'South Park' Muhammad episode airs despite uproar

AP - Thursday, April 22, 2010 08:08:37 By DAVID BAUDER

Comedy Central's "South Park" included a representation of the Prophet Muhammad as a character this week despite a radical Muslim group's warning that its producers could be killed.

Muhammad appeared on Wednesday night's episode of the cartoon with his body obscured by a black box, since Muslims consider a physical representation of their prophet to be blasphemous. Last week, the character was believed to be disguised in a bear costume. When that same costume was removed this week, Santa Claus appeared.

The bear costume had angered the New York-based group Revolution Muslim, which posted a message on its website saying that producers Trey Parker and Matt Stone had insulted their prophet.

The message included a gruesome picture of Theo Van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker murdered by a Muslim extremist in 2004 after making a movie about a woman who rejected Muhammad's teachings. The message said the "South Park" producers would "probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh" for airing the show.

The posting included Comedy Central's New York address, as well as the address for Parker and Stone's California production studio.

Parker and Stone are known for waiting until the last minute before turning in fresh episodes. This week's episode contained no direct reference to the warning, although one inside joke could be interpreted as one.

During one scene, a mechanized Barbara Streisand robot is seen stomping through the town on a path of destruction. One voice is heard to say, "they've destroyed La Casa Bonita!"

"La Casa Bonita" is the name of Parker and Stone's production facility.

Comedy Central also censored 35 seconds' worth of a conversation toward the end of the show between the characters Stan, Jesus Christ and Santa Claus. The network wouldn't say Thursday whether this contained any reference to the warning.

Yeah this is a peaceful religion. i don't see Buddhists and Christians pissed off even though Matt and Trey depicted Buddha snorting coke and Jesus watching porn. These people are dangerous and nobody's willing to call them out on it

Don't Muslims have something better to do other than sitting around a TV watching cartoons?

(04-22-2010 02:43 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Don't Muslims have something better to do other than sitting around a TV watching cartoons?

no, because they're just looking for new ways to intimidate people

South Park's creators are Equal Opportunity Offenders.

At least Comedy Central didn't wuss out like Fox did with the Family Guy thing.

The Jesus character on South Park almost always makes me laugh. The bit where he's sitting around on Christmas singing "Happy Birthday to Me" is great!

And Jesus vs. Santa? Epic.

(04-22-2010 03:23 PM)BGSUalum1987 Wrote:  South Park's creators are Equal Opportunity Offenders.

At least Comedy Central didn't wuss out like Fox did with the Family Guy thing.

Unfortunately...
http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/22/.../?hpt=Sbin

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/22/blo...ry/?hpt=T2

Activism we can all get behind.

(04-22-2010 02:43 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Don't Muslims have something better to do other than sitting around a TV watching cartoons?

No...Just like Christians have nothing better to do than worry about gays bufing each other.

(04-23-2010 07:20 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  

(04-22-2010 02:43 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Don't Muslims have something better to do other than sitting around a TV watching cartoons?

No...Just like Christians have nothing better to do than worry about gays bufing each other.

Can't quite recall the last time I heard the Christians threatening to cut off heads of richardsuckers for refusing to get a girlfriend.

(04-22-2010 05:42 PM)spankadelphia Wrote:  A New York based Muslim group making death threats against the creators of South Park?

Somebody call the CIA quick. We don't need anymore enemies operating on our soil than we already have.

Kim Jong Il supposedly wanted them dead because he was pissed off about "Team America"

(04-22-2010 02:36 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  Yeah this is a peaceful religion. i don't see Buddhists and Christians pissed off even though Matt and Trey depicted Buddha snorting coke and Jesus watching porn. These people are dangerous and nobody's willing to call them out on it

Or in "Red Sleigh Down" when Jesus flies into Baghdad and gets killed rescuing Santa from Saddam.

"Oh my god, ....you killed Jesus... you bastards"

(04-23-2010 08:17 PM)WMD Owl Wrote:  

(04-22-2010 05:42 PM)spankadelphia Wrote:  A New York based Muslim group making death threats against the creators of South Park?

Somebody call the CIA quick. We don't need anymore enemies operating on our soil than we already have.

Kim Jong Il supposedly wanted them dead because he was @#!*% off about "Team America"

Seriously? That's awesome!

(04-24-2010 07:28 AM)I45owl Wrote:  

(04-23-2010 08:17 PM)WMD Owl Wrote:  

(04-22-2010 05:42 PM)spankadelphia Wrote:  A New York based Muslim group making death threats against the creators of South Park?

Somebody call the CIA quick. We don't need anymore enemies operating on our soil than we already have.

Kim Jong Il supposedly wanted them dead because he was @#!*% off about "Team America"

Seriously? That's awesome!

South Park creators given signed photo of Saddam Hussein

Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of South Park, were given a signed photo of Saddam Hussein by US Marines after the former Iraqi leader was shown their movie in prison.

During his captivity, US Marines forced Saddam, who was executed in 2006, to repeatedly watch the movie South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut, which shows him as gay, as well as the boyfriend of Satan. He was also regularly depicted in a similar manner during the TV series.

The admission comes with the show's 13th season already running in the US. It will celebrate its 12th anniversary later this year.

The show, which satirises a wide range of topics, including religion, sexuality and mental illness, has won a number of awards including three Emmys for Outstanding Animated Programme.

Recent episodes have seen Barack Obama using his Presidential victory as a way to steal jewels from Washington in an Oceans 11-style heist.

It also recently depicted the United States Treasury as deciding economic measures by cutting the head off a chicken and letting it run on a game show style board, landing on a decision.

Stone, 37, said both he and Parker, 39, were most proud of the signed Saddam photo, given to them by the US Army's 4th Infantry Division.

He said: "We're very proud of our signed Saddam picture and what it means. Its one of our biggest highlights.

"I have it on pretty good information from the marines on detail in Iraq that they showed Saddam the movie.

"Over and over again – which is a pretty funny thought.

"That's really adding insult to injury."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopi...ssein.html

I'd love to see him get a signed photo from Kim Jong Il in the same manner.

And, Barack Obama.