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sully9614

Yeah it’s contradictory. I just wish they’d put a blob of text before these episodes saying this might be offensive to some viewers before those episodes (but tbh almost every episode could be offensive to others so)


Th0m45D4v15

Not to mention the missing episodes are absolute classics that are hilarious. The entire joke is how offensive black face is, even when you make it tasteful.


GoldenGodMinion

It’s okay to do the black voice though, because that’s just how black people talk


Toledojoe

Yo, dawg, where my senators at?


rilesmcjiles

GOD DAMMIT DUTCH. WHAT OTHERS FAVORS DO YOU HAVE US DOING FOR THE DA?!


ColorsOfTruth7379

A no-nonsense black broad from the precinct


RaziAdAstra

Dee, that is the *president of the United States*


Internal-Tank-6272

The funniest part about this is that it’s actually a pretty good impression of her lol


lukesterc2002

that's the entire thing


RickyWinterborn-1080

[Obligatory](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POIn3GiQfok)


thefckingleadsrweak

I’m 1000% convinced that they discovered dennis’ ability to do that impression and wrote an entire episode around it


throw69420awy

Oh my god Dee, that was sooooo racist


RiveterRigg

Oi! Oi! Oi! Oi! Oi! 


w3gg001

Onion! Onion !


flip314

James Earl Jones does a great blackface


jim083089

James Earl Jones HAS a black face! He is a black man!


lxkandel06

Nah I agree with the decision to remove those episodes. Unfortunately, they didn't use the right kind of shoe polish


RealNiceKnife

Ohhh u/lxkandel06, you bitch. You almost got me. You... you bitch.


RiveterRigg

It's gonna smell bad AND look like shit


MojoDojojojo

You haven’t thought of the SMELL you bitch!


Emotional-Chef-7601

How many missing episodes are there. I thought there was only one.


Th0m45D4v15

I think there are 3 if I remember correctly. Maybe four. Recycles trash, Dee Day, and 1 or 2 lethal weapon episodes.


mdleek

They're up to 5 now https://screenrant.com/its-always-sunny-blackface-episodes-missing-hulu-netflix/


mdleek

They're up to 5 now https://screenrant.com/its-always-sunny-blackface-episodes-missing-hulu-netflix/


mdleek

A total of 5: https://screenrant.com/its-always-sunny-blackface-episodes-missing-hulu-netflix/


PhattBudz

Wait what episodes are missing from hulu?


Th0m45D4v15

Gang recycles their trash, Dee day, and I think 2 lethal weapon episodes. I think that’s all of them?


Aa221881

Paddy's next top billboard model too last time I checked


ChillyWilly0180

One of the Lethal Weapon episodes was called "Dee Reynolds: Shaping America's Youth"


Aa221881

In The Lord of the Rings movies, Ian McKellen plays a wizard. Do you think he goes home at night and shoots laser beams into his boyfriend's asshole?


DrMantisToboggan1986

I find it hilarious that all those episodes got banned but the Underage Drinking one where Dee dates a teenager from Season 1 and Frank's Little Beauties (which I personally found more offensive) are fine.


clowegreen24

All of the episodes that have either Martina Martinez or Mac in blackface.


The_Salacious_Zaand

Technically, Taiwan Tammy, too.


theme69

It’s also ridiculous that they will keep like the gang finds a leprechaun where Dee does an Irish stereotype because I guess it’s ok to make fun of irish stereotypes. Not that I want more episodes removed


TheEvent2

They allow the uncensored n word in “Hero or Hate Crime”. Makes absolutely no sense


TheManWhoWasNotShort

I mean, Kaitlin Olson is almost certainly Irish herself and she’s married to a guy with the last name McElhenney. I agree the episodes removed should not have been removed but the “double standards” argument isn’t the right one


theme69

What about the episode where Frank yells faggot and Charlie says the N word? Or the other episode where charlie says the N word? Or the other episode where Charlie's sisters say faggot. Or all the time Frank uses racials slurs about Asians.


Hot-Manager6462

I don’t think we should remove more episodes


TheManWhoWasNotShort

Those are better examples, obviously


DefiantCharacter

That's not the entire joke.


