Comedhimmi* Central

  •  April 14, 2006

I’m a little behind on the Comedy Central/South Park censorship thing, but I’ll just sum it up with this.
This appeared on last night’s episode of South Park:

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Here is a move clip from the same South Park episode depicting Jesus taking a dump on President Bush:

Double standard? You betcha.
And it speaks volumes about the biases of the channel.
*term coined by Jeff Goldstein

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  • http://Array Dave

    If Muhammad had NOT been censored in this episode, the final scene (with Jesus and Bush defecating everywhere) wouldn’t have made much sense. In order for that scene to be funny, it would have to air immediately after the censorship of Muhammad. Or else….there wouldn’t be a joke. The whole point of that was to show how open-minded Christians and "the west" are compared to Muslims–and in order to show that they would have to censor the Muslim image and play the Christian image.

    I would bet good money that Matt Stone and Trey Parker censored the image themselves, and Comedy Central has just been playing along in the media these past few days. Obviously, we can’t know for sure. But the fact that they keep re-airing this episode (as opposed to earlier episodes that offended Christians and Scientologists) tells me that something fishy is going on.

    It’s worth noting that the first of this two-part episode started on the first Wednesday (the night their show airs) after April Fools Day.

  • http://www.captainnormal.org/ Don Myers

    Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d type:

    “I think 2hotel is right about this.”

    Censoring Mohammed in the same episode as Jesus shitting on Dubya is funny on a lot of different levels—plus it make a powerful statement about openness in the West vs the thought policie of the Middle East.

    Plus they reran the “Super Best Friends” episode with Mohammad just a week or so ago.

  • http://www.captainnormal.org/ Don Myers

    The Credibility Gap are also funny. “Up with People” is funny, but if you’re high. Killing 30,000+ civilians based on the Bush regime’s lies—not funny in the least.

    Deadeye Dick Cheney—used to be scary, but now he’s funny.

  • WOOF

    You can watch on comedy central right now, both episodes.

    As Cartman just said "someone has to speak for the Muslim People"

    Time zones may vary. 

  • hiram of tyra

    What is really hilarious about this is that the religious right is reacting as if they were reading from the script.  The point of this episode was not to show Jesus shitting on the President but that that image can be shown.  To hear the religious right, the show ought to be pulled, cancled.  Much like Cartman’s efforts to pull the Family Guy episode.  Because you see, once you get one episode cancled,,, and so on and so on.  Trey and Parker have created a two part episode that has spilled over into reality and now the religious right have become Southpark characters.  Genius, if you ask me.

  • Dave

    And it speaks volumes about the biases of the channel.

    No. If Christians really want to get offensive things off the air, they need to start responding with acts of terrorism–like the Muslims do. Until they do that, why would Comedy Central risk their lives by offending mass murderers (aka, Muslims)?

  • http://www.captainnormal.org/ Don Myers

    Maybe this is just me that thinks that way, but is depicting Jesus taking a sh*t really funny?

    Yes. I laughed my ass off.

    Also funny:

    * monkeys, esp. on bicycles
    * Bob Hope, but only before 1960
    * anything by the Firesign Theatre
    * midgets
    * puppets hitting each other with sticks
    * William Shatner, but only after 1998
    * boogers

    Completely Unfunny:

    * right wing bloggers
    * Adam Sandler
    * the for-profit war in Iraq
    * cell phones in theaters
    * 3rd degree burns, unless on Adam Sandler

  • TwoHotel9

    Guys, I don’t believe there was a scene with Mohamad in it in this episode, did not really make that clear to begin with I guess. The black screen with the censoring statement was Trey&Matt’s idea to begin with, the network statement concerning this"Controversy" was their idea too. The ratings for Southpark have taken a major upturn in the last 4-5 weeks, rating for Commedhimmi Central overall are also up. As for offending Muslims, have any of you watched Ron White’s "You can’t fix stupid" or "They call me Tatersalad"? Or have you watched Drawn Together? Hell, Larry the Cable guy rips on Muslims for that matter. I just don’t buy that this is a big battle between the network brass and Trey&Matt.

  • realitybasedbob

    wow, Firesign theatre..what about The Credibility Gap

  • Carrick

    Thanks for the link, Rob.  I’ve been trying to find a copy of the actual Comedy Central statement.  But apparently our MSM gatekeepers don’t think we’re ready for that yet.  Comedy Central, being the cowards they are, have not posted their statement to their web site yet, either.

    Loved this little excerpt from the WaPo article:

    In an interview with the Associated Press, William Donohue of the conservative Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights — who totally didn’t get the point — went after Parker and Stone over the Jesus bit, but not Comedy Central.

