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9 Banned Shows That Were Too Scary for TV
Posted on 10/10/14 at 2:21 am
Posted on 10/10/14 at 2:21 am
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The X-Files: “Home”
The most controversial episode of The X-Files (and the first to garner a viewer discretion warning) is also considered one of its very best. Though critically praised, “Home” became the only episode of the series that Fox wouldn’t re-air after its 1996 premiere. The plot was disturbing, even by 2014's jaded standards, featuring a deformed baby buried alive and incest galore. Lucky for fans, it was cleared for an X-Files cable marathon on FX the next year.
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Cry Baby Lane
This 70-minute TV movie aired just once on Nickelodeon in 2000. Though a network rep would later argue that Cry Baby Lane was simply “forgotten,” it gained a cult following, thanks to the widespread belief that it had been banned from reruns because it was too scary. In fact, it was thought to be lost forever until aRedditor digitized and uploaded a VHS recording of the original broadcast. The plot centers on a creepy urban legend that comes true: the story of a pair of conjoined twins—one good, one evil—who were sawed apart after death. Naturally, the evil one comes to life (this is a horror movie, after all) and terrorizes a small town. If you’re feeling brave—or just really, really bored—you can watch Cry Baby Lane in its entirety on YouTube.
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The Wicked Witch of the West on Sesame Street
In 1976, Margaret Hamilton reprised her role as Oz’s abrasive, green-skinned villainess on the PBS staple. She drops her broom while flying over Sesame Street, then tries every magical method at her disposal to get it back. Oscar the Grouch is smitten, and even Big Bird grows fond of her. Parents were less enthused. After an overwhelming negative response from viewers, who reported that she’d reduced their kids to “screams and tears,” Hamilton’s episode was permanently shelved. For what it’s worth, her appearance on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood went over a lot better. But while we’re on the subject…
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Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: “Conflict”
In November 1983—right smack in the middle of that whole Cold War thing—the show aired a weeklong arc in which, through a series of misunderstandings, King Friday and Corny the Beaver stockpile enough nuclear weapons to ensure their mutual destruction. These episodes haven’t been aired since 1996. It’s to Mister Rogers’ credit that he intended this storyline as a sobering life lesson for the little world leaders of tomorrow, but still: too real.
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Hannibal: “Œuf”
In “Œuf,” the episode of NBC’s gorgeously gruesome Hannibal that never quite saw daylight, a series of kidnapped children are brainwashed (by Molly Shannon!) into murdering their own families. What would have been the fifth episode of the first season would have aired on April 25, 2013—had the Boston Marathon bombings not taken place just 10 days before. It’s also worth noting that the memory of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December 2012 was still fresh in viewers’ minds. At creator Bryan Fuller’s request, NBC temporarily pulled the show from its lineup, slicing and dicing “Œuf” into five webisodes instead.
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Star Trek: “Miri,” “Plato’s Stepchildren,” “The Empath” and “Whom Gods Destroy”
Despite the fervent protests of British Star Trek fans, “Miri,” “Plato’s Stepchildren,” “The Empath” and “Whom Gods Destroy” were banned from the U.K. airwaves for years. Why? According to the BBC, these episodes “deal most unpleasantly with the already unpleasant subjects of madness, torture, sadism and disease,” and they nixed them out of concern for the program’s younger viewers. To be fair, they’re not un-unpleasant. In “Miri,” for instance, Kirk and company come upon a planet inhabited by the children who will succumb to a terrible degenerative disease when they hit puberty. You know, just in case your kids weren’t having enough nightmares already.
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Posted on 10/10/14 at 4:35 am to Byron Bojangles III
Home still creeps me out. That damn Peacock family.
Posted on 10/10/14 at 8:22 am to Byron Bojangles III
I would like to see that Sesame Street episode.
Posted on 10/10/14 at 8:24 am to MSTiger33
Yeah, "Home" was freaky. Let's wheel Momma out from under the bed and have a good ole family gang bang. "Squeeze" was good too. X-Files was great, but it seemed like the writers ended up trying to spin too many plates and lost control of their storylines toward the end.
