Despite Seinfeld regular dabbling in edgy subject matter, two controversial episodes involving a gun and a salad never made it to air on TV.
Although the sitcom was known for tackling edgy subjects, Seinfeld had two episodes that were deemed too controversial by cast and executives alike. This is surprising because, generally, creators Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David seemed like they were able to make jokes about anything in their "show about nothing".
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT One of the most notable examples of Seinfeld pushing the envelope in terms of what network television would allow is the masturbation storyline in "The Contest" from Seinfeld's best season. To avoid the censors, writer Larry David got incredibly creative in how he discussed the subject without ever actually using the word.
Both Dreyfus and Richards objected to the storyline, with Dreyfus citing a joke about dead US Presidents as the reason for her refusal. The network and director Tom Cherones backed up the cast, and the episode was scrapped. Reflecting on the episode in an interview with Screen Crush, Larry Charles stated that including such a controversial storyline in what would have been Seinfeld's ninth-ever episode would have been "maybe too much too soon.
Seinfeld's Cut Episodes Would've Been Its Most Controversial Seinfeld had tackled racial insensitivity before, in season 5, episode 10, "The Cigar Store Indian", in which Jerry offends Elaine's Native-American friend by buying a racist statue as a gift. Seinfeld also got into hot water when Kramer was seen stamping on a burning Puerto Rican flag during Seinfeld season 9, episode 20, "The Puerto Rican Day".
Gun ownership is still a hot-button issue in contemporary America, so an episode in which Elaine bought a gun and made light of the Kennedy assassination would certainly have divided Seinfeld's small audience back in 1991. Many popular sitcoms of the 1990s, like Friends and Seinfeld, were criticized for its lack of Black characters.
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