are trying to get out of New York and end up pounding on the door of a ganger’s hideout. The dialog goes from “Answer the fucking door” to “Answer the Viking door.” 9. The Rolling Stones were asked to change “Let’s Spend the Night Together” to “Let’s Spend Some Time Together” when they appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1967. Unlike Jim Morrison a few months later, Mick Jagger complied, but rolled his eyes at the camera every time he sang the line. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-3/1026759/164 "2026-02-09T01:07:38Z")
It’s been three days now, could we please try to revive this fun Thread Game? I’ve already contributed once to the current list, I’ll be glad to add a second one to get things moving. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-3/1026759/165 "2026-02-09T02:07:11Z")
[quote=“Wheelz, post:163, topic:1026759, full:true”] **Cleaned up for TV (theatrical films shown on TV also apply)** 1. [In this live appearance,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_ScWtP2IxU&list=RDO_ScWtP2IxU&start_radio=1) Tom Waits sings “The Piano Has Been Drinking.” The line “Jukebox’s been busted for sev’ral weeks” is substituted for “The jukebox has to take a leak.” 2. _[The Blue Brothers](https://youtu.be/guycCsgLIzw?si=gs-rNldxjf9UaxdJ&t=26)_, the broadcast version has the swearing edited out, including Jake telling the Penguin that she’s “I guess you’re really up shit creek” was changed to “I guess you’re really up the creek.” 3. _The Big Lebowski_: in some broadcasts, Walter’s enraged question “You see what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass?” became “You see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?” 4. _The Jerk_: Navin Johnson’s dog, Shithead, has a name change to “Stupid” for television releases. 5. _Repo Man:_ “I call bullshit on that” overdubbed with “I call no way on that.” 6. The word “hell” silenced out of the TV version of _Eddie and the Cruisers_. Unfortunate, because the fictional band had a frequently-referenced album titled “A Season in ------” Sometimes the ------ was preceded by a aspiration as they cut off the “H,” so you got, more of less, "A Season in H-----\* with the H vivisected, making it even more obvious. 7. _Die Hard:_ While McClane says “Yippie ki-yay- motherfucker” to the terrorists in the movie, in the (absurdly) cleaned up version for TV, he says “Yippie ki-yay melon farmer.” 8. Quick Change: Bill Murray, Gena Davis, and Randy Quaid are trying to get out of New York and end up pounding on the door of a ganger’s hideout. The dialog goes from “Answer the fucking door” to “Answer the Viking door.” 9. The Rolling Stones were asked to change “Let’s Spend the Night Together” to “Let’s Spend Some Time Together” when they appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1967. Unlike Jim Morrison a few months later, Mick Jagger complied, but rolled his eyes at the camera every time he sang the line. 10. Blazing Saddles. They bleeped the N word. When I watched it on tv with my 11 year old grandson, he had no idea what that word was, or why the people were mad at Bart. It was a Welcome to the real world moment. **TV series about a kid or kids** 1. Dennis the Menace. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-3/1026759/166 "2026-02-09T04:57:12Z")
**TV series about a kid or kids** 1. Dennis the Menace 2. Secrets of Sulphur Springs ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-3/1026759/167 "2026-02-09T06:45:43Z")
**TV series about a kid or kids** 1. Dennis the Menace 2. Secrets of Sulphur Springs 3. The Brady Bunch ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-3/1026759/168 "2026-02-09T08:07:42Z")
**TV series about a kid or kids** 1. Dennis the Menace 2. Secrets of Sulphur Springs 3. The Brady Bunch 4. Kim Possible ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-3/1026759/169 "2026-02-09T13:29:23Z")
**TV series about a kid or kids** 1. Dennis the Menace 2. Secrets of Sulphur Springs 3. The Brady Bunch 4. Kim Possible 5. Leave It to Beaver We’ve been doing an episode or two every so often as of late. There’s just something about it. ---
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**TV series about a kid or kids** 1. Dennis the Menace 2. Secrets of Sulphur Springs 3. The Brady Bunch 4. Kim Possible 5. Leave It to Beaver 6. My So-Called Life ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-3/1026759/171 "2026-02-09T15:04:19Z")
