Isaac Hayes quits "South Park"

[Zigra]

Bad news for fans of South Park's Chef-

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060313/ap_en_tv/people_isaac_hayes


I'm torn on what to think about this. On one hand, Parker and Stone should have been a little more careful. It's one thing for them to make fun of their own beliefs (Matt Stone, who is Jewish, rips on the Jewish people and their religion constantly), but it can be quite a different situation when they make fun of the beliefs of one of their key cast and crew members without checking with him to see if he won't be offended by it.

On the other hand, I agree with Parker and Stone that Hayes is being extremely hypocritical about this. "South Park" has been tearing apart all forms of religion since it's beginning, and even portrayed an animated Mohammed long before anybody in Denmark did so, and Hayes didn't say a single ******* word. This reeks of a double-standard on his part.

Still, this is a sad event for fans of the show. Hayes' contribution will be greatly missed:(

[godzy]

Man. That just ain't cool.:(

[Solar_Behemoth]

LMAO... he's a scient-
nevermind.

Oh well, no real big loss to me anyways.
He wasn't on the show as much as he used to be, and I think this is because there was not much else for the character to do. For me, South Park has gone to hell after season 8.

"South Park" co-creator Matt Stone responded sharply in an interview with The Associated Press Monday, saying, "This is 100 percent having to do with his faith of Scientology... He has no problem — and he's cashed plenty of checks — with our show making fun of Christians."

Haha. I love Trey Parker and Matt Stone. What they say is so true.
Isaac Hayes has been on the show for a looong time and suddenly, out of the blue, he quits just because they poke fun at his religion. Christians have been putting up with constant blasphemy by basically everyone but they don't throw hissy fits- most don't that is.

[Saruman]

I am siding with Parker and Stone on this one. Hayes after 8 seasons "suddenly" has issues with the show because it goes after religions? Sorry but you should have figured that one out 8 years ago and not just when it has to do with your "religion/cult." Hayes is just making himself look like a fool with this. Though I have to wonder if part of their "religion" is making themselves look stupid, because so many of them do it on a regular basis. 10 to 1 says Tom Cruise will do something foolis very soon because the attention is now on Hayes and not him, LOL.

Oh yeah, and that episode of South Park was funny as hell, one you should catch if you can. It had Tom Cruise and John Travolta locked in a closet together, lol.

[Sauron]

Good riddance. I can't remember the last time the character Chef has made me laugh, but it's been years. Hopefully they do away with the character altogether.

As for Hayes' reasons for leaving: What the hell? That's like Jeff Probst quitting Survivor because has a problem with TV crews invading little pygmy tribe territory. South Park has always made fun of religion, always will, it's not like Hayes didn't realize that when he took the job. What Stone said makes me laugh, and it's nice to see they didn't back down, but then again they never do.

I hope they do an episode about this now, in fact I can almost guarantee they do...

:darklord:

[Goji Son]

It's strange that he quits like 5 months after the show airs. I have a feeling that his cult added some pressure on him to quit or else they revealed his dirty little secret about his 50 ******* children scattered across Africa and the dead hookers in Bangkok.

Like, oh my God!

And Zigra, they have never portrayed Mohammad before in any episodes, that was Osama Bin Laden.

[Goji Son]

. For me, South Park has gone to hell after season 8.


By that, you mean has improved upon itself in pushing the envelope and intelligently (yet crudely) commenting on todays issues better than any show on TV? If so, then yeah, I agree with you.

[Kevzilla]

Will there gose my favorit charater in the show.

[Zigra]

And Zigra, they have never portrayed Mohammad before in any episodes, that was Osama Bin Laden.

Incorrect. The episode entitled "Super Best Friends" featured various religious figures, including Mohammed, Buddha, Lao Tsu, Krishna, and of course Jesus as a sort of superhero team.

[Tokyo VigilanteX]

Scamology...or "$cientology" is the biggest joke of the 20th Century. I mean really, the whole Xenu story seriously screws over their credability. And the fact that a guide book costs about a 100 dollars should be enough to convince people that whole organization is bullshit.


But as long as Tweak or Butters (AKA Professor Chaos) stays, then Iam happy.

[Saruman]

I hope they do an episode about this now, in fact I can almost guarantee they do...

:darklord:

I can see it now......

Kenny: "Oh My God They Killed Chef!!!!!" :darklord:

[Solar_Behemoth]

By that, you mean has improved upon itself in pushing the envelope and intelligently (yet crudely) commenting on todays issues better than any show on TV? If so, then yeah, I agree with you.

