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This Is the ‘Righteous Gemstones’ Line That Was Too Filthy for Edi Patterson to Deliver

HBO’s Succession (RIP) was, in its day, celebrated for the eloquence of its profanity — of which there was so much that an official supercut of its “coldest insults” is more than 10 minutes long. The Righteous Gemstones, which became its HBO sibling a year after Succession’s premiere, has been compared to it for years, and it makes sense. Not only do both shows revolve around a stern, self-made patriarch unsure whether to pass down his empire to his two feckless sons and equally imbecilic daughter, but both are absolutely redolent with potty mouths.

10 ‘Simpsons’ Jokes That Have Become Embarrassingly Outdated

For more than 30 years, The Simpsons has been unleashing joke after joke after joke, and as the cruel passage of time moves forward, some of those gags lose their relevance. Sometimes the bit is tethered to a reference that has fallen into the Springfield Gorge of obscurity. Other times, circumstances have so drastically changed that it makes the joke’s entire foundation crumble.

More That Hasn’t Aged Well:

• 6 Outdated Supervillain Tropes, Updated for Today

• 14 Current Trends That Will Be Embarrassing Soon

• 5 Famous Superhero Movie Scenes That Are Already Outdated

• 20 Fiction Tropes That Used to be Huge (But Are Rarely Used Anymore)

• 5 Hopelessly Outdated National Stereotypes That Won't Die

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