I never really understood South Park when it first aired. Four pre-teen children who constantly swore, with one of them having to endure death repeatedly episode after episode, whilst the fat kid has to suffer the agony of having an alien probe inside his rectum? But somewhere during the middle of the first season, my friend Phil forced me to watch it non-stop. It wasn’t long until I discovered a new-found appreciation for the show and was immediately hooked.

South Park has been known to be nothing short of shocking. Just when you think they can’t push the boundaries, somehow creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker both not only manage to do it but they somehow get away with it too!

Most of the most sick, twisted and bizarre things that have happened in South Park have been Cartman’s fault, and the person that usually suffers most is Butters. But surprisingly not this time.

Most of you will have at least heard about the problems caused when Matt & Trey made fun of the Church of Scientology. Isaac Hayes (the voice of Chef) happens to be a Scientologist and got so angry that he quit the show, saying he could no longer tolerate its religious “intolerance and bigotry.” It’s funny how in 9 years he’s never had a problem until it was his own religion being mocked by South Park.

Well, one thing that Isaac Hayes knew was that considering the nature of Matt & Trey, he would be extremely surprised if they didn’t make fun of him for leaving. And boy was he right.

They opened Season 10 with one of the most shocking episodes I’ve ever seen. And what made it more shocking is that for the first time, it wasn’t Cartman’s fault! This isn’t new news at all. I myself watched the episode a few days ago but It wasn’t until tonight that Dave came over to watch it.

For those of you who haven’t seen the episode yet, they strung together old sound clips that Isaac Hayes has made in previous episodes to continue the character of Chef. In Season 10, Chef has returned from joining the “Super Adventure Club” (a metephor for the Church of Scientology) where they had brainwashed him into becomming a child molester!

It’s no surprise then that Matt & Trey speak through Kyle about Isaac Hayes and their feelings about the Church of Scientology;

Kyle: “A lot of us don’t agree with the choices Chef has made in the last few days. Some of us feel hurt and confused that he seemed to turn his back on us. But we can’t let the events of the past few weeks take away the memories of how Chef made us smile.

We shouldn’t be mad at Chef for leaving us, we should be mad at that fruity little club for scrambling his brains.”

Fantastic. :D

I think that Dave’s response to the episode pretty much sums it up; “If you ever join South Park – NEVER LEAVE SOUTH PARK!”

Most of all I feel sorry for the innocent, naive Butters. Normally he’s the victim of many of Cartman’s pranks, but it’s more that this week he admitted to being sexually abused by his uncle. Mix that in with the fact that his mother once attempted to murder him, and that he once witnessed his own father masturbating in a gay bath house… how that kid isn’t going to grow up scarred for life is beyond me!

Changing the subject, my friend Pete informed me that apparently during Lent, you’re not supposed to fast on Sundays. Well, two things;

  1. Doesn’t that defeat the object of the whole sacrificing thing?
  2. WHY DIDN’T PEOPLE TELL ME THIS BEFORE I GAVE UP SHLOER?!?

Sometimes I want to bang my head against a brick wall. Is that so wrong? Unfortunately my Apple Cinema Display is in the way and it’s too beautiful to go ramming my head through. I’m planning on writing a sincere and rather emotional letter to my wall, pleading it to come to me instead and bash itself against my head to both save me the trouble and to protect my Apple Cinema Display.

But something tells me that I’m more likely to experience a herd of tibetan mountain lions chewing on my left buttock than my wall to adhere to my request.

Still, it could be worse. Those tibetan mountain lions may also start chewing on my right buttock aswell, leaving my completely buttockless.

I wonder what it would be like to sit down without a butt.

I wonder if I’d be thinking on this level if I hadn’t just watched the most disturbing episode of South Park ever.

I wonder if I should just stop thinking completely?

Yeah, it’s for the best…. :(