Family guy + bbc + censorship

[Stigmundfreud]

Family Guy, a show aimed at adults, shown on BBC3 at a time no kid should be watching tv and the BBC are censoring it!

Just seen the dog get awarded a golden penis for making porno and the BBC blurred out the image of the award! MAdness, where will it end?!

[ab@]

Nooo, anything but FG

[Marf]

Stigmundfreud said:

Family Guy, a show aimed at adults, shown on BBC3 at a time no kid should be watching tv and the BBC are censoring it!

Just seen the dog get awarded a golden penis for making porno and the BBC blurred out the image of the award! MAdness, where will it end?!

Its blurred out on FX too.

[Kurtblythman]

I suppose they would have to do a few things to make the show a 18+ maybe like tax? You know the way the goverment is these days.

[FourWheelDrift]

Is that the BBC blurring it or is it from the original US version that the BBC have bought?

[pugwash4x4]

are you sure it isn't a subtle comment on the ridiculousness of censorship?

[Robatr0n]

pugwash4x4 said:

are you sure it isn't a subtle comment on the ridiculousness of censorship?

That's pretty much what it is.

[Dyl]

IIRC it's also blurred on the, largely uncensored, DVD which I have of that episode.

But the BBC version has censored a lot of stuff, even the relatively milder parts.

Edited by Dyl on Monday 18th August 00:52

[Teppic]

FourWheelDrift said:

Is that the BBC blurring it or is it from the original US version that the BBC have bought?

It will be the version that the BBC have bought, i.e. on the US transmission masters.

The blurring is not being done by the BBC.

If you want to see ridiculous censorship, look no further than the Simpsons on Channel 4. It is heavily cut, and whenever they have shown Futurama they have always cut Bender's line "Bite my shiny metal ass".

15 years ago "censorship" and "Channel 4" wouldn't belong in the same sentence. How times have changed...

[TheLemming]

My copies of the family guy DVDs are at my girlfriend's at the moment but I'm sure I dont recall Bryan's porno award being blurred on the DVD edition. Will check tomorrow and report.

[tribbles]

TheLemming said:

My copies of the family guy DVDs are at my girlfriend's at the moment but I'm sure I dont recall Bryan's porno award being blurred on the DVD edition. Will check tomorrow and report.

I definitely remember it being blurred out on the DVDs...

[illmonkey]

So when would it ever be non blurred?!

My "copy" isnt blurred, i imagine its of american origin

[Gylen]

I thought it was blurred to parody a US news report of a pornography ward, highlighting the hypocrisy prevalent in reporting on such an event during mainstream news (we want dirt) and then censoring the content to appease small town mentalities (but not that much dirt!). Or something.

[Stigmundfreud]

Gylen said:

I thought it was blurred to parody a US news report of a pornography ward, highlighting the hypocrisy prevalent in reporting on such an event during mainstream news (we want dirt) and then censoring the content to appease small town mentalities (but not that much dirt!). Or something.

I'm sure the almighty sage one, Beford Rascal, will forgive me for not having known that

[emicen]

Stigmundfreud said:

Gylen said:

I thought it was blurred to parody a US news report of a pornography ward, highlighting the hypocrisy prevalent in reporting on such an event during mainstream news (we want dirt) and then censoring the content to appease small town mentalities (but not that much dirt!). Or something.

I'm sure the almighty sage one, Beford Rascal, will forgive me for not having known that

The torrent I have of that season of Family Guy doesnt have the golden penis blurred and I'm 99% certain thats of american origin.

[Gylen]

Stigmundfreud said:

Gylen said:

I thought it was blurred to parody a US news report of a pornography ward, highlighting the hypocrisy prevalent in reporting on such an event during mainstream news (we want dirt) and then censoring the content to appease small town mentalities (but not that much dirt!). Or something.

I'm sure the almighty sage one, Beford Rascal, will forgive me for not having known that

Why were you so desperate to see a penis anyway?

[sleep envy]

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[Alex97]

Teppic said:

FourWheelDrift said:

Is that the BBC blurring it or is it from the original US version that the BBC have bought?

It will be the version that the BBC have bought, i.e. on the US transmission masters.

The blurring is not being done by the BBC.

If you want to see ridiculous censorship, look no further than the Simpsons on Channel 4. It is heavily cut, and whenever they have shown Futurama they have always cut Bender's line "Bite my shiny metal ass".

15 years ago "censorship" and "Channel 4" wouldn't belong in the same sentence. How times have changed...

Don't get me started on Channel 4 censorship! They ruin Scrubs and Friends by just cutting so much out. On Friends they even cut out the word "sex" a lot of the time. They also cut out the word "porn"

[Stigmundfreud]

anonymous said:

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I hate you

[BJG1]

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