tfc867 t1_jdjq7ob wrote on March 24, 2023 at 9:55 PM Reply to TIL: A Mambo No. 5 cover by Bob the Builder went to number 1 in the UK on 9th September 2001, but was removed from BBC radio playlists after the 9/11 attacks as it was ‘too frivolous’ by gnomageddon7 That was the same day (technically 9/9 and 9/10) George Carlin recorded the show for his special to be titled "I Kinda Like it When a Lotta People Die". That one got put on ice for a while. Permalink 1
tfc867 t1_jdjq7ob wrote
Reply to TIL: A Mambo No. 5 cover by Bob the Builder went to number 1 in the UK on 9th September 2001, but was removed from BBC radio playlists after the 9/11 attacks as it was ‘too frivolous’ by gnomageddon7
That was the same day (technically 9/9 and 9/10) George Carlin recorded the show for his special to be titled "I Kinda Like it When a Lotta People Die".
That one got put on ice for a while.