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| South Park to enter Cartoon Wars |
| 2006-04-06 |
| From a blog. EFL Sometimes it takes an unlikely hero like South Park to step up and put things into perspective. If there is such a thing as "The Cartoon Wars," then animated sitcoms like South Park are on the front lines. From what I could gather from the cliffhanger ending, South Park creators Matt Parker and Trey Stone have forced Comedy Central to stand at the same crossroads that hundreds of newspapers and periodicals across America stood at not a month ago. Next week they will guest star Mohammed in all of his animated glory, and they have let Muslims know in advance that it's a-coming. Comedy Central has a choice. They can either stand by their longtime stars in Parker and Stone, or succumb to cheap threats from petty thugs. Should Comedy Central make a decision endorsed by the First Amendment, I will be glued to my tv next Wednesday at 10pm. If you all want to catch this evening's South Park, it should rerun April 6th at 10pm. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #9 It was a great show. Laughed my ass off. (replay just finished.) |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-04-06 22:44 |
| #8 My guess is that it's actually Muhammed himself that is writing Family Guy. |
| Posted by: Charles 2006-04-06 21:59 |
| #7 I'm guessing that the anti family guy subplot will show that Family Guy is another effort by the crab people. There was really not much about how bad muslims are to riot but much about how wrong it was for the west to not stand up for the danish cartoonists. |
| Posted by: mhw 2006-04-06 17:36 |
| #6 South Park Studios Comedy Central's South Park web page 10:00 PM EST South Park Cartoon Wars Cartoon Wars - Cartman and Kyle are at war over the popular cartoon, "Family Guy." (First in the Mohammed series) |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-04-06 17:00 |
| #5 "Nuo ... muo ... prayah!" |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-04-06 16:28 |
| #4 "Oh my God! They beheaded Kenny!" "You bastards!" |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-04-06 14:29 |
| #3 Too bad they're going to show part two during the Passover seders (if they show it at all). |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2006-04-06 14:27 |
| #2 This ought to be good... I see major, major seething on the horizon. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-04-06 13:36 |
| #1 They have won a Peabody award. This should give them some headroom. Last night's "cartoon" show was funny. |
| Posted by: jim#6 2006-04-06 13:08 |