censoring the simpsons

Sam Vimes

i was just watching the simpsons. the episode where the kids are given a tour of the post office. when they open the door to the canteen there postmen opening letters and stealing money from them. the last guy used to say "ding ding ding, bar mitzvah" and now it says "ding ding ding wedding".


has it come to the stage that we can't even mention the rituals of another religion on the tv? and why is it that its offensive to imply that people get money for bar mitzvahs but not weddings?

Atrocity

I have pondered this and I think the only way to solve it is to draw some cartoons about Mohammed.

Mossy Monk

did you watch on Sky One? RTÉ dont seem to edit anything

senordingdong

Haha, what are you taking about?

It's always been 'wedding'.

They don't censor **** like that.

xzanti

E4 are feckers for that... They cut out parts of Friends that arent even swear words... Tres annoying

Sparky

sky done it on Buffy they blanked out Bastard, yes BASTARD

county

xzanti wrote:

E4 are feckers for that... They cut out parts of Friends that arent even swear words... Tres annoying

e4,c4 are cnuts like that,one day they show a documentary about people shagging animals,and the next day cut someone saying fcuk,crazy stuff

Hobbes

Commander Vimes wrote:

the last guy used to say "ding ding ding, bar mitzvah" and now it says "ding ding ding wedding".

http://www.snpp.com/episodes/AABF08
% The group moves on to the employee lounge.

Bill: And this is where our employees gather to unwind
after a hard day of servin' the public.
[opens the door; behind it, three mail carriers
sit at a table, searching letters for cash]
Mail Carrier #1: Bingo! Birthday card!
Mail Carrier #2: Graduation!
Mail Carrier #3: Ding-ding-ding! Wedding!
[Bill shuts the door quickly and chuckles
uneasily]

Maybe your mistaken with another episode.

Sparky-s wrote:

sky done it on Buffy they blanked out Bastard, yes BASTARD

Sky1 are subject to Watershed laws. You will notice they hack buffy to bits prior to the watershed.

Mossy Monk

county wrote:

e4,c4 are cnuts like that,one day they show a documentary about people shagging animals,and the next day cut someone saying fcuk,crazy stuff

indeed, i remember when C4 showed a film which included a violent gang rape scene then proceeded to pixellate blood on a wrestling PPV which followed at 2 in the morning

county

Mossy Monk wrote:

indeed, i remember when C4 showed a film which included a violent gang rape scene then proceeded to pixellate blood on a wrestling PPV which followed at 2 in the morning

you could`nt make this sh1t up:D

jhegarty

Sky censored an episode of star trek that gave the date for Irish renunciation , the BBC just skipped the whole episode...

Mossy Monk

what date did they give?

jhegarty

Mossy Monk wrote:

what date did they give?

2024... nice and close ,hence the paranoia...

astrofool

jhegarty wrote:

Sky censored an episode of star trek that gave the date for Irish renunciation , the BBC just skipped the whole episode...

Which ep was that?

jhegarty

astrofool wrote:

Which ep was that?

The High Ground


while googling it I found RTé didn't show it either....

cooperguy

In the Paddy's day episode of the simpsons there is a scene that is always edited out on sky. During the parade you see a shop that says "Olde Style British Chips" (or something like that) suddenly people start running from it and a bomb explodes inside. In the New York episode they've edited bits of the twin towers scene since 9/11 aswell.

Atrocity

and the bit where adam clayton calls the edge and larry mullen ****, same with mr. burns at the end

Binomate

Well if those people who are boycotting Denmark right now get their way you never know what might be censored in the future. Apu might have to cut from the Simpsons, and Groundskeeper Willy and any other charachter based on a stereotype. Infact cartoons in general will probably be outlawed, incase we offend anyone!

lodgepole

Mossy Monk wrote:

indeed, i remember when C4 showed a film which included a violent gang rape scene then proceeded to pixellate blood on a wrestling PPV which followed at 2 in the morning

Channel 4 always show the most legally uncut versions of programs available to them. I would bet money that the pixellating was performed by whomever supplied the wrestling.

dimerocks

sky one are awful, watch any family guy on it and compare it to the uncut one and it will be very heavily effected.

Capt'n Midnight

didn't Mr Cruise get an episode of a cartoon canned recently ?

Creamy Goodness

well he didn't get it banned but he said if it was shown again he would sue, it was a south park episode.


"he should just come out of the closet"

Sam Vimes

Hobbes wrote:

http://www.snpp.com/episodes/AABF08
% The group moves on to the employee lounge.

