Norman Lear to Co-Write'South Park'

Orange Co. Register ^ | Mar 12, 6:59 PM EST | ANTHONY BREZNICAN

[tophat9000]

crap

[Conspiracy Guy]

Lear will just F it up.

[Judith Anne]

Oh, CRAP! (great minds...)

[Cosmo]

I thought these guys claimed to be republicans!
.Lear is only going to ruin the show. The reason All in the Family was funny was that , to Lear's Chagrin, Archie was right about 90% of the time.

[rockrr]

Well that tears it!
Bring back Beavis & Butthead!

[mhking]

Can you say "Jump the Shark?"

"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

If you want on or off this list, please let me know!

[PfromHoGro]

Ditto. It was a good show.

[Pokey78]

Cartman to Trey Parker and Matt Stone upon hearing of this: "Screw you guys, I'm going home!"

[lawgirl]

they might agree on the issue of censorship, but the creators of south park are libertarians and lear is one of the biggest hollywood liberals ever. It will be interesting to see how that plays out in the plot lines.

[FreeTally]

I hope he doesn't screw it up. Some of the episodes written by Matt and Trey weren't that funny, so who knows what will happen.

[EggsAckley]

I'll see your crap and add a "sh!t"

[FreeTally]

Bring back Beavis & Butthead!

Hell, bring back "Family Guy", "The Critic" and "Daria" as well.

[xm177e2]

politically incorrect libertarian perspective attacking entrenched icons of mushy moderate left-wingism = funny

liberal moralizing = not funny

[Maceman]

Screw you guys. I'm going home.

[js1138]

It will be interesting to see how that plays out in the plot lines.

If I were them I would get him to write one of the characters and then stick it to him.

[elfman2]

" but the creators of south park are libertarians "

Nope, I thought so too for awhile, but they call themselves Republicans.

[KellyAdmirer]

Lear hasn't had a hit in decades. In the old days he would have gotten his own pilot on the air to spout his views, now he has to glom onto others' hit shows. He represents all that is bad about Hollywood liberals trying to remake their world in their own, out-of-date images.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Yes, both "Maude" and "South Park" dealt with abortion, but "Maude" was pro-abortion and "South Park" was anti-abortion. Yes, both "All in the Family" and "South Park" have dealt with racism, but Sammy kissed Archie to show he was a bigot but "South Park" named their one black kid "Token" to show the idiocy of the current "inclusiveness".

Lear may enjoy satire, but he and the boys of "South Park" have different ideas of what needs to be skewered.

[Hacksaw]

they might agree on the issue of censorship, but the creators of south park are libertarians and lear is one of the biggest hollywood liberals ever. It will be interesting to see how that plays out in the plot lines.

Lear is also the founder of People for the American Way, most famous for malicious smearing of juducal nominees (like Bork and Estrada, Pickering, etc...)

His eventual death will be hell's gain.

[gaijin]

What a LET DOWN!

I think that's the only TV show I like, outside of "Wings" and The History Channel.

I guess they feel their popularity sliding...?

Why else would two trusty mavericks court the favor of such a slimy INSIDER..?

UGH...