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October 10, 2008

Apple drops controvertial South Park episode?

Long time no blog.
 
And I'm so scathing of bloggers who only post once in a blue moon. Git -know thyself.
 
Anyway - quickly, quickly: to the point, sir! I've been catching up on a load of South Park episodes lately. A show I freely admit I simply didn't get when it was first aired on terrestrial channels (remember them...?). But now... The later seasons? This is some of the most original, pointed and effective iconoclastic satire I've ever seen -certainly the most irreverent and ballsy comedy available to TV at the moment.
 
I was discussing a few eps with a colleague, who mentioned the Trapped in the Closet episode (ep 12 season 9), where Stan is identified as the reincarnation of Ron L Hubbard and becomes leader of the Church of Scientology. Hilarious.
 
Tom Cruise spends the episode hiding in Stan's closet ("Tom Cruise - please come out of the closet!" is much repeated); John Travolta is asked to intervene and ends up hiding in the closet with him. R Kelly (infamous for his 12-part (dare I say 12-aria?) R&B opera - yes, I said R&B opera -  Trapped in the Closet Watch and wonder:
 
 
Is it genius? Is it madness? I'd like to think there's room for both in your hearts when you judge the above!
 
Aaaaaanyhoo - this episode of South Park was controvertial for many reasons - notably at least for Isaac Hayes (voice of Chef) quitting the show in protest of the episode's cruel portrayal of his 'religion'. Isaac Hayes died soon afterwards, though no connections have been made between the two incidents. BUT more controvertail still is that in attempting to download said episode from iTunes - where I buy all my South Park eps. I discover the episode has been REMOVED from the iTunes store! Check it out -Season 9 Ep 12 ain't there. Like bed 13 in a hospital ward - it just ain't there!
 
Is Steve Jobs a scientologist? Or just susceptible to being leaned upon by an aggressive bunch of radical loons?
 
I have to say I am disappointed in iTunes. Really disappointed. So, for your viewing pleasure, I give two fingers to iTunes, Jobs and the Church of Scientology and offer you the episode via the wonders of the 'free' internet:
 
 
Keep your own council and keep th' faith,
 
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August 11, 2008

For Hayes a jolly good fellow...

Isaac Hayes has died!
 
The man, the legend, the Chef, has cancelled all future dates until further notice and will no longer be available for interviews.
 
 
Hayes, 65, was the deep-voiced legend behind such masterpieces as Shaft, played Chef in South Park for many years, until he quit the show over an episode ripping the piss out of scientology - his chosen 'religion'. (This presumably means he believed that we were all subjugated by a ruling class of aliens on this planet, and likely he was building an escape spaceship in his own back yard... But I can't claim any of that as fact, nor should you.)
 
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Strangely enough, and lesser renowned, is Isaac 'Chef' Hayes' stab at Cheffing. He released his own cookery book 'Cooking with heart and soul' which features the legendarily unhealthy colesterol romp that is 'Deep-fried Jive Turkey' a recipe requiring 5 gallons, yes - 5 GALLONS of peanut oil. Not to mention a 10 Gallon pot (imagine the volume displacement of that boiling oil when you add a 12lb turkey! Archimedes would shit!) Still - that's got to be the quickest way to cook a whole damn turkey I've ever seen.
 
So RIP, Isaac - singer, composer, scientologist, chef (real and cartoon) - I salute you. And am heartened by these great words you sang in South Park , after you had become a zombie:
 
Chef: [singing after being turned into a zombie] I'm gonna make love, even when I'm dead!/My body might be cold, but it's always hot in my bed!/Make love, don't you be afraid!/Just because my heart ain't beatin', it don't mean you won't get laid!
 

 
Chef's dead, baby. Chef's dead.
 
 (this will likely break soon!)
 
Keep th' faith,
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