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locoboymakesgood:
Yeah I'm surprised some of that stuff hasn't been censored in the past. I mean of course, in today's world the meanings of both of those are taken into a whole different context..

Hammond Eggar:
There is an exchange between Moe and Larry in Three Pests in a Mess that I believe was edited out of some prints.  It's the moment in which Moe has black ink on his face.  Larry gets down on one knee and says "Mammy."  I seem to recall, at the least, reading about it being edited for some airings.  Perhaps someone could confirm this? ???

ThumpTheShoes:

--- Quote from: Hammond Eggar on November 26, 2007, 08:34:37 PM ---There is an exchange between Moe and Larry in Three Pests in a Mess that I believe was edited out of some prints.  It's the moment in which Moe has black ink on his face.  Larry gets down on one knee and says "Mammy."  I seem to recall, at the least, reading about it being edited for some airings.  Perhaps someone could confirm this? ???

--- End quote ---

This was the first of the newly "remastered" shorts that I got a look at back in the early 90's when WTBS or TNT (I forget which) had a Curly All-Nighter. I tuned in while some commercials were on, threw in a tape to catch whatever I could and Three Pests... came on. I was ecstatic to notice windowboxed titles (sure, as I was that it was a good thing, oh yes!) and much cleaner sound and picture than I had been accustomed to. Once it got to the scene in question, I was more than surprised to note that the sound was muted where Porcupine shoulda said, "Mammy!"

I decided then, and there, not to record anymore from that channel since they would be censored, and that the world is an unfair place! Since then, when I've seen this one on tv, the scene's been cut completely or the "Mammy!" is muted...

And the world has become, just for the record, even more unfair!

-Th

stooged and confused:
Back in the 70's, I'd watch the Stooges on WFLD Channel 32 in Chicago. They would edit out ceratin bits of mayhem like scissors on the nose and the "racial slurs." They would also cut 2-3 minutes out to fit in an hour time block. They usually played a Curly, a Shemp and a Curly with ooddles of commercials during and after the short was completed.

And I do recall TBS speeding up the film so they could add more commercials like Thump mentioned--I had forgotten about that deceptive practice.

Curley91:
Another 'mammy' joke that often gets scissored is Curly's routine in "All The World's A Stooge."  I've never actually seen the edited print, but I've heard that it has showed up on a few TV stations.  Was it ever on TBS?

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