I've been a fan of The Golden Girls for years. Watching the reruns first on Lifetime and now on Hallmark Channel and TVLAND. There's one episode in which Blanche is complaining to Rose that she is having a yard sale and on Lifetime and Hallmark Channel there was a word that was censored out. "Trying to knock 25 cents off a cup that says I lost my *word removed* in Vegas". Well the episode aired at 4:30AM this morning on TVLAND and it was with the word in tact. It was the first time I've seen the episode on TV with the word in tact. The word is "a-s-s" for those wondering.
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Golden Girls on TVLAND
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I was never a fan. But it was one of my grandmother's favorite shows.
I finally checked it out recently in reruns. Holy cow!
They hit me with a vibrator joke five minutes into my first episode!
Pretty racy stuff for 1987!
I finally checked it out recently in reruns. Holy cow!
They hit me with a vibrator joke five minutes into my first episode!
Pretty racy stuff for 1987!
Given that Blanche could have been considered 'a slut of a certain age,' yes - the sex jokes were frequent - they usually come out of Dorothy's mouth.
Hallmark also silenced that word in Frasier.
Though the "family hour" (first hour of prime-time) was not enforced after the 70's, most tv networks continued to adhere to it. I do not recall what time "Golden" aired, I'm sure it varied, but I wonder if some of the airtimes promoted the writers to take it up to the edge. BTW, IMO Hallmark is a conservative network, with a family friendly approach.
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While I do not often turn to reruns of programming from another day, it is always good to know that the archives are intact and literally at our fingertips, although there might be something to be said for having to walk all the way over to the set to turn on the power, turn up the volume, change the channel, adjust the antenna. It is good that they are brought to the attention of younger generations who benefit from seeing what it was and how it was; how some things change and how some things never change.
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