Actually let me expand that range a bit…
I saw WAY worse shit when I was in the eights… and almost cried at shit in the teens.
Lather & Wash Brain, Rinse and repeat. 
Here’s a larger list of brainwashed celebs.
Anne Archer
Beck Hansen
Billy Sheehan
Carina Ricco
Carl W. Röhrig
Catherine Bell
Chick Corea
Chris Masterson
Corin Nemec
Danny Masterson
Edgar Winter
Eduardo Palomo
Erika Christensen
Geoffrey Lewis
Giovanni Ribisi
Greta Van Susteren
Haywood Nelson
Isaac Hayes
Jason Beghe
Jason Lee
Jeff Pomerantz
Jenna Elfman
Jennifer Aspen
John Travolta
Judy Norton
Juliette Lewis
Karen Nelson Bell
Kate Ceberano
Keith Code
Kelly Preston
Kimberly Kates
Kirstie Alley
Leah Remini
Lisa Marie Presley
Lynsey Bartilson
Marisol Nichols
Michael Fairman
Michael Roberts
Michelle Stafford
Nancy Cartwright
Pablo Santos
Priscilla Presley
Rev. Alfreddie Johnson, Jr.
Sharon Case
Sofia Milos
Terry Jastrow
Tom Cruise
Xavier Deluc
isn’t it amazing how these celebs can buy into it? and it’s like dominoes. they get a couple big profile celebs and then the rest think there’s something to it. absolutely amazing scam.
Man, Xavier Deluc and Lynsey Bartilson are Scientologists?
My life is ruined.
good catch
Just when I thought Greta couldn’t be any more creepy, she proves me wrong.
the only one i recognize from that list is Nancy Cartwright…
thank Og none of my favorites are on that list…
Crap. My Name is Earl is apparently a Co$ production.
Yep, but I hold out hope they are only dabbling and will leave.
Jim
. . . And frequent guest star Giovanni Ribisi.
Weird episode. I agree kinda sad.
Also me to CS Pit the BBC for spoiling this episode for me on their front page. Bastards!
It’s 11pm EST Friday. South Park is being re-aired right now.
Jim
Who’s he? (On the show) Looks like the gay copy shop guy, but I don’t think that’s him.
It’s Earl’s old friend Ralph who was just got out of prison earlier in the season. He steals all the lamps from the lamp show and Earl and Randy get tied up and are saved by all of Earl’s students.
I just realized that Giovanni Ribisi’s sister is Marissa Ribisi who is married to Beck. A big old Scientology party when they’re together. Oh Beck, I’m so torn on whether or not I should ever buy another of your albums.
Maybe, maybe not. 
The thing is, the CoS deliberately uses the most generic and archetypical symbols imaginable. Once you’re aware of them, they appear to be ubiquitous. You can see Scientology references in everything. (Even in very cart-before-horse scenarios, because of its extreme syncretism.)
Take, for example, the most familiar image of Chef in his natural environment. See that chart over his left shoulder? It could be just a food pyramid. But why is it there, and displayed so prominently? It’s not funny in any way, like the “Soup is Food” poster.
It could be a sly inclusion of one of the most common Scientology symbols: An equilateral triangle divided into four levels. (See bottom of book’s spine for example.) The levels represent the four “Dynamics” (or survival instincts) described in Dianetics. These are areas that human beings need to cultivate. The first being self; the second, family and sex-pairing; the third, social and professional life; and the fourth, humanity itself. (After Dianetics courses are completed, another four dynamics are introduced which are more metaphysical.)
So, for a long time, Chef has had something that looks a lot like a Scientology symbol hovering over his left shoulder. It even says “Fruit” on it – is it a deliberate inclusion of the symbol of Hayes’ “fruity little club?” What does it mean? A sign over his left shoulder?
(My emphasis.) It’s not just the ancient Greeks, either – the tradition persists with the devil counselling people over their left shoulder. So it could show that Parker and Stone knew damned well that Isaac’s involvement with the wacko cult would eventually force a parting of the ways, and have been including that little detail for a long, long time.
Or it could just be a food pyramid, like you might expect to find in a school cafeteria. 
were you an english major?
if i had to grade that, i’d give that an a+, dammit.
good work.
I think I’m just schizoid enough to keep me interested in obscure little details, without making life too difficult.
You’re too kind. No, really – I misspelled “archetypal” right off the bat. Ought not to use them fancy words if you’re gonna set them down wrong. 
Least Original User Name Ever, a polite request-could you please use capital letters? It’s been bugging me about your posts for a while now. Thanks.
The thing is, I believe Scientology courts celebs, to draw in more members. “If so and so is a member, it must rock!”
It’s funny, because when I first heard of the church, before I ever knew anything about it, I thought it was probably a religion that worshipped “science”. Shows how much I know.
I would LOVE for someone to start up a rival religion and call it the Intergalactic Church of Xenu, and claim that Xenu was framed.
No, I think it was just edited better, because doing really bad editing on purpose would have stopped being funny if they did it too much more.
Not just for leaving. South Park may be offensive, and if that bugged him, he should never have been part of it in the first place. But they made fun of other religions (usually Catholics, AFAIK) and he said nothing. Then they make fun of HIS religion and suddenly he thinks they’ve gone too far.
Presumably, if they can do it for one episode, they can just keep doing it. IANAL, but whatever copyright applies to those clips is probably owned by Matt and Trey (or Comedy Central or something), I would think. It would get old real fast though, and Chef would never come up with any NEW words of wisdom for the kids.