AN ALL-NEW EPISODE PREMIERES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 AT 10:00 P.M. ON COMEDY CENTRAL® NEW YORK, April 19, 2010 - "South Park" is in danger from angry celebrities, violent Ginger kids and Mecha Streisand in an all-new episode titled "201," premiering on Wednesday, April 21 at 10:00 p.m. on COMEDY CENTRAL. Close. Eric Cartman, Kyle Broflovski, Mr. Garrison, Officer Barbrady, Jimbo Kern, Ned Gerblansky Episode: South Park Season 1 Episode 13: "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut" The identity was concealed because the Bronco's were having a great season, and it is implied that they were afraid that the revelation would cause a scandal. ; Chef`s attitude towards a two-man threesome with Lianne seemingly relaxed over the years. [16], Before "201" aired, the New York City Police Department increased security at the Comedy Central headquarters in direct response to the threats. As a result of those incidents, many publications and television studios have refused to broadcast images of Muhammad in any form, which was the inspiration behind Tom Cruise's efforts to harvest Muhammad's apparent immunity to satire and ridicule. This was revealed in episode 201 that Eric Cartman's father is actually Scott Tenorman's father, Jack Tenorman, a former Denver Bronco. "201" is the sixth episode of the fourteenth season of South Park, and the 201st overall episode of the series. In it, Stan's girlfriend Wendy ends up having feelings for Cartman - much to her dismay. In other South Park news, it was revealed that Cartman’s father was also the father of Scott Tenorman, the subject of one of the most famous Park episodes of all, 2001’s “Scott Tenorman Must Die.” In that episode, Cartman killed Scott’s parents, and so now the squat nine year-old must live with the knowledge that he killed his own father. "[35] Toronto Sun columnist Mike Strobel pointed out Revolution Muslim is a relatively small group of "a half-dozen wannabe Osamas", but said because of Comedy Central's response, "The loonies and terrorists win one. The real culprits here are not Muslims, but the cowards at Comedy Central. Muhammad, who is visually obscured throughout the entire episode by a black box superimposed with the word "CENSORED", is taken by Stan, Kyle, and Kenny to Dr. Mephisto's lab. AN ALL-NEW EPISODE PREMIERES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 AT 10:00 P.M. ON COMEDY CENTRAL® NEW YORK, April 19, 2010 - "South Park" is in danger from angry celebrities, violent Ginger kids and Mecha Streisand in an all-new episode titled "201," premiering on Wednesday, April 21 at 10:00 p.m. on COMEDY CENTRAL. Kyle: That's because there is no goo, Mr. Cruise. Tom Cruise is the first subjected to the process, gaining a "CENSORED" box identical to Muhammad's, but further transfers are interrupted when the Super Best Friends arrive to free their comrade Muhammad. Jesus: That's right. "200" and "201" are two Season 14 episodes of South Park that were banned after their original airing. In the episode's audio commentary, Parker only comments on the opening scene, noting that they did the episode as intended and sent it in. It is a decision we've made with great reluctance. Toward the end of the half-hour, Kyle stepped forward to deliver the episode’s moral affirmation: “I learned something today,” he began — and what followed was one extra-long BLEEEEEEEEEEP. Prior to the broadcast of "201", the radical Muslim organization Revolution Muslim posted a warning on their website that Parker and Stone risked being murdered for their depiction of Muhammad. Finding out that he was mistaken, he makes several fruitless attempts to get revenge on Scott.After several failed attempts, Cartman creates an elaborate scheme in which he uses Scott to convince his parents to \"save\" a pony from being slaughtered at Farmer Carl Denkins ranch. The episode's closing shot is of Cruise's corpse lying on the Moon's surface alongside the corpse of the orca featured in "Free Willzyx". The fight between the Super Best Friends, celebrities, and Gingers spills over into the Ginger lair, and Tenorman escapes in the confusion. We do not have network approval to stream our original version of the show.” Thus, we are left to guess which are Matt and Trey’s bleeeeeps and which are the network’s.). The "CENSORED" box over Cruise disappears, and all present continue to make jokes based on the fact that the words "Seaman" and "semen" sound the same. This is answered in the banned episode “201”. Law enforcement officials said Revolution Muslim itself was "all talk" and had never engaged in any actual violence but they were concerned that the website post could inspire violence from others. With Mary Kay Bergman, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Isaac Hayes. For the South Park episode with the production code 201, see, For a partial list of the celebrities featured in "200" and "201", see. Van Gogh was a filmmaker who was murdered by a man named Mohammed Bouyeri in 2004 for making a