bitten tongue.

The Richard Pryor Show (1977):

 Pryor only filmed four episodes of the show but they were not without their controversies. During the first show, Pryor was shown for a title card and as the camera panned out it was revealed that he was wearing a sort of body stocking to appear nude but his penis was missing. (The implication being that Pryor had been “emasculated” by the network’s restrictions and censorship.) NBC quickly said the clip must be edited out of the show and it was.

The president precedent for “We’re going to Mars, bitches!”