What episodes of sitcoms or just jokes or scenes from an episodes of sitcoms will we probably never see again because of 9/11?

We will probably never see an episode of the Simpsons "Homer vs New York", when the Simpsons go to New York to reclaim an impounded car because of the appearance of the World Trade Center.

We will never see a scene from Family Guy (the footage is distroyed) when Stewie sneaks weapons onto a plane saying "I hope Oshama Bin Ladan is not watching."

Also, on an episode of Unhappily Ever After, the episode when the mother dies and returns as a ghost, they were discussing how everyone needs an enemy, and how it is not the same since the fall of the Soviet Union, and they said "Who do we have to fear now? The Arabs?" in a sarcastic way. Actual the Arab joke was edited out in syndication. But if it was not originally edited out, it would be now.

Originally posted by tvje
We will probably never see an episode of the Simpsons "Homer vs New York", when the Simpsons go to New York to reclaim an impounded car because of the appearance of the World Trade Center.


I've seen it. It's aired on FOX 25 in Boston a couple of times.

N@N edited out a couple of terrorist references on Wings, yet they still air the episode where two of the guys had to fight off a would-be hijacker. Weird.

Originally posted by tvje
What episodes of sitcoms or just jokes or scenes from an episodes of sitcoms will we probably never see again because of 9/11?

We will probably never see an episode of the Simpsons "Homer vs New York", when the Simpsons go to New York to reclaim an impounded car because of the appearance of the World Trade Center.

We will never see a scene from Family Guy (the footage is distroyed) when Stewie sneaks weapons onto a plane saying "I hope Oshama Bin Ladan is not watching."

Also, on an episode of Unhappily Ever After, the episode when the mother dies and returns as a ghost, they were discussing how everyone needs an enemy, and how it is not the same since the fall of the Soviet Union, and they said "Who do we have to fear now? The Arabs?" in a sarcastic way. Actual the Arab joke was edited out in syndication. But if it was not originally edited out, it would be now.



Would this joke count as a joke that won;t be used post 9/11?


On the Jeffersons Mr. Bentley told George_"did you hear about the man who fell from the 89th floor of the Empire State Building and lived to tell about it? And George said no, and then Mr. Bentley said yeah he told the people on the 88th floor, the 87th floor, the 86th floor............


I asked because of the people who fell from the towers that day.

Originally posted by tvje
We will probably never see an episode of the Simpsons "Homer vs New York", when the Simpsons go to New York to reclaim an impounded car because of the appearance of the World Trade Center.

We will never see a scene from Family Guy (the footage is distroyed) when Stewie sneaks weapons onto a plane saying "I hope Oshama Bin Ladan is not watching."

they should put the Simpsons episode on DVD whenever they get to that season.

I can see why that Family Guy episode is offensive, but I do think it has a right to be on the DVD because fans of the show who like it enough to pay for it will understand that it wasn't MEANT to offend, they didn't predict 911 to happen, and fans like complete episodes.

Originally posted by Sideshow Kristen
I've seen it. It's aired on FOX 25 in Boston a couple of times.


I've seen it on the Fox station in Des Moines too. I was surprised, actually.

They're not episodes or jokes, but after 9/11, Sex and The City and The Sopranos edited the Twin Towers out of their openings. They didn't completely redo them....just took the Towers out.

I thought I would never see the episode of Seinfeld where Elaine was on a plane and it was hijacked by cubans, but that episode still airs.

I don't think they take the towers out of shows anymore, they are still shown in the Mad About You opening.

Originally posted by MandieR1980
I don't think they take the towers out of shows anymore, they are still shown in the Mad About You opening.

Thats because "Mad About You" was long gone by the time 9-11 rolled around.

Originally posted by barwars88
Thats because "Mad About You" was long gone by the time 9-11 rolled around.

I know that but they could still edit them out

Originally posted by MandieR1980
I know that but they could still edit them out

But it wouldnt make any sense.... Mad About You never took place after 9-11, meaning the Twin Towers were up throughout the entire series run.

Thats like taking All In The Family, and editing out all of the references to Nixon or any other politicians at the time.

When episodes are in syndication -- they should air as they were originally meant to be.

I never understood the point in editing them out anyways. They should be remembered not make it like they didn't exist. I can see if they were being destroyed in a movie or something but in these cases they weren't.

I think the Towers should remain in shows that were aired prior to 9/11.

It doesn't seem right to me to keep them in the openers of current shows....The Sopranos for example.

you still see them in "Friends" sometimes, and in "Spin City".

But, it's interresting that that episode of "The Simpsons" still airs. Because the twin towers were the centerpiece of one part.

Originally posted by treky
you still see them in "Friends" sometimes, and in "Spin City".

But, it's interresting that that episode of "The Simpsons" still airs. Because the twin towers were the centerpiece of one part.
I'm curious. Are the Twin Towers in any current TV shows?

The Twin Towers don't show in any current episodes of FRIENDS, they haven't since 9/11. Right afterwards the girls wore shirts that said I "heart" NYC and the guys wrote that on their Magna Doodle on their door but the WTC was taken out of any opening scene shots of the show.

Originally posted by Nanny Fine
The Twin Towers don't show in any current episodes of FRIENDS, they haven't since 9/11. Right afterwards the girls wore shirts that said I "heart" NYC and the guys wrote that on their Magna Doodle on their door but the WTC was taken out of any opening scene shots of the show.

Do the DVDs feature the Twin Towers??

Though not an actual TV show, they were shown quite a bit on TV years ago but I doubt you will see any of the old Blondie & Dagwood films anymore.

Reason being is that many of these films made blacks look stupid by talking in broken english and being scared at things such as little dogs.

In fact I heard there is even a scene in one film where Dagwood tells Baby Dumpling that the only thing they are good for is cleaning houses and working on trains. He was pointing at a black man.

Doubt you can get away showing THAT on TV today.

Originally posted by barwars88
Do the DVDs feature the Twin Towers??

I'm sure they do in the episodes prior to 9/11, there would be no reason to cut them out IMHO.

When TV Land was airing Barney Miller they stopped showing any episodes with bombs in them, but they still showed the Twin Towers during the opening credits.

no

I know that the first 3 seasons, and the first 12 (of 18) episodes of season 4, of Sex And The City have the twin towers in the opening credits. the first 12 episodes of the season aired in summer 2001, but the last 6 aired post-911. So they altered the opening credits

'Friends' Deleted Scene Resurfaces After Originally Being Pulled from Air Following 9/11 http://celeb.bz/1NEcAw0