What’s the most offensive joke/wordplay to have made it past the censors onto prime time TV?

The original post: /r/television by /u/peanutismint on 2025-02-20 07:21:32.

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I guess It’s harder to censor things when they don’t actually contain any offensive words. Here’s a few I often think of:

• Arrested Development - calling that boat ‘The C-word’ (The Seaward)
• New Girl - Jess talking about Nick’s quick-hardening caulk
• Modern Family - either when Mitch says “Everybody follow the birthday flag!” and Cam replies “What did you call me?”, OR when Cam is talking about his Dad being a world class soap carver and says “You know, once, when I was a kid, I cussed and my mom washed my mouth out with the Leaning Tower of Pisa. She still blames herself to this day.”