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This is a list of The Simpsons broadcast ambiguities.

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In production order.

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• "Bart the Daredevil" (7F06) - The first Fox and Global network broadcasts on December 6, 1990 were extensively cut and time compressed to make room for the "Do the Bartman" music video, which premiered after the closing credits. The full version was seen by Global viewers for the first time upon the episode's second showing on February 28, 1991. The second broadcast to Fox viewers, however, was cut again, this time Homer's second fall over the cliff included, to make room for news coverage. Fox finally broadcast the original version upon the episode's third air date - August 29, 1991.
• "Bart's Dog Gets an "F"" (7F14) - The first Fox and Global network broadcasts on March 7, 1991 were extensively cut and time compressed to make room for the "Deep, Deep Trouble" music video, which premiered after the closing credits. The full version was seen for the first time upon the episode's second showing on July 25, 1991 on both networks.
• "The War of the Simpsons" (7F20) - The third Fox network repeat on August 20, 1992 reportedly featured an extra scene not present in the first or second showings on May 2, 1991 and August 8, 1991 respectively. It is unknown whether this extra footage appeared at any time on the Global network.
• "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" (8F01) - The single Fox network repeat of this episode on December 12, 1991 reportedly featured an extra scene not present in the first network showing on September 26, 1991. It is unknown whether this footage appeared at any time on the Global network.
• "Homer Defined" (8F04) - In the first Fox network broadcast on October 17, 1991:

Bart's retort to Milhouse is: "Bad influence, my ass!"

Mr. Burns' dialogue when the plant is about to melt down is: "I guess there's nothing left but to kiss my sorry butt goodbye."

After receiving complaints, Fox ordered the producers to alter Bart's dialogue. The lines were changed to "Bad influence, my butt!" and "I guess there's nothing left but to kiss my sorry ass goodbye." respectively. This change was never made to Global's copy of the episode. The original dialogue appears in syndication.

• "Saturdays of Thunder" (8F07) - The first Fox and Global network broadcasts on November 14, 1991 were extensively cut and time compressed to make room for Michael Jackson's "Black or White" music video, which premiered after the closing credits. The full version was seen for the first time upon the episode's second showing on April 2, 1992 on both networks.
• "Lisa the Greek" (8F12) - At the request of the network, to coincide with their coverage of the NFL, Fox had various portions of this episode continually re-dubbed to match the current season's football team titles.

For all Fox network broadcasts, the dialogue changes were as follows:

It is unknown whether any of these changes took place on Global. In syndication, the dialogue present in the episode's first run on FOX is heard.

• "Marge Gets a Job" (9F05) - In the first Fox network broadcast on November 5, 1992, Bart attempted to make use of his claim to suffering Tourette's Syndrome to escape a test by hollering "Shove it, witch!" and then barking. After receiving complaints, Fox ordered the producers to change the affliction in question to "rabies" and to cut the remainder of the scene for all Fox network repeats. This censorship was never observed in Global's repeats of the episode. The original dialogue appears in syndication. However, the "Shove it, witch!" and barking footage is still missing, presumably, in this case, on behalf of nothing more than a traditional non-censorship related syndication cut.
• "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds" (2F18) - Prior to the episode's first network broadcast, Fox ordered the producers to re-animate a scene in which Santa's Little Helper was shown (full-screen) mating She's The Fastest at the dog track. When the creators furnished a version showing 'the act' from only the shoulders up, Fox still objected, and replaced the entire scene in-house with a frozen still of the family sitting in the grandstands. This version was seen in all Fox network airings. The "shoulders-up" version nevertheless appears in syndication. Global viewers were not subject to Fox's censorship and saw the "shoulders-up" version in all of their broadcasts. It was also reported by David Silverman that the "full-screen" version somehow made it into the copy sent to New Zealand.
• "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" (3F01) - In the first Fox network broadcast, Milhouse shows his new pet monkey to Bart, which he had found unconscious in a wicker basket purchased from Pier 1 Imports. Unbeknownst to him, the monkey is an apparent carrier of the Ebola virus (the overal event being a parody of the movie Outbreak). After presumably receiving complaints from Pier 1, Fox ordered the producers to remove the reference to "Pier 1," and as a result, became "Trader Pete's" in all Fox repeats. The original dialogue was never changed in Global's broadcasts. In syndication, however, the replacement line is present.
• "Marge Be Not Proud" (3F07) - Prior to the episode's network debut, Fox had the store detective's line, "If I wanted smoke blown up my ass, I'd be at home with a pack of cigarettes and a short length of hose," cut from the episode. The dialogue was never restored for any of the Fox network repeats. The original dialogue does, however, appear in syndication. Additionally, Global's copy was never equivocally censored.
• "Team Homer" (3F10) - All Fox network and Global broadcasts featured Haing S. Ngor's name on Homer's stolen Oscar award. However, in syndication, the name instead appears as Don Ameche.
• "Homer's Enemy" (4F19) - In all Global network broadcasts, the scene of Frank Grimes being electrocuted was cut (leaving only the sizzling sound and sight of shocked co-workers intact). The scene was never cut by Fox and appears intact in syndication.
• "Treehouse of Horror IX" (AABF01) - Due to an error on Fox's behalf when pre-assembling the show's modern split-screen credits, Regis Philbin screaming, "My eyes! My beautiful eyes!" was not heard over the first broadcast's Gracie Films logo on October 25, 1998. The error was corrected for all Fox network repeat showings. All of Global's broadcasts were unaffected.
• "Viva Ned Flanders" (AABF06) - In the third Fox network airing on September 19, 1999, Homer's original dialogue regarding Hitler's April 20th birthdate was changed. Homer now refers to Lassie's July 15th birthdate; the alteration was made in response to viewer complaints. The censorship never materialized on Global, and the original dialogue appears intact in syndication.
• "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" (AABF08) - In the second and third airings on May 18, 1999 and September 5, 1999 respectively, a verbal reference to "The Catholic Church" was changed simply to "The Church." The alteration was ordered by Fox in response to pressure from the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. The dialogue was never censored by Global, and appears fully intact in syndication.
• "Mom and Pop Art" (AABF15) - The first Fox and Global broadcasts of this episode on April 11, 1999 excluded a poke at hostages, on behalf of the three US soldiers being held captive in Kosovo at the time. The scene appeared in all Fox and Global repeats, but did not appear in syndication.

External links[edit]

• Broadcast Ambiguities at The Simpsons Archive