  • http://www.captainnormal.org/ Don Myers

    Do you know what a “manufactured event” is?

    Doesn’t this smell like one?

    The whole thing reeks of publicity stunt to me (and I do publicity for a living).

    I wouldn’t bet the farm, but I got five bucks sez Matt and Trey are laughing their asses off at how easy it is to get the right-wing blogger’s panties in a bunch.

    Easy AND funny!

  • TwoHotel9

    Not sure, but I think Trey and company did the censoring shtick, not Comedhimi Central. I believe they were using it to make their point, seeing as they have had Mohamad do cameos before.

  • http://igotthisblog.blogspot.com/ Seth Williams

    Actually that clip was from the very same episode where they blacked out Mohammed. It was clearly put in to show the hypocrisy of Comedhimmi Central’s position.

  • The.Whistler

    It’s a publicity generator but you notice that they didn’t omit scenes of Jesus going kaka and putting on the Mohammed ones.

  • http://www.captainnormal.org/ Don Myers

    I love you too, schmoopie…

  • Epicurus

    I’ll have to download it to my iPod to see if what is what. 

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/ likwidshoe

    Don Myers says, Killing 30,000+ civilians based on the Bush regime’s lies—not funny in the least.

    Don Myers’ paranoid rants: unintentionally funny.

  • http://igotthisblog.blogspot.com/ Seth Williams

    You’re right WOOF, the muslims don’t have a voice unless they can squash the speech of others.

  • Dave

    Maybe this is just me that thinks that way, but is depicting Jesus taking a sh*t really funny?

    No. Only ignorant cave-dwelling Muslims would think it was funny. That’s the joke.

  • http://igotthisblog.blogspot.com/ Seth Williams

    Doh! Guess I was quick on the draw.

  • http://igotthisblog.blogspot.com/ Seth Williams

    Saving 100,000+ people from Saddam Hussein’s mass graves….not funny, but not all good things are a comedy.

  • Epicurus

    Ok, downloaded. 

  • Carrick

    2H9, I disagree with you on this one[*], but it is definitely a red letter day when you and Don agree about anything, including the time of day.

  • Carrick

    Don’s the one who posted the ignorant comment about Daniel Okrent being a "disgruntled former employee" of the New York Times, so it’s hardly surprising that this has totally sailed over his head.

    Thanks for the entertaiment, Don. You are here to serve, apparently.

  • TwoHotel9

    Rob, this is a red letter day. I believe Don is right, this a totally inhouse manufactured ratings generator. The fact that Comedhimi Central keeps running episodes that feature Mohamad as a character, albiet not directly named as such with the exception of the episode that made such a kerfuffle a few months ago. Though pissing off Christians is something Trey&Matt have already explored thoroughly and are probably bored with. It is just too easy.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    Not sure, but I think Trey and company did the censoring shtick, not Comedhimi Central.

    Comedy Central has owned up:

    Yesterday the network said in a prepared statement when called by The TV Column, "In light of recent world events we feel we made the right decision."

    There is also this:

     I just got off the phone with a Comedy Central spokesman. I asked him about last night’s episode of South Park in which, at a moment right before the prophet Mohammed was supposed to make a cameo, the words, "Comedy Central has refused to broadcast an image of Mohammed on their network" appeared on the screen. I asked him whether this truly was Comedy Central’s decision or whether this was just another gag (with South Park, you never know). He said: ‘They reflected it accurately. That was a Comedy Central decision.’

    It was Comedy Central’s decision. 

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    Well, I’m certainly not a part of the "religious right," but most of the conservatives I’ve heard who are commenting have been getting in digs at the double standard, not so much the Jesus thing.

    And rightfully so. 

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    2H9, of course this was a publicity stunt…but you’re missing the point.  Comedy Central, not Parker or Stone, made the decision to pull the scene, but left in the scene with Jesus crapping on the President.

    You don’t think that is a double standard with criticizing?  I do. 

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    Ha!  I missed that one.  I was just scanning for a statement from Comedy Central.

    And talk about not getting the point:

    I wouldn’t bet the farm, but I got five bucks sez Matt and Trey are laughing their asses off at how easy it is to get the right-wing blogger’s panties in a bunch.

    Right.  This totally isn’t a commentary on liberal hypocrisy.  Keep living in your dream world, dip shit. 

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    I’m aware of that.  I was typing this post earlier and had thought I saved it as a draft because I wasn’t done with it, but I guess it appeared (which is also why there was an asterisk in the title but no footnote to go with it).

    Fixed now. 

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    Thanks Don, I’m quite fond of you as well.

    But you’re still wrong. 

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    Not your fault, it was up for three hours without me noticing.

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