However, in the 2019 special Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling, they go back to using the original "Chokey Chicken" name. In addition, the restaurant named " Chokey Chicken" (a term for masturbation) was renamed "Chewy Chicken" for the series' fourth season. On the season three DVD, the " Wacky Delly" segment was shortened by approximately ten seconds to remove footage of Sal Ami repeatedly whacking Betty Bologna over the head with a telephone receiver. Both scenes were edited by Nickelodeon after their first broadcasts and are the only instances of censorship on the season two DVD, released in 2012. This scene is left intact in the Canadian broadcasts of the episode. The first airing of the season two episode " Hut Sut Raw" included a scene in which Rocko is picking berries upon picking one lower on the bush, a bear rushes out whimpering and grasping his crotch. The original broadcast of the season two episode " Road Rash" featured a scene in which Rocko and Heffer stop at what is suggested to be a love hotel (the "No-Tell Motel") advertising "hourly rates" and ask the horse desk clerk for a room, who infers the two will be engaging in intercourse: "All night? Wheeeooo! Okay." The scene was never shown again after its first airing, but a low quality clip was made available online as early as late December 1997, and two higher quality clips have been available as late as 2021. There were at least two occurrences of immediate censorship of the series. In addition, the uncut version can still be found on the VHS tape "Rocko's Modern Life: With Friends Like These." They are intact in the Canadian broadcasts of the episode, however. Although it clearly wasn't going to be included, they described the scene to the Nickelodeon censors anyway: "We described the scene, and then waited for the axe to fall, but all they said was 'can you change the hearts to stars?', we said sure, and it went in." The scene, as well as another scene with Heffer saying, "Goodbye" to the milking machine, were later removed. According to writer/director Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh, the scene was originally supposed to have hearts appearing in Heffer's eyes at the climactic moment.
In a deleted scene from the season one episode " The Good, The Bad, and The Wallaby," Heffer Wolfe encounters a milking machine and finds pleasure, although only his reactions are shown onscreen. Joe Murray noted that the season one episode " Leap Frogs" received "some complaints from some parents" due to its sexual humor, leading to Nickelodeon removing the episode from air for the remainder of the show's run, although it later aired on the American cable channel Nicktoons, and was made available on DVD and video streaming sites such as Netflix (formerly) and Paramount+.
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The series contained numerous adult innuendos, such as Rocko's brief stint as a telephone operator at what is implied to be a sex hotline in the season one episode " Canned": the instructions on the wall behind him helpfully remind all employees to "Be Hot, Be Naughty, and Be Courteous" while he flatly repeats "Oh baby" into the receiver, who turned out to be Mrs.
Adults made up more than one-fifth of the audience for the show during its run.
Rocko's Modern Life has been noted for its racy humor.
There was a lot of censorship in Rocko's Modern Life, due to scenes with a lot of adult themes, sexual humor, or for other reasons.