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    South Park is the reason this religion is failing, and we don't talk about it enough.
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  • @Bloomser
    @Bloomser  2 месяца назад +1536

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    • @denis2381
      @denis2381 2 месяца назад +1

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      @denis2381 2 месяца назад +1

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    • @denis2381
      @denis2381 2 месяца назад +16

      Rudolph Bitler and the Wimdmill of friendship

    • @deletedduck1273
      @deletedduck1273 2 месяца назад +6

      This was a great video!

    • @cathaxor
      @cathaxor 2 месяца назад +50

      hey man, you might wanna put a flash/seizure warning on that intro. great video, though!

  • @helwrecht1637
    @helwrecht1637 2 месяца назад +7618

    I think Scientology hates Psychiatry because they know any therapist worth their salt would advise the client to flee the cult.

    • @supersaiyandiclonius3056
      @supersaiyandiclonius3056 Месяц назад +76

      Faxx

    • @Goochigoop
      @Goochigoop Месяц назад +20

      Aye!!!

    • @jerrys1
      @jerrys1 Месяц назад +75

      Most therapists aren’t worth their salt tho

    • @alexanderingraham8255
      @alexanderingraham8255 Месяц назад

      Most cults hate psychiatry. For obvious reasons lol

    • @jamesdouglas1783
      @jamesdouglas1783 Месяц назад +158

      My personal theory is that Hubbard was in mental institutions when he was younger, and held a grudge against them forever. And to be fair, psychiatry had a lot of ethical issues in its infancy. That's not really the case anymore, but Scientology already placed its bets so it has to keep making psychiatry sound bad because religions don't make a habit out of changing tenets in the face of facts.

  • @TheSm0keP1tt
    @TheSm0keP1tt 2 месяца назад +16916

    never forgive scientology for what they did to chef

    • @devonle5883
      @devonle5883 2 месяца назад +80

      chief?

    • @curiouscommand5916
      @curiouscommand5916 2 месяца назад +1063

      Think they mean Chef, Issac Hayes was a goddamn tragedy.

    • @TheSm0keP1tt
      @TheSm0keP1tt 2 месяца назад +763

      @@curiouscommand5916 you got it man he was the goat it sucks that he got brainwashed

    • @mattf666
      @mattf666 2 месяца назад +196

      That fruity little club

    • @djdubuque3369
      @djdubuque3369 2 месяца назад +159

      The Super Adventure Club

  • @DrBongos
    @DrBongos 29 дней назад +2222

    In Germany, it's illegal for Scientologists to teach in school. I had to tick a box saying I wasn't a member of Scientology,

    • @jeremybirmingham2316
      @jeremybirmingham2316 27 дней назад +152

      That is a good start, although when you think about it all religions are questionable.. I once had a psychologist get defensive when I asked her if she believed in god. She felt it was immaterial, but I felt that anyone in charge of my mental well being should not be delusional. For a similar reason if I needed surgery and found that the surgeon was a Jehovah's Witness who didn't believe in blood transfusions, for example, I would demand a different surgeon. It is not a question of religious freedom but a question of doing your damn job.

    • @JonHuhnMedical
      @JonHuhnMedical 25 дней назад +49

      it seems to me that believing in God and being religious aren't necessarily the same thing. There's plenty of people that become convinced of a divine creator through the scientific evidence alone. My take is that it's when you start attributing attributes and beliefs about that entity based on supposed divine revelation that you have a religion.

    • @jeremybirmingham2316
      @jeremybirmingham2316 25 дней назад +44

      @@JonHuhnMedical please give any example of scientific evidence leading to a belief in a divine creator. Belief in some sort of god is the definition of being religious, perhaps you are talking about spirituality which, in my book, is a cop-out.

    • @patrick1911AW
      @patrick1911AW 23 дня назад

      @@jeremybirmingham2316Go outside and look around. There is your proof

    • @IgglePyggle
      @IgglePyggle 23 дня назад +13

      Germany sounds cool

  • @Jackie89000
    @Jackie89000 23 дня назад +819

    Scientologists have an episode made about them and throw a tantrum. The mormons had an episode and a whole musical mocking them and they took out an ad in the playbill.

    • @Tony-op6xf
      @Tony-op6xf 12 дней назад +12

      😂😂😂

    • @Legionbass19
      @Legionbass19 12 дней назад +138

      To be fair, The Book of Mormon (musical) mocks the religion but at the same time shows the value of well placed faith and the good it can bring in the right circumstances. Iirc Matt and Trey described it as an atheist’s love letter to religion. Mormonism can be dodgy, but Scientology deserves no ounce of good will.

