Was Zemeckis even aware these things were in his film to start with? They seem to be mostly gags "hidden" by the animators.
Though I'm surprised any of the workaday animators would even know Eisner's personal phone number. Seems like that would have had to be inserted by request of one of the...
I would agree, it's not censorship, it's revision. Much like George Lucas and his Star Wars films, or Spielberg and the E.T. walkie-talkie fiasco.
I don't necessarily like it, or agree with it, but it's not censorship.
And given the content of some PG-rated films of the 80's, I'm not sure it's...