- There are two versions of "Bizarre." One version contains nudity (mostly topless women) and swearing. By all indications, this version only appeared on Showtime in the U.S. This version was probably produced especially for Showtime, as it appears that, even in Europe, the below "censored" version was shown. The other version "bleeps" out the swear words and when a nude scene comes up, it shows a different camera angle (such as viewing the girl from the back so you can't see her breasts). However, rare skits that involved a woman being naked below the waist, just ended quite abruptly. This is the more common version and was the version aired in U.S. syndication. This version has been seen as recently as 1999 in Canada.
- Episode six on the first volume DVD set of the Best of Bizarre is missing a sketch of Billy Barty and John Byner lip-synching to some songs by Robert Goulet and Barbara Streisand because of legal conflict involving music clearance rights.
- Some of the syndicated sketches have extra lines to work around the bleeped dialogue. For example when Super Dave Osbourne uttered a profanity regarding cutting off a man's testicles there's an extra line afterwards "I hope they didn't bleep this out. I don't see anything wrong with cutting off a man's toes".
- Some sketches featuring nudity were re-shot for syndicated television with the topless actress now wearing a brassiere.
- When this series was shown in the '80s in the UK the nudity and swearing was present.
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