I read somewhere that there was a skit involving a young woman who getting ready to go on a date. Her mother was supposed to say: "Don't forget your pill !", but the NBC censors made the producers change the line to: "Be careful !"
Does anybody know which actors were in this sketch, and was it from the original "Laugh In" hosted by Rowan and Martin, or the 1977 revival?
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Jack Benny and Lucille Ball did the same joke on his show and the censor wouldn't allow it. There's a 1950's episode of "Superman" where Jimmy Olsen says to Lois Lane, "What's the matter Lois, did you forget to the pill?" Of course, the birth control pill hadn't been invented yet. The line sounds funny to us today.
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Thank you for the fascinating trivia "shemp56" !
Was this gag used in the original "Laugh-In", or the revival ?
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