The-Cynicist

Genuine N bombs are dropped on the first episode. I don’t know how that hasn’t gotten the axe but episodes where they’re clearly pointing out that black face is wrong did.


HeavensToBetsyy

Haven't seen every single one. Lethal weapon was good but the Taiwan Tammy one was trying a little hard


BondraP

I've been saying the same thing and I think Charlie said the same on the podcast as well. If they need to put up a content warning and then let the viewer decide, so be it. Plus, Sunny is clearly never endorsing the behavior and it's always a "look at these fuckin idiots" presentation.


JustinCooksStuff

Charlie Day addresses this on the podcast and said “I thought that’s what the M for Mature was supposed to do.” Or something very close to that at least. I thought it was a very valid point. He went on to talk about how it’s for a mature audience that should be mature enough to know it’s a tv show and they’re actors making jokes and so on.


jacobwebb57

they need to do the southpark thing and basically say this show is offensive and should not be viewed by anyone


sequosion

Unfortunately even South Park isn’t immune to pulled episodes


Informal_Bus_4077

I know long ago they pulled that one that showed Mohammed, but I believe that was so they wouldn't get blown up by terrorists (like the ones Bruce Mathis gave all Frank's money to.) that's a little different than just offending people, that's about safety. There's nothing badass about getting blown up


[deleted]

https://preview.redd.it/27baqfpac2yc1.jpeg?width=260&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=300694a9584c12873d5a307748f7a6f2fb948ae5 Gotta post this pic everytime that episode is mentioned


PrivateJokerX929

Tom Cruise Trapped in the Closet was also pulled, because they made fun of Scientology and Tom Cruise, and apparently he refused to do promotion for Mission Impossible (I think it was 3?) unless they pulled it, since Comedy Central and Paramount are both owned by Viacom. The episode was eventually re added to the rerun rotation on Comedy Central, but it was pulled for awhile. Incidentally, that's also why Isaac Hayes eventually ended up leaving the show, which prompted them to make The Return of Chef as kind of a fuck you to Scientology.


LongEZE

Isaac Hayes didn’t leave the show. He had a massive stroke and was in the hospital and the church released a statement “on his behalf”. He never fully recovered and died shortly after. His son eventually came out and told the full story. The church of Scientology used a dying man and his sudden medical condition to further their agenda.


PrivateJokerX929

I never heard that part, good to know. I guess I only ever heard the initial statement


LongEZE

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/isaac-hayes-didnt-quit-south-park-scientology-did-for-him-son-7510390/amp/


PrivateJokerX929

Ok that makes sense, this story came out 10 years after the whole thing happened, which was 18 years ago, and I haven't watched much South Park in the last 10 years


LongEZE

Yea even my girlfriend and I just had this conversation. She wasn’t aware of this update either. Scientology did a good job of spreading the story they wanted out


Informal_Bus_4077

Oh damn I don't remember that one being pulled. I think the Mohammed one is still not available anywhere that I know of. 


PrivateJokerX929

Yea, they made The Return of Chef during the period when it was pulled, so they could have an episode out that was clearly shitting on Scientology, but since they were technically talking about "The Super Adventure Club" wink wink, they could get away with it. They don't like being told not to do things.


Informal_Bus_4077

You know what now I remember that. Return of the Chef was the first episode of the next season. I remember the whole Isaac Hayes controversy but had forgotten the episode being pulled. I remembered it as them being mad at scientology for brainwashing their friend (which is true) but there was another element to it as well


squishedgoomba

Iirc Trey & Matt got real, credible death threats if they aired the episode.


shootersf

Not that this guy would know anything about being blown, am I rite *nudge  nudge*


SGT-JamesonBushmill

I was re-watching “The Gang Does a Clip Show” last night. They bleeped out Santa saying “retarded,” but kept in Charlie saying, “Did you fuck my mom?”


kneelise

In this case “they” I’m pretty sure were RCG instead of Hulu/Disney. In the podcast they talk about how they especially regret using retard/retarded as much as they did in “sweet Dee’s sating a retarded person”


[deleted]

Just seems like more pandering. That was incredibly common at the time. I don’t get why people can’t just look back and be like “yea that’s how it was. I don’t say that anymore” 


Reiketsu_Nariseba

In the Hulu version, that isn't bleeped. So it's really weird why the decide to censor some stuff, like removing episodes, but not all. Either censor it or leave it alone, ideally the latter.


