“This Week in Unnecessary Censorship,” Jimmy Kimmel had more fun at the expense of Southern California TV reporters, and even made kids’ television icon Barney sound dirty.
“Coming up, we’re going to tell you how you can @#$& yourself,” a San Diego correspondent says in video (above).
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Who knows what she actually said, as the weekly “Jimmy Kimmel Live” segment uses carefully placed bleeps to make something innocent sound like so much more.
After that, Barney — the big purple dinosaur on that nationally syndicated kids’ show — sings about a subject parents would immediately object to.
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Dr. Phil, Kelly Ripa, Michael Strahan, “The Bachelorette,” “Family Feud” host Steve Harvey and celebrity chef Bobby Flay are also made to appear as if they pissed off the FCC.