The whole Isaac Hayes/ South Park/ Scientology hoo-haa rumbles on, with all kinds of rumours flying about. Isaac’s had a stroke! Tom Cruise is somehow involved! Why has John Travolta kept so quiet?
But one thing is for sure: the new season of South Park will begin with a mysterious episode entitled The Return Of Chef! What does this mean? Is Isaac Hayes being replaced? Is The Return Of Chef! a freshly-written response to all this controversy? Could this whole thing be nothing more than a massive publicity stunt? Is that enough questions for now?
When Isaac Hayes decided to quit South Park
last week, nobody could have expected the torrent of controversy that
he left in his wake. Ostensibly, Isaac Hayes (CDs) left because, according
to him:
"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."
A
statement that many, including South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt
Stone, took as meaning that Isaac was a bit angry at the Trapped In The
Closet South Park episode which blasted Haye’s religion of choice – Scientology – and made Tom Cruise
look a bit gay.
And then, two days after Isaac Hayes left South Park, Comedy Central
pulled the plug on a repeat of Trapped In The Closet, leading to
whispers that Tom Cruise himself ordered the removal of the episode, or
he’d cancel all promotion for Mission: Impossible III. Paramount, the
Mission: Impossible III studio, and Comedy Central are both owned by
Viacom. And, seeing how ridiculous the Tom Cruise promotion of War Of The Worlds was, that was something that nobody wanted.
Then, Fox News claimed that Isaac Hayes was in no condition to quit
South park, as he had suffered a debilitating stroke in January –
although the official line was that Isaac was "exhausted." The stroke hasn’t been confirmed by anyone official, people have
started asking the question: If Isaac didn’t quit South Park by
himself, who did it for him?
Regardless of Scientology or Isaac Hayes or strokes, the new series
of South Park opens tomorrow night with The Return Of Chef! where Chef
returns (duh) and:
"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 behaviour starts getting him in trouble, the boys
pull out all the stops to save him."
Commenting
on the fact that this seems like a speedy reply to last week’s
malarkey, Comedy Central spokesman Tony Fox told Reuters:
"Knowing these guys as I do, I can’t imagine that they’re not going to do just that."
Read more:
"South Park" Chef back after Scientology skirmish – Reuters
Chef’s Quitting Controversy – Fox News
[story by Stuart Heritage]
Cole says
I put my life on the line everyday for minimal financial gain in the Navy. And South park is one of my favorite things in the world to help me pass the hard times away from my family,If Tom Cruise and these millionaire fags that have never worked a single day in their life as hard as I do everyday can’t take a joke then they can go to hell!!!
Kris says
Fuck Tom Cruise. He was Nicole Kidman’s bitch, and now he’s Katie Holmes’ bitch. Bitch, bitch, bitch, get the fuck over it Tom. Just bend over and take it like the bitch that you are. Fucking overpaid cocksucker.
Katie says
If Tom Cruise is boycotting South Park, we South Park fans should boycott Mission Impossible III. You know the movie is gonna suck anyway (Tom Cruise is in it) – save your 10 bucks and buy a South Park DVD instead…
drowninginjello says
You know, the more we hear about the power of Tom Cruise to get people to shut up and to hide hard evidence about stuff, the more this takes me back to the rumors of gay porn stardom and secret homosexuality accusations…
Were they unfounded? Or did Tom really have a bone in his mouth while taking it from L. Ron Hubbard from behind?
Tom! Repeat after me: “BAAA-BAAA!”.
Follow the rest of your lemming buddies into hell.
Yeah, I’m boycotting MI:3. Cruise can’t even act anyways.
Geezer says
Tom Cruise has once again proven himself to be the biggest prick in Hollywood. I will be boycotting MI3 just like the rest of the South Park fans, and Scientology can suck my dick too!