WayneG
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CTV in Canada replayed the episode the other night with Brad's classic "200 pound snatch" line - except that "snatch" was bleeped out, and the subsequent mention of the word was edited. It wasn't censored for the original broadcast, but somehow for this repeat - at 9PM no less - was.
My first question is why re-broadcast that episode at all since that's the funniest part. Yes, it's a classic episode but if you're editing the classic part out, then what's the point? Secondly, it's okay to show scenes on TV of people being shot and murdered, dead bodies lying on tables, almost naked bodies doing other things, blood flowing on the ground, and various forms of foul language being spoken - but this harmless and very funny line (it is a weight-lifting term after all!) has to be censored. Hmmm. Maybe we have our priorities mixed up.
The TV censors look out at the sniper shootings and the recent spat of shootings in Toronto and say, "leave all the violence on TV, but cut out that word from Whose Line."
My first question is why re-broadcast that episode at all since that's the funniest part. Yes, it's a classic episode but if you're editing the classic part out, then what's the point? Secondly, it's okay to show scenes on TV of people being shot and murdered, dead bodies lying on tables, almost naked bodies doing other things, blood flowing on the ground, and various forms of foul language being spoken - but this harmless and very funny line (it is a weight-lifting term after all!) has to be censored. Hmmm. Maybe we have our priorities mixed up.
The TV censors look out at the sniper shootings and the recent spat of shootings in Toronto and say, "leave all the violence on TV, but cut out that word from Whose Line."