**TV series about a kid or kids** 1. Dennis the Menace 2. Secrets of Sulphur Springs 3. The Brady Bunch 4. Kim Possible 5. Leave It to Beaver 6. My So-Called Life 7. That’s So Raven ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-3/1026759/172 "2026-02-09T15:35:12Z")
**TV series about a kid or kids** 1. Dennis the Menace 2. Secrets of Sulphur Springs 3. The Brady Bunch 4. Kim Possible 5. Leave It to Beaver 6. My So-Called Life 7. That’s So Raven 8. Salute Your Shorts ---
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**TV series about a kid or kids** 1. Dennis the Menace 2. Secrets of Sulphur Springs 3. The Brady Bunch 4. Kim Possible 5. Leave It to Beaver 6. My So-Called Life 7. That’s So Raven 8. Salute Your Shorts 9. Blossom _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-3/1026759/174 "2026-02-09T16:39:18Z")
**TV series about a kid or kids** 1. Dennis the Menace 2. Secrets of Sulphur Springs 3. The Brady Bunch 4. Kim Possible 5. Leave It to Beaver 6. My So-Called Life 7. That’s So Raven 8. Salute Your Shorts 9. Blossom 10. The Double Deckers pass ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-3/1026759/175 "2026-02-09T16:42:41Z")
**TV shows that feature a bi-racial or cross-cultural marriage** 1. _I Love Lucy_ Lucy is a white-bread woman of Scottish descent from Upstate New York, Ricky is so Cuban that the room fills with cigar smoke and Latin Jazz as soon as he enters it, even if he’s neither smoking nor playing. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-3/1026759/176 "2026-02-09T16:49:15Z")
**TV shows that feature a bi-racial or cross-cultural marriage** 1. _I Love Lucy_ Lucy is a white-bread woman of Scottish descent from Upstate New York, Ricky is so Cuban that the room fills with cigar smoke and Latin Jazz as soon as he enters it, even if he’s neither smoking nor playing. 2. _Modern Family_ Jay and Gloria Pritchett; Jay is white, Gloria is Colombian. ---
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**TV shows that feature a bi-racial or cross-cultural marriage** 1. _I Love Lucy_ Lucy is a white-bread woman of Scottish descent from Upstate New York, Ricky is so Cuban that the room fills with cigar smoke and Latin Jazz as soon as he enters it, even if he’s neither smoking nor playing. 2. _Modern Family_ Jay and Gloria Pritchett; Jay is white, Gloria is Colombian. 3. _Night Court_ - Mac and Quon Le Robinson - Black, Vietnamese ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-3/1026759/178 "2026-02-09T17:38:19Z")
**TV shows that feature a bi-racial or cross-cultural marriage** 1. _I Love Lucy_ Lucy is a white-bread woman of Scottish descent from Upstate New York, Ricky is so Cuban that the room fills with cigar smoke and Latin Jazz as soon as he enters it, even if he’s neither smoking nor playing. 2. _Modern Family_ Jay and Gloria Pritchett; Jay is white, Gloria is Colombian. 3. _Night Court_ - Mac and Quon Le Robinson - Black, Vietnamese 4. _The Flash_ - Barry’s white and Iris is black. ---
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**TV shows that feature a bi-racial or cross-cultural marriage** 1. _I Love Lucy_ Lucy is a white-bread woman of Scottish descent from Upstate New York, Ricky is so Cuban that the room fills with cigar smoke and Latin Jazz as soon as he enters it, even if he’s neither smoking nor playing. 2. _Modern Family_ Jay and Gloria Pritchett; Jay is white, Gloria is Colombian. 3. _Night Court_ - Mac and Quon Le Robinson - Black, Vietnamese 4. _The Flash_ - Barry’s white and Iris is black. 5. _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ - Miles O’Brien is Irish and Keiko is Japanese. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-3/1026759/180 "2026-02-09T18:46:55Z")
**TV shows that feature a bi-racial or cross-cultural marriage** 1. _I Love Lucy_ Lucy is a white-bread woman of Scottish descent from Upstate New York, Ricky is so Cuban that the room fills with cigar smoke and Latin Jazz as soon as he enters it, even if he’s neither smoking nor playing. 2. _Modern Family_ Jay and Gloria Pritchett; Jay is white, Gloria is Colombian. 3. _Night Court_ - Mac and Quon Le Robinson - Black, Vietnamese 4. _The Flash_ - Barry’s white and Iris is black. 5. _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ - Miles O’Brien is Irish and Keiko is Japanese. 6. _M\*A\*S\*H_ - Maxwell Klinger, Lebanese-American, marries Soon-Lee Klinger, Korean, in the final episode. Note that both Keiko O’Brien and Soon-Lee Klinger are played by the Chinese-American Rosalind Chao. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-3/1026759.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-3/1026759.md?page=10)