short documentary on violence against women in some Islamic societies. The identity was concealed because the Bronco's were having a great season, and it is implied that they were afraid that the revelation would cause a scandal. It's a destructive battle on the largest scale, but all everyone wants to know is, "Who is Eric Cartman's father?" After it aired, creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker were “warned” by a New York-based Muslim website about the potential danger of what could be perceived as their ridicule of a worshiped figure. But it's then revealed that Hennifer is actually a con … The entry included audio clips of a sermon by al-Qaeda imam Anwar al-Awlaki calling for the assassination of anyone who has defamed Muhammad, saying, "Harming Allah and his messenger is a reason to encourage Muslims to kill whoever does that. The media completely overreacts to the situation and the FBI arrives on the scene and arrests Cartman for a hate crime. Cartman … And the beeping got p - #159902041 added by anonymous at Cartman's Dad [4][10] Parker and Stone have previously voiced dissatisfaction that images of Muhammad had been censored on the show despite the fact that his image was shown during the 2001 episode "Super Best Friends", without any censorship, before the cartoon controversies began. best. This version of Muhammad was shown in two episodes: season 14’s ‘200’ and ‘201’. During the commentary in both "201" and "200" Parker and Stone never mention Muhammad directly, referring to him only as "the prophet of the Muslim faith". Things get personal when … Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. The episode was practically Shakespearean… with the added bonus of the Denver Broncos as another element of the Tenorman lineage. Episode: 201 (Season 14, Episode 6) If you’re not thoroughly familiar with the episode “Scott Tenorman must die”, then you can’t be considered a true South Park fan. Archived. Season 5 episode 3) I'm dying to find out! Eric Cartman's dad. "201" is the sixth episode of the fourteenth season of South Park, and the 201st overall episode of the series. "[47] And The Simpsons also addressed the apparent hypocrisy of those who claimed to stand with South Park in a chalkboard gag during the opening sequence of the April 25, 2010 episode "The Squirt and the Whale", with Bart Simpson writing "South Park—We'd Stand Beside You If We Weren't So Scared". The consequence of this position is that the thugs win and people have more incentive to be thugs. But instead of the real one, he uses his left hand as a puppet to mimic her. In this two-parter, it was finally revealed that Cartman’s real father was Jack Tenorman. Consequently, Muhammad, his name, and the speeches made by Kyle, Jesus, and Santa are still censored as in the broadcast version. The explanation that was given at the beginning of the series with Cartman's dad being his mom (since she had both male and female reproductive organs) was completely changed yesterday with Cartman's dad being Scott Tenorman's dad. Of course, this also paralleled the show’s Tom Cruise parody, in which the actor and a slew of celebrities sought to drain CENSORED of his “power not to be ridiculed.”, (Note: If you go to the South Park website to view the episode, there’s a message from the creators saying that “numerous additional audio bleeps” were added “throughout the episode. [34] Some commentators suggested because Comedy Central responded to Revolution Muslim's warnings by censoring depictions of Muhammad, the Muslim extremists scored a significant public victory. The episode continued multiple storylines from the previous episode, "200", in which a group of angry celebrities demand South Park produce the prophet Muhammad. Among the signatures were those of Garry Trudeau, Mark Fiore, Tony Auth, David Horsey and Paul Szep. In the episode "Fat Butt and a Pancake", Cartman is required to give a report on the effect of Latino culture on the arts of America. The "Dog Whisperer" may have what it takes but Eric Cartman's not going down without a fight. [53], On January 31, 2014, the original uncensored version of this episode was illegally leaked and distributed online without any approval of Comedy Central after a user on 4chan realized that the episode existed on the official website's web server and could be downloaded using rtmpdump.[2][54]. To do this he announces that he has a special guest in the form of Jennifer Lopez. Oh, yeah: the Hindu deity Krishna took the human form of Neil Diamond and performed a duet with the Godzilla-ized version of Barbra Streisand, while the latter emitted a “toxic stink ray.” It was all pretty great. [11] Los Angeles Times columnist Patrick Goldstein said there were "no easy answers" and that he was not surprised Comedy Central took the threat seriously, but added, "in a democracy, artists and political satirists should be allowed to say what they believe, even if it offends some of its audience". 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