I looked him up last night after the episode and found that page. When I saw it, the opening paragraph ended with, “Even though gluttony is undeniably a sin, he is obese.”
He always has. He just isn’t shown in profile very often.
Am I the only one who is reminded of Professor Frink from The Simpsons after reading the word “glaive?” (Then again, as Billy Crystal told us in The Princess Bride, to blaive means to bluff, so maybe the two are related.)
The strangest thing about all this is that the real Donohue doesn’t care.
which is honestly probably the best defense.
My favorite line was when Donohue orders Jesus killed. “Kill him! He’s attacking the church!”
Since Donohue was always on talk shows ranting and raving about every possible anti Catholic joke I always assumed he had some sort of official position in the church. Nope.
And I seriously doubt Donohue is really that blasé about the episode- he doesn’t exactly strike me as one who takes himself lightly (the man thinks that gays, Jews, atheists, and Freemasons are all in a Grinch League to steal Christmas and Easter practically). However, he probably is intelligent and media savvy enough to know that any condemnation of the episode is going to be more to South Park’s benefit than his.
And that Hollywood is run by Catholic-hating Jews who’d rape their own mother to get a role, that homosexuality sounds like it was invented in a mental asylum, that you wouldn’t make gook jokes like you would Catholic ones, that a teddy bear nativity wasn’t sold alongside a teddy bear rabbi and imam…the list of Donohueisms is priceless.
The chant they did was Peter Cottontail in Latin.
The “hippitus, hoppitus” bit had me in stitches. It wouldn’t really have mattered if Trey had written the whole thing in “Pig Latin,” though (except it would’ve really messed with scansion). Most of us Americans don’t know much Latin aside from “quid pro quo” and the demented monks’ chant from Monty Python & the Holy Grail.
I loved the Peeps-in-the-microwave bit sendup too. Right now I’m drawing a blank on the movie references in that one, save for Grosse Point Blank. Anyone?
One more thing – what with all the religious-themed lampoons, the show’s character continuity is taking a hit. Wasn’t Stan Marsh’s dad earlier a convert (briefly) to Mormonism? And didn’t the same guy make a pilgrimage to see a Mary statue that was having a period? Funny, he doesn’t otherwise strike me as being particularly religious or spiritual at all. 
They were also athiests for a while.
They also used a microwave as a timer/detonator in Under Siege
Randy Marsh will blindly follow any new fad/cult/fashion/etc to the point of absurdity.
re. the microwave bit – in Heathers, one of the Heathers started a small fire by cooking a pressurized can of hairspray. Unfortunately, no ninjas or other assassins were involved.
Also most unfortunately, I’m beginning to recall bits of Under Siege (starring Steven Seagal). Yup, that definitely matches the profile. 
Hehe.
This might show my immaturity, but I laughed at Mr. Teabag. It was just such an obvious joke based on the character in the Da Vinci Code.
You forgot another great bit:
“No, that is NOT how we are remembering it!”
Stan’s Dad is actually turning into a classic character in the way Cartman is. His infatuation with one ridiculous thing after another, and the sheer, overwrought gusto with which he jumps into things is always pretty damn funny.
Heh. Of course, a rabbit would have a hard time keeping (or even understanding) that pesky ol’ vow of celibacy . . . 
You know, it just occurred to me – this ep explained the Easter Bunny, but not the colored eggs. What’s up with the colored eggs?!
And now I think of it – Og dammit, S&P should have found some way to work Harvey into it! I’m so disappointed!
Come (again) to think of it, they should have found some way to work Bugs Bunny into it!
Of course, there was that scene where Pope Bill Donohue commands, “Kill the rabbit!”
:eek: How did he find out?!
. . . You know, he does, doesn’t he? Never struck me before . . .