Bit sad is you ask me they took on every other major religion by now which "chef" had no problems with what so ever. But as with many things you can make fun of a religion aslong as it aint "mine". Something we also saw in the whole cartoon affair. If you want to make fun of other peoples believes you should be able to take other people making fun of yours.... but thats very hard apparently.

Though it was a funny episode though

Woah!! That's a big shock! And a damn shame! I love South Park and Chef absolutely rocked. In recent seasons his part seems to have become smaller and smaller, but he was still a great character.

It'll be interesting to see if they get someone else to voice him or kill the character off in some sudden bizarre way!

Incidentally, that episode is being shown on TV tonight in the U.S.

Chef: "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. Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honored. As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices." Seeing what they did to religions in all the eps before this.... seems to be a bit of a hypocritical statement to me.....

Btw did the show really air in the US? I heard / read that this rerun was pulled at the last moment (again) and replaced with 'Chef's Salty Chocolate Balls' as "tribute" to the character Chef. This started rumors that Cruise was behind it as he wouldn't do any promo activities for his new movie MI3 which is created by paramount which just like comedy central is owned by Viacom... Full Article

The saga continues, South Park strikes back in season 1 of their new series! [url="http://tv.yahoo.com/news/ap/20060321/114300168000.html]Full Article[/url]

Although they don't have the original voice actor anymore it seems that they are now using some creative editing on dialogues of previous shows to create new dialogues for the character Chef......

Scientology Vs South Park 1 - 1 ?

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by Chambler
Chef: "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. Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honored. As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices." Seeing what they did to religions in all the eps before this.... seems to be a bit of a hypocritical statement to me.....

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Well you do have to wonder exactly where he was when they made the episode about paedophile priests, among many others. Though they've always, bizzarely, had a soft spot for the Mormons of all people.

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by Byron
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...Though they've always, bizzarely, had a soft spot for the Mormons of all people.

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Are they from Utah?