Overdubbed Swears on TV: S & D

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Search: the FX version of _Jackie Brown_. Hearing Samuel L. Jackson repeatedly say "melon farmer" in various forms makes me smile. If you're going to gut the cussin', at least be creative about it.

― David Raposa, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

They did the exact same thing to "Repo Man" when they showed it on UK TV years ago. It made me laugh as well. I'm sure they came up with some alternate for "cock-sucker" too, but I can't remember it.

My favourite thing like this is radio edits of rap rekords, where they just leave gaps where the swearing was. This can be preferable to the un-cut version, just because it sounds *so* weird...

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― Norman Fay, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I mean does anyone ever say freaking? Really?

Favourite, ITV dubs of Die Hard movies: Yippee kay-ay kemosabe. Consistent through all three films too.

― Pete, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

When Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock was shown early in the day on BBC1, Kirk says "Those Klingon bandits killed my son!!" instead of "bastards".

The worst examples are when it's not even swearing, e.g. "staying with your mother" instead of "sleeping" when Pulp's "Razzamatazz" was played on the Chart Show.

― MarkH, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Yippie ki yay, maggot-farmer!"

"Yippie ki yay, kimosabe!"

― Michael, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I say freaking. Really, I do. Quite frequently.

Erm... Breakfast Club, whassisface, Judd Nelson? (or is that the bully from the Simpsons) getting into that monologue where he goes "No, dad, FLIP YOU!!!"

― masonic boom, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Another "it's not even swearing" example: Iggy on the Dinah Shore show doing "Sister Midnight": Instead of "my mother was in my bed/and I made love to her", he sang "potatoes were in my bed/and I made love to them." What a riot.

― Arthur, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

ITV showed a version of Robocop which has become a legend in my local. Clarence Boddiker's line 'Bitches leeeave' became 'Ladies Leeeave' = the word 'bitches': not suitable for iTV veiwers!! Their version of Aliens was a hoot as well.

― D*A*V*I*D*M, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Robocop had "You're going to be one hell of a bad mother...CRUSHER!" as well didn't it? I used to know loads of these, I'm sure.

― Greg, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Another Breakfast Club "why bother" from an airing many years ago - "eat my shorts" becomes "eat my socks". Moving taunt from crotch region to feet.

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

All the many folks around here who do not want to swear say "freaking". See also: fetching, fudging, and fecking. Yes, fecking. Also, to indicate someone else said the non-censored word: "They dropped the F-Bomb." Is this common?

― 1 1 2 3 5, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Aliens was pretty bad, but Robocop's great for "That's a load of [bullshit] baloney!".

― DG, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Scarface - "Manny, shoot thees piece of...garbage"

― tarden, Tuesday, 3 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

A good one was a version of Canonball Run where someone says, "Holy--" and some ridiculously mismatched voice breaks in, "mackeral", which is about 2 syllables too long for the motions of his mouth.

― Nude Spock, Tuesday, 3 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Actually, like Norman, my favorite was seeing Repo Man...it was on some cable station like A&E, and when Emilio is trying to repo the car and bullets start peppering the car he goes (I'll never forget it)--

"Oh, flip! Oh, shoot!"

― Chris, Thursday, 5 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I used to like watching Scarface when it was on network TV. As one could expect, there was a lot of dubbing going on. Unfortunately, it was the long and constant string of profanity that made Scarface such a great movie.

Al Pacino as Tony Montana -- acting just doesn't get better than that!

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Thursday, 5 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one year passes...

in fargo the overdubs say 'frozen'. cute.

― Josh (Josh), Sunday, 1 September 2002 03:51 (twenty-two years ago)

When I read the title of this thread my first thought was that swearing was being added in overdubbing. That would be a much better idea. I'd recommend old Humphrey Bogart films and episodes of The Sweeney, to start with.

Not an overdub, obviously, but the 1970s black superhero comic Power Man featured some good Comics Code substitutes for Harlem street talk. Obviously they never let any black people write it, so there are many levels of laughs to be had.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 1 September 2002 08:19 (twenty-two years ago)

From a movie better left forgotten

"Oh..blow it out your ass!"

to:

"Oh..blow it out your kazoo!"

I'm really curious as to how this was decided upon.

― JC (JC A.), Sunday, 1 September 2002 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Why has nobody mentioned "muddy funster" yet?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 1 September 2002 16:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I think it'd be the ITV dub of ROBOCOP. in the toilets when some guy is talking about his boss to some other guy and his boss is in one of the cubicles or something and the guy says to the other guy "and once...I even called him an airhead." while his mouth actual makes the shape of something a bit more offensive.

― RJG (RJG), Sunday, 1 September 2002 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I recall an Ice-T dubover, deliberately done, on Radio 1. They censored one line to: "Suck my mother-" " 's home-made toffe."

― Lek Dukagjin, Sunday, 1 September 2002 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)

― Lek Dukagjin, Sunday, 1 September 2002 16:28 (twenty-two years ago)

rascal for bastard. As in "you may be a rascal, but you're my kind of rascal!"

― isadora, Sunday, 1 September 2002 18:42 (twenty-two years ago)

If you haven't seen "Mallrats" on edited television, you must (it used to be on FX frequently). Even if you hate the movie. Even if you hate Stan Lee. Even if you hate your life.

It's surreal. It's a completely different experience. There are scenes in which ALL of Jay's dialogue is dubbed, by someone who sounds more like Jeff Spicoli than anyone who's even located Jersey on a map much less lived there, because otherwise there'd be too much flipping back and forth between Jay and dub.

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 1 September 2002 20:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I've also heard "Yippie-ki-yay, my friend!" Die Hard allows the censors to be creative, obviously.

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Sunday, 1 September 2002 20:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Ferris Buellers Day Off has a great one
"If you shoved coal up his [ass] fist youd get diamonds in a week"

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Sunday, 1 September 2002 20:59 (twenty-two years ago)

JC:

I can already tell that you're talking about "The Great Outdoors."

― Simon, Monday, 2 September 2002 05:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Ghostbusters: 'It's true, your honour, this man is some kind of rodent- I don't know which.'

― Richard Jones (scarne), Monday, 2 September 2002 11:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't rememner the film, but I do recall hearing someone get called a 'mother charmer'.

Yeah, that told him, did the washing up, bought flowers, played with small nieces .. pah .. suck up.

― Anna, Monday, 2 September 2002 11:42 (twenty-two years ago)

the ghostbusters ones were whole new bits
done by the actors in the studio not just dubs.
always puzzled me that -
the 1st time it was on itv in the late 80's there
were all these extra scenes replacing others totally
different dialogue and everything !
notably 'we came we saw we kicked it's ass'
(and this was after 9 o clock !!)

can't think of any other films where they've done that.

― piscesboy, Monday, 2 September 2002 14:00 (twenty-two years ago)

JC:
I can already tell that you're talking about "The Great Outdoors."

Ack! I've been found!

― JC (JC A.), Monday, 2 September 2002 22:48 (twenty-two years ago)

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