Scrubs on Paramount

Mark Hamill · 09-03-2008 7:55pm #1

I'm watching Scrubs at the mo on Paramount Comedy and with all the PC editing its painful to watch. They keep on editing the scenes of JD imaginings out, but they leave in the sound (the woosh), its really irritating. I have to wonder why they bother showing the damn show at all, leaving out the imaginings of Scrubs is like leaving out the interchangeable plot-irrelevent jokes out of Family Guy, its not funny any more.

Also since when is "Ass" a curse word? Its said on The Simpsons all the time and never edited out of that and yet Paramount seem to think they should edit it out of Scrubs (and That 70s Show), its just another way of ruining the show.

All in all if they feel they have to edit the show to show it during the day, then they shouldn't be showing at that time.

Mossy Monk · 09-03-2008 8:17pm

I stopped watching programmes on Paramount a long time ago. I watch on E4 instead.

Basq · 09-03-2008 8:28pm

Mossy Monk wrote: »

I watch on E4 instead.

E4 is not quite as bad.. but they do insist on editing out "bastard" in old episodes of 'Friends' (even after the watershed)

And I was unaware of how much is cut out of 'The Simpsons' on Sky and Channel 4 until I caught some older episodes on Network 2! :eek:

Necronomicon · 09-03-2008 10:38pm

Yep I tend not to watch Scrubs on either E4 or Paramount, not before 8 or 9 o' clock anyway.

The editing just took the biscuit the other day when they showed the episode where

the son of a hospital benefactor was admitted because he got a light-bulb stuck up his arse and Turk, Dr. Cox and the Janitor teamed up to get it out. There wasn't a single scene of them trying to find a way to get it out. They showed the last scene where Dr Kelso 'stole their moment' by taking the credit, but there was no explanation of why the Janitor was in the mix or how they got it out. If anyone was watching the episode for the first time, it would've been totally disjointed and made no sense.

Mossy Monk · 09-03-2008 11:11pm

An absolute classic. I do know that E4 showed it in full. That makes it sound like the episode was controversial :rolleyes:
It's not

Jilm · 09-03-2008 11:17pm

Look at the bright side ...

Think of all the extra revenue generating commercials that can be crammed into that 30 minute slot thanks to the needless editing.

Heisenberg. · 10-03-2008 9:05am

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Tonyh8su · 10-03-2008 9:49am

Wow i was watching that Lightbulb episode the other night for the first time and I remember saying t myself "WTF is the story with the janitor here??" ****.

Pigman II · 10-03-2008 12:31pm

Just as they do with shows containing scenes of sexual and violent nature tv stations should be made put public warnings at the start of shows that have had editing done on them.

"This is not a genuine episode of <Show>. The following episode is merely a representation containing cuts that may make you feel confused, duped and patronised".

User45701 · 10-03-2008 1:37pm

Necromomicon wrote: »

Yep I tend not to watch Scrubs on either E4 or Paramount, not before 8 or 9 o' clock anyway.

The editing just took the biscuit the other day when they showed the episode where
the son of a hospital benefactor was admitted because he got a light-bulb stuck up his arse and Turk, Dr. Cox and the Janitor teamed up to get it out. There wasn't a single scene of them trying to find a way to get it out. They showed the last scene where Dr Kelso 'stole their moment' by taking the credit, but there was no explanation of why the Janitor was in the mix or how they got it out. If anyone was watching the episode for the first time, it would've been totally disjointed and made no sense.

I have never understood why they censor things, Could they not just air adds once every 5 years warning people that it is their responceabality as partents to either monitor what there children watch or else put pw's on the TV

Anyway all that **** is doing is driving more and more people away from TV and back to cinema's and to downloading/streaming

astrofool · 10-03-2008 1:59pm

E4 is just as bad, there's a whole generation of people who miss out on the best jokes in friends due to their editing (basically anything remotely sexual).

Tonyh8su · 10-03-2008 2:38pm

I agree watching E4 on Friends is shocking. Anything with a remotely sexual connection is sensored immediately and cut very badly. They actually show the set up line to the joke, then cut it, and then the audience is laughing as the cast member is exiting or something. Its UNBELIEVABLY annoying.

lostexpectation · 10-03-2008 2:57pm

see they started to show eps with audio description

Pigman II · 10-03-2008 3:47pm

lostexpectation wrote: »

see they started to show eps with audio description

The best part is that they can record the audio description for just one episode of Friends and it'll sync almost perfectly with whats happening in any of the other 200.

corblimey · 09-06-2008 3:48pm

Was just about to start a new thread about this. It's really getting on my nerves. Last week, they cut a scene where Elliot and JD threw watermelon off the roof. Just went straight from Elliot going 'wanna throw stuff off the roof' to the janitor cleaning it up. Weirdest cut ever!

Perhaps they think that by cutting it to shreds, people will go out and buy the DVDs. It's all part of a cunning plan.

KnifeWRENCH · 09-06-2008 3:54pm

I don't have Paramount but I've noticed the editing of Friends on E4 alright and it's stupid. How many very young kids do they think are actually watching it?
Viewers shouldn't have to suffer this painful editing because kids are apparently too delicate to hear the word "bastard" (parents probably say a lot worse in front of them!)

corblimey wrote:

Was just about to start a new thread about this. It's really getting on my nerves. Last week, they cut a scene where Elliot and JD threw watermelon off the roof. Just went straight from Elliot going 'wanna throw stuff off the roof' to the janitor cleaning it up. Weirdest cut ever!

I wonder what the reasoning was?
1. It is offensive to poor people: they should not be made see decent nutritious fruit being wasted so recklessly while they're starving.
2. It may inspire kids to replicate that event, except instead of watermelons they'll throw off other children.

corblimey · 09-06-2008 4:20pm

square_igloo wrote: »

1. It is offensive to poor people: they should not be made see decent nutritious fruit being wasted so recklessly while they're starving.
2. It may inspire kids to replicate that event, except instead of watermelons they'll throw off other children.

3. It may inspire kids to replicate that event, except instead of watermelons they'll stab some nuns in the face and steal their money to buy GTA IV and go on drunken rampages that kill people in real life.

You know what kids are like these days

Scrubs on Paramount

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