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UbiquitousDec 29, 2005, 10:50 PM ET

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"South Park" Parked by Complaints By Sarah Hall Thu Dec 29, 5:50 PM ET

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."

Somewhat predictably, the Catholic League was incensed by the satirical portrayal of the Virgin Mary and the pope and by the fact that the episode aired on the day before the Catholic Church celebrated its Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

The conservative group demanded an apology from Viacom, Comedy Central's parent company, to Roman Catholics everywhere and "a pledge that this episode be permanently retired and not be made available on DVD."

The Catholic League also sought a personal condemnation from Viacom board member Joseph A. Califano Jr., who the group noted is a "practicing Catholic."

Califano was only too happy to oblige. After viewing the episode, he released a statement calling the episode an "appalling and disgusting portrayal of the Virgin Mary."

"It is particularly troubling to me as a Roman Catholic that the segment has run on the eve and day of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, a holy day for Roman Catholics," Califano said.

Califano also pledged to have Viacom president and CEO Tom Freston review the episode.

Comedy Central did not respond to a request for comment on why "Bloody Mary" was yanked from the schedule.

Screencaps of the episode were no longer available on Comedy Central's press site, or on comedycentral.com's South Park section.

The Catholic League previously tangled with Comedy Central in 2002 over a South Park episode titled "Red Hot Catholic Love," but failed to produce any results.

bitch.assDec 31, 2005, 1:27 AM ET↩ Ubiquitous

Howard ShubsDec 31, 2005, 2:02 AM ET↩ Ubiquitous

In article , [email] (Ubiquitous) wrote:

Isn't it a good thing that the episode is already out in the wild, where people taped it and etcetera? mmmmm. Suck it, League.

The Ghost of General LeeDec 31, 2005, 2:08 PM ET↩ Howard Shubs

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 02:02:10 -0500, Howard S Shubs wrote:

Only if you are an alter boy.

bitch.assJan 1, 2006, 4:19 PM ET↩ The Ghost of General Lee

Hey Ghost - I've seen & enjoyed your posts supporting SP for years. I don't think Catholics are the greatest either. But that's something a common Simpsons fan would say. "suck it league" is fair enough. Damn strongarm anti-freespeech buggers. "not on DVD" - F*ck them! But to be like "why don't you go s*ck on an altar boy Catholics" has got to be below the trueschool SP fans...

But if this one goes off broadcast & DVD, why not the rest? There would be about 9 seconds of broadcastable material, & that's the freeze frame of the mayor in Volcano

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 14:08:11 -0500, The Ghost of General Lee wrote:

mattackJan 1, 2006, 4:51 AM ET↩ Ubiquitous

Interesting.. I had thought the Tivo guide data was wrong. Maybe I'll have to rent this DVD if this ep doesn't ever get rerun.

bitch.assJan 1, 2006, 4:29 PM ET↩ mattack

or download it from usenet.

I support your right to view the ep... but I deleted mine, thinking it sucked sweaty hairy donkey balls, for money

On 1 Jan 2006 01:51:46 -0800, [email] wrote:

UbiquitousJan 1, 2006, 4:00 AM ET↩ bitch.ass

[email] wrote:

*gasp*

The only parts I laughed at was when the Pope got an eyefull and declared it no miracle and the closing credits.

Captain InfinityJan 1, 2006, 11:22 AM ET↩ bitch.ass

Once Upon A Time [email] wrote:

I haven't seen it posted yet. Have you? If so, which group?

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Captain Infinity
 ..."That robot reminds me of you: tell it to stop, it turns.
     Tell it to turn, it stops.  Tell it to take out the garbage,
     it watches reruns of Firefly."  --"Bones"

Howard ShubsJan 1, 2006, 1:03 PM ET↩ Captain Infinity

In article , Captain Infinity wrote:

It was posted a day or so after it was aired. Try news:alt.binaries.southpark

I really hope that Comedy Central develops a spine.

Captain InfinityJan 1, 2006, 6:46 PM ET↩ Howard Shubs

Once Upon A Time Howard S Shubs wrote:

All 3 of my newsservers are complete through 913. No 914.

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Captain Infinity
 ..."That robot reminds me of you: tell it to stop, it turns.
     Tell it to turn, it stops.  Tell it to take out the garbage,
     it watches reruns of Firefly."  --"Bones"

Howard ShubsJan 1, 2006, 11:05 PM ET↩ Captain Infinity

In article , Captain Infinity wrote:

Complain to someone who runs your news servers.

Captain InfinityJan 2, 2006, 1:29 AM ET↩ Howard Shubs

Once Upon A Time Howard S Shubs wrote:

Found it in alt.binaries.multimedia. It has not been posted to alt.binaries.southpark.

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Captain Infinity
 ..."That robot reminds me of you: tell it to stop, it turns.
     Tell it to turn, it stops.  Tell it to take out the garbage,
     it watches reruns of Firefly."  --"Bones"

Howard ShubsJan 2, 2006, 1:42 AM ET↩ Captain Infinity

In article , Captain Infinity wrote:

Funny how I got it there, then, innit? I don't look in abm.

The Ghost of General LeeJan 2, 2006, 9:58 PM ET↩ Howard Shubs

On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 01:42:06 -0500, Howard S Shubs wrote:

The group alt.binaries.tv carries most of the SP episodes, too, with much fewer headers to wade through.

Captain InfinityJan 3, 2006, 6:59 AM ET↩ The Ghost of General Lee

Once Upon A Time The Ghost of General Lee wrote:

Yes, the copy of ep 914 that I found was crossposted to abt.

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Captain Infinity
 ..."That robot reminds me of you: tell it to stop, it turns.
     Tell it to turn, it stops.  Tell it to take out the garbage,
     it watches reruns of Firefly."  --"Bones"

Willie WestwoodJan 16, 2006, 3:54 PM ET↩ Ubiquitous

Comdey Central now says the news is wrong - it says the episode was pulled because it was the holiday season (heh), but that it will air again.

"Ubiquitous" wrote in message news:[email]...

inwiththenewJan 26, 2006, 1:17 AM ET↩ Willie Westwood

south park is a cartoon right?

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Charles & Mambo DuckmanJan 26, 2006, 2:56 AM ET↩ inwiththenew