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shutz2 t1_j6e6q2w wrote

Monty Python had some weird run-ins with BBC censors too during production of the Flying Circus TV series, though. Not much during the first series, because they were mostly ignored, but once the show got popular, suddenly, all eyes were on it. A particularly stupid case involved the animation of the prince with a black spot on his face. The original version (which is also seen in the "And Now, for Something Completely Different" movie) has the prince die of cancer, but for some reason, a censor at the BBC decided that was unacceptable, so the Flying Circus version, has an obvious overdub saying "gangrene" instead of cancer.

But for the most part, whenever BBC censors wanted to block something after series 1, the guys would just point at something similar from the first series that had aired (and the world didn't end) so the censors couldn't do much.

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GatoradeNipples t1_j6etcwi wrote

>The original version (which is also seen in the "And Now, for Something Completely Different" movie) has the prince die of cancer, but for some reason, a censor at the BBC decided that was unacceptable, so the Flying Circus version, has an obvious overdub saying "gangrene" instead of cancer.

Cancer used to just be sort of generally taboo to talk about, for whatever reason.

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JaxDude123 t1_j6fxpq1 wrote

Most people died. A real bummer. Now it’s manageable for the most part.

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