Posted on 10/10/14 at 8:27 am to Byron Bojangles III
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Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: “Conflict” In November 1983—right smack in the middle of that whole Cold War thing—the show aired a weeklong arc in which, through a series of misunderstandings, King Friday and Corny the Beaver stockpile enough nuclear weapons to ensure their mutual destruction. These episodes haven’t been aired since 1996. It’s to Mister Rogers’ credit that he intended this storyline as a sobering life lesson for the little world leaders of tomorrow, but still: too real.
Wait, what?
Posted on 10/10/14 at 10:25 am to Byron Bojangles III
I'm pretty sure I saw the Molly Shannon episode.
Although maybe that was because I torrented the whole season after the fact.
Although maybe that was because I torrented the whole season after the fact.
Posted on 10/10/14 at 10:29 am to Byron Bojangles III
Home was on tv the other day. Chiller TV aired it. Got it on the DVR to watch over and over during the halloween season
This post was edited on 10/10/14 at 10:30 am
Posted on 10/10/14 at 10:41 am to MSTiger33
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Home still creeps me out. That damn Peacock family.
I remember watching it when it aired. The very first scene with the brother/dad in the storm still sticks out in my mind.
Posted on 10/10/14 at 10:43 am to Byron Bojangles III
pretty loose usage of the word scary IMO
Posted on 10/10/14 at 10:55 am to Dr RC
I think he should have used disturbing rather than scary
Posted on 10/10/14 at 11:19 am to Bard
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Home still creeps me out. That damn Peacock family.
I remember watching it when it aired. The very first scene with the brother/dad in the storm still sticks out in my mind.
Yeah, I watched that when it aired when I was like 13 or 14... :creepy:
Posted on 10/10/14 at 11:42 am to UL-SabanRival
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Wait, what?
The only thing I hate about being born in the late 80's is that I missed out on watching all the great movies and tv programs when the Cold War threat was real. Watching Red Dawn must have been badass.
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:19 pm to WicKed WayZ
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I think he should have used disturbing rather than scary
agreed
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:20 pm to Byron Bojangles III
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After an overwhelming negative response from viewers, who reported that she’d reduced their kids to “screams and tears,” Hamilton’s episode was permanently shelved
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:21 pm to UL-SabanRival
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King Friday and Corny the Beaver stockpile enough nuclear weapons to ensure their mutual destruction.
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:21 pm to Byron Bojangles III
In Home, weren't the police officers names Andy Taylor and Barney Fife?
Posted on 10/10/14 at 1:33 pm to Byron Bojangles III
I remember watching "Home" when it first came out. I was expecting one thing and got this sick, twisted little story. When the agents thought they were recusing the mother from rape and unthinkable abuse, the story turned on a dime and became something completely different and much more dark and disturbing . . .
Not surprised that never aired again. Surprised it actually got shown to begin with.
Not surprised that never aired again. Surprised it actually got shown to begin with.
Posted on 10/10/14 at 5:44 pm to Bham4Tide
Saw Home on it's original airing. Creepy as frick
The episode of Hannibal was available streaming the week it was supposed to be aired. Didn't think it was that bad.
Biggest JUMP I ever got from X-files was the cockroach episode.... If you've seen it - You know EXACTLY what I'm talking about.
The episode of Hannibal was available streaming the week it was supposed to be aired. Didn't think it was that bad.
Biggest JUMP I ever got from X-files was the cockroach episode.... If you've seen it - You know EXACTLY what I'm talking about.
Posted on 10/10/14 at 8:45 pm to Esquire
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The only thing I hate about being born in the late 80's is that I missed out on watching all the great movies and tv programs when the Cold War threat was real. Watching Red Dawn must have been badass.
You're gotdamn right it was.
And Home... it's been nearly 20 years since I've seen that and I'm still creeped out by mom on the creeper.
Posted on 10/10/14 at 9:02 pm to BoostAddict
Them Peacock boys was good boys. They just got mixed up with the wrong crowd.
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