`South Park' Creators Skewer Own Network

William Donohue needs to STFU IMHO.

1 posted on 04/13/2006 1:09:37 PM PDT by oldleft

Matt and Trey certainly have generated plenty of free publicity for the show lately.

2 posted on 04/13/2006 1:10:55 PM PDT by mainepatsfan

Over at NRO Media Blog Steve Spruiell posts:

http://media.nationalreview.com/

Media Culture
"Cowardly Central"
04/13 03:48 PM
Damian Penny thinks Comedy Central deserves the moniker for its decision to censor the image of Mohammed out of last night's South Park. The AP confirmed the news this afternoon:

Parker and Stone were angered when told by Comedy Central several weeks ago that they could not run an image of Muhammad, according to a person close to the show who didn't want to be identified because of the issue's sensitivity.

The network's decision was made over concerns for public safety, the person said.

Comedy Central said in a statement issued Thursday: "In light of recent world events, we feel we made the right decision." Its executives would not comment further.
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone haven't commented yet, but I hope they bring it like they did earlier this year when Scientologists got Comedy Central to pull an episode.

In the meantime, Penny has a suggestion they should seriously consider:

When their contract with Comedy Central expires, Matt Stone and Trey Parker should tell Viacom to screw off and release new, completely uncensored South Park episodes online. Under the circumstances, I'm sure many people who download television shows for free would pay for them.
My wife and I are busy people who work irregular hours and can hardly plan our schedules around television, and this is already the approach we take for our favorite shows like Law & Order: SVU. Another of our favorite shows, The Office, is producing a series of ten new Web-only episodes that will go digital this summer while the TV version is in re-runs.

South Park episodes are already available on iTunes for $1.99 apiece, and they are consistently among the most frequently downloaded ("Cartoon Wars, Pt. 1" is currently ranked no. 2). Why not go Web-only?

3 posted on 04/13/2006 1:11:23 PM PDT by Republican Red ("How good is it? Al-Jazeera gave it 4 1/2 pipe bombs")

4 posted on 04/13/2006 1:11:32 PM PDT by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")

Donohue lost me a long time ago.. he was so rabid in defending his goddess, even though it was just a statue of his goddess, not the goddess herself...

In the case of this episode, it was a brilliant reflection of the double standard in the media, you can make fun of Christ all you want, but don't dare insult Islam.

5 posted on 04/13/2006 1:12:04 PM PDT by mnehring (NeoCon and Proud of it! - http://abaraxas.blogspot.com)

I was disappointed the Family Guy writers turned out to be manatees. I was hoping they were going to be Scientologists.

6 posted on 04/13/2006 1:14:45 PM PDT by bobjam

I actually appreciate that they managed to insult Jesus, the President and the Flag at the same time, but weren't allowed to show a silly cartoon of mohammed.

7 posted on 04/13/2006 1:14:50 PM PDT by oldleft

To: Timesink; martin_fierro; reformed_democrat; Loyalist; =Intervention=; PianoMan; GOPJ; ...

Media Schadenfreude and Media Shenanigans

Viacom and the Mass Media like to rail against Christian conservatives but they cower before Islamic fundamentalists.

8 posted on 04/13/2006 1:15:22 PM PDT by weegee ("CBS NEWS? Is that show still on?" - freedomson)

Stone and Parker are two VERY sick individuals who have a strangely juvenile following.

9 posted on 04/13/2006 1:15:22 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper (..it takes some pretty serious yodeling to..filibuster from a five star ski resort in the Swiss Alps)

10 posted on 04/13/2006 1:16:15 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper (..it takes some pretty serious yodeling to..filibuster from a five star ski resort in the Swiss Alps)

They didn't insult Jesus. They insulted Comedy Central.

11 posted on 04/13/2006 1:16:38 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)

To: Republican Red

South Park seems to be the only thing Comedy Central has going for it.

12 posted on 04/13/2006 1:16:39 PM PDT by bobjam

To: big'ol_freeper

yea, but their work is pretty d@rned funny!

13 posted on 04/13/2006 1:16:58 PM PDT by SFC Chromey (We are at war with Islamofascism)

The treatment of Bart Simpson on this episode was amusing. Cam't repeat the *new* Bart catchphrase here.

14 posted on 04/13/2006 1:17:16 PM PDT by monkapotamus

The manitees were scienctoligists

15 posted on 04/13/2006 1:17:19 PM PDT by Military family member (GO Colts!!)

To: big'ol_freeper

That's your judgement. They do social commentary through cartoons. The topics are in your face and not for the faint of heart. Most people in their late 40's and above don't care for them.

16 posted on 04/13/2006 1:17:24 PM PDT by misterrob (Teach a Liberal to think for himself and he'll vote Conservative for the rest of his life.)

17 posted on 04/13/2006 1:17:49 PM PDT by jess35

To: big'ol_freeper

Actually, they're just doing outrageous satire to make money and to comment on society. People have been doing it for years, they happen to do it very well.

Donohue and his ilk freaked out when they made fun of people worshiping a STATUE of the Virgin Mary. They proved these guys right.

18 posted on 04/13/2006 1:18:01 PM PDT by oldleft

To: big'ol_freeper

Stone and Parker are two VERY sick individuals who have a strangely juvenile following.

Subsittute Swift for 'Stone and Parker' and you'd have a statement made by various uptights since the 1710s.

19 posted on 04/13/2006 1:18:49 PM PDT by Borges

In the case of this episode, it was a brilliant reflection of the double standard in the media, you can make fun of Christ all you want, but don't dare insult Islam.

It was exactly, and also a defense of the First Amendment. They even mocked reporters for being the idiots they are too.

20 posted on 04/13/2006 1:18:57 PM PDT by Rummyfan

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