    • @Jackie89000
      @Jackie89000 11 дней назад +34

      @@Legionbass19 Yeah, I loved the ending speech in the Episode "All about Mormons" that the mormon kid says to Stan about how the religion may seem silly but preaches good values.

    • @jonnnnniej
      @jonnnnniej 11 дней назад +38

      ​@Jackie89000 I heard so many bad stories about how things as SA in the church are constantly covered up by the Mormons though. Religion can be good, but too often it's used by bad people to justify their bad behavior

    • @vanillacapricorn
      @vanillacapricorn 10 дней назад +17

      @@Legionbass19I mean they had a pretty major role in the lynching of several black people afaik.

  • @GrippingRaccoon7109
    @GrippingRaccoon7109 2 месяца назад +18315

    The Jane and John Smith wasn't a joke. Matt and Trey wanted to make sure none of their employees got sued only them

    • @kang4137
      @kang4137 2 месяца назад +1139

      What Chad's... well more then Chad's from what they done but ntl

    • @brose-bg3ks
      @brose-bg3ks 2 месяца назад

      @@kang4137 *gigachads*

    • @zabeebusblaster3243
      @zabeebusblaster3243 2 месяца назад +521

      He said that in the video😅

    • @kyle960
      @kyle960 2 месяца назад +294

      The heroes we don’t deserve

    • @roboman342
      @roboman342 2 месяца назад

      He said this in the video idiot. Here I'll add your pointless statement: Did you know that South Park basically brought down an entire religion called Scientology?

  • @FernandoMartinez-pv1id
    @FernandoMartinez-pv1id 2 месяца назад +12743

    South Park saved my own family from being brainwashed by Scientology. They convinced us into their headquarters in LA and managed to bring my Mom to her knees. I saw right through them because the questions they asked were exactly the same as on South Park. My Mom says she had been through the worst depression and fear in her life in just 25 minutes with them. I showed her the South Park episode so she'd see what they actually beleive. I of course had to back it up with news articles and leaks but the Story of Xenu snapped her out of it. Who'd have thought South Park could save Millions from this cult.

    • @GrievousReborn
      @GrievousReborn 2 месяца назад

      Did you mean South Park saved my own family from being brainwashed by Scientology? Because you said South Park saved my own family from being brainwashed by South Park.

    • @FernandoMartinez-pv1id
      @FernandoMartinez-pv1id 2 месяца назад +117

      ​@@GrievousRebornI corrected it.

    • @CaptainCat101
      @CaptainCat101 2 месяца назад +128

      That's cool

    • @lukrumble3295
      @lukrumble3295 2 месяца назад +576

      @@gavincarothers595 Cope detected. Opinion rejected.

    • @jmunz8755
      @jmunz8755 2 месяца назад +370

      ​@@FrankieChickenlmao, found the scientology cult member.

  • @lalaj5831
    @lalaj5831 16 дней назад +323

    My sister took a World Religions class. They had speakers come in from a number of different religions. My sister simply could not stop laughing at the Scientology representative and everything they said. She thought it was a joke the teacher had set up.

    • @bzuidgeest
      @bzuidgeest 10 дней назад

      I don't see how they are much worse than any other church. Christianity is full of insane beliefs so is the Muslim faith.
      I don't see how believing in alien ghosts is that much different from believing in an invisible all powerful God, that needs priests that can't keep their hands of small boys to tell you what is right.....

  • @Portfelio
    @Portfelio Месяц назад +528

    I was curious. Looked it up. Tom Cruise, a man without even a degree. Thinks doctors arent legitimate in their practice. That's gold.

    • @SorbusAucubaria
      @SorbusAucubaria 25 дней назад +31

      I get the feeling that his aversion to drugs and therapy is somehow personal. Like perhaps a close relative was messed up by some psychiatist.

    • @vannloc7551
      @vannloc7551 25 дней назад +17

      Tom Cruise also can't read. Let that sink in

    • @christophergreen6595
      @christophergreen6595 22 дня назад +4

      Yeah but he does his own stunts!
      One day he'll go in one, and be in theatre-kid Valhalla.
      You'll feel silly then!

