I DO NOT UNDERSTAND CABLE TELEVISION STANDARDS AND PRACTICES.

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I was watching The Colbert Report last night where Penn Jillette was the guest. I can't remember what the context was, but Penn goes on a mini-rant wherein he says the following: "There is no Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy is your mother and father, there is no Easter Bunny, and there is no God."

Only I swear to god, half of that got bleeped out. Here's what we actually heard:

"There is BEEEEP, the Tooth Fairy BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP, there is BEEEEEP, and there is no God."

What. The. Fuck.