# Who the hell is Mr. Falcon?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-mr-falcon/309120
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [June 20, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-mr-falcon/309120 "2005-06-20T21:22:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2005, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-mr-falcon/309120/21 "2005-06-21T10:52:04Z")
Disappointingly, the last time I saw Johnny D. on TV, they replaced most of Moroni’s tortured cursing with cleaner versions. I mean, what’s the point of his character if he can’t curse?
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### Author:  [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2005, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-mr-falcon/309120/22 "2005-06-21T11:07:00Z")
You should have seen **Full Metal Jacket** on TNT.
Who said that? Who the heck said that? Who’s the slimy little communist twit twinkle-toed locksucker down here, who just signed his own death warrant? Nobody, huh?! The fairy flipping godmother said it! Out-flipping-standing! I will P.T. you all until you flipping die! I’ll P.T. you until you rascals are sucking buttermilk.
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### Author:  [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2005, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-mr-falcon/309120/23 "2005-06-21T12:25:34Z")
There’s the TV cut of “Lethal Weapon” and the scene where Mel Gibson is yelling “I’m pissed, I’m really pissed” - except he dubbed in “miffed”. Has anyone actually ever used the word “miffed” in a real conversation? Ever?
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### Author:  [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2005, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-mr-falcon/309120/24 "2005-06-21T12:37:00Z")
> [@Leaper](#):
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> I can’t believe that networks/movie makers/whoever think that having stuff like the examples in this thread is preferable to just bleeping.
Even better, just cut the audio during the offensive word.
(Or best of all, do nothing. It’s just words, fer Christ’s sake)
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### Author:  [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2005, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-mr-falcon/309120/25 "2005-06-21T12:47:11Z")
Goodness, **Euty** , you’re just now noticing this? For almost a decade now, I’ve been using Mister Falcon as a euphimism.
I first heard it in the first _Die Hard_ film. And it was even sillier in that one. The voice change in that film was to a high, nasal tone. (The scene near the end, when Hans has Holly, and John has the gun taped to his back.) Had me on the floor laughing.
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### Author:  [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2005, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-mr-falcon/309120/26 "2005-06-21T12:48:39Z")
The network TV version, before anyone nitpicks that post to death.
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### Author:  [@diku](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diku)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2005, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-mr-falcon/309120/27 "2005-06-21T13:11:58Z")
My favorite of these is the dubbing of Jackie Gleason’s character in the **Smokey and the Bandit** movie. They basically grabbed the guy that does Fred Flintsone’s voice to dub him. Just awful sounding.
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### Author:  [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-mr-falcon/309120/28 "2005-06-21T13:34:48Z")
I also saw a TV version of _Die Hard 2_ where McClane says, “Yippe kai yay, my friend” – duller, but not quite as ridiculous.
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### Author:  [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-mr-falcon/309120/29 "2005-06-21T13:44:06Z")
Oh how I love little Catholic Ireland’s [sup]tm[/sup] national network TV stations, RTE1 and 2.
They have a policy not to cut anything. The also try to source the theatrical print were available.
Cunt, motherfuck etc are never cut out and shown once it’s after the watershed time of 21:00.
I actual favour the “melon farmer” cut of Repo Man. It’s very funny and because the director was involved the actual actors recorded the words and they were sync’d in very well.
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### Author:  [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-mr-falcon/309120/30 "2005-06-21T18:23:09Z")
Yeah? Well All You Guys Can Go Forget Yourselves!
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### Author:  [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-mr-falcon/309120/31 "2005-06-21T18:45:52Z")
I think this discussion belongs in Cafe Society, safely away from all the melon farming vikings and fargin iceholes who hang around the Pit.
As for the OP, my favorite stupid tv edit was when they used to show the movie “Weird Science” on tv and changed the phrase “I’d like to butter your muffin” to “I’d like to better know you, muffin”. WTF?
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### Author:  [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-mr-falcon/309120/32 "2005-06-21T19:22:46Z")
> [@Giraffe](#):
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> I think this discussion belongs in Cafe Society, safely away from all the melon farming vikings and fargin iceholes who hang around the Pit.
I’d pit you for moving my thread here (I mean, give me a break … this is about as pissy as I ever get) but then I figured that thread would probably just end up getting moved to MPSIMS anyway. 😃
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### Author:  [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-mr-falcon/309120/33 "2005-06-21T20:23:14Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#):
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> [He gave Harvey Birdman some grief.](http://www.actionfigurecollectors.com/images/news/toynami/4930_Blue%20Falcon.jpg)
Don’t be blue. I’m sure the Falcons will do better next year.
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### Author:  [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-mr-falcon/309120/34 "2005-06-21T20:31:26Z")
When they played _American History X_ on USA they replaced every instance of “fuck” with “heck”. The imagery of a gang of skinheads all saying “heck” just didn’t really work.
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### Author:  [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-mr-falcon/309120/35 "2005-06-21T20:58:58Z")
I am eagerly awaiting the network-safe, Bowdlerized version of **Deadwood**. Virtually every sentence uttered will need to be rewritten. It’ll be a whole 'nother show. I expects lots of references to “cornshuckers.”
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### Author:  [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-mr-falcon/309120/36 "2005-06-21T21:51:29Z")
“Hand me the keys, you fuzzy sock-sucker!”
(this was actually a cable channel doing a parody of network TV overdubs, though)
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