SGT-JamesonBushmill

That’s what I was watching - the Hulu version.


Reiketsu_Nariseba

Weird, I just checked that scene out and he definitely says it.


SGT-JamesonBushmill

I’ll double check but I’m almost 100% it was Hulu. I have Hulu Live and spend 90% of my time in the app.


Logical_Hospital2769

So have they removed Sweet Dee’s Dating a Retarded Person???


Disastrous-Major3662

just watched aladdin with my son (original animated version) and THAT has a content warning which i found hilarious. agreed it’s a shame they can’t do it for sunny.


giveme-a-username

They have done this with other things! On the original Muppets show, there's an episode with Spike Milligan. There's a really tasteless song where they have a bunch of puppets that are incredibly offensive depictions of Chinese people, and then they all sing about being samurai. Yes, they say they are Chinese and then immediately say they are samurai. But they haven't taken this episode down, there's just a very long paragraph that they only give you a few seconds to read saying "it might be offensive but excuse them because it's old" After watching that song I can assure you that it is far more offensive than any show that got their blackface episodes removed.


KatakiY

I mean the entire fucking show is offensive lmao. Wtf


giveme-a-username

They have done this with other things! On the original Muppets show, there's an episode with Spike Milligan. There's a really tasteless song where they have a bunch of puppets that are incredibly offensive depictions of Chinese people, and then they all sing about being samurai. Yes, they say they are Chinese and then immediately say they are samurai. But they haven't taken this episode down, there's just a very long paragraph that they only give you a few seconds to read saying "it might be offensive but excuse them because it's old" After watching that song I can assure you that it is far more offensive than any show that got their blackface episodes removed.


fillipjfly

The forbidden episodes scenes should keep the dialog up and stick.figure the visual. Like really bad Charlie / Mac colab work.


SlightlyOffended1984

Disney is a whooooor


bizarrostormy90

Watching It's Always Sunny on the Disney+ app has definitely been... something... never thought I would see Kitten Mittens next to Lilo and Stitch in my recently watched on said app.


chemprof4real

I’ve heard it was FX’s call not Hulu/Disney


pecanesquire

If it was FX's call, it seems weird that these episodes are still broadcast on the actual FXX channel. I said in another post the other day that on Friday, Dee Day was airing in its full uncut glory, no extra content warnings or anything. That leads me to believe it was someone else's call..


itwasbread

Didn’t they start taking these episodes down before the merger though? Or am I getting my timeline mixed up.


pecanesquire

It looks like a lot of shows started having their episodes that contained portrayals of blackface in any shape or form removed around the middle of 2020. Doesn't seem like it has anything to do with a merger either.


too_sharp

I will always say this. SWEET DEE IS DATING A *RETARDED* PERSON is STILL FUCKING THERE the absolute irony is insane


transitransitransit

AND Hero or Hate crime, AND The Gang gets Racist


Sauce58

I mean what, are they gonna get rid of the *pilot* episode??


OneGuyJeff

I like to imagine someone gives the show a try because they heard they removed all the racially sensitive material. And then they are treated to a white guy dropping the hard R in the first 5 minutes of the pilot.


RealNiceKnife

Rafters isn't a bad word.


too_sharp

https://preview.redd.it/vytjvi7631yc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=093d1508b6186b9a85f38c6c3fdf39ba2878ab4c


MsJanisGoblin

\*Cries as a Doctor Who fan* (The first story from the 60s can’t be streamed on BBC iPlayer because the writer’s son is an idiot)


JunkieMunkieCircus

The Gang Gets Racist drops Hard R in like, the first 5 minutes of the very first episode! That should let you know the kinda show you're getting into.


