Isacc Hayes (Chef) Quits South Park

[NFTI 10+ year member]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060313...ple_isaac_hayes

NEW YORK -

Isaac Hayes has quit "South Park," where he voices Chef, saying he can no longer stomach its take on religion.

Hayes, who has played the ladies' man/school cook in the animated Comedy Central satire since 1997, said in a statement Monday that he feels a line has been crossed.

"There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins," the 63-year-old soul singer and outspoken Scientologist said.

"Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honored," he continued. "As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices."

"South Park" co-creator Matt Stone responded sharply in an interview with The Associated Press Monday, saying, "This is 100 percent having to do with his faith of Scientology... He has no problem — and he's cashed plenty of checks — with our show making fun of Christians."

Last November, "South Park" targeted the Church of Scientology and its celebrity followers, including actors

Tom Cruise and

John Travolta, in a top-rated episode called "Trapped in the Closet." In the episode, Stan, one of the show's four mischievous fourth graders, is hailed as a reluctant savior by Scientology leaders, while a cartoon Cruise locks himself in a closet and won't come out.

Stone told The AP he and co-creator Trey Parker "never heard a peep out of Isaac in any way until we did Scientology. He wants a different standard for religions other than his own, and to me, that is where intolerance and bigotry begin."

wow that sucks:furious:

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[bimma85 5,000+ posts]

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[goose5741 10+ year member]

god **** it nate what r you still doing here!

 

[vosschs 5,000+ posts]

ya that guys a douche, it took him what 7 years to say they make bad jokes about releigion or whatever, fukin scientoligists there ****

 

[spitfirees20 10+ year member]

Making fun of the jews, christians, asians, african americans, handicapped, and everyone else before that wasn't bad though, right? Just scientologists? I'm a fan of the show, but man is he letting me down. That's so hypocritical.

 

[goose5741 10+ year member]

^exactly what the creators said in the article...i guess as long as they make fun of everyone its okay //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[NFTI 10+ year member]

i agree he stayed with the show for so long but right when something that he believed in got made fun of he quit. he is quite the hypocrite.

 

[fakename 10+ year member]

its an excuse to retire..?

 

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

Well even though it does make fun of religion (which are those are the ones i miss) The ones with chef that didnt make fun of religion were funny as hell

In memory of chef i aint givin you no threefiddy

 

[NFTI 10+ year member]

no i think it offended him but i dont quite understand why considering all the things the show made fun of.

 

[Nukedsodapop 5,000+ posts]

sorry to threadjack but trevor are those helos on that truck?

looks good.

But anyways yea I liked that episode too "Oh Mah Gahd, tom you gotta come outta the closet"

lol

 

[btnhfan 5,000+ posts]

Repost!

 

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

this is on the news right now on abc pretty long special thing looks like but goin off now .......yes those are helo kicks mang

 

[deadboi77 10+ year member]

And it begins...

http://theedge.bostonherald.com/tvNews/view.bg?articleid=131412