censoring the simpsons

Sam Vimes · 09-02-2006 08:10PM #1

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 · 09-02-2006 08:44PM

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

Mossy Monk · 09-02-2006 08:48PM

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

senordingdong · 09-02-2006 08:51PM

Haha, what are you taking about?

It's always been 'wedding'.

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

xzanti · 09-02-2006 08:51PM

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

Sparky · 09-02-2006 08:53PM

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

county · 09-02-2006 08:57PM

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 · 09-02-2006 09:00PM

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 · 09-02-2006 09:54PM

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 · 09-02-2006 09:57PM

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 · 09-02-2006 10:07PM

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

Mossy Monk · 09-02-2006 10:11PM

what date did they give?

jhegarty · 09-02-2006 10:17PM

Mossy Monk wrote:

what date did they give?

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

astrofool · 09-02-2006 10:18PM

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 · 09-02-2006 10:26PM

astrofool wrote:

Which ep was that?

The High Ground

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

cooperguy · 09-02-2006 10:27PM

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 · 10-02-2006 12:46AM

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

Binomate · 10-02-2006 12:53AM

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 · 10-02-2006 01:11AM

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 · 10-02-2006 01:15AM

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 · 10-02-2006 01:28AM

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

Creamy Goodness · 10-02-2006 01:31AM

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 · 10-02-2006 10:37AM

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 · 10-02-2006 10:41AM

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^ · 10-02-2006 10:46AM

Commander Vimes wrote:

i have that episode. go me

And so does everybody else now, send it now please

seamus · 10-02-2006 10:47AM

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 · 10-02-2006 12:39PM

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 · 10-02-2006 12:43PM

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 · 10-02-2006 02:29PM

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 · 10-02-2006 02:33PM

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 · 10-02-2006 02:36PM

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

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