The apparent yanking of Wednesday’s re-run of South Park‘s “Trapped in the Closet” episode (i.e., the one that vivisected Tom Cruise and Scientology as a whole) isn’t the first time Viacom and Comedy Central have censored an episode from Matt Stone and Trey Parker‘s animated show. According to this 12.29.05 Sarah Hall E! News story, Viacom pulled a 12.28 rerun of an episode called “Bloody Mary” that offended the Catholic League. In an email to fans following this occurence, Comedy Central said the episode was not included in the South Park marathon “in deference to the [Xmas] holidays…we have not permantly shelved the ‘Bloody Mary’ episode from future airings due to outside pressure…nor will we exclude it from future DVD releases.”
