10 Banned Episodes Of Famous TV Shows

Plenty of people will tell you Seinfeld was the best sitcom of the 1990s. Others will say it was the best sitcom ever. Others will say it was the single greatest TV show of all time. You get the point: the virtually plotless New York-based comedy, centred on the mundane lives of four friends, is a televisual work which tends to inspire strong reactions.

However, 1998's The Puerto Rican Day proved to inspire reactions that got a bit too heated. The season 9 episode sees central characters Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer in a car stuck in traffic, held up by the Puerto Rican Day parade.

Seinfeld typically steered clear of racial humour, but this particular episode dipped its toe in those treacherous waters, with Michael Richards' Kramer making some remarks that were deemed racist, and - most provocatively - accidentally setting a Puerto Rican flag on fire, then stamping on it in a bid to get the flames out.

The episode prompted a slew of complaints and protests outside network NBC's headquarters. Subsequently, it was pulled from the rerun cycle, although in the years since it has returned to syndication and been made available in the DVD box set.