Oh yeah. breakfast club was another movie (from high school for me) that I thought was great. Decided to watch it with my first son. Enter drug scene... đź’¬ " Oh shit, I should have talked to my son about pot"đź’¬
On Sat., Apr. 25, 2020, 6:13 p.m. Kevin M., <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 1:53 PM Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Along similar lines: A couple years back I looked up one of my favorite >> SNL skits, "The Sinatra Group" and was blown out of the water that the gay >> slur "f-----" was used in reference to, of all things, Milli Vanilli. >> Admittedly I was only 17 at the time, and that wasn't the reason I loved >> it, but to see it used so nonchalantly blew my mind. >> > > Along similar similar lines, one of my favorite movies to watch on > broadcast TV was The Breakfast Club, where all uses of the phrase “f*ck > you” were replaced by the ubiquitous “flip you!” But the best part of the > TV edit is they remove entirely the scene when all the kids get high, which > in-so-doing the rest of the film makes absolutely zero sense. > > >> On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 12:39 PM Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Blazing saddles. I had great memories of laughing while watching that >>> movie with my father. So when I saw (about a decade ago) it in the TiVo >>> listings, I recorded it. >>> >>> I then proceeded to talk it up to my 8(?) Year old son. We sat down one >>> Friday night to watch it. Upon the second mention of the n-word, I was >>> wide-eyed as I had totally forgot the flagrant use of the word. My primary >>> memory was the fart scene. >>> >>> I had to pause the movie and explain old day racism. An educational >>> moment on a Friday night. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat., Apr. 25, 2020, 9:22 a.m. Tom Wolper, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 10:38 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I recall when the Family Channel (don’t remember if it was Fox or >>>>> Disney at that time) ended up with the rights to air Blazing Saddles. I >>>>> believe the TRT with commercials was under 45 minutes >>>>> >>>> >>>> In the late1970s one of the networks bought the rights to Blazing >>>> Saddles and put it on in prime time. They dubbed in to replace the >>>> profanity but left in the n-word. Something that will always stick with me >>>> was that in the original the sheriff said to an old woman, "Isn't it a >>>> beautiful day, ma'am?" and she replied, "Up yours, n****r." In the cut for >>>> network TV she said, "Outta my way, n****r, as if that's where the >>>> sensitive point was. And most famously, in the scene where the cowboys ate >>>> beans around the campfire the farts were replaced by belches. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHkfEccNauwLH58GtHcSZ6k9xtxfjFrXSbHHduyTa0UwQ%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHkfEccNauwLH58GtHcSZ6k9xtxfjFrXSbHHduyTa0UwQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1Br%3D9g44QdAyo4kUYpSHjsCtp%2Btv3ajm08Ouo3rJSNYZWg%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1Br%3D9g44QdAyo4kUYpSHjsCtp%2Btv3ajm08Ouo3rJSNYZWg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BcsCKWROW%3D886LNt-rEr3kHmJo9suWoWH-f-i8-W%2BYTtw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BcsCKWROW%3D886LNt-rEr3kHmJo9suWoWH-f-i8-W%2BYTtw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Kevin M. 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