:::::Your edit was not to make it "more succinct without losing meaning". You censored the article in response to the direct request to censor the article. Of the two birds you sought to kill, that particular "bird" does not exist and we shouldn't be working to kill it. We should not be trying to remove Burton's flavor and make him more neutral. He is a flavorful, non-neutral person. 
 :::::If you'd like to trim the quote, yank the first half:  "You think back and go, 'What the fuck was that?' But they left a strong impression on you. It was kind of a strange amalgamation of these weird children's TV show hosts." That way, you make it "more succinct" without censoring it. Problem = solved. Non-problem = not addressed. -