From: utzoo!decvax!cca!hplabs!hp-pcd!tw
Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: Re: News from mail - (nf)
Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.390
Posted: Tue Oct 26 12:02:39 1982
Received: Sun Oct 31 07:07:52 1982

#R:floyd:-72600:hp-pcd:6500003:000:801
hp-pcd!tw    Oct 26 09:45:00 1982

        Although  I  didn't  see  that  particular  broadcast  of
        Blazing  Saddles,  I  think  it  is a safe bet that other
        movies have been butchered as badly.  As  an  example,  a
        couple  of  years  ago,  I  saw Monty Python and the Holy
        Grail on TV.  It had been 'censored' a bit, and  if  they
        had  *tried* to destroy the movie they couldn't have done
        a more effective job.  Take  the  Castle  Anthrax  scene.
        Deleting  the  punch  line,  which contains an obscenity,
        makes the whole thing completely useless; they  might  as
        well have cut it all.  
        
        I really resent this  sort  of  mindless  tampering;  I'd
        rather  they just didn't show movies than to destroy them
        like that.  
        
	Tw