Right-winger David Zucker swings for the liberal-bashing fences in “An American Carol,” but his most controversial scene understandably didn’t make it into the movie.

Zucker had a Ted Kennedy look-alike offer a ride to someone at a convention. When he opened the car door, water spilled out. It’s a reference to the 1969 incident in which Kennedy drove off a bridge with Mary Jo Kopechne as his passenger. Kennedy survived but Kopechne died.

Zucker no doubt decided to cut the scene because of Kennedy’s struggles with brain cancer.

I got that tidbit from former Tucsonan Jillian Murray, who has a role in the film.

“It was a cool stunt,” she said. “Fish were coming out.”