It seems obvious to me that they couldn't agree with Comedy Central on cuts that would enable them to air this episode in the current political climate - the one they parodied in the first episode this year - the climate that finds Howard Stern threatened with million-dollar fines for 3-year old broadcasts because Janet Jackson flashed a tit and George Bush needs to appease his conservative base. Somebody made the decision not to bring FCC heat down over something that would have been more disturbing than the usual South Park episode. We'll probably see the episode next year, after the election cycle.
On or about Fri, 14 May 2004 02:08:28 -0400, Inkan made the sensational claim that:
The first I heard of it was the announcement when they didn't show it as planned. But then I don't pay a lot of attention and just sit down to watch when new eps come on.
I think the whole thing was a huge scam There is no gap in the production codes yet, and they are saying on the official site that it will not air at all in Season 8. But once the idea is off the ground, it must keep same code, so I think it was just a joke to tease hardcore fans.
Like the people who say I wanna see more Towelie or the Simpsons fans who say I wanna see more of Martin or something like that. They just took that to the nth degree to see who would care about a Lemmiwinks episode, most of us did, they are laughing at us as I type this.