I’ve said it before, but Dateline NBC’s “To Catch a Predator” series - the American Idol of would-be child molesters - is amongst the greatest things to happen to TV since Desi Arnaz invented the three camera system.

Much like Cops, Jerry Springer and the Osbornes, there is gold in what you don’t hear: the liberal use of the censorship bleep creates comedy unto itself, creating funny while masking the dirty underneath. But those shows also gave us the gift of the uncut with the medium of the DVD, and I ask that Dateline do the same (or iTunes, etc.). When the almighty Chris Hansen descends with all his righteousness upon the pervert, I want to hear him say “so, when you wrote ‘I wanna —- on your —- and then —- all over your —- with a —- and then put some —- in your —- with some —-” the way the pervert who had the IM conversation THE WAY HE INTENDED!

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