Controversy
While it aired, the show was controversial for its raunchy content, as topics addressed included threesomes, circumcision, pornography, masturbation. On March 4, 2002, as the show faced pressure from watchdog groups such as the Parents Television Council (which voted Off Centre the second worst show for family viewing in 2002), The New York Post printed a memo from the WB's Standards and Practices Department to the creators of the show that stated: "It is essential to reduce and/or modify the significant number of uses of 'penis,' 'testicles,' 'foreskin' as well as euphemisms for the same, such as 'your thingie,'" the memo says in part. It also orders the exclusion of such references as "covered wagon", "unit", "turtleneck", "little fella", "anteater", "diddy", "cloaking device" and "my pig is still snuggly, wrapped in his doughy blanket."
The episode which dealt with circumcision, "the Unkindest Cut", also came under fire due to its treatment of the character Euan, who is uncircumcised. As well as the treatment of uncircumcised people in general.
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