Define Too Racy
It’s said that one of Jackie Gleason’s bits in the earlier years of The Honeymooners sketch had to be omitted for the television show. Gleason had a running gag that included a swipe at the character Trixie. One of those insults included a call back to Trixie’s days as a burlesque dancer.
This was considered too racy for television, so instead of saying “burlesque dancer,” Gleason had no choice but to change it to “dancer,” which really didn’t have the same zing as the original line, but it made the people in suits happy, and when you have Buick as a sponsor, that counts for something.
