Catholic Extremists Threaten Comedy Central Over Jesus Christ Cartoon

A cartoon depiction of Jesus Christ on Comedy Central cartoon South Park The network is considering a cartoon on Jesus called JC.

Catholic extremists threaten comedy central over jesus christ cartoon. In 2006 soon after violent protests erupted against the Danish cartoons Stone and Parker produced a double episode that featured the prophet and was also censored by Comedy Central. Taking a page from Comedy Centrals The Daily Show CARB plans to release an exclusive four-minute video mash of some of Comedy Centrals most offensive portrayals of Jesus Christ and God to date An early sneak peek of the mash-up on the Media Research Centers website consisted of scenes of Jesus and the pope from South Park. Updated A coalition of organizations that seek to promote what they see as religious values and family-friendly programming said on Thursday that they were calling on prospective sponsors to boycott advertising on a planned Comedy Central animated series that would satirize Jesus Christ.

The network announced their programming plans for the upcoming year Thursday and among some of the shows in the script development phase is a half-hour cartoon called JC. Comedy Central is in the process of developing an animated TV show that features Jesus Christ as the ultimate fish out of water despite efforts the all-comedy network had made recently to censor a more-controversial-than-usual episode of South Park The half-hour show announced Thursday as part of Comedy Centrals 2010-2011 development slate is being described as a playful take on religion and society with a sprinkle of dumb and is set in New York City where Jesus attempts to live. Jesus Christ is regularly depicted as a supporting character on one of Comedy Centrals staple programs South Park but now he might star in his own animated series.

The newly formed Citizens Against Religious Bigotry on Thursday denounced the animated series in development called JC about God and his son Jesus Christ. Comedy Central announced in May that it is developing a script for an animated show about Jesus Christ wanting to escape his fathers enormous shadow to live life in New York City as a regular guy The show tentatively titled JC will be a playful take on religion and society with a sprinkle of dumb.