New York - Rocker Alice Cooper is not allowed to strangle show audiences on US TV - not even in jest. The
60-year-old singer's act in The Late Show with Craig Ferguson was censored by the CBS network.

Cooper, who was born under the name Vincent Damon in Detroit, had been on the show to promote his new album, Along Came A Spider.

The singer re-enacted the video of the single titled Venegance is Mine in the studio, strangling a woman from the audience with a silk scarf.

While Ferguson was amused, the CBS producers were not and the clip was cut from the show, Cooper's spokesman said. (dpa)