Well, the new South Parks are still alot better than most crap on TV.
I honestly think that wildly popular shows like Family Guy (which Trey Parker and Matt Stone both hate by the way) are garbage.

I loved the Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow episode where South Park satarizes Hurricane Katrina, global warming, and the media.

"Really? Have you actually seen raping, looting, and acts of cannibalism?"
"No... Tom.... I'm JUST reporting it..."

[Da_Jinx]

I wonder why he decided to quit now? The scientology episode aired awhile (8 to 9 months ago). Did he just watched the re-run episode. I figured if he was that outraged then he would have quit the same day it originally aired.

[Goji Son]

Incorrect. The episode entitled "Super Best Friends" featured various religious figures, including Mohammed, Buddha, Lao Tsu, Krishna, and of course Jesus as a sort of superhero team.

I stand corrected, but I don't remember them really doing anything overly offensive with these religious figures, then again, I don't remember seeing it all the way through.

[Goji Son]

Well, the new South Parks are still alot better than most crap on TV.
I honestly think that wildly popular shows like Family Guy (which Trey Parker and Matt Stone both hate by the way) are garbage.


Yeah, and so does Matt Groening of Simpsons fame. FG is really overrated, they essentially took the concept established by a previous show with a dysfunctional family with a mentally incompetant father and then throw in some random pop culture references. The only thing I like about the show is Brian, the dog, other than that I could do without it.

[ALLOSAURZ]

The first couple seasons of Family Guy were hilarious however since they've come back on the air they haven't left me laughing nearly as much. I rarely if ever watch that show anymore. South Park though is brilliant.

[Megabyte]

I wonder why he decided to quit now? The scientology episode aired awhile (8 to 9 months ago). Did he just watched the re-run episode. I figured if he was that outraged then he would have quit the same day it originally aired.

If he were so "outraged" he wouldn't have done the episode at all, but then again I have no idea how they work. For all I know Hayes just reads his parts over the phone and then asks for his paycheck. Or perharps his fellow punch drinkers are pushing him to be the new poster boy since Tom Cruise has stopped jumping couches.

[Zigra]

I stand corrected, but I don't remember them really doing anything overly offensive with these religious figures, then again, I don't remember seeing it all the way through.


Remember that merely portraying Mohammend at all can be offensive to many Muslims. Yet, interestingly enough, Parker and Stone got away with it without any complaints, as far as I know. Go figure.

[Morgoth]

They won't now. Some wackjob in a turban will read this and get the 'Super Best Friends' episode airing on al Que - I mean al Jazeera.

Isaac Hayes, what a hypocritical douce. Maybe if he'd refused to do the episode I'd understand, but 8 months later is pretty damn late. And I gurantee Trey and Matt do something with this fiasco on the show. Bank on it.

Agreed on FG, always have thought that show was crap. Can't understand how it stays alive. We need extermination camps for morons in this country.

[kritaya]

The ultimate insult would be if they kept Chef as a recurring character and got an impersonator to do an Isaac Haye's voice, and put a sub on the screen that says "Celebrity impersonator. Not the real Isaac Hayes." :laugh:

Or even better, figure out how much money he would have made per line and put that up on the screen. They could keep adding to the amount throughout the course of the show, and at the end they could say, "This is how much money Isaac Haye's would have made this episode if he wasn't such a hypocritical schmuck." :darklord:

[Goji Son]

Remember that merely portraying Mohammend at all can be offensive to many Muslims. Yet, interestingly enough, Parker and Stone got away with it without any complaints, as far as I know. Go figure.

Very true, but their depiction wasn't derogatory and it wasn't shown to a mass audience like the whole freaking country of Denmark. I am sure if it had more publicity some Muslim organizations would be raising hell.

[giganlover217]

Meh. Never laughed much at chef. And as for Hayes, I couldn't help but laugh when I read his quote. Satan and Saddam as lovers, Hayes says nothing. Mormons being the only people going to heaven, Hayes says nothing. God as a deformed pig creature, Hayes says nothing. Making fun of Scientology, TERRIBLE, DISGUSTNG RACISM AND IGNORANCE!!!!!

[Sauron]

Very true, but their depiction wasn't derogatory and it wasn't shown to a mass audience like the whole freaking country of Denmark.


No just the tiny tiny audience of the whole country of the USA...

:darklord:

[Goji Son]

No just the tiny tiny audience of the whole country of the USA...

:darklord:

Who can choose the watch the show plus were stupid, we don't get the jokes.

