Bleeping ridiculous words in movies on TV (1 Viewer)

Bruce N · Aug 10, 2004

In the Blues Brothers they bleeped "farkakte" when they're in the steam room with Mr. Sline (sp?) he says "You guys are still wearing the same farkakte suits."
And during Blazing Saddles they bleeped "Shtupp" as in Lily von Shtupp.
:rolleyes
My wife and I both thought this was about the most ridiculous thing we'd seen lately.
Bruce

TonyTone · Aug 10, 2004

On a related note (sorry for hijacking the thread)--has TNT and/or TBS relaxed their standards as far as broadcasting movies that have had profanity-laced dialog censored in some manner (either bleeped/muted/edited)? I ask because I coulda swore that when I was watching Under Siege 2 on TNT (or was it TBS--I know it was definitely one or the other), some profanity (e.g., words other than the F-word...like "sh*t") normally edited out...weren't. I know they weren't edited out because when I Tivo'd the dialog with caption turned on--sure enough, the actual vulgar words were indeed viewable. I know in the past, TNT/TBS televised theatrical releases with the profanity cleared edited out--did they recently undergo a moral change of heart?

derek · Aug 10, 2004

The past year or so I've noticed increased profanity on some of the major cable stations (FX most of all losta GDs which is ridiculous.) Cable stations are pushing the boundaries admidst the competition for 'supposedly' higher ratings. The joke of it all is that the FCC only has control over broadcast not cable content. See http://www.loper.org/~george/trends/2004/Feb/994.html for a good rundown.

Gabe D · Aug 10, 2004

I've seen "Army of Darkness" on TV where they have repeatedly bleeped out the main character's name: Ash. Clearly somebody thought they were saying "ass." :rolleyes

Patrick Sun · Aug 10, 2004

You can prettty much hear all the swear words on FX except for the F-bomb and the C-word. Just watch any episode of "Rescue Me" or "Nip/Tuck" if you don't believe me.

Dan Rudolph · Aug 10, 2004

Once, i was watching Predator 2 (starting at midnight) and things I know you say on TV, like "son of a bitch" kept getting bleeped. Then, they left in a F-bomb. Someone must have fallen asleep when they were supposed to be editing.

Shem Kellogg · Aug 10, 2004

"do i make you horny?" was censored last night on TBS (i think) i the first a.p. flick...can't remember what the line became

LewB · Aug 10, 2004

In the Blues Brothers they bleeped "farkakte" when they're in the steam room with Mr. Sline (sp?) he says "You guys are still wearing the same farkakte suits."

Just a little i dotting and t crossing ...
Fercockta - Loose translation 'shitty' breaks down to 'fer' (with) - 'cockta' (shit).
Shtup - To F__K
Must have been bleeped for us yiddish savy New Yakers. I've even seen versions of Blazing Saddles with the campfire baked beans scene entirely cut out !
How the hell can you show Blazing Saddles without that scene ?
The one that most amazed me was a broadcast version of Lethal Weapon 1. The scene where Mel Gibson gets blown thru a plate glass window by a shotgun blast. Danny Glover comes to his aide, Mel then says something like 'I'm f__king pissed Rog, I'm gonna get those f__kers'. They changed that to be 'I'm miffed Rog, I'm gonna get those funsters'. Oy !

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Robert Ringwald · Aug 10, 2004

for austin powers, they just made him say "do I make you randy.... randy. do I make you randy baby yeah do i!?" instead of "do I make you horny, randy! do I make you horny baby do i!?"

Jordan_E · Aug 10, 2004

I used to watch it on regular TV just for that part! It would leave me both in hysterics and amazement every time! What genius comes up with this stuff?

LizH · Aug 10, 2004

You can prettty much hear all the swear words on FX except for the F-bomb and the C-word. Just watch any episode of "Rescue Me" or "Nip/Tuck" if you don't believe me.

They both air after 10:00 @ night (when the kiddies should be in bed. :wink: )

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ScottR · Aug 10, 2004

Turner Classic Movies doesn't censor words late at night. I was watching Raging Bull and was shocked when ever f-word was left in!

John_Lee · Aug 10, 2004

The one that most amazed me was a broadcast version of Lethal Weapon 1. The scene where Mel Gibson gets blown thru a plate glass window by a shotgun blast. Danny Glover comes to his aide, Mel then says something like 'I'm f__king pissed Rog, I'm gonna get those f__kers'. They changed that to be 'I'm miffed Rog, I'm gonna get those funsters'. Oy !

Best ever? The Big Lebowski.

When Sobchak takes the tire iron to the car be believes belongs to the boy he is interrogating, the original line was;

This is what happens when you fuck a man in the ass.

It was changed to

This is what happens when you find a man in the Alps.

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Kevin O · Aug 10, 2004

I seriously think that the people in charge of dubbing over these scenes have contests to see who can get away with using the most nonsensical words/phrases to replace profanity. It is funny to hear what they come up with though.

Dave Farley · Aug 11, 2004

They don't always censor nudity late at night either. TCM had Animal House on a while back and the whole segment where Belushi is spying on the girls by ladder was uncut.

Jesse Blacklow · Aug 11, 2004

Turner Classic Movies shows only uncut movies, AFAIK. That and OAR are the reasons it's lightyears ahead of AMC, who only has the restoration projects to redeem its name.

The past year or so I've noticed increased profanity on some of the major cable stations (FX most of all losta GDs which is ridiculous.) Cable stations are pushing the boundaries admidst the competition for 'supposedly' higher ratings. The joke of it all is that the FCC only has control over broadcast not cable content.

There haven't been any boundaries pushed. The guidelines as to what can be said at what time of the day hasn't changed. That's why all these shows are on at or after 10pm. In the case of critical and commercial successes such as "Nip/Tuck" and "Rescue Me," there are good ratings coming to the channels, and it's not just because people are titillated by bad words. It's because the shows are well-written and hire good actors. They're just talking like real people, in character for the professions they are representing.

Besides, to the FCC, cable has always been separate, as well it should be, since it's paid television, not publicly acessible.

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Dan Rudolph · Aug 11, 2004

You may not realize this living on the east coast, but unlike most netwroks, F/X does not has a West coast affiliate. it's showing the same thing at the same time in all markets. So if a show comes on at 10pm in the east, it's on at 7pm on the west coast.

Jesse Blacklow · Aug 11, 2004

Dan: Interesting. I thought all left coast programming came on at the "same" time as the East Coast, i.e. 10pm their time, which would be 1am my time. At least, that's been my experience in journeys out west.

Erich_S · Aug 11, 2004

I saw part of the edited-for-TV Blazing Saddles a couple nights ago ... the, um, sound effects in the campfire scene were replaced with horse sounds (whinnying and the like), but the dialog was kept the same. It was strange.

However, the most creative editing I ever heard was in Die Hard 2...

YIPIEE-KI-A-{MISTER FALCON}!!!

Dan Rudolph · Aug 12, 2004

Jesse, that's the case with pretty much any channel except F/X.

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