ewf@ihuxa.UUCP (Gene Foster) (09/28/84)
Last night while watching the opening show for Cheers, I was amazed to find that NBC censored the dialogue in two spots. Both were done in the scene with Coach, Diane, and Sam talking in the bar. Was this just my local Chicago NBC affiliate (WMAQ) or did everyone in the US get the shaft? I really would like to know what was said but thanks to NBC I'll probably never find out. They ought to censor the entire A team along with St. Nowhere if it were up to me. gene foster
jgw@rabbit.UUCP (Jay G. Wilpon) (09/28/84)
I was watching the show in Phil. Pa. And the censoring was done, I thought that the reception crapped out, but maybe not!!! DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE DIALOG WAS????
blondin@druxj.UUCP (BlondinDJ) (09/28/84)
If one is referring to two period when the sound went out, then the "Censoring of Cheers" also happened in Denver, Colorado. I had thought that there was a problem with the network feed (which it looks now may be intentional) or with transmission from the local station (seems unlikely now). Doug Blondin AT & T Information Systems, Denver druxj!blondin
wjt@hound.UUCP (Bill TAGGART) (10/02/84)
WNBC out of New York also censored it. If the network censors disagreed with the dialogue, they should have sent the show back for appropriate editing. Bill Taggart ...ihnp4!houxm!hound!wjt
jgw@rabbit.UUCP (Jay G. Wilpon) (10/03/84)
But the real question is does anyone know what the missing dialogue was. I tape Cheers and I think that the first missing line, has Sam calling Diane a 'bitch'. I ran the tape in slow motion and his head is turned a bit but I THINK that's what was said. The next cut piece is very long and i cant tell what was said. ANYBODY OUT THERE KNOW!!
victorf@houca.UUCP (10/03/84)
I, too am very interested in finding out what the censored dialogue was in the season premiere of 'Cheers.' Unfortunately I didn't tape it so I've been hoping that someone who had who be able to dope it out. There has to be someone out there that has friend who is deaf that might be able to read Diane's lips. Or maybe there is someone from NBC on the net. I'm going crazy here! Scott Thompson
jimc@haddock.UUCP (10/04/84)
It also went out in Boston. I thought the first time was censoring, but the second time was so lengthy, I figured they were having trouble with their audio.