FU FCC

While we're on the subject of television, I'm pretty sure there are several networks that are bribing the censors. As long as there's no swearing or full frontal nudity, certain writers can pretty much get away with anything. Not that I'm complaining. There's nothing more annoying than a fabulous line being destroyed because it's supposedly inappropriate for whatever channel/time of day it's on. (See: "This is what happens, Larry, when you find a stranger in the alps.")

But what inspired this posting was last night's episode of House, in which the following exchange occurred.

(discussing their patient who was awake during a colonoscopy)
Dr. Cameron: Do you have any idea what it feels like to have a six-foot hose shoved into your large intestine?

Dr. House: No, but I just gained a lot of respect for whatever basketball player you dated in college.

Yup, it's offensive as hell. But who cares? I love this show.