Bill: And this is where our employees gather to unwind
after a hard day of servin' the public.
[opens the door; behind it, three mail carriers
sit at a table, searching letters for cash]
Mail Carrier #1: Bingo! Birthday card!
Mail Carrier #2: Graduation!
Mail Carrier #3: Ding-ding-ding! Wedding!
[Bill shuts the door quickly and chuckles
uneasily]

Maybe your mistaken with another episode.



Sky1 are subject to Watershed laws. You will notice they hack buffy to bits prior to the watershed.

unless its another episode where they open the door to some postmen stealing money and a completely different guy says "ding ding ding bar mitzvah" i don't think i'm mistaken

Sam Vimes

Cremo wrote:

well he didn't get it banned but he said if it was shown again he would sue, it was a south park episode.


"he should just come out of the closet"

i have that episode. go me

Kinetic^

Commander Vimes wrote:

i have that episode. go me

And so does everybody else now, send it now please

seamus

The bulk of the cutting that Sky does of the Simpsons and E4 does of Friends isn't for censorship. If Sky/E4 can remove 30 seconds from the perennial high-rating shows (as these two would fall into), then they can fit in and extra ad or even two at the ad breaks, generating more money.

As people point out, if you see the Simpsons on BBC (even some of the really old ones), you'll see big chunks you've never seen before.

Watch Friends on E4, and you sometimes see blatant sections removed (the continuity gets screwed up, and the laughter soundtrack doesn't match). There are also parts of Friends "speeded up" (where nobody's talking) to shave those valuable seconds.

Sam Vimes

Keyser Soze 5 wrote:

And so does everybody else now, send it now please

its season 9 episode 12. i'm sure such innovative and resourcful people as yourselves can find it somewhere. :v:

Kojak

Mossy Monk wrote:

did you watch on Sky One? RTÉ dont seem to edit anything

They also show that episode of the Simpsons where there is a riot after a soccer match between Portugal and Mexico. As far as I know Sky One wont show that episode.

Also in the episode where Homer runs for sanitation comissioner one of the U2 singers says "Pair of ****" This is shown on RTÉ but not on Sky One.

There are more examples......

dr zoidberg

What I don't get is why Sky cut Family Guy so much when it showed it, it was always shown post-watershed anyway so there shouldn't have been a problem

seamus

dr zoidberg wrote:

What I don't get is why Sky cut Family Guy so much when it showed it, it was always shown post-watershed anyway so there shouldn't have been a problem

As I pointed out above, the more you cut, the more ads you fit in. It's standard practice.

dr zoidberg

Fair enough, does ruin it though, the show on DVD is totally different to the syndicated version.

Tha Gopher

I was snappin one day when Sky edited one of the few great lines of the newer Simpsons. The first time i saw it (its about Lisas journalism thing), when theyre showing how everyone in town has been inspired to set up their own newspaper, Willie sets up some tractor review magazine

"Ive just come back from the Paris agriculture fair to see the new Massey 500`s*.....THEYRE SH1TE!"


When the repeat was on, i actually missed a bus to stay in an extra 5 mins and see that line.....and they cut sh1te:mad:

lodgepole

dr zoidberg wrote:

What I don't get is why Sky cut Family Guy so much when it showed it, it was always shown post-watershed anyway so there shouldn't have been a problem

More than likely Sky bought the show in a censored form and have no interest in paying more money to get it uncensored. They themselves aren't responsible for cutting it.

Mossy Monk

so no tv channels edit anything, they buy them that way

Zebra3

Mossy Monk wrote:

RTÉ dont seem to edit anything

Not true.

In the Paddy's Day episode they edit out the bit when Homer is in Moe's and has a beer barrel on his head and shouts in a drunken voice,"Look at me I'm the Prime Minister of Ireland".

Now why would they edit that out?

I first saw the episode when they go to Vegas in the US. Homer says,"What's Marge's birthday? Oh, I can't rememebr but Hitler's is the 23rd' or something like that. But on RTE or Sky, it's changed to Lassie's birthday. Why?

SoupyNorman

I know for a fact that is was never "ding ding ding.....bar mitzfah" its not up for debate in my book ,Censoring does happen however, In The episode of BoBo the teddy bear when Burns tried to wrestle the bear off maggie (and fails) a photographer pops up from behind the fence and takes a photo to which Monty responds by saying "damn you papparatzo"......Now papparatzo is blanked out!

elurhs

For all the editing, i've seen all those bits at some stage. They seem to take a fairly hit and miss attitude to it. The U2 "****" comment i've seen about four times on tv (its larry as I remember).