[TitanGojira]

First off, I think this sucks. Mostly because of Hayes being so damn hypocritical, but also because I've always loved Chef, the only real sane person in South Park. Not to mention his songs... Just thinking back on "Chocolate Salty Balls" or "Love Gravy" makes me miss Chef already.

Secondly, while Trey and Matt may very well devote an entire episode to bashing Hayes and/or Chef, let's not forget that they treated Kenny's return from the afterlife as an afterthought at the end of an episode ("Dude, where have you been?"). I wouldn't be surprised if they just had a normal episode and dealt with Chef in a quick scene like this:

Chef (In a voice that's obviously not Hayes. A nerdy white guy or something): Hello there, children!

The Boys: Hey, Che---

*Chef is suddenly killed in a fashion that puts most of Kenny's deaths to shame*

Stan: Oh my god, they killed Chef!

Kyle: Ehh, he sucked anyway.

Cartman: Yeah.

*They walk off*

[Morgoth]

Anybody remember the thin white guy they had in the caffeteria when Chef was on vacation? Must have been first or maybe second season. Be hilarious if they brought him back.

Also, the cynic in me wonders if Isaac Hayes just wanted out and maybe Trey and Matt talked him into making an 'event' out of it. Be exactly the sort of twisted stunt those two would concoct.

[Zigra]

More about Hayes being hypocritical on religion, let's not forget that little 'talk' Chef had with Stan about God in the episode "Kenny Dies".


"God likes to see us cry, so he can drink the sweet milk of our tears. Because, you see Stan, it is our tears that give God his great power."


Man, that was one of the show's finest moments:intears:

[Monsturra-Jake]

What a hypocrite Hayes is. Hopefully, this will come back to haunt him (and it will)

As for Family Guy, I starting to dislike it. Very overrated non-intelligent garbage nowadays. I still watch the older episodes, but they get old real quick. I rather had Futurama come back than this show.

Hopefully, we won't have to worry about American Dad coming back.

[Solar_Behemoth]

Anybody remember the thin white guy they had in the caffeteria when Chef was on vacation? Must have been first or maybe second season. Be hilarious if they brought him back.

Do you mean the greatest character of all time? MR. DERP! That'll be awesome if they replace Chef with him. Mr. Derp's hilarious because he is purposely the worst, lamest, and stupidest character ever in South Park which makes him awesome! The scientology episode was appropriately aired last night on Comedy Centrail, by the way.

Derp!

[Sauron]

Mr. Derp's hilarious because he is purposely the worst, lamest, and stupidest character ever in South Park which makes him awesome!

I thought the lamest character ever was Towlie? Cartman even said so at the end of the episode...

Cartman: "You're the worst character ever Towlie."

Towlie: "I know."

:darklord:

[Scorpion13mk2]

BREAKING NEWS....

http://www.defamer.com/hollywood/tom-cruise/report-blame-cruise-for-yanked-south-park-repeat-161024.php

Tom Cruise is preventing the re-airing of the episode in question.

It has hit the fan. Stone and Parker might quit over this.

[Zigra]

The link you posted won't work.......

[Scorpion13mk2]

It should work now, but if it doesnt, copy and paste it.

[Cole Deschain]

Eh.

Cruise just might be that petty and humorless.

Of course, he's also guilty of appearing in movies I'd never see anyway...

[Saruman]

Like I said above, it didn't take Tom Cruise very long to get his screwed up head into this. He can't stand someone else being the focal point and getting all the attention, what a schmuck.

[Goji Son]

How can Matt and Trey be so glib, don't they know they cannot surpass the Cruise! I heard if you watch Top Gun backwards you will be transported to another dimension and be one with Xenu. And when Goose dies (and then reborn, since you are watching it backwards), your orb of life is taken in from your avatar and put into the film, never to be released.

I also heard if you watch Cocktail backwards and listen to Pink Floyd's Meddle the film still sucks balls.

[kritaya]

As much as I wish Tom Cruise would stuff a sock in his face about his idiotic cultish pseudo-religion, I'll still go see any movie he's in as long as it looks like something I might like. He might be a complete moron in real life (nothing new in Hollyweird), but he's a good actor.

[Goji Son]

As much as I wish Tom Cruise would stuff a sock in his face about his idiotic cultish pseudo-religion, I'll still go see any movie he's in as long as it looks like something I might like. He might be a complete moron in real life (nothing new in Hollyweird), but he's a good actor.

