In that case why does he get the words "comically" wrong? "I'm Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club, man! I hope I will enjoy my show!" It adds nothing other than a poke at a foreigner getting English wrong.

"Staring contest? I thought we were having a blinking contest and I lost"

"Idiot Box" is pure Tex Avery-esque perfection

This episode is 99% perfect and, ultimately, sweet, with its 'Maybe I'm Amazed' ending. The only thing that sticks out is the misjudged moment of Apu "hilariously" singing a cod-English version of Sgt Pepper. Apu, who elsewhere speaks pretty much perfect English (and voiced, lest we forget by the decidedly un-Asian…

Hungary = tax breaks.

It's not "BBC-approved" as such. It's a Sky Atlantic commission in the UK - a premium cable channel that mostly shows unedited HBO stuff as well as Mad Men. They'd have no particular remit to censor. Don't know whether BBC America has edited it, though.