Matt and Trey certainly have generated plenty of free publicity for the show lately.
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?
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I was disappointed the Family Guy writers turned out to be manatees. I was hoping they were going to be Scientologists.
Stone and Parker are two VERY sick individuals who have a strangely juvenile following.
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The treatment of Bart Simpson on this episode was amusing. Cam't repeat the *new* Bart catchphrase here.
Amen.
While Comedy Central banned a depiction of Mohammed, they did show Jesus pooping. Some religions are more equal than others.
This episode was less about Muhammad and more about CC pulling the trapped in the closet rerun. Matt and Trey already showed Muhammad 4 or 5 years ago in the super best friends episode.
I'll repeat a point I made arguing the issue with a liberal co-worker this morning - why is a right-wing knuckledragger like me the only one defending the First Amendment here? Why does it take a South Park to say what "progressives" ought to be screaming from the rooftops?
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As is often the case with Parker and Stone, they built "South Park" around the incident. In Wednesday's episode, the character Kyle is shown trying to persuade a Fox network executive to air an uncensored "Family Guy" even though it had an image of Muhammad.
They wrote the show ~after~knowing it would be censored... the censorship was not a surprise, it was built into the whole gag.
*I don't think "angered" is really their style... Inspired, more like it.
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Nobody will be laughing at dreck like this on Judgement Day. Those who mocked God and His Son will be heading for Hell.
William Donahue isn't too bright. No sane person should be picking a fight with Parker and Stone.
I don't think you've pinged this one yet :~D