More fun with Catholics
30 December 2005 by Sean
Oh my gawd. I missed this episode, but I nearly busted a nut reading about it. Too bad Comedy Central caved in to censorship.
Did Comedy Central grant the Catholic League its Christmas wish?
Following the Dec. 7 season finale of South Park, titled “Bloody Mary,” the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights slammed the network for its irreverent portrayal of church icons and sought to block the episode from being rebroadcast.
It appears the group may have met with success. A repeat of the finale was scheduled to air Wednesday night, but was seemingly pulled from the Comedy Central lineup without explanation.
In the episode, a statue of the Virgin Mary is believed to be bleeding from its rear end, inspiring faithful parishioners to flock from miles around to be healed by the miraculous blood.
Eventually, Pope Benedict XVI is called in to investigate, whereupon he determines that the statue is actually menstruating and thus is nothing special.
“A chick bleeding out her vagina is no miracle,” the pope declares in the episode. “Chicks bleed out their vaginas all the time.”
30 December 2005, on 3:26 am
Goddamn media pussys.
30 December 2005, on 8:25 am
I caught that episode, and it was great. So sad that they caved to a bunch of superstitious morons.
30 December 2005, on 11:20 am
That episode was HILLARIOUS, and it was a DOUBLE WHAMMY in that they SLAMMED Alcoholics Anonymous equally hard. AA started as an evangelical Christian group, and in my opinion they still are, albeit covertly. There are alternatives to AA, the best in my mind being Rational Recovery, and the moderation advocacy group (AA propoganda notwithstanding, the founder of the Moderation group had actually quit and gone BACK to the AA method before her DWI accident that AA used to smear the Moderation group). I’m surprised AA didn’t raise a stink about the episode, since it was really more about them than having cheap laughs at the expense of the Catholic Church (always an easy target). Matt & Trey totally RIPPED on AA’s “spiritual, not religious” bullshit and their assertion that alcoholism is a “disease” (and disputed the supposed benefits of identifying it as such). Stan’s dad in the end learns from his son lessons about moderation and self discipline, and that his attempt at a solution through fundamentalist relgion was bullshit, too. I hope this comes out on DVD…this was one of Matt & Trey’s best episodes.
30 December 2005, on 12:33 pm
I’m sure they got threatened for the Scientology episode, but AFAIK that one was never pulled. I guess Catholics have more pull than other religions.
30 December 2005, on 3:15 pm
Yeah - why would you be afraid of religiosos boycotting a potty humor show?
That’s like the porn industry caving in when the American Family Association threatens a boycott.
30 December 2005, on 8:06 pm
“A chick bleeding out of her vagina is no miracle.”
I must say that I concur, however–a chick bleeding out of her VER-GINER, now THAT’S miraculous, and takes some serious precision.
30 December 2005, on 8:10 pm
As in “Yes, Ver-giner, there is a Santa Claus”?
30 December 2005, on 11:46 pm
I worshipped Mary before she was a Virgin!