From: c8923075@mystra.newcastle.edu.au (Chris Baird)
Subject: (aus) Butchered in Oz Updates,,
Organization: Springfieldians for Non-violence, Understanding and Helping
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 05:54:30 GMT


Network Ten's butchering problem (the removal of scenes from the show
to accommodate more commercials) appears to have been solved, but
censorship (removal wrt to content) still exists... I'm also
peeved-off at affiliates who can't catch the end of a commercial
break, losing up to 15 seconds of our precious Simpsons,,

``Whoa, three seconds folks, a new record!'' [7g06] -- Fourteen
consecutive episodes (ending with 7f15) were un{butchered|censored}.

   9/8/92  R+  7F19   20:07   20:04    Lisa's Substitute
   9/8/92  R+  7F21   19:09  ~20:24    Three Men and a Comic Book
  16/8/92  R+  7F20   19:50  ~20:28    War of the Simpsons
  16/8/92  R+  7F13   __:__   20:16    Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment
  23/8/92  R+  7F15  ~20:24   20:44    Principal Charming
  23/8/92  R-  7F16  ~20:12   __:__    Oh Brother where art Thou?
  30/8/92  R-  7F14   __:__   20:33    Bart's Dog gets an F
  30/8/92  R+  7F18   __:__   20:07    Brush with Greatness


== [7f19] Lisa's Substitute ==

A shortened intro, and poorly spliced at that.  No credits.

Included,,
    At the dinner table after Mr. Bergstrom has left for Capital City.

 Bart:  Whoa,,  Someone was bound to say it one day, I just can't
        believe it was her.
 Homer: Did you hear that Marge?!  She called me a baboon!
        The stupidest, ugliest, smelliest ape of them all!
 Marge: Homer, you're not allowed to have(?) her feelings right now.
        There's a little girl upstairs who needs you, her confidence
        in her father is shaken, and no little girl can be happy
        unless she has faith in her daddy.


== [7f21] Three Men and a Comic Book ==

No intro.

Included,,

Bart embarks on a Quest for Cash.  He looks underneath the couch and
discovers a forgotten lolly.  The souvenir coin collection he received
from Patty and Selma is smashed open and cashed in at the foreign
exchange.

 Bart:   Americanize this, my good man.
 Clerk:  Okay.
 Bart:   All those coins were only worth three lousy cents?
 Clerk:  Let the good times roll!

Bart empties a half-full coke bottle, and takes it to the Kwik-E-Mart.

 Bart:  There you go, Apu.
 Apu:   Ah, very good. Would you like the deposit defrayed from the cost of a
        jumbo cherry squishy?
 Bart:  No, not today, I need the dime.
 Apu:   Oh, it is good to see you are running a trade.


== [7f20] War of the Simpsons ==

No credits.

Homer has landed in a boat and is waiting General Sherman to tire so
he can reel him in.  (``I've got a stick of butter with your name on
it!''.)  Marge hears Homer's screams.  Back home...

 Grampa: [pours Lisa a cup of coffee]  Sugar?
 Lisa:   Yes, ten please.
 Bart:   [shaking]  Hey Grampa, top me off.
 Grampa: Are you sure your Ma lets you kids drink coffee?
 Bart:   [snaps]  For the last time, yes!


== [7f13] Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment ==

No intro.

Included,,

After the "devil on the family couch" scene, Marge and Lisa have gone
shopping at the Grocery store.  Marge samples a few grapes - to Lisa's
disapproval - and she questions her mum if she can recall the 8th
commandment.  When Marge can't remember it, Lis yells ``Thou shall not
STEAL!'', attracting the attention of everyone in the shop.  To make
Lisa feel better, Marge asks for a price check on the grapes at the
counter.


== [7f15] Principal Charming ==

No credits.

Included,,

Chaos reigns supreme at Springfield Elementary while Skinner is on
playground duty.  Bart is spraypainting a naked lady stick-figure onto
a brick wall.

 Milhouse: [As Bart puts the finishing touches to his design]
           Man, sometime you just go too far!
 Lewis:    Whoa, It's principal Skinner, Bart!
 Bart:     Pffft!  Skinner, he works for me now

 Skinner: [as Bart attempts to hide the graffiti]  Move aside, Simpson.
          [He visualizes Patty's Face on Bart's drawing]
	  Pat-ty...
 Skinner: I'm going to ask for your Aunt Patty's hand in marriage.
 Bart:    It's your funeral, Seymour.

At the Tavern, Homer tells Moe of his predicament, and Barney offers
to date Selma.


== [7f16] Oh Brother where art Thou? ==

No intro.

*Censored*,,
    When Abe tells Homer of the Carnival girl.

 Grampa: She did things your mother would never do.  Like have sex
         for money.

Another example of Chen's law of the conservation of mild profanity.
The line was present in the New Zealand broadcast.

Included,,

Lisa wants to go on a pony ride, but Bart wants to go on a boat ride,
so Herbert decides to compromise: They go for a pony ride on a boat.
Marge is concerned that this may be spoiling them.  At the plant, the
engineers shoo Homer away.


== [7f14] Bart's dog gets an "F" ==

No credits.

Censored,,
  -- Marge testing the callous on her finger with lighter.
  -- Ms. Winthrop demonstrating the choke-chain on SLH.
        Bart: Is my dog dead?
        Winthrop: No.  Trust me, they're always breathing.
  -- Bart using the choke-chain on SLH in Winthrop's office.
     (SLH's eye-balls go wide in much the same fashion as Bart's did
     in ``Radio Bart''.)
  -- At the award ceremony, before Winthrop hands over SLH's diploma.
        Winthrop:  Son of a Bitch.

An obvious discrepancy in allowing ``Pull the Bloody chain!'', but not
permitting ``Son of a Bitch.'' (``It's a correct word, isn't it?''--7f16)


== [7f18] Brush with Greatness ==

No intro, but otherwise identical to the broadcast shown almost
exactly a year ago.. I hazard to say this may have been unbutchered. :)



-- ``I'm Bairdman'' <c8923075@mystra.newcastle.edu.au>