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[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 32 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I always found it crazy when this would play on network television, they would not censor any instance of the N-word, but would completely remove the campfire fart scene.

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

It's entirely possible that the campfire scene from Blazing Saddles is the straw that broke Hollywood's fetish for westerns.

[-] Glytch@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

If so, Mel Brooks did the world a great service.

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Fun fact, that scene was the first audible fart joke in film, so it being censored originally makes a little sense.

[-] niktemadur@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Curious, in contrast I remember when they aired A Fish Called Wanda (that was a long time ago), they censored John Cleese's response to one of Otto's inarticulate verbal insult streams:
"How very interesting... you're a true vulgarian, aren't you?"

...so as to not offend... people from Bulgaria, I guess? They might confuse the V with a B, then write strongly worded letters to the head of network programming?

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Vulgarian sound like "vulva." It was probably that weak similarity to dirty, evil sex that got the line cut.

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