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Originally Posted by SGT RJ
Damn, this should be the finals. I go with SP here but can't fault anyone who votes for Seinfeld. Both damn funny shows, I just love South Parks more in-your-face and mocking of everything sacred style.
You gotta love a show that has to consult with lawyers regularly to see if what they've done will get them sued. E.g. Tom Cruise trapped in the closet.
The Southpark guys interviewed on
Fresh Air.
pulled episode.
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Originally Posted by NPR
On Wednesday night, Comedy Central pulled a repeat of the episode of South Park that caused Issac Hayes to quit the show. That episode made fun of Scientology and featured Tom Cruise refusing to come out of the closet. Reportedly, Tom Cruise put pressure on Viacom, the parent company of Comedy Central. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, released this statement through their lawyer:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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
And again, just so you know, I violated all of my principles and actually called the lawyer himself and asked if this was their real statement. It is.
Just as in the NFL, we often see the best playoff game in one of the conference finals rather than the superbowl.
EDIT: If you don't already know about Scientology and Xenu, reading about it is a hoot.