Yeah, War of the Worlds was really enjoyable and he played the part really well, same with Minority Report. I think he should just stick with Spielberg and just play it safe.

[kritaya]

Yeah, War of the Worlds was really enjoyable and he played the part really well, same with Minority Report. I think he should just stick with Spielberg and just play it safe.

I have nagging quibbles with both of those films, but not with his performances in them. Say what you will about him personally (and there's a lot), Cruise can really act. But if I had a pre-requisite before seeing a movie that all the actors had to be nice, normal people, I'd be watching Bollywood musicals the rest of my life.:laugh:

Unfortunately, it seems Cruise's bizarre opinions and erratic behavior have soured his creative relationship with Spielberg. Or at least that's what I read. But who knows? If enough money was tossed his way, I'm sure Spielberg could get over his differences and work with Cruise again. Money is, after all, the one true God of Hollywood.

[Solar_Behemoth]

This explains why it was a different episode from Trapped in the Closet.
I recorded Comedy Central at around 9:00pm on Wednesday night and went to bed... I was really looking forward to watching it the next day. Turns out it was an old episode. Tom Cruise is such a loser. Matt Stone and Trey Parker now have ALOT of material to make another episode- and they don't take **** from anybody. Kill off Chef, Isaac Hayes, and Tom Cruise.

[RadoGoji]

OK, so if they play a particular episode of South Park, then Tom Cruise will stop publicizing Mission Impossible 3. Big loss... >_> This is an episode that I haven't seen yet, and want to see. Damn prick.

[Solar_Behemoth]

While the "South Park" creators didn't directly comment on Comedy Central's decision to pull the episode, they issued an unusual statement to Daily Variety indicating the battle is not over.

"So, Scientology, you may have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for earth has just begun! Temporarily anozinizing our episode will NOT stop us from keeping Thetans forever trapped in your pitiful man-bodies. Curses and drat! You have obstructed us for now, but your feeble bid to save humanity will fail! Hail Xenu!!!"

The duo signed the statement "Trey Parker and Matt Stone, servants of the dark lord Xenu."

I love Matt and Trey as much as their show.

http://www.variety.com/VR1117939918.html

[Morgoth]

Those two are awesome. They should win too... because there is NO way after all the racist, sexist, and religiously intolerant crap they've pulled over the years that they are going to be brought down by a bunch of psychotic idiots with a crackpot cult.

Again, this whole thing is so absurd, I still can't help but wonder if it's a prank.

[Zigra]

Again, this whole thing is so absurd, I still can't help but wonder if it's a prank.

You know, the beginning of April is on the way......

[RadoGoji]

I don't know for sure, but I have this strange feeling Brandon's behind the whole thing... :p

[Zigra]

There's been a new development, or at least somebody with a different theory, about why Hayes quit-

http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,188463,00.html

[THE ONE AND ONLY]

Intresting news about this week's all new of SOUTH PARK from Comedy Central.

"From Comedy Central Press Release: He's Back!!! Chef returns to South Park.

The Launch of "South Park's" tenth season is marked by the triumphant homecoming of the school chef, Jerome McElroy. "The Return of Chef", premiers Wednesday, March 22 at 10:00p.m., only on Comedy Central."

"The town is jolted out of a case of the doldrums Chef suddenly reappears. While Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Cartman are thrilled to have thier old friend back, they notice that something about Chef seems different."

[Da_Jinx]

Well they did turn the teacher "Mr. Garrison" into a woman, so I can imagine them changing the chef character into something completely weird.

[Cole Deschain]

Like a new voice actor...

[Halomek]

I just saw a preview for it on Comedy Central. It's defintely Chef and the voice of Hayes.

Who knows what the boys of South Park have cooked up for the episode though...

[Goji Son]

I just saw a preview for it on Comedy Central. It's defintely Chef and the voice of Hayes.

Who knows what the boys of South Park have cooked up for the episode though...


How many time has Chef said "Hello there children!" ? That's an easy line to loop.

[Saruman]

This "new" episode was probably already finished before Hayes "quit," if he actually did. There really hasn't been enough time for them to film a new episode and get all the voice acting done in this small amount of time.

[Aragorn_Strider22]

Scamology...or "$cientology" is the biggest joke of the 20th Century. I mean really, the whole Xenu story seriously screws over their credability. And the fact that a guide book costs about a 100 dollars should be enough to convince people that whole organization is bullshit.


But as long as Tweak or Butters (AKA Professor Chaos) stays, then Iam happy.

...And that's the last we'll see of him.

