# South Park 3/22/06 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538 "2006-03-23T03:11:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538/81 "2006-03-23T15:52:58Z")
Bingo and bingo. Thanks! Btw, in the _Asspen_ episode the blond jerk kept calling Stan “Stan Dearth.” Was this, like Dearth Chef in _The Return of Chef_, a reference to Vader? I must admit it didn’t make much sense to me. TIA. ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538/82 "2006-03-23T16:00:53Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Bingo and bingo. Thanks! > > Btw, in the _Asspen_ episode the blond jerk kept calling Stan “Stan Dearth.” Was this, like Dearth Chef in _The Return of Chef_, a reference to Vader? I must admit it didn’t make much sense to me. TIA. I thought it was Stan “Darsh”, which the blond jerk seemed to think was an insult. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538/83 "2006-03-23T16:07:59Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > I’m not a regular viewer but based on all these comments this is one I’ve gotta see. Is there a site that lists times when this particular episode will be rebroadcast? According to [comedycentral.com](http://comedycentral.com), the ep will be rebroadcast Friday 11/10c. And, BTW, how could Scientology and its freakazoid minions ever hope to go to war with Messrs. Parker and Stone? Remember, these are the guys who took on _1 billion Catholics_ and survived! Screw Scientology and screw Isaac Hayes! Long live South Park!! ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538/84 "2006-03-23T16:10:21Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Ah, the old “have the character be brainwashed by a pedophilic cult, then return to them, then be burned, impaled, eaten by cougars and bears and return as an evil cyborg” ploy. How many times are TV shows going to do this? I mean, it worked okay with Hoss from _Bonanza_, it was getting old by the time they did it for Nick Yemana on _Barney Miller_, it was stretching believability when they used it for Edith Bunker, and by the time they used it for Howard Hesseman on _Head of the Class_ it was officially over. I expected something more original from Stone and Parker, but… c’est la vie. come to think of it, they _should_ have just used the old “Neck-brace-well-lit-pie” trick 😉 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538/85 "2006-03-23T16:15:10Z")
> [@JPen](#): > > I thought it was Stan “Darsh”, which the blond jerk seemed to think was an insult. you are correct. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538/86 "2006-03-23T16:35:39Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > Duke of Rat: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7200046&postcount=126](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7200046&postcount=126) > > Good calls by both members in a strange way. It just means I have a sick mind, but nowhere near the level of brilliance of Parker and Stone. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538/87 "2006-03-23T17:16:28Z")
I haven’t watched the show as regularly as I should. Were the scenes of Chef leaving South Park at the beginning from an actual episode? ---
**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 23, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538/88 "2006-03-23T17:20:38Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > I haven’t watched the show as regularly as I should. Were the scenes of Chef leaving South Park at the beginning from an actual episode? No, that was part of the Genius. Several shows in the 70’s and 80’s would have story arc cliffhanger like this to end a season. It allowed the Producers to play hardball with actors and hopefully generate extra interest from the viewers. Jim ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538/89 "2006-03-23T17:32:19Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > No, that was part of the Genius. Several shows in the 70’s and 80’s would have story arc cliffhanger like this to end a season. It allowed the Producers to play hardball with actors and hopefully generate extra interest from the viewers. > > Jim They did something similar on Family guy at the beginning of the “Brian goes to Hollywood” episode, except there they used a bunch of action movie cliches that weren’t at all related to each other. Only one scene there was from a previous episode. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538/90 "2006-03-23T17:47:54Z")
Wow. I can’t believe I just watched that. Unbelievable. I can’t believe what they can get away with today on basic cable. