We were so exhausted by it all, we were like, 'F**k it, just get on to the next episode.'" In the same interview, Parker added: "What pissed me off about episodes '200' and '201' was that I thought the episodes ended up being really good. That was the decision we needed to make." However, the following South Park episode, '201', a direct continuation of '200', was heavily edited by Comedy Central.ĭoug Herzog, the former head of Comedy Central, told The Hollywood Reporter in 2016 why the decision was taken, saying: "We were protecting everyone who works here. The group later reiterated that its message about the South Park episode wasn't intended as a threat, but "a prediction".
TITLE OF SOUTH PARK EPISODE 201 MOVIE
Van Gogh was a Dutch movie and TV producer who was killed by a radical Islamist back in 2004, following a film he made that criticised the treatment of women in some Islamic societies. This is not a threat, but a warning of the reality of what will likely happen to them." The New York Timesreports that the statement posted on the organisation's website named South Park creators Trey P arker and Matt Stone and claimed "they will probably wind up like Theo van Gogh for airing this show.
South Park isn't synonymous with treading carefully when it comes to its no-holds barred style of comedy, but that can't always be said for the networks and platforms that it broadcasts on.īack in 2010 when season 14's '200' aired, Revolution Muslim, a now-defunct New York-based extremist group, released an ominous statement. Some Muslims believe that depictions of Muhammad or any of the other prophets – for example in images, drawings, statures or cartoons – are a violation of Islamic beliefs.
The episode is made even better because Blizzard Entertainment, which owns the World of Warcraft property, is actually involved.In the Islamic faith, Muhammad was chosen by God to receive his divine revelations and spread the word of the lord. In the episode, Carman, Kyle, Stan and Kenny get way too involved with the game, growing overweight as they drink mostly energy drinks and eat mostly Hot Pockets to get back to the game as quickly as possible. “Make Love, Not Warcraft,” is probably one of the most famous episodes of South Park ever, hitting the schedule back in 2006, when World of Warcraft was still new-ish and incredibly popular. And it was the show about World of Warcraft.Īs Trey Parker continues to note to SBS2 Australia, it was the World of Warcraft-based episode that caused him so much stress.
I just went home and was depressed and couldn’t sleep, and I got in the next day and they’re like, dude, people really like that show. I was like, please, I was begging Anne, ‘Do not let this go on the air, because I don’t want the South Park legacy to be ruined, and this show is going to ruin it, because it’s so bad and I’m just going to feel terrible.’ We just ended up going, it’s just got to go on the air, Trey. Every show, I’m like, ‘This is a horrible show, I don’t want anyone to see it.’ There’s one episode we did, it was the first show of the season, and I’m like, I’ve lost it. Every Tuesday, Matt (Stone) and Anne (Garefino) know they have to talk me off the cliff.
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