Posted on 12/09/2005 5:50:13 AM PST by NYer
Catholic League president Bill Donohue remarked today about last night’s episode of “South Park” (it will run again for the next three nights):
“A ‘South Park’ character gets a DWI and is ordered to attend AA meetings. Told about the 12-step program, he concludes that he needs a miracle to cure him. The plot then focuses on a statue of the Virgin Mary who is ‘bleeding out her ass.’ The Vatican dispatches a cardinal to investigate and he is sprayed with blood when he walks behind the statue. He then declares this to be a miracle, which draws even more people. The alcoholic, now in a wheelchair, is also sprayed with blood: he then claims he is cured and jumps out of his seat.
“Pope Benedict XVI goes to investigate. He, too, is sprayed with blood when he walks behind the statue. A reporter says, ‘The pope investigated further and determined that the statue was not bleeding out its ass, but its vagina.’ To which the pope replies: ‘A chick bleeding out her vagina is no miracle. Chicks bleed out their vaginas all the time.’
“Comedy Central is a subsidiary of MTV, which is owned by Viacom. On the board of directors of Viacom is a practicing Catholic and a distinguished public servant, Joseph A. Califano; he served under Presidents Johnson and Carter. We are writing to him today requesting that he intervene in this matter. We want a) an apology to Roman Catholics and b) a pledge that this episode be permanently retired and not be made available on DVD. In the event Viacom does not cooperate, we are asking Mr. Califano to issue his own statement of condemnation. We are asking our members to contact him as well. Remember, they chose to insult Our Blessed Mother on the eve of the Immaculate Conception, and the holy day itself.
“Joseph A. Califano is chairman of the board of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. He can be reached at CASA, 633 Third Avenue, NY, NY 10017; phone, 212-841-5200; fax, 212-956-8020; email, employment@casacolumbia.org.”
Bet you Donohue didnt get so excited when South Park took on Tom Cruise and the Scientologists a few weeks ago. He might even have thought it was funny.
Definite top-5 all-time favorite epi.
8 years? You missed a very old episode that focused on the molestation of young boys by priests. That episode actually had that practice as somehting enshrined in secret, Vatican scriptures that the Great Spider, who is above the Pope, refused to have changed. It's the same episode where Cartman proves that if you put food in your a$$, you will cr@p out your mouth.
BTW, the recall election vote for kindergarten president that ended with the teacher telling off Rosie O'donnell is one of my all time favorites.
I've missed just about every episode since 1998, so I retract my surprise at it taking this long to hit the Church.
The one where they crapped out of their mouths was so funny because it was making fun of some of the liberal stuff that is spewed out of liberals' mouths.
The analogy was dead-on.
The makers of South Park made Team America. You think they don't pick on muslims? Dirka Dirka.
They weren't making fun of the Virgin Mary.
They were making fun of pagans who think that religious statues are juju.
Don't forget that in South Park, Catholics go to Hell because their's isn't the right religion.
I believe the Catholics are already due an apology. Or did they not take offense when the Queen Spider declared that Holy Vatican Law cannot be changed?
Yes, only the Mormons will go to heaven. :)
South Park panders to the most devolved human minds on earth. You know, weak minds....
A bit harsh aren't we?
Most of it is damn funny.
The Virgin spraying blood on the Pope was just disgusting.
dang, I knew someone would beat me to it!
Santa pronounces that Christmas should be a day for everyone to remember that brave man named Jesus.
When Jesus opens the wardrobe and all those guns are there...
That has to be one of my fav episodes! And Jimmy singing the 10 Days of Christmas, hoo! Tears in my eyes.
Trust me, I think anyone who believes a statue can weep/bleed etc. are out of their ever lovin' minds.
Yes, they insult everybody.
Comedy's an art, not a science, and it's a variable one. It's OK to not love every episode equally :~D and it's healthy to have a line ~somewhere~ you don't want to cross :~D
> They'll get by as long as they don't do anything similar with the Prophet Mohammed. Then the writers and producers will be targeted for assassination like Van Gogh.
Van Gogh was not a nice man, and his art made South Park look G-rated in comparison. But Van Gogh became a martyr in the fight against Islamofacism. If South Park does take on the "prophet" Mohamed, who will take a stand together with the writers and producers?
LOL - point set match
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