oh my god, they’ve killed Chef!

You bastards!

*Warning: Spoilers*

Not that I am all about blogging TV shows or nothing, but I thought this was worth a check-in, since I had previously written about Chef-gate. . . and since the Washington Post felt the need to devote two-and-a-half pages to Wednesday’s season premiere of South Park, an episode titled: “The Return of Chef!”

Yeah, that’s right, children. . . but that’s OK, most of the Post article was plot summary! So was most of the page that USA Today devoted to the episode. I mean, they tell you the whole fudging story, right down to the last moment—and neither piece warns you of spoilers.

So, I think we all learned something today: Watch first; read later.

Meanwhile, back to the show itself: South Park creators Parker and Stone have come up with a new euphemism for The Church of Scientology—“The Super Adventure Club”—and they blame this club for taking away their friend. As Stan eulogizes:

A lot of us don't agree with the choices that 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.

Christ, that’s almost classy!

One more thing, the WaPo article mentions that South Park fans (yeah, why not just lump ‘em all together)—also known in the article as “the angry mob” (yeah, why not)—have threatened to boycott Mission: Impossible III if Comedy Central doesn’t re-air the original offending episode, “Trapped in the Closet.”

Somehow, I doubt ViaTom is losing much sleep over that.