Funny, random editing, censoring in movies and tv shows

[Random_Spock]

Was inspired by some comments about Youtube's censoring of the movie Total Recall via the forums and an old post of mine.

Post in thread 'Things your tired of in movies' https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/things-your-tired-of-in-movies.151541/post-5354633

^ my old post mentioning about the weird bit of censoring that I saw in a tv show

What are some of the most funny, random editing, censoring in movies and tv shows that you've ever seen?

 

[tharpdevenport]

Just the oddball way they had to edit and censor Chris Farley's speech from hsi dad about a bull and a T-bone steak, on broadcast TV runs.

And we all know the "Saint Dickless" line from Ghostbusters, but on TV it's ... Wally Wick.

 

[RebelStarfleet]

“Yippee Ki-yay, Mr Falcon!”

Is my favorite worst censorship. The only reason ever to watch Die Harder on TBS Superstation back in the day.

 

[E-DUB]

I was in a Dr's office with my wife and the movie "Grease" was on the TV. You wouldn't believe how they hacked up the song "Greased Lightning".

 

[Owain Taggart]

I haven't actually seen much of that going on, because Canada's broadcast networks have mostly played them intact.

 

[BK613]

Have seen/heard it in happening in music. For example, a version of Billy Joel's Piano Man without the struck through lines (goes from 'he'd rather be' to 'And the waitress'):

Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke, or to light up your smoke
But there's someplace that he'd rather be
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me"
As the smile ran away from his face
"Well, I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place"

[Refrain]
Oh, la, la-la, di-dee-da
La-la, di-dee-da da-dum

[Verse 3]
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the navy
And probably will be for life
And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' alone

 

[Random_Spock]

I've heard both versions before. Like them both. But the edited one does seem rather odd.

 

[Tosk]

I guess it will be me who brings up the infamous TV dub of Repo Man.

I still use "melon farmer" to this day.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

My favorite Billy Joel song (Pressure) inexplicably cut out AN ENTIRE VERSE.

It's the one where Billy sings "And here you are, in the 9th...two men out and three men on...nowhere to look but inside, where we all respond to pressure"

Fortunately they added that verse back for the greatest-hits album I got.

 

[Aragorn]

Not an edit, but growing up I didn't have cable TV and the local stations would air these edited movies at random times on the weekend to fill time, but they'd have to cut their own promos for these movies and whoever made the promos for one movie kept saying the star was "Canoe Reeves."

 

[Mr. Adventure]

“Yippee Ki-yay, Mr Falcon!”

Is my favorite worst censorship. The only reason ever to watch Die Harder on TBS Superstation back in the day.

Repo Man infamously had Melon Farmer and Flip You.

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[the G-man]

Have seen/heard it in happening in music. For example, a version of Billy Joel's Piano Man without the struck through lines (goes from 'he'd rather be' to 'And the waitress'):

Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke, or to light up your smoke
But there's someplace that he'd rather be
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me"
As the smile ran away from his face
"Well, I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place"

[Refrain]
Oh, la, la-la, di-dee-da
La-la, di-dee-da da-dum

[Verse 3]
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the navy
And probably will be for life
And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' alone

I think that was less for content and more for time. The original song was too long to fit on a standard 45 rpm single and, further, top 40 radio stations were less likely to play longer songs.

 

[Kor]

I remember as a kid, watching the edited-for-TV version of Freejack with Mick Jagger as this tough mercenary type character.
The following exchange was amusing in its toothlessness, especially as Jagger's last word didn't match his mouth movements at all.

Jonathan Banks: Why, Victor. Who do you think you're talking to?
Mick Jagger: I know who I'm talking to, Mark. An airhead.

Kor

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

If they ever re-run the Paul Walker version of RUNNING SCARED, somebody will need to say ''Flip you, you flipping flip.'' Now they fade out cursing mouths so as not to offend the deaf, but it looks incredibly tacky.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I remember as a kid, watching the edited-for-TV version of Freejack with Mick Jagger as this tough mercenary type character.
The following exchange was amusing in its toothlessness, especially as Jagger's last word didn't match his mouth movements at all.

Jonathan Banks: Why, Victor. Who do you think you're talking to?
Mick Jagger: I know who I'm talking to, Mark. An airhead.

Kor

Mick was probably the best actor in that film.

 

[fireproof78]

My personal favorite was from "Con Air" which is obviously a very explicit film.

"My daughter's picture! Where'd you put my daughter's picture you dirt eating pencil neck!"

 

[JD]

I watch a some stuff on the Hallmark channels, and they go overboard on the censoring even cutting low level swears on shows like Fraiser and Pysch which never really go beyond a PG or PG-13 level.
When they added Splash to Disney+ they added hair to cover Daryl Hannah's bare ass in a couple of scenes. The ironic part is, I believe they left all of the swimming scenes where you can see her bare breasts.

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

"Con Air" . . . . .is obviously a very explicit film.

In a world where even Reverend Alden from LITTLE HOUSE gets vulgar.

 

[Random_Spock]

Saw a rather weird one while watching Casino... they went with a random stereo type replacement instead of just sleeping out the swearword. Thinking it was to sound similar to the previous word, for what it's worth.

Jewish money lovers instead of Jewish mother effers.

Just strange.

Thanks AMC.

Wondered if they were on drugs when they came up with that replacement.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Jewish money lovers instead of Jewish mother effers.

The hell? That's just as offensive!