Censorship
- When this cartoon aired on ABC's "Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show" and the British channel ITV, the entire sequence where Pepe tries to coax the cat out of a glass case is cut because near the end of the gag, Pepe puts a gun to his head and pretends to commit suicide (off-screen) when the cat mimes that she's rejecting him because of his stench.
- In addition to the above cut, ABC and ITV also edited the scene where Pepe tries to save Penelope from jumping, only to have her slip from his hands. Pepe then turns to the camera, salutes, and says, "Vive l'amour! We die together." The "We die together" line was cut on ABC and ITV.
- On Cartoon Network, in addition to the first ABC cut, a later line to suicide is edited out before Pepe and Penelope go out the window (Pepe's line about the cat committing suicide to prove her love to him). Cartoon Network had shown "For Scentimental Reasons" uncut until December 2003, where it was shown edited that year (and later in 2004, 2009, and 2010). However, all subsequent broadcasts after December 7, 2011 have had both references to suicide reinstated.
Read more about this topic: For Scent-imental Reasons
Famous quotes containing the word censorship:
“The censorship method ... is that of handing the job over to some frail and erring mortal man, and making him omnipotent on the assumption that his official status will make him infallible and omniscient.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“... censorship often boils down to some male judges getting to read a lot of dirty books—with one hand.”
—Robin Morgan (b. 1941)
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—Robin Morgan (b. 1941)