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TV Guide ranked the episode #17 on its list of "TV's Top 100 Episodes of All Time". The episode was featured among Comedy Central's list of "10 South Parks That Changed The World", spoofed by Conan O'Brien in the opening segment of the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, and mentioned in the Scientology critique film The Bridge. "Trapped in the Closet" was nominated for an Emmy Award in July 2006, in the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) category.
The episode has since been rebroadcast on Comedy Central multiple times, and is also available on the South Park Studios website. The reason for his departure, as reported by Stone, was due to his membership in Scientology and this episode, which Hayes-despite initially supporting the show's satirical take on several talk shows-claimed was very offensive. Hayes, the voice of staple character Chef, asked to be released from his contract shortly before the start of the tenth season. 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". Though the episode was originally scheduled for rebroadcast on March 15, 2006, the episode " Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls" was shown instead. 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 of the episode to air. "Trapped in the Closet" generated significant controversy. Kelly serialized song of the same name and a satirized version of R.
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The episode was written by series co-creator Trey Parker and is rated TV-MA L in the United States. After the discovery of his surprisingly high " thetan levels", he is recognized as the reincarnation of L. In the episode, Stan joins Scientology in an attempt to find something "fun and free". It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on November 16, 2005. Said Stone to Variety, "If they hadn't put this episode back on the air, we'd have had serious issues, and we wouldn't be doing anything else with them." It's been a continually successful but also extremely turbulent year for Parker and Stone with South Park, with the duo dealing with anger over the "Blood Mary" episode, and also losing a battle with Comedy Central to show Muhammad on the " Cartoon Wars" episodes, which Stone stated was, "a totally cowardly decision." Trapped in the Closet" is the twelfth episode of the ninth season of the animated series South Park, and the 137th episode of the series overall. The initial pulling of the episode was a major issue for Parker and Stone, who noted that they had done 10 seasons of South Park and two films ( South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut and Team America: World Police) for Viacom. Parker and Stone do point out that they learned Comedy Central had agreed to rerun the episode before the nominations were announced, for those thinking that directly led to Comedy Central's agreeing to re-air it. Angered over the censorship, the only episode the duo submitted to the Emmys this year was "Trapped in the Closet," which paid off when the episode received a nomination last week. In Variety, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone say they were in fact told it was due to Cruise that the episode wasn't being aired again. At the time Paramount was gearing up to release the Cruise picture Mission: Impossible III. The episode first aired last fall, but it was later pulled from reruns this spring, among rumors that Comedy Central's owner Viacom (who also own Paramount Pictures) were doing so after learning Cruise was upset about the episode. Kelly and his "Trapped in the Closet" Song are also included in the proceedings). As most will recall, the episode lampooned Scientology and its celebrity members, including Tom Cruise and John Travolta (Yes, R.
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