March 23, 2006
South Park Kills Chef
This was actually a pretty damned funny episode.
- Isaac Hayes' Chef character got a true "South Park" send-off Wednesday night -- seemingly killed off but mourned as a jolly old guy whose brains were scrambled by the "Super Adventure Club."
The thinly disguised satire continued the show's feud with Scientologists in its 10th season premiere on Comedy Central.
The soul singer has voiced the Chef character in "South Park" since 1997, but left recently because of what he called the animated show's religious "intolerance and bigotry." Founders Matt Stone and Trey Parker said Hayes, a Scientologist, was mad that "South Park" mocked the religion in an episode last November.
A rerun of that Scientology episode was mysteriously pulled off the air last week amid published reports that actor Tom Cruise, another Scientologist, had used his clout to bury it. A Cruise spokesman denied that.
Hayes didn't participate in making Wednesday's episode; the character's lines appeared to be patched together through tapes of past dialogue.
Chef repeatedly said he wanted to "make sweet love" to the "South Park" elementary school kids -- it seems the "Super Adventure Club" turns its members into child molesters.
Would a hearty heh be necessary here? Television Posted by AlexC at March 23, 2006 6:15 PM
Now,..start boycotting MI:3! Maybe these Scientology cultists will start getting the message!
Posted by: TrekMedic251 at March 23, 2006 10:26 PMGood idea, but I didn't need the South Park kerfuffle to boycott MI3. I stayed away from MI2 long before any of this stuff surfaced!
Posted by: johngalt at March 26, 2006 2:07 AM | What do you think? [2]