[Zigra]

This "new" episode was probably already finished before Hayes "quit," if he actually did. There really hasn't been enough time for them to film a new episode and get all the voice acting done in this small amount of time.


Uh, Jeff, they get these episodes made faster than you think. Remember when Saddam Hussein was captured? South Park spoofed it that same week.

[Goji Son]

This "new" episode was probably already finished before Hayes "quit," if he actually did. There really hasn't been enough time for them to film a new episode and get all the voice acting done in this small amount of time.

They can make a show in a weeks time, even shorter than that if they really push it. Their program is extremely well equipped for the animation of the show.

[Solar_Behemoth]

Trey Parker and Matt Stone made this new episode in only 6 days.
They made it in response to Isaac Hayes quitting.

It is incredible how fast they make episodes, but it just shows how genius they are.

The voice acting for the episode is no problem because they both do most of the voices.
The animation goes by extremely fast thanks to computers.
Parker and Stone write the episodes too.

[anguirus55]

...And that's the last we'll see of him. What makes you say this? He's just telling it ike it is. Somehow don't see bans for disrespecting Scientology, especially considering Morgoth's position on the matter. Hail Xenu!

[Saruman]

If they did infact do it in 6 days, thats fine, but I would worry about the quality of it then. I would think Parker and Stone would want to take their time with it and really do something special. This just sounds like they threw something together just to take a shot at people and that could backfire on them if it isn't a good episode. Guess will just have to wait until the episode airs to see.

[Zigra]

Hey, the episode with Saddam Hussein being capture in Canada was done in just 4 days, and it was excellent. So, I have faith in those guys to make a decent episode in that short of time.

[Da_Jinx]

I think with how everything happened, those guys would be extremely motivated to put something pretty clever together.

[Solar_Behemoth]

That'd be freakin awesome if they had the Crab People kill Chef and take over his body.
In fact, that's what I'm expecting.

[ALLOSAURZ]

OMG the episode was about Isaac Hayes and Scientology. It was freaking hilarious. From the way they dubbed chef with his older lines to the super adventure club to what happens to him in the end. It was utter brilliance!

[THE ONE AND ONLY]

Excellent episode. Especially liked the way they lampooned themselves with "This is what Super Adventure Club Members actually believe.". Also the return of the worn out exotic dancer from the ep where the boys were policemen. Then finally an oddly touching end to the boys lamenting how they'll miss, and how that dad blasted cult messed up Chef's mind , and took him away from us.:dontgetit Good job Matt and Trey. Good job.:thumbs:

[Morgoth]

I started crying I was laughing so loud during the 'This is what Super Adventure Club really believes' bit. And what they did to Chef was hilarious. New meaning to overkill.

[Scorpion13mk2]

So, did anyone hear about how Issac Hayes didnt really quit the show? How it was a Scientologist rep who "quit" for him?

The man was in a coma after a stroke, and in no condition to quit anything. He has serious medical problems, and a new baby. Whats more, they had a quite of him from right after the eposode, and while he was somewhat annoyed at it, he wasnt really mad.

Links....

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188463,00.html

http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur25466.cfm

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188720,00.html

Yup. Its a damn conspiracy!!

[godofPH]

So, did anyone hear about how Issac Hayes didnt really quit the show? How it was a Scientologist rep who "quit" for him?

The man was in a coma after a stroke, and in no condition to quit anything. He has serious medical problems, and a new baby. Whats more, they had a quite of him from right after the eposode, and while he was somewhat annoyed at it, he wasnt really mad.

Links....

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188463,00.html

http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur25466.cfm

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188720,00.html

Yup. Its a damn conspiracy!!


I don't know what to believe anymore...

[Goji Son]

I knew that they were going to piece together Chef's dialogue but I couldn't believe what they had done with it. I honestly didn't think the episode was that good until I actually sat down and thought about it. It's extremely somber and almost touching at the end, especially when Stan says "But Chef, we love you." and he still turns his back. The ending though was absolutely hilarious, from when Chef fell to the surprise twist my mouth was agape and I couldn't stop laughing. I also liked how they didn't blame Chef for his decision (Hayes) but instead the fruity club he was in (Scientology).

"I GONNA MAKE LOVE in your *******... CHILDREN!"

[Solar_Behemoth]

"I GONNA MAKE LOVE in your *******... CHILDREN!"

Boy am I looking forward to hearing that tonight... on the episode.
I can't believe I missed it last night, I knew the episode was going to air on the 22nd but I had no idea YESTERDAY was already the 22nd. I thought it was the 16th or something. Oh well, good thing Comedy Central is airing it again tonight so I can finally get to see it.

