VILE “SOUTH PARK” EPISODE PULLED
December 30, 2005
Catholic League president Bill Donohue released the following comments today on “South Park”:
“Several news stories today are reporting on the decision by Comedy Central to pull a scheduled rerun of the ‘Bloody Mary’ episode that was shown on ‘South Park’ on December 7-10. The decision reflects what I asked for in our news release of December 8. Therefore, I commend Comedy Central for finally making the right decision. That it aired in the first place, however, does not speak well for the bigots responsible for creating it.
"In our December 8 news release, I also said, ‘Remember, they chose to insult Our Blessed Mother on the eve of the Immaculate Conception, and the holy day itself.’ The episode in question featured a statue of the Virgin Mary spraying blood from her vagina. It was one of the most vile TV shows ever to appear, and that is why I asked Joseph Califano, a practicing Catholic and member of Viacom’s board of directors (Viacom is the parent company of Comedy Central) to issue a public condemnation of the ‘Bloody Mary’ episode; I also asked that he do whatever he could to pull any scheduled reruns of the episode.
“On December 9, the day Califano received our request, he released a statement condemning the episode. He also said that any further decisions would have to be made by Tom Freston, president and chief executive of the New Viacom. For the past few weeks, we have been in touch with Freston’s office awaiting his decision. Yesterday, we received a phone call from Tony Fox, executive vice president for corporate communications at Comedy Central, informing us that there were no plans to rerun ‘Bloody Mary.’
“Already, we are being deluged with hate mail that is as obscene as it is viciously anti-Catholic. All because we exercised our First Amendment right to request that Comedy Central not offend Catholics again! But we’re used to such things and will not be deterred.”
Catholic League president Bill Donohue released the following comments today on “South Park”:
“Several news stories today are reporting on the decision by Comedy Central to pull a scheduled rerun of the ‘Bloody Mary’ episode that was shown on ‘South Park’ on December 7-10. The decision reflects what I asked for in our news release of December 8. Therefore, I commend Comedy Central for finally making the right decision. That it aired in the first place, however, does not speak well for the bigots responsible for creating it.
"In our December 8 news release, I also said, ‘Remember, they chose to insult Our Blessed Mother on the eve of the Immaculate Conception, and the holy day itself.’ The episode in question featured a statue of the Virgin Mary spraying blood from her vagina. It was one of the most vile TV shows ever to appear, and that is why I asked Joseph Califano, a practicing Catholic and member of Viacom’s board of directors (Viacom is the parent company of Comedy Central) to issue a public condemnation of the ‘Bloody Mary’ episode; I also asked that he do whatever he could to pull any scheduled reruns of the episode.
“On December 9, the day Califano received our request, he released a statement condemning the episode. He also said that any further decisions would have to be made by Tom Freston, president and chief executive of the New Viacom. For the past few weeks, we have been in touch with Freston’s office awaiting his decision. Yesterday, we received a phone call from Tony Fox, executive vice president for corporate communications at Comedy Central, informing us that there were no plans to rerun ‘Bloody Mary.’
“Already, we are being deluged with hate mail that is as obscene as it is viciously anti-Catholic. All because we exercised our First Amendment right to request that Comedy Central not offend Catholics again! But we’re used to such things and will not be deterred.”
Why would they rerun it anyway? Look how many days they ran it in the first place. They know they got all they could out of it.
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm being cynical but I don't believe for a minute they did it out of any respect.
I do agree with Rhonda that the damamge is already done due to the first run with the program. But this is a clear victory in a society too hateful of the Divine Law of Christ. I do feel this is a victory for Christ especially with Jan. 1st being the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.
ReplyDeleteYes, the damage is already done, but, hopefully, this will make them think twice before trying this stunt again. And, yes, this is a true victory in a society that is basically anti-Christian and in the entertainment industry which is particularly defiant of the Divine Law.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your views, ladies.
God bless you,
Jean
I am amazed they pulled it, thank God. I remember watching this in the dorm with some friends and they all kept looking at me waiting for me to toss the TV out the window or someting! Anyway this will probably be promoted on the future DVD as the "Banned" episode.
ReplyDeleteUnless I missread the posting, but is it 'permanently' banned from all types of future reruns, or is it just this one time?
ReplyDeleteNonetheless, it is a victory and a significant victory.
Unfortunately I like South Park, but this CLEARLY crossed the line for me on all levels.
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