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538/91 "2006-03-23T20:24:34Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > I wonder if Tom Cruise is going to try to pull this episode as well. You know the scientologists are gonna be pissed, particulary since they can’t sue. > > I also wonder if Darth Chef will be back, and if he’ll tackle…professor chaos! > > Finally, did anyone else notice the picture of Lucy(from Peanuts) and her stand in the shrinks waiting room? Apparently some South Park fans are already trying to organize a boycott of MI:3 until the original Scientology episode comes back on. > **[Lisa de Moraes - 'South Park' Responds: Chef's Goose Is Cooked](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/22/AR2006032202256.html)** ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538/92 "2006-03-23T21:28:44Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > No, that was part of the Genius. Several shows in the 70’s and 80’s would have story arc cliffhanger like this to end a season. It allowed the Producers to play hardball with actors and hopefully generate extra interest from the viewers. > > Jim Heck, South Park did this with “Cartman’s Mom Is a Dirty Slut”. ---
**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 23, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538/93 "2006-03-23T21:34:31Z")
> [@JeffB](#): > > Heck, South Park did this with “Cartman’s Mom Is a Dirty Slut”. No, they _faked_ it. “Previously on South Park” never happened, Dude. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538/94 "2006-03-23T21:35:31Z")
> [@JeffB](#): > > Heck, South Park did this with “Cartman’s Mom Is a Dirty Slut”. Who is Eric Cartman’s father? Is it: Officer Barbrady? Chef? Mr. Marsh? Chief Running Water? The 1987 Denver Broncos? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538/95 "2006-03-23T23:12:56Z")
“Super Adventure Club” is a little more direct than you might think. The CoS has a carefully cultivated image of LRH as an [adventurer and explorer](http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:Sa1yZCoYx8gJ:adventurer.lronhubbard.org/). (Link goes to Google cache of Scientology site, so as not to attract the Eye of L. Ron.) [Likewise](http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:WK6ra_MdKocJ:www.actualhubbard.org/page09.htm). My favourite part? “I’m gonna make love to your asshole, children.” Made me bust right up, the timing was perfect. That and “I think he might be alright…” “Aw, never mind.” ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538/96 "2006-03-23T23:53:12Z")
I flashed back to McLean Stevenson leaving M_A_S\*H and expected Chef’s plane to crash on takeoff. That would have been too easy, and not nearly as much fun. (NPR’s talking about the episode, and about Snakes on a Plane today. I feel so, oh, I don’t know, _connected_.) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538/97 "2006-03-24T00:12:01Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > “Super Adventure Club” is a little more direct than you might think. The CoS has a carefully cultivated image of LRH as an [adventurer and explorer](http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:Sa1yZCoYx8gJ:adventurer.lronhubbard.org/). It put me in mind of the Sea Org, a select group of Scientologists who spend all their time traveling the ocean. Although it may have been a coincidence. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538/98 "2006-03-24T00:21:30Z")
thems sea org people are odd. an almost full-fledged navy at th ebeck and call of the scientologists. they’re just so damned clandestine and creepy about everything they do…then when it comes out, it blows your mind that someone is actually going along with it. ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538/99 "2006-03-24T00:30:37Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > At the same time, only Parker and Stone could make a character into a pedophileand have him gruesomely torn apart by a bear and a cougar, and still leave you with the feeling that they were trying to be magnanimous. _Exactly_. I thought it was very clear that they were angry with the CoS and not (necessarily) Isaac Hayes himself, though perhaps they fault him a bit for falling for the, uh, Super Adventure Club’s bullshit. However, I wouldn’t expect much chance of him making amends and coming back; anyone notice the **burning bridge**? Yeah, Mr. Hayes had better find work elsewhere. The Darth Chef angle adds a slight hope for “redemption” someday in the future - but only after he casts his SAC overlords into the abyss and is moments from death: “Children…help me take…this mask off.” “No way, dude. You’ll die.” “Nothing…can stop that now…” ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538/100 "2006-03-24T00:38:08Z")
> [@vaderspal](#): > > However, I wouldn’t expect much chance of him making amends and coming back; anyone notice the **burning bridge**? Yeah, Mr. Hayes had better find work elsewhere. :smack: Missed that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-22-06/349538.md?page=6)