The Count Censored (ORIGINAL)

mrmagoo3120 HN recommenders · 2016–2023
6.2M views · comedy · evergreen · Uploaded 2007-08-31

A mashup of a Sesame Street Count clip with a Lemon Demon song, where the swear words are censored in absurd ways. It is a short comedy piece about censorship.

Brought up in censorship threads as a joke and as a canonical example of censorship that changes the meaning of the original.

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3 comments from Hacker News

@sofaofthedamned2016 · in “Why swearing is good for you”

I love a good swear as much of any of you mangy pissflaps, but here's a gold example of how implied rudeness can be funny too. [VIDEO]

@joshmarlow2016 · in “Facebook deletes Norway PM's post as 'napalm girl' row escalates”

> Edit: This just made me realize you can bump G rated content up to PG-13 just by adding beeps and blurs I can't believe I'm posting this on Hackernews but it actually is relevant - [VIDEO]

@professorplumb2023 · in “Google will blur explicit image results for all users, requires login to disable”

I've always considered this video the canonical example of intentionally misleading censorship: [VIDEO]

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