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RealMudflapper t1_j6mo413 wrote

Reply to comment by LooksAtClouds in TIL in the 1980s Monty Python got much of its exposure to the US through PBS, because of CBS censoring parts of "The Holy Grail" in a 1977 broadcast. This upset the comedy troupe, prompting them to withdraw the broadcast rights. by AnthillOmbudsman

The 70s were weird. I was only a kid but it seemed like the entire world in the 70s was a bell-bottomed was a filthy, rapey, child-abducting, cigarette-smoking, Quaalude-popping, bell-bottom-wearing, airline hijacking, am-radio-listening fever dream has crisis with big dumb collars. I mean, the decade started with The Beatles breaking up. Talk about a harbinger.

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