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* The syndicated version of ''[[The Sopranos]]'' survives relatively unscathed sex and violence-wise, as David Chase filmed alternate scenes (the scenes at the Bada Bing Strip Club have scantily-clad dancers who don't take off their clothes and the violent deaths are often replaced with shots of someone's face or shown at an angle so the violence won't be as severe). However, all of the profanity and explicit sexual lines are redubbed with toned-down versions that either weaken the dramatic impact or are just plain [[Narm|Narmy]]. One particularly notorious instance of editing came when the line "...sucking on a Cub Scout's ass" became "...chewing on a Cub Scout's ear" <ref>which still implies sexual molestation to a Boy Scout, no matter how you slice it</ref>.

** This inevitable censoring was parodied -- ironically when the show first came out -- in a ''[[Mad TV]]'' skit which had the Pax network holding the rerun rights to the show and cutting out all scenes of violence, using jump-cuts to remove all offensive language, and even reducing a lap dance scene to nothing, turning it into a five-minute blip of an episode.

* Happily, as he leaves the office* See you next week!" }}

* In ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'', when the Spanish Inquisition arrives late in court, Cardinal Ximénez exclaims, "Oh bugger!" This scene was frequently removed, since 'bugger' was considered too profane back then.