My thoughts…on stuff

Oh my God! They killed Chef! Those bastards! On Wednesday, the beloved South Park character met his end in traditional South Park fashion, and by that I mean totally bizarre. He was struck by lightning, impaled on a branch, mauled by a mountain lion, had his legs ripped off and eaten by a bear and his face bitten off. Ouch! The episode, called “The Return of Chef”, drew in a whopping 3.5 million viewers.

In the episode, Chef returns to South Park after joining The Super Adventure Club, a parody of Scientology. He then offers to “make sweet, sweet love” to the kids. He is taken to a strip club for deprogramming, but is kidnapped and brainwashed once more by the Adventure Club members. He meets his end while fleeing from the Adventure Club members. At his funeral, Stan said “A lot of us don’t agree with the choices the Chef has made in the last few days. Some of us feel hurt and confused that he seemed to turn his back on us. But we can’t let the events of the past few weeks take away the memories of how Chef made us smile. We shouldn’t be mad at Chef for leaving us, we should be mad at that fruity little club for scrambling his brains.” For those who missed it, here it is.



This is another round in the war between South Park and Scientology. It began when an episode was aired called “Trapped in the Closet”, in which Stan was thought to be the reincarnation of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and Tom Cruise locked himself in the closet while others begged him to come out. This outraged Tom Cruise and Issac Hayes, both Scientology followers. Issac, the voice of Chef, quit because he thought Trey Parker and Matt Stone crossed the line, even though he helped them cross it on just about everything else. Cruise threatened to halt his promotion of MI3 if Comedy Central aired the episode again. Then magically, POOF, the episode disappears! Wonder why?

I’m glad Chef met such an end. I’m not happy that he died though. If I had my way, I’d let Chef last as long as the show itself. But I don’t. So if he had to die, I’m glad he died in style. I’m not glad he was turned into a paedophile either, but in the war between South Park and Scientology, something has to give. In doing this, Trey and Matt have responded to Scientology’s attack as only they can. They have also demonstrated their power, because they made Chef, and they can destroy him. But don’t worry South Park fans, CHEF SHALL RETURN!