South Park seems to be funniest when it tackles either religion or a current political event and this is the best example. One of the funniest moments is something that I'm stunned no one did before them, the part where they explain what Scientology is. What makes it even funnier is while all this talk about aliens and volcano's is going on at the bottom of the screen the words 'This is what Scientologists actually believe'. It's something that's so simple and yet so hilarious. This is where South Park shone, it took a risk and even though they lost Chef (Who left claiming they were bigots, when in reality he was just upset that they attacked his religion) they won everyone over with their biting satire of a religion that needed to be taken on.Xenu as depicted in South Park, with a line onscreen mocking Scientology ' Trapped in the Closet' is the twelfth episode in the ninth season of the American animated television series South Park. The 137th episode of the series overall, it originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on November 16, 2005. In the episode, Stan joins Scientology in an attempt to find something 'fun and free'. After the discovery of his surprisingly high ' thetan levels', he is recognized as the reincarnation of L. The episode was written and directed by series co-creator Trey Parker. SOUTH PARK R KELLY TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET FULL EPISODE SERIES Kelly serialized song of the same name and a satirized version of R. 'Trapped in the Closet' generated significant controversy. Tom Cruise, who is portrayed in the episode, reportedly threatened to back out of his promotional obligations for the Paramount Pictures film Mission: Impossible III if Viacom, the owner of both Comedy Central and Paramount, allowed a repeat airing of the episode. A publicist of Cruise denied this, saying 'Tom had nothing to do with this matter. He's been promoting Mission: Impossible III for the last six months.

We have no clue where this came from.' Though the episode was originally scheduled for rebroadcast on March 15, 2006, the episode ' Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls' was shown instead. Comedy Central representatives stated this change was made as a tribute to Isaac Hayes, but South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone thought otherwise they issued a satirical statement saying they (Parker and Stone) were 'servants of the dark lord Xenu'. SOUTH PARK R KELLY TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET FULL EPISODE SERIESĪ statement credited to Hayes, the voice of staple character Chef, asked for him to be released from his contract shortly before the start of the tenth season.

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