Paparatzo is fairly innocuous - why did they edit that?

Incidentally, the star trek episode with a unified ireland was definitely on sky, uncut, twice.

SoupyNorman

elurhs wrote:

For all the editing, i've seen all those bits at some stage. They seem to take a fairly hit and miss attitude to it. The U2 "****" comment i've seen about four times on tv (its larry as I remember).

Paparatzo is fairly innocuous - why did they edit that?

Incidentally, the star trek episode with a unified ireland was definitely on sky, uncut, twice.

My guess it was out of respect for Princess Diana???

lodgepole

Mossy Monk wrote:

so no tv channels edit anything, they buy them that way

Most of the edited programming that we see is edited by US TV stations. They syndicate it in two forms, one uncut and one cut. It all depends on what gets purchased over here. Alternatively the people producing the programs can choose to produce one TV safe edition and hold back additional footage for DVD.

To my knowledge a station would have to receive specific permission from the production company (or copyright holder) if they wanted to alter a program or film before broadcast.

lodgepole

bravestarr082 wrote:

My guess it was out of respect for Princess Diana???

Do they still cut that word I wonder? I recall it being an issue at the time, but it seems pointless so many years after her death. Even more pointless I should say.

deisedolly

This is really interesting! I never notice anything missing from episodes and I watch ALOT of the simpsons.. Ye are a very observant lot aren't ye?!

DonkeyStyle \o/

bravestarr082 wrote:

My guess it was out of respect for Princess Diana???

I seem to recall a quote like:
<Barney> "Hey isn't that Princess Di-?! ... Naaaw it's just a pile of old rags..."
I've certainly seen that episode in the years since she died, although I'm not sure which station aired it.

Niall123

At the end of the episode where Marge's selling pretzels, Maude said :
"Perhaps you've heard of the Yakuza -- the Poison Fists of the Pacific Rim -- the Japanese mafia". Which was censored on sky one to just "Perhaps you've heard of the Yakuza".

senordingdong

cooperguy wrote:

In the New York episode they've edited bits of the twin towers scene since 9/11 aswell.

Also incorrect.

Mark

In the Hank Scorpio episode as he's laying into the G.I.s and Homers walking away disconsolately, Hank yells "Hey Homer, you're missing out on a lot of fun!" as he uses a flamethrower on the troops. Was cut out on Sky One I think it was, presumably so American ex-pats wouldn't explode?

Sam Vimes

bravestarr082 wrote:

I know for a fact that is was never "ding ding ding.....bar mitzfah" its not up for debate in my book ,Censoring does happen however, In The episode of BoBo the teddy bear when Burns tried to wrestle the bear off maggie (and fails) a photographer pops up from behind the fence and takes a photo to which Monty responds by saying "damn you papparatzo"......Now papparatzo is blanked out!

ill beleive that it never said bar mitzvah when you find me another show that has a postman opening a letter, letting money fall out and saying "ding ding ding bar mitzvah". i was waiting for the line as soon as i saw them in the post office

deisedolly wrote:

This is really interesting! I never notice anything missing from episodes and I watch ALOT of the simpsons.. Ye are a very observant lot aren't ye?!

i've seen them all so many times that i'm basically mouthing the words

plonk

Simpsons rule. Its not for kids. If they censor it **** them.

"I feel like princess diana and princess grace smashed together":)That was shown on sky one.

Zebra3

Zebra3 wrote:

Not true.

In the Paddy's Day episode they edit out the bit when Homer is in Moe's and has a beer barrel on his head and shouts in a drunken voice,"Look at me I'm the Prime Minister of Ireland".

Now why would they edit that out?

Same episode, when I saw it on BBC I was surprised to see the unedited parts (or at least some of them!), particularly when John Bull's Fish & Chips shop explodes and everyone cheers.

senordingdong

Commander Vimes wrote:

ill beleive that it never said bar mitzvah when you find me another show that has a postman opening a letter, letting money fall out and saying "ding ding ding bar mitzvah".

No. We all know you're wrong on this one.
Have you considered Family Guy?

Sam Vimes

senordingdong wrote:

No. We all know you're wrong on this one.
Have you considered Family Guy?

i "obtained" the episode last night and he said wedding. i may be prepared to admit that i'm wrong. of course that begs the question: am i going insane? i wasnt sure until the voices reassured me that im not