# Isaac Hayes quits South Park **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245 "2006-03-13T22:59:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245/81 "2006-03-14T14:38:21Z")
> [@Metacom](#): > > I think they should have a white singer start voicing Chef, and never remark on the change in the show. Clay Aiken šŸ˜› VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245/82 "2006-03-14T15:09:48Z")
> [@Veuve\_ClicquotNJ](#): > > Clay Aiken šŸ˜› > > VCNJ~ Psst! See post 60. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245/83 "2006-03-14T15:17:12Z")
> [@Metacom](#): > > I think they should have a white singer start voicing Chef, and never remark on the change in the show. Clay Gayken ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245/84 "2006-03-14T15:31:59Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Iā€™m surprised it took so long to happen. When I saw the Scientology episode, I figured this was a foregone conclusion. But you know what they say: fuck 'em if they canā€™t take a joke. and the official response to that is- Hey, fuck 'em if they CAN take a joke! ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245/85 "2006-03-14T15:46:41Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > But, wouldnā€™t **Dennis Haybert** be a great filler for Issac ā€˜Clambakeā€™ Hayes. Of course, then heā€™d be trying to sell them insurance half the time, or telling the kids they need to save the town from terrorists. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245/86 "2006-03-14T15:48:04Z")
Since itā€™s Matt and Treyā€™s show I can see them doing all kinds of vengeful things. Since the character of Chef is theirs and Hayes just lent his voice the possibilities are endless. People will still associate Chef to Hayes even without a voice. The could have Chef become a scientologist and take a vow of silence and start molesting or poisoning the school kids. Or he could get larengitis and start speaking in a whisper. Or lose his vocal cords like Ned and talk with one of those vibrating things. All while making himself the most hated man in Southpark. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245/87 "2006-03-14T15:59:36Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Have any Cardinals ever been convicted of domestic espionage? Well, Major League Baseball has all those spy satellitesā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245/88 "2006-03-14T16:01:25Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Well, Major League Baseball has all those spy satellitesā€¦ I was wondering when somoene would make a baseball joke. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245/89 "2006-03-14T16:47:54Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > When I worked at the Public LIbrary, there were groups of Mormons wanting to trade new Mormon history books for our old ones. šŸ™‚ [hijack] When I worked in a library, we got all kinds of ā€œdonationsā€ from all kinds of fringe religious and political groupsā€“Hare Krishnas, Scientologists, Moonies, Mormon missionaries, Neo-Confederatesā€“who were quite eager to have their literature on our shelves. Similarly, we routinely found Xtian tracts stuck inside books on evolution and religious subjects, many of them Chick tracts. A videotape on Wicca kept mysteriously disappearing no matter how many times it was replaced, and books about atheism likewise had a habit of turning up missing. Iā€™m just sayinā€™. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245/90 "2006-03-14T16:54:27Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > No, no itā€™s not. Itā€™s all a scam. That was his point. All religions are scams. And that was Hubbardā€™s point as well - he invented the religion to win a bet. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245/91 "2006-03-14T16:58:56Z")
> [@DKW](#): > > As for how to get rid of Chef, Iā€™m thinking out-of-nowhere kidnapping or execution-style slaying thatā€™s over within two minutes. South Park isnā€™t known for long goodbyes, if you know what I mean. Oh my Xenu, They killed Chef!, you bastards! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245/92 "2006-03-14T17:03:17Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Well, Major League Baseball has all those spy satellitesā€¦ Simpsons did it. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245/93 "2006-03-14T17:10:57Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > But, wouldnā€™t **Dennis Haysbert** be a great filler Only if he ditches the President Palmer persona and goes with Pedro Serrano instead. Otherwise, just move on with a new character. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245/94 "2006-03-14T17:24:15Z")
> [@percypercy](#): > > Itā€™s thanks to Issac Hayes and Lisa Marie Presley that we in Memphis get this massive church of Scientology just a few miles from my house. > -Lil > > [http://www.humanae-vitae.com/photos/memphis/scientology.jpg](http://www.humanae-vitae.com/photos/memphis/scientology.jpg) Thatā€™s on Central, right? Iā€™d never seen that until a few weeks ago when I took a different route to work for some reason, and hey presto, thereā€™s a HUGE SIGN out front announcing what I was looking at. I considered taking a picture, but didnā€™t want to arouse suspicion. And I think the new voice of Chef should be Dakota Fanning. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245/95 "2006-03-14T17:29:08Z")
> [@Isaac Hayes](#): > > ā€œReligious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honored,ā€ he continued. ā€œAs a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practicesā€. Where do you draw the line between views which can be disagreed with and criticized, and views which ā€œat all times should be respected and honoredā€? Does it matter if these beliefs and practices are being imposed upon all of us through force of law? Do logic and reason count for anything? ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245/96 "2006-03-14T18:41:40Z")
Sure wish Isaac could take a nice, long shit and Hershey squirt that hand out his ass thatā€™s using his mouth like a sock puppet, Just saying. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245/97 "2006-03-14T18:46:07Z")
I totally support Hayeā€™s leaving SP if it violates his belief. What is is bad is him claiming it is for general religious tolerance when he didnā€™t complain about other religious send-ups. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245/98 "2006-03-14T19:28:29Z")
No no no. The only person who could replace Isaac Hayes as Chef isā€¦ _Gilbert Gottfried_. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245/99 "2006-03-14T19:31:05Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > No no no. The only person who could replace Isaac Hayes as Chef isā€¦ _Gilbert Gottfried_. That would be okay for one episode as a joke, but I rather not hear him as a regular. Jim ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245/100 "2006-03-14T20:06:19Z")
> [@LonesomePolecat](#): > > [hijack] > When I worked in a library, we got all kinds of ā€œdonationsā€ from all kinds of fringe religious and political groups[/hijack] We, too. But the LDS guys wanted to _trade_ books with us. šŸ™‚ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-hayes-quits-south-park/348245.md?page=6)