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Slowest News Day Ever of the Day: A man in North Texas claims he accidentally came across a racial slur in the classic Jim Henson kids show Fraggle Rock that has gone unnoticed for nearly three decades.

“I heard him say Jigaboo,” Keith White said, referring to a Fraggle Rock character named Wembley. The Hub, which aired the episode in question, told CW33 News Wembley is actually saying “gee, Gobo” — Gobo being the name of the show’s protagonist — and sent them the original script to verify.

The Jim Henson Company confirmed The Hub’s explanation.

Nonetheless, the network has decided to censor out Gobo’s name from that line in future airings to avoid any further confusion. White took the move as a sign of vindication.

“Why would you edit, if it`s a mistake?,” he said. “Why are you going to edit it out? Are you hearing the same thing?”

[cw33 / mediaite.]

no… what you hear is what makes you the racist. like seriously… it’s fraggle FUCKING rock… if you hear the slur, the slur is apart of your vocab, that makes the the racist.

in light of this i want ANY movie with a parrot saying “polly want a cracker” censored please… because ‘cracker’ is a racial slur against white people. i know this history of why ‘cracker’ is a term for white people, i am aware it’s maybe not the same but seriously, why not…

fucking over sensitive people these days…. it’s fraggle fucking rock

i like to see this lower class people read HUCKLEBERRY FINN and have a shit fit, that book is something your daughter will read in school…. so yeah go fucking flip out about that too, hell what about the CD’s in your car, anything by Jay-Z? or any mainstream rappers? i bet its okay for that right?

BATTLE BATTLE RANT RANT….. get the fuck over it. over sensitive people.

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10. rmarsack said: God damn, I hate living in Texas.
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    hahahaa oh my gosh,...kidding me? give me a break, amirite?

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    I cant believe this i news

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    I think I spent half...my day contemplating...stupidity....

22. divedog said: I’m so sick of racist people like this. Yes, the racist people being the ones who COMPLAINED. It’s a fucking kids show for one, and for two, it didn’t fucking say that. For them to think it did means they’re pretty fuckin’ racist themselves.
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29. villageidiocy said: What a moron.
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    Well, one thing’s...certain: Giselle’s “newscaster speak”

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    woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah….

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    This is ridiculous! What ever happened to Freedom of Speech?

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    LEAVE FRAGGLE ROCK ALONE

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    no… what you hear is what makes you the racist. like seriously… it’s fraggle FUCKING rock… if you hear the slur, the...

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    thank goodness….it’s about time they took this filth off the tv

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    I asked Cotterpin about this and she flipped out a little: PS: I hate that dude who complained. There are zero things to...

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    freaking kidding me!?!?

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