Matt Stone & Trey Parker declare war on Scientology

[davida.b.]

http://articles.news.aol.com/p/arti...0002&cid= 918

NEW YORK (March 18) - "South Park" has declared war on Scientology.




Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of the animated satire, are digging in against the celebrity-endorsed religion after a controversial episode mocking outspoken Scientologist Tom Cruise was yanked abruptly from the schedule Wednesday - with Internet rumors it was covert warfare by Cruise that led to its departure.

"So, Scientology, you may have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for earth has just begun!" the "South Park" creators said in a statement Friday in Daily Variety. "Temporarily anozinizing our episode will NOT stop us from keeping Thetans forever trapped in your pitiful man-bodies... You have obsructed us for now, but your feeble bid to save humanity will fail!"

Internet bloggers accused Cruise of threatening to not promote "Mission Impossible 3," a surefire summer blockbuster, if the offending episode ran. Comedy Central is owned by Viacom, as is Paramount, which is putting out "MI:3."

But Cruise's representative, Arnold Robinson, told The Associated Press Friday that the mega-star made no such demands.

"Not true," Robinson said. "I can tell you that he never said that."

A call by The Associated Press to a Paramount representative was not returned Friday.

The episode in question, "Trapped in the Closet," which first aired last November, shows Scientology leaders hailing Stan, one of the show's four devilish fourth graders, as a savior. A cartoon Cruise locks himself in a closet and won't come out. An animated John Travolta, another famous Scientologist, enters the closet to try to get him out.

In another dig at the famously secretive religion, the credits at show's end are filled with names like "John Smith" and "Jane Smith."

The battle began in earnest earlier this week when Isaac Hayes, another celebrity Scientologist and longtime show member - voicing the ladies' man Chef - quit the show, saying he could no longer tolerate its religious "intolerance and bigotry."

Stone and Parker didn't buy that either.

On Monday, Stone told The Associated Press, "This is 100 percent having to do with his faith in Scientology...He has no problem - and he's cashed plenty of checks - with our show making fun of Christians."

A Comedy Central spokesman said Friday that the network pulled the controversial episode to make room for two shows featuring Hayes.

"In light of the events of earlier this week, we wanted to give Chef an appropriate tribute by airing two episodes he is most known for," the spokesman said.

[Lincoln]

Those two are the greatest.

[jeromechickenbone]

Those two are the greatest.

Word.  I love what they do - South Park is one of the greatest shows EVER.  I watched the Scientology episode today.  It was really good cuz I had actually spent some time recently studying Scientology.  And let me tell you, that episode is DEAD ON everything I've read.  That "Church" actually charges people to hook them up to those E-Meteres.  The more $$$ you spend, the higher up you'll rank in their religious hierarchy.  Its is fucking hilarious (yet sad) that it has as large a following as it does. 

PS. I love Shaft, but FUCK ISAAC HAYES

[Bomb-A®]

Those two are the greatest.

ya but ive got mixed feelings....on one hand they created one of the greates shows south park, but on the other hand they starred in baseketball     



peace

[Denial! Is Actively Joinin The Revolution]

good for them! man scientology is the most stupid fad eva

[Lincoln]

Those two are the greatest.

ya but ive got mixed feelings....on one hand they created one of the greates shows south park, but on the other hand they starred in baseketball     



peace

FUCK YOU, Baseketball is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen.

[white Boy]

^ damn, did he strike a nerve?

yea dope episode, and i just did some reading about scientology, wierd shit, but episode had it down, the rkelly & john trovolta was hillarious

[Ðøšïå]

yeh i watched that episode yesterday and it was funny as hell. has it been out for a while though bc i get the feeling i have seen it before, but im not positive.

[Bomb-A®]

Those two are the greatest.

ya but ive got mixed feelings....on one hand they created one of the greates shows south park, but on the other hand they starred in baseketball     



peace

FUCK YOU, Baseketball is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen.

riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight



peace

[Sikotic™]

They try to hard, but the publicity never hurts.

[CRAFTY]

My brother sent me a link 2 days ago (to be found at Roger Ebert's website) where you could watch the South Park episode but it was already pulled back yesterday. As a consequence, I haven't seen the episdoe

Cruise may be a very good actor, but he certainly is one hell of an idiot.

[white Boy]

^ youtube.com has it

[eS El Duque]

this episode aired a long ass time ago lol...i think i was the first to post about it...so where's my cookie?

[Bramsterdam (see ya)]

Those two are the greatest.

[Eihtball]

I missed this episode, tho I don't watch South Park much.  If somebody has a DL link (and fuck YouTube...that site took 30 minutes to load the new Mobb Deep video), please post it.

Sad to see Issac Hayes go...love that cat's music (moms exposed me to it when I was growing up), but it sucks he's a Scientologist.