NEW Southpark season 10!!!!!

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begins in 10 days and 12 hours ...

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Originally Posted by bevo

begins in 10 days and 12 hours ...

heck yes!!

[ladyspur]

Countdown............

[phillyspurslover]

the voice of chef, isaac hayes, has just quit 'south park' citing his intolerance for their religious stances on the show.


that sucks.

[RichB]

NEW YORK - Isaac Hayes has quit "South Park," where he voices Chef, saying he can no longer stomach its take on religion.

Hayes, who has played the ladies' man/school cook in the animated Comedy Central satire since 1997, said in a statement Monday that he feels a line has been crossed.

"There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins," the 63-year-old soul singer and outspoken Scientologist said.

"Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honored," he continued. "As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices."

"South Park" co-creator Matt Stone responded sharply in an interview with The Associated Press Monday, saying, "This is 100 percent having to do with his faith of Scientology... He has no problem — and he's cashed plenty of checks — with our show making fun of Christians."

Last November, "South Park" targeted the Church of Scientology and its celebrity followers, including actors Tom Cruise and John Travolta, in a top-rated episode called "Trapped in the Closet." In the episode, Stan, one of the show's four mischievous fourth graders, is hailed as a reluctant savior by Scientology leaders, while a cartoon Cruise locks himself in a closet and won't come out.

Stone told The AP he and co-creator Trey Parker "never heard a peep out of Isaac in any way until we did Scientology. He wants a different standard for religions other than his own, and to me, that is where intolerance and bigotry begin."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060313/...le_isaac_hayes

By ERIN CARLSON, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 4 minutes ago



Isaac Hayes arrives for the 2005 Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards, June 9, 2005, in New York. Hayes has quit 'South Park,' where he voices Chef, saying he can no longer stomach its take on religion. Hayes, who has played the ladies' man/school cook in the animated Comedy Central cable television satire since 1997, said in a statement Monday, March 13,2006, that he feels a line has been crossed. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

NEW YORK - Isaac Hayes has quit "South Park," where he voices Chef, saying he can no longer stomach its take on religion.

Hayes, who has played the ladies' man/school cook in the animated Comedy Central satire since 1997, said in a statement Monday that he feels a line has been crossed.

"There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins," the 63-year-old soul singer and outspoken Scientologist said.

"Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honored," he continued. "As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices."

"South Park" co-creator Matt Stone responded sharply in an interview with The Associated Press Monday, saying, "This is 100 percent having to do with his faith of Scientology... He has no problem — and he's cashed plenty of checks — with our show making fun of Christians."

Last November, "South Park" targeted the Church of Scientology and its celebrity followers, including actors Tom Cruise and John Travolta, in a top-rated episode called "Trapped in the Closet." In the episode, Stan, one of the show's four mischievous fourth graders, is hailed as a reluctant savior by Scientology leaders, while a cartoon Cruise locks himself in a closet and won't come out.

Stone told The AP he and co-creator Trey Parker "never heard a peep out of Isaac in any way until we did Scientology. He wants a different standard for religions other than his own, and to me, that is where intolerance and bigotry begin."

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[DizzG]

crazy... huh?

[SCdac]

Of all the things to complain about that show...

Originally Posted by MomBear

"South Park" co-creator Matt Stone responded sharply in an interview with The Associated Press Monday, saying, "This is 100 percent having to do with his faith of Scientology... He has no problem — and he's cashed plenty of checks — with our show making fun of Christians."

This about sums it up for me.

[ladyspur]

Originally Posted by phillyspurslover

the voice of chef, isaac hayes, has just quit 'south park' citing his intolerance for their religious stances on the show.


that sucks.

He didn't have a problem until the damn Scientology episode, what does that tell you?

to Scientiology

[MT]

If I had to make a guess, I'd venture to say that Matt & Trey are going to have fun with what to do with Chef's character this upcoming season....

(Hell, look what they did to Phil Collins...)

[MT]

Heh. From IMDB today:

Trey Parker and Matt Stone have filmed a last-minute episode of South Park in response to Scientologist Isaac Hayes' request to be released from his contract because the show mocked his religion. The creators are launching the tenth season of the series on US network Comedy Central on Wednesday, with an episode featuring Hayes' character Chef. Because South Park episodes only take six days to create, Stone and Parker were able to react to the current controversy soon after it happened. According to a Comedy Central press release, the show will feature, "The triumphant homecoming of school chef Jerome McElroy. While Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman are thrilled to have their old friend back, they notice that something about Chef seems different. When Chef's strange behavior starts getting him in trouble, the boys pull out all stops to save him."

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[ladyspur]

Originally Posted by MT

Heh. From IMDB today:



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I can't wait for tomorrow night.

[Jason R]

I have no problem with Haye's stance except that it only came about because they touched on HIS beliefs.

[ladyspur]

Originally Posted by Jason R

I have no problem with Haye's stance except that it only came about because they touched on HIS beliefs.

Exactly! ^^^ I heard a radio interview he did in Dec. 2005, he said Matt & Trey mock everybody and that if they dont like it, they can jump off the Brooklyn Bridge.

Who changed his mind all of a sudden?

Tom Cruise. eyes

[phillyspurslover]

did the new ones begin yet?

[ladyspur]

Tomorrow night.

[phillyspurslover]

word....thanks!

[ladyspur]

Originally Posted by phillyspurslover

word....thanks!

I think it's called The Return of Chef

Here is the official statement from Matt & Trey on the Scientology crap.

" So, Scientology, you may have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for earth has just begun! Temporarily anozinizing our episode will NOT stop us from keeping Thetans forever trapped in your pitiful man-bodies. Curses and drat! You have obstructed us for now, but your feeble bid to save humanity will fail! Hail Xenu!!!

- Trey Parker and Matt Stone, servants of the dark lord Xenu."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...ertainmentnews

[MT]

Yeah, something's screwy about this. Check out this interview Isaac Hayes did with the Onion's AV club in January:

AVC: There's some pretty harsh satire on South Park. They don't really care who they offend.

IH: But that's their thing! They're success was built on that cutting-edge stuff. I've had to defend them a lot of times. One time on BET Tonight I defended them because Tavis Smiley, the host on that show, was coming at me. It was a call-in show, too, so people were calling in. I told them not to take this stuff seriously. If you do, you'll get in trouble. Just enjoy it. Remember your high-school yearbook? You look at those pictures now, you laugh, right? That's what South Park is. You got to laugh at it. Because we cursed, but we just didn't dare let the principals, the teachers, or the preachers hear it. And we didn't turn out bad, okay? Just look at it that way. Also, usually there's some kind of moral message at the end for the kids, by the Chef.

AVC: They did just do an episode that made fun of your religion, Scientology. Did that bother you?

IH: Well, I talked to Matt and Trey about that. They didn't let me know until it was done. I said, "Guys, you have it all wrong. We're not like that. I know that's your thing, but get your information correct, because somebody might believe that s***, you know?" But I understand what they're doing. I told them to take a couple of Scientology courses, and understand what we do.[Laughs.]