10 'Hilarious' Movie Moments That Would Get Banned Now

6. Senseless Comedy: See No Evil, Hear No Evil

Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor made an unlikely but highly profitable double act in the Seventies and Eighties. Something about the pairing of the neurotic, electric-haired Wilder and force of nature Pryor really attracted audiences, though their background of working for Mel Brooks often led to toes not just being trodden on but crushed to a pulp. See No Evil, Hear No Evil was their penultimate collaboration, and one where it appeared the old magic had flown out the window. Clever concept it may have been, but not many saw the joke in a blind guy and his deaf friend getting caught up in the shady dealings of moustachioed b**tard Kevin Spacey. Here's a typical example of what was on offer. Hearing-deficient Wilder is being questioned by a police officer over the pickle the disabled chums find themselves in... Policeman: "Was there or wasn't there a woman?"/Wilder: "Fuzzy wuzzy was a woman?" Anyone got a stick? I just need to poke my hernia back in... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdDS2r7YdVM
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I am a journalist and comedian who enjoys American movies of the 70s, Amicus horror compendiums, Doctor Who, Twin Peaks, Naomi Watts and sitting down. My short fiction has been published as part of the Iris Wildthyme range from Obverse Books.