Passion Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 South Park is the highest-rated show on Comedy Central thanks to its willingness to slaughter sacred cows, but sources say even show creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are a bit nervous about the blowback from tonight?s episode. Entitled ?Trapped in the Closet,? the duo set their crudely animated sights on Scientology and Tom Cruise?topics previously deemed ?off limits? due to the actor?s close ties to Comedy Central?s sister company, Paramount Pictures, we?re told. According to a source who has read a draft of the script, it begins with Stan leaving a psychiatrist?s office only to be hailed as a savior by the leaders of a strange, Scientology-esque cult because of his off-the-chart results on an E-meter-like ?personality test.? A group of Hollywood A-listers quickly gather outside Stan?s house, we?re told, with Tom Cruise somehow ending up stuck in a closet?leading a news crew stationed at the scene to report that Cruise?s fans fervently want the actor to ?just come out.? In the end, R&B star R. Kelly?whose multi-song summer opus gave the episode its name?swoops in to save the day. (We suspect Chef will be sitting this one out. A rep for Isaac Hayes, who supplies the voice of South Park?s horny cook and who happens to be a Scientologist, said her client hadn?t heard about the plot and that she didn?t ?think Chef was even in it.?) The unwanted cartoon cameo comes at an awkward time for Cruise. The actor recently canned his career-wrecking publisister Lee Anne DeVette, and has been trying to restore his image with help from Rogers & Cowan spin-masters Paul Bloch and Arnold Robinson. Comedy Central?s parent company, Viacom?which also owns Paramount?might not be too keen either about seeing its studio?s big-money Mission Impossible 3 star ridiculed yet again just when America had seemingly moved on from its obsession with his sexuality and Scientology ties. Asked about the South Park episode, Robinson said, ?We have no knowledge of it, so we don?t have any opinion about it at all.? Paramount spokeswoman Nancy Kirkpatrick also declined to comment, saying, ?I don?t know anything about it?. I can?t make that judgement.? Comedy Central spokesman Tony Fox explained that he didn?t know any details of the show because, ?these guys literally write and rewrite the episode almost right up to the moment it airs.? Asked whether taking potshots at Cruise and Scientology was a wise move, Fox said the network has Stone and Parker?s back: ?If you know South Park, they are free and have been free to satirize anybody and anything they want to. They?ve made fun of MTV, they?ve made fun of Viacom, they?ve made fun of Comedy Central, and we?ve never interfered with them.? But will Xenu and his legion of intergalactic followers be as forgiving? http://www.radaronline.com/fresh-intellige...p#report_004285 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSwift25 Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 I'm looking forward to it, the last two episodes have been kind of disappointing. "Marjorine" was a great one though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passion Posted November 16, 2005 Author Share Posted November 16, 2005 I'm looking forward to it, the last two episodes have been kind of disappointing. "Marjorine" was a great one though. You didnt like the episode about the Gingers? It had me rolling... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSwift25 Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 I'm looking forward to it, the last two episodes have been kind of disappointing. "Marjorine" was a great one though. You didnt like the episode about the Gingers? It had me rolling... Wasn't a fan, but it wasn't as bad as the egg episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 The gingers episode was good stuff. Looking forward to this ep even more now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureGM Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 They didn't even have a hint of this on Comedy Central's trailer for the episode, it just talked about the beginning where Stan fails a personality test. I think my favorite episode of the last two seasons would have to be the Sony PSP episode where Kenny becomes a vegetable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passion Posted November 17, 2005 Author Share Posted November 17, 2005 And, I totally missed it... :lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSwift25 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 I liked it. :thumbup IMO, the best episode of the past few seasons was either "Douche-v-Turd" or "Stupid spoiled whore video playset." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 :lol Good episode And, I totally missed it... :lol On again in about 2 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSwift25 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 For those interested in Scientology, I offer an alternative: Flying Spaghetti Monster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fan Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 For those interested in Scientology, I offer an alternative: Flying Spaghetti Monster Im sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest marlins02 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 *sings* now im in the closet... haha that episode was insane "THIS IS WHAT SCIENTOLOGISTS ACTUALLY BELIEVE" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureGM Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Nicole Kidman: Tom, please, you can't stay in the closet forever. Tom Cruise: I'm....I'm not IN the closet... (from inside closet) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsMania Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I'm looking forward to it, the last two episodes have been kind of disappointing. "Marjorine" was a great one though. You didnt like the episode about the Gingers? It had me rolling... Red Power, Red Power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passion Posted November 18, 2005 Author Share Posted November 18, 2005 I finally saw it yesterday, hillarious....R Kelly's Closet spoof throughout the episode was so damn funny. Good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotcorner Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 finally saw it tonight... great stuff. "Tom Cruise, would you please come out of the closet?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarlinFan10 Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 The greatest part of the episode had to be whenever R Kelley is singing and suddenly pulls out a gun. :notworthy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passion Posted November 21, 2005 Author Share Posted November 21, 2005 Its on right now...lmao.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSwift25 Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 "Oh God, here we go with that gun again..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest marlins02 Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 "whoa whoa you dont actually believe that crap do you?" "this is a scam on a global scale!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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