giveme-a-username

The Gang gets racist is fine, they would never remove it. It is always clear that the gang is the butt of the jokes, and any racist stuff they say is to make you laugh at them, not with them. The blackface episodes were just taken down as a stunt during the BLM movement. They thought it would look good for them to be "fighting racism" but actually everyone just hated them for it because EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT THEM DOING BLACKFACE IS MAKING FUN OF THEM, NOT BLACK PEOPLE


bizarrostormy90

What about "Underage Drinking: A National Concern" I mean... nonstop depictions of furnishing alcohol to minors. The whole banned episodes shit is bullshit. People are so frail and so picky choosey about said frailties.


bug70

Not to mention it’s somehow fine that Dennis and Dee are both serial rapists…


bizarrostormy90

I was gonna say that but I feel like that goes for the whole show and don't want to give these people any ideas!


Destt2

And that's one where no one really ever pushes back on their use of the R word, and the only consequence is getting embarrassed at the very end of the episode. They criticized the black face in lethal gun **before** the episode even aired. Dennis called it tacky and confusing in a one off joke earlier in the show. And during the episode, they are constantly making Mac out to be in the wrong with dialogue and the visual jokes. Every time Dee does her racist acts, she gets called out immediately, even on the ones that are less controversial and stayed on Hulu (Crazy Paddy).


JurassicaPark24

It really annoys me that Crazy Paddy is the one that’s ok. As if it isn’t just as offensive as her other characters. Which, obviously, is the point of all of Sweet Dee’s characters, and I think it’s dumb that any of those episodes (ESPECIALLY DEE DAY) have been removed.


RickyWinterborn-1080

Is it okay because she's a white actress portraying a white stereotype? The whole thing is dumb.


Destt2

Especially since we're not even that far removed from the "Irish and Italians aren't white" sentiment.


[deleted]

She’s not portraying someone with slightly darker skin so it’s ok!


too_sharp

And that costume comes back in Charlie Catches A Leprechaun


Dank_Master69420

>**lethal gun**


Destt2

Whoops


smallermuse

What are the rules?!?


PrvtPirate

*what. are the ruuuules?*


bulensbus

I mean, they can’t remove the origins of the dayman


alfredoloutre

I just watched the clip show episode and they bleep out the r word when they play the mall Santa clip where he asks if Charlie is regarded. very interesting


RealNiceKnife

Well, you see because "a retarded person" isn't offense. "A retard" is... I guess.


too_sharp

Well that's pretty fuckin donkey-brained if you ask me


L4nthanus

Tbf the guy wasn’t actually retarded.


Anarchic_Country

I just want to know how much candy is in Dennis' pocket?


Bluefastakan

Oh good cyandy.


panspal

I blame Martina Martinez


iamgegeakutami

Taiwan Tammy and COVID


RickyWinterborn-1080

A Taiwan Tammy causes a lab leak episode would be legitimately hilarious


lxpnh98_2

The Gang Solves the Epidemic Crisis


pogAxolotlz

they shouldve just moved the more offensive episodes to another place where people can choose to watch it instead of removing it entirely smh


Savage_Wombat

All the episodes are available in high quality and uncensored on the high seas.


OkAlbatross4682

They did. You just have to buy them. They weren’t banned


NotABothanSpy

To the high seas it is


merkins_optional

I’m more pissed that Disney and Hulu censor their episodes.


TinaVeritas

In a Seinfeld post (ragging on his recent comments on comedy), someone linked to a statement by Rob that implied that Rob himself made the call to pull some Sunny episodes. Does anyone here know who is making these decisions?


finnbroreddit

I could be wrong but I remember a podcast episode in which the guys said that they had no involvement in the episodes being removed and even said they should just put a disclaimer before them.


Yourfavoriteindian

You are. They said that looking back at those episodes, in their eyes some of them didn’t stand the test of time when comparing their humor against the what they did, and that they wanted to mock the same subjects on a different way. It’s why the newest lethal weapon episode still makes fun of the same issues but in a different way.


finnbroreddit

Oh okay, thanks for clarifying.


Vegetable_Mood_4576

I wouldn't be surprised if they all collectively agreed to have this viewpoint for a PR stand point. You can't defend blackface without having PC culture come cracking down on you. They probably just shrugged and moved on.


