I can agree more that the mentioning of death as in words or references is the dumbest thing to censor. It's even one of my pet peeves when such is censored.
I think it depends on context. If it's used in a serious and threatening enough manner (like say a plot to kill someone) that's one thing but if it's used more colloquially or for humor (which seems to be much of the case here) then it's going overboard.
No, well the rule somewhere around the 60's, but they keep it that way so the show won't go stale like crackers. Which I think is really dumb, if the show is doing good. (How do you qute people please!???)
No, well the rule somewhere around the 60's, but they keep it that way so the show won't go stale like crackers. Which I think is really dumb, if the show is doing good. (How do you qute people please!???)
The 65 rule is this. 13 episodes in a season. The series runs for 5 seasons. 13 X 5 = 65. No big mystery.
I heard it has more to do with scheduling reasons when the show goes fully into reruns- 5 episodes a week, 52 weeks a year, each episode aired four times.
Yes, it was the episode where spongebob broke his butt in a million pieces and the doctor took 22 hours to fix it. he was playing a game while sandboarding (no idea why) and he lost in the game, and it said DEAD in big print, and patrick said "I got DEAD again!"
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I've heard that Helga on "Hey Arnold" had to say she thought she was going to "expire" instead of "die" in one episode.
True. It was the episode about monkey nucleosus (sp), although IMO it was probably a pun for mononucleousus (sp.)
Yes, it was the episode where spongebob broke his butt in a million pieces and the doctor took 22 hours to fix it. he was playing a game while sandboarding (no idea why) and he lost in the game, and it said DEAD in big print, and patrick said "I got DEAD again!"
Actually it was from the episode "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost" when spongebob and and patrick were trying to put squidward (the wax scuplture) back together, but when it failed Spongebob said "Patrick, I hate to tell you this but squidward he's... he's bushing up daisies." Then Patrick said "Oh I thought he was dead."
The 65 rule is this. 13 episodes in a season. The series runs for 5 seasons. 13 X 5 = 65. No big mystery.
I heard it has more to do with scheduling reasons when the show goes fully into reruns- 5 episodes a week, 52 weeks a year, each episode aired four times.
I've heard that Helga on "Hey Arnold" had to say she thought she was going to "expire" instead of "die" in one episode.
Yes, but in the Hey Arnold episode "Grandpa's Birthday" when Phil thought he was gonna die, they use lots of expressions meaning dying/passing away, not "dead" or direct references but things like "kick the bucket" or "curtains for me," but at the end, Phil says "I'm not going to DIE!"
Is this thread really necessary anymore? It's obviously flamebait because I've never heard of this so-called "rule" and I hear Nickelodeon characters say the word "dead" all the time.
I also remember in Hey Arnold, Arnold was gunna get his ass whooped and Helga kept reminding him and calling him on the phone being all "6 HOURS, 42 MINUTES AND 12 SECONDS UNTIL YOU DIEEEEEEEEEEE!"
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