King of Pop triggers TV re-edits
Which TV shows have already had to re-edit their content following the death of the King of Pop?
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“Michael Jackson was right when he said children are our future. He was wrong though, it must be said, about many other things.”
So said Shaun Micallef when introducing the Gen Y team in this week’s episode of Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation.
How fortunate that the episode went to air three days before Jackson’s passing. Other shows haven’t been quite so lucky.
Spicks and Specks, which films well in advance, yesterday had to trawl through its completed episodes to see what Jackson references it has in its stockpile.
A spokesperson told TV Tonight one gag has already been deleted entirely. Not because it was tasteless but because it is now dated by the passing of Jackson.
So significant has Jackson been on pop music however, that other references will remain because they are so intrinsic to the episodes, and to music. On a show like Spicks it becomes unavoidable.
Adam Hills recently said, “We had one instance where we had a big chat about Pavarotti and he died the week before it was due to go to air. So back into the editing suite.
“There was one episode where we had a Kylie Minogue video and someone made a joke about her breasts. Two weeks later she was diagnosed with breast cancer. So we had to go back and do a quick edit on that, so that the viewing audience didn’t think we were referring to her breast cancer.”
It is the omission of acknowledging the passing of Jackson that will be Spicks‘ biggest loss. With the exception of their Christmas special, the ABC comedy has completed filming its 2009 episodes.
TV Tonight understands Australian Idol has also filmed promos for the show in which former Idols are dressed up as famous pop stars -including Michael Jackson.
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14 Responses
They should just superimpose captions that say “This when filmed when he was still alive”
Let us not Forget the Simpsons.
Michael Jackson moonwalk
Bubbles the Chimp
So because Michael Jackson is dead all parodies should end? Give me a break.
Whether he’s alive or dead the context of the Scary Movie 3 scene is the same.
If an aspect of a show to come is outdated because of his passing, then obviously that must be addressed, otherwise you can’t dance around history, and chop apart a movie released years ago just because someone has passed.
Family Guy were also lucky. As a recent episode included a Michael Jackson joke.
@ Craig: I remember all that, they even did a reshoot on the first Spiderman movie because Spiderman spun his web between the Twin Towers and caught a Helicopter in it.
Honestly it can all get a bit much at times with everyone being so damn sensitive, what now no ads for sponges and cloth cleaners because Billy Mays The Shamwow/Slap Chop Guy from US Infomercials died overnight.
The Channel Seven idiots didn’t cut the Michael Jackson parody out of the Scary Movie 3 movie. What were they thinking? They were probably too busy laughing at Kochie’s jokes. Dumb retards.
Re: C4 pulling the TNT Show – that was literally minutes after his death was confirmed too.
Seven aired Scary Movie with the whole Michael Jackson parody in tact. uh oh
Craig, I think you’ll find by reading the article that unless a joke is in bad taste or out of date they won’t remove it.
Channel 4 pulled the TNT show off air to remove a reference.
Wow talk about Silly…
The Chaser were also lucky. When attempting to find Kevin Rudd, they used two “Jacko” disguises.
OMG not this again! It reminds me when NY shows had shots of the twin towers and in the weeks after they came down shows scrambled to edit them out. It happened, get over it. Jackson is a big star but unless a joke is in bad taste (or a segment is out-of-date then why remove it?
Scary Movie 3 is scheduled to be on 7 tonight and that includes a Michael Jackson parody. Wonder if 7 will be pulling the movie out of its schedule and will they omit that scene from transmission.