376 – breayle: August 16, 2001

4. Is there some sort of debate with Comedy Central about bleeping out the word shit? I don’t understand how you can say it 162 times in one show and not censor it, but a few weeks later censor it out when it’s said only once… what’s the deal?

Trey: Personally, we don’t understand how or why Comedy Central let us say “shit” 162 times either.

Matt: We Just asked. They were excited about the idea and checked with advertisers who were psyched and that was it.

Trey: It was kind of wierd. But cable can honestly do whatever it wants as long as its
advertisers say okay. Its not controlled by FCC guidelines
like the networks are. Part of the reason they were hip to it was because the entire storyline of the episode relied on it. The reason we bleeped “shit” the next week is just
because we thought that was funny, to say it 162 times the week before and then bleep its singular occurance the next.