Unless some scientologist takes if off the air.

[ALLOSAURZ]

Wow you know I always thought south park's spoof of scientology was them poking fun at the "religion" I didn't think that scientologists actually believed in the story of Xenu and the DC-8s with rocket engines. i thought the episode was poking fun at them in the way that christianity was poked fun of by saying mormons were the only people who went to heaven and that god was a freak mutant. But low and behold everything Parker and Stone claimed about scientology was correct. Seriously this is some of the funniest stuff I have ever read. If you want a good laugh read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology

[Goji Son]

Wow you know I always thought south park's spoof of scientology was them poking fun at the "religion" I didn't think that scientologists actually believed in the story of Xenu and the DC-8s with rocket engines. i thought the episode was poking fun at them in the way that christianity was poked fun of by saying mormons were the only people who went to heaven and that god was a freak mutant. But low and behold everything Parker and Stone claimed about scientology was correct. Seriously this is some of the funniest stuff I have ever read. If you want a good laugh read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology

You didn't see the disclaimer saying that is what they actually believed?

[ALLOSAURZ]

I thought it was a joke! sort of tongue in cheek.

[Morgoth]

Nah, they did the same thing with the Mormon episode. Wonder who's next?

Oh, and hail Xenu!


Actually, the more I read aboyt L Ron, the less messianic the guy's background becomes. Did you know he was a member of the Southern California OTO, a splinter group of Aleister Crowley's Golden Dawn? For those who don't know, Aleister Crowley was the self-proclaimed Great Beast, a British occultist and black magician who really established and popularized the 'left handed path', paving the way for scum like Lavey and modern Satanic movements. Anyway, good old L Ron, fresh from his stint in the Navy, slinks into the OTO, oozes his way into the confidence of the fellow heading the group, one Jack Parsons. He convinces Parsons to conduct a ritual to summon the 'Whore of Babylon', and when a woman actually arrives at the Villa where the OTO was headquartered, seemingly in response to the spell, convinces Parsons that he should father a child with the woman. While Parsons is busy trying to sire this 'magically endowed neo-human', L Ron takes off with Parsons's wife for Florida, along with most of the man's life savings! Black Magic isn't the sort of thing that usually breeds nice people, much less any who set examples that any sane, intelligent person, would follow.

[Morgoth]

Even better, try reading this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenu

[Scorpion13mk2]

Nah, they did the same thing with the Mormon episode. Wonder who's next?

Oh, and hail Xenu!


Actually, the more I read aboyt L Ron, the less messianic the guy's background becomes. Did you know he was a member of the Southern California OTO, a splinter group of Aleister Crowley's Golden Dawn? For those who don't know, Aleister Crowley was the self-proclaimed Great Beast, a British occultist and black magician who really established and popularized the 'left handed path', paving the way for scum like Lavey and modern Satanic movements. Anyway, good old L Ron, fresh from his stint in the Navy, slinks into the OTO, oozes his way into the confidence of the fellow heading the group, one Jack Parsons. He convinces Parsons to conduct a ritual to summon the 'Whore of Babylon', and when a woman actually arrives at the Villa where the OTO was headquartered, seemingly in response to the spell, convinces Parsons that he should father a child with the woman. While Parsons is busy trying to sire this 'magically endowed neo-human', L Ron takes off with Parsons's wife for Florida, along with most of the man's life savings! Black Magic isn't the sort of thing that usually breeds nice people, much less any who set examples that any sane, intelligent person, would follow.


So, he knew it was all bullshit, and scammed him.

Awesome, but not the guy Id want to worship.

[kritaya]

Wikipedia articles aren't vetted for accuracy. They should be taken with a grain of salt, especially those dealing with controversial figures like Hubbard. I found some inaccuracies in the article on Scientology which seemed subtly intended to put him in a bad light. A shame, really, because the truth is enough to do that without any creative manipulation.

[Burkion]

Newsflash: The Idiots of Xenu have bought Neverland Ranch. If this dose not show up on South Park, I will cry.

[Solar_Behemoth]

Anyone see the newest South Park episode where they dumped all over Family Guy?
It was hysterical, and it's about time they did that.

[Mecha-Rodan]

Heh, this new season isn't as funny, IMO as previous ones, but I've got to hand it to the creators for making something this great, this insane, and this offensive up and running for so long. My favorite episode is still the Christmas story with the evil forest creatures... The one I'm thinking about at the moment, at least.