Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
#1Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 5:29pm
I don't feel like reading pages of threads to find the answer. Was you Company censored? I found it quite idiotic that even Jesus Christ, which is part of a lyric, was edited, among other parts, included the banter in the middle of "You Could Drive a Person Crazy". It was on PBS at 9pm.
I've seen and heard a lot worse than this on PBS, Tales of the City being the first thing to come to mind.
If the DVD is edited, I'll be PISSED.
#2re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 5:31pmIt wasn't edited for thirteen, which is PBS in NYC..but I always have closed captioning on, and that was edited.
#2re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 5:33pmI'm in Seattle. Not surprised if it was just us.
#3re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 5:34pmGiven that some places didn't have any edits at all, I can't see why the DVD would be censored. I'm pretty sure this was a regional thing. Here, our airing was preceded by a warning that there was "language" and that the program was only for "mature audience members." Friends of mine in other areas didn't see have that warning, and they did have edits. Why would the DVD be edited? Movies that are aired on TV are censored all the time, but nobody bleeps out all the language on the DVD releases.
#4re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 5:36pmWe didn't get any warning! When Walsh was edited for saying Jesus Christ I just about threw the remote across the room.
#5re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 5:40pm
Then that probably explains why the edits. 
#6re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 5:44pmI find it soooooo stupid that this was even an issue. I mean, who did they think was watching it? Any language (and I actually never thought about it before) in Company is there for a reason.
#7re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 5:48pm
I can't wait until they start realizing that more people are offended by the censorship than are by the language. I love how "son-of-a-bitch" is fine, "christ" is fine, and "jesus" is fine, but "jesus christ" is going too far.
Updated On: 2/22/08 at 05:48 PM
#8re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 5:52pmI never get the censorship of language. I mean, anyone with a vocabulary knows what they're actually saying. Might as well keep it in.
#9re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 5:54pmWell, it hasn't aired here (Dallas) yet, so the whole thing has been censored!
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#10re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 6:05pmIt was censored here too. What's so bad about "Jesus Christ", but not "Jesus"? Isn't Jesus Christ his full name?
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#11re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 6:07pm
Last time I heard it was
I put it on DVD but have yet to watch it. What were the suits @ PBS thinking?
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#12re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 6:09pmIt was censored here in SF!
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#13re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 6:13pmI was fairly frustrated also. All of this censoring stuff is getting ridiculous. Damn you Janet Jackson!!
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"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
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#14re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 6:13pmDoubt JJ had anything to do with this.
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#15re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 6:17pmIt was censored here in San Diego.
#16re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 6:22pmI just find this hilarious coming from the channel that didn't censor a minute of Tales from the City, which included nudity and bad language.
#17re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 6:22pmI was being sarcastic
Rant, Wickud, Rant, Wickud, Rant! We're not gonna pay Rant! 'Cause everythink is Wickud!
"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
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#18re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 6:25pmit was not censored for me in Pa.
#19re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 6:26pmit was censored in Philly, Pa.
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#20re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 6:27pmI know! I was gonna say I've seen nudity on PBS and nudity seems to be more taboo in this country than language. I was very shocked that they made an issue out of it. Even worse was when they actually *bleeped* the airing of CONTACT which had no release on DVD.
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#21re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 6:32pmWGBH Boston blipped "Jesus Christ", one other word I don't remember, and April's "s--- head", which totally ruined the effect. That really irked me.
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#22re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 6:48pmOh, it was retarded here in Miami, it was semi-censored here. We heard Jesus but not Christ, we heard most of the cursing in You Can Drive A Person Crazy, but April's "----head" was cut off. I was seriously angry about that!
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#23re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 6:58pmIt was edited in CT! I wasn't too happy.
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#24re: Was Your Company on PBS Edited for Language?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 7:20pmEdited- and stupidly-in Chicago. No S***head but plenty of bitches and the like. I try to imagine the youngster who stays up watching PBS to hear them say "S***". The thrills that youngster must be deprived of....
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