[LINK] Homer Censored

[Tom Koltai]

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/28/simpsons.nuclear.jokes.ew/

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 -- Japan's nuclear power plant crisis is no laughing matter in
Springfield: Networks in several European countries are reportedly
reviewing
<http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/simpsons-nuclear-jokes-edited-ger
many-171415>  episodes of "The Simpsons" for any "unsuitable" references
to nuclear disaster. 

An Austrian network has apparently pulled two eps, 1992's "Marge Gets a
Job" and 2005's "On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister," which include
jokes about radiation poisoning and nuclear meltdowns, respectively. 

Al Jean -- exec producer of the animated Fox comedy featuring inept
family man/nuclear power plant worker Homer Simpson -- tells EW that he
can appreciate the concern. 

"We have 480 episodes, and if there are a few that they don't want to
air for awhile in light of the terrible thing going on, I completely
understand that," says Jean, citing the previous example of the 1997
episode "Homer Versus the City of New York" that was pulled after 9/11
because it included key scenes at the World Trade Center. "We would
never make light of what's happening in Japan."

Twentieth Television, the syndication division of Fox Television, has
provided U.S. stations that air "The Simpsons
<http://insidetv.ew.com/category/tv-shows/the-simpsons/> " in
syndication with a list of episodes that contain potentially sensitive
material given the unfolding disaster in Japan, so those stations can
decide whether or not to pull them. (This isn't an uncommon practice in
such situations.)

Jean assures that no upcoming Simpsons episodes "even approach" the
subject. 

"Some of them are workplace shows, but they are just about Homer being
at work," he says. "They're not about nuclear power." 
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