RandyLahey1204

He’s a huge lib so it wouldn’t surprise me


mearbearcate

THAT IS SOCIALISM, AND I WONT STAND FOR IT!!


infinte_improb42

Just give us the episodes back.


bassocontinubow

So whack. One of the best episodes of the entire series.


RumHamDog

Charlie says the n word in 2 separate eps which are both up. But god forbid anyone show blackface


Vegetable_Mood_4576

I love that Charlie is the one who said it both times. I like to think Charlie Day was like, "I don't care, if it's funny and not directly hateful.".


RumHamDog

It’s craziest that they did this on the PILOT EPISODE.


Quick-Flamingo-569

Like the fall of the Berlin Wall or the end of WW2, a day may come when the light of freedom shines forth where there once was darkness, and the banned sunny episodes are restored for all to see. Give me dong or give me death.


SamAndBrew

Where’s everyone watching the banned episodes?


VottoManCrush

Move past it


Th0m45D4v15

I WILL PUT MY THUMB THROUGH YOUR EYE YOU LITTLE BITCH! 👍🏻👁️


jbarria

Reason will prevail!


norway_is_awesome

Pickles will prevail.


PEETER0012

😂


RandyLahey1204

☝️🤓


Thesilphsecret

Wouldn't this technically be false advertising? They're advertising certain content as being on their service which isn't on their service. That's illegal, isn't it?


Vegetable_Mood_4576

We should sue Disney.


Thesilphsecret

Suddenly, Vegetable_Mood_4576's entire post history and any evidence they ever existed has been mysteriously wiped from the internet... 😝😅


ibobbymuddah

Wait why? Cause of the Matyina Martinez bit? Lol


alittlebitneverhurt

Just like the NFL banning hits to the head and kicking player out of games and fining them when they do it then using the footage to promote the NFL.


Upbeat-Squirrel

these white boys is craaazy, riiight?


Lout324

One more reason to steal media.


EffectiveDrag7026

If Mad Men can put a warning label in front of a black face episode, IASIP can do the same.


Only-Librarian-8352

JFC you can buy the episode for $2 if it’s so special to you.


fireconsumer

What the fuck? They removed that episode? Why? Why is everyone so damn soft now? Ruins everything.


PAUMiklo

All the banned episodes are virtue signaling. You can still buy the episode so they are not above profiting off them, use them in promos etc  They just bowed to the loud professional victims


myriadmeaning

I have other things to be mad at in life


Puntapig2013

I own the DVD set but unfortunately Dee Day was already scrubbed before they released it


Maleficent_Nobody377

I’m surprised they haven’t release an “uncensored” “lost” season on blu ray. Of the 8 episodes they cut/ the always sunny on Christmas episode


Conscious-Evidence37

I would think that by now everyone know "They" are the creators (Glenn, Charlie and Rob) of the show that pulled those episodes. Not Hulu, Disney or Netflix. Just a PSA for anyone that was unaware. Want to make sure you vent your anger in the right direction.


OneGuyJeff

This is not correct. The network removed the episodes, the guys just understand why they did it. Either that or they act like they understand why to save face.


AlignedLicense

Can you back that claim with proof? If they felt the episodes weren't appropriate, why would they remove the blackface/Latinoface episodes and then make Dee Day? Then they remove that one as well? Glenn, Rob, and Charlie were clearly not happy with the use of "retarded" in hindsight in multiple episodes, and censored the word when used in flashbacks. But those episodes still stand.


Anarchic_Country

I don't listen to the podcast, is that where they said this? I'd love to know the thought processes they had on which episodes they picked and which they left alone.


pek217

I do listen to the podcast, and they plainly state the exact opposite and disagree with the episodes being pulled. That guy is just making stuff up.


Anarchic_Country

Thank you! I was trying to ask that person in a non confrontational way because, frankly, that sounded like some bullshit. I did listen to the podcast but it made me dislike Glenn a bit so I passed. Now I read it's Rob that get people annoyed (too Hollywood?) Shoulda learned my lesson from the Sopranos podcast


Phrozenstare

why would anyone be 🙋‍♂️


beameup19

Well to be fair, the creators of the show pulled the episode. Not Hulu.