    • @BluahGhaa
      @BluahGhaa 20 дней назад

      habent a degree doesnt exclude you for being dumbfuk

    • @viniciussardenberg706
      @viniciussardenberg706 15 дней назад +11

      not agreeng with TC since he doesn't have an argument to fundament his claims against the docs but having a degree isn't a requirement for logical thought and it is perfectly valid to criticize someone, in their field of study who has a degree if your argument makes sense and the sheet of paper isn't a magic shield from that.

  • @SnakePit6517
    @SnakePit6517 2 месяца назад +19072

    The “This is what Scientologists actually believe” joke has got to be one of the most savagely based moments in all of television.

    • @Katie_Lou_who
      @Katie_Lou_who 2 месяца назад +1662

      The fact it’s not even a joke is what makes its sort funny.

    • @Katie_Lou_who
      @Katie_Lou_who 2 месяца назад +249

      Super*

    • @JesseFuches
      @JesseFuches 2 месяца назад +549

      @@Katie_Lou_whoyeah supper is my favorite meal

    • @lucaslee4426
      @lucaslee4426 2 месяца назад +384

      Puts some truth behind the statement “the jokes write themselves”

    • @CaptainCat101
      @CaptainCat101 2 месяца назад +298

      They had to make it clear that they weren't making it up

  • @caspers3rdbathroomstall766
    @caspers3rdbathroomstall766 2 месяца назад +14881

    The fact that they signed off their statement as "Trey Parker and Matt Stone, servants of the dark lord Xenu" will never fail to make me cackle

  • @rickysmyth
    @rickysmyth 14 дней назад +123

    Its crazy how the founder even ADMITTED he made it all up as marketing to sell his book yet there are people who still believe it. Its not like he was trying to hide it and say he was the next Jesus.

    • @Oriol-oo7jl
      @Oriol-oo7jl 5 дней назад +6

      i guess they hide this part to newcomers, like the dumb alien story. It doesn't help to the money-machine

    • @axisboise
      @axisboise День назад

      It’s the Heaven’s Gate all over again. A cult waiting for aliens to come take them in their spaceship but it never came - instead of the members realized they were conned their faith in the cult strengthened thinking “oh they did not arrive because our faith is not yet strong enough” eventually some members even committed suicide because of their belief

  • @rocksandoil2241
    @rocksandoil2241 15 дней назад +78

    A friend got involved with them in the 70s. He resurfaced years later and became a surveyor. He told me and a friend at a college reunion that those were lost years and it F'd him up for a decade.

  • @CooperMarketingUnlimited
    @CooperMarketingUnlimited 2 месяца назад +4627

    The biggest red flag is that L. Ron Hubbard's own son said that L. Ron is a liar and a crook. That apple fell off the tree, landed in a river, and floated far away from the tree. 😂

    • @augustwhite7390
      @augustwhite7390 2 месяца назад +246

      Also, I find it funny that if there is really a scientology sector or whatever that reviews all internet videos about scientology they can't watch this one since it talks about xenu or whatever the thing is called 😂😂

    • @CooperMarketingUnlimited
      @CooperMarketingUnlimited 2 месяца назад

      @augustwhite7390 I grew up in the LDS (Mormon) church, and there are things the members aren't told until they reach the highest levels. It's basically a Freemason front, but none of the members would ever believe you if you told them that. I'm willing to bet that most of today's religions are that way. If people knew the truth of what they believed from day one, they wouldn't want to be a part of it.

    • @sonic23233
      @sonic23233 Месяц назад +83

      They also believe a sci-fi novel is religion

    • @TheValoisMadness
      @TheValoisMadness Месяц назад +62

      And, honestly, well done to him. Worthy of truly great praise.

    • @CooperMarketingUnlimited
      @CooperMarketingUnlimited Месяц назад +98

      @@TheValoisMadness Agreed. He could have inherited it all, but he called it out instead.

  • @Mudfire15
    @Mudfire15 2 месяца назад +7345

    The sad thing, Isaac didn't quit. His Scientologist POA quit for him while he was in the hospital.

    • @Saintnick90
      @Saintnick90 2 месяца назад +1721

      One thing that's not mentioned in this video is that Hayes did a few interviews after the episode aired, and he said that while he didn't find the episode accurate, he wasn't offended because he realizes that Matt and Trey make fun of everybody. That seems to lend further proof for the fact that him quitting was entirely Scientology's idea.

    • @zoonal-gg
      @zoonal-gg 2 месяца назад +152

      He does talk about this.

    • @gabrielc.9219
      @gabrielc.9219 2 месяца назад +47

      Blooms needs to see this.

    • @user-fz5kf9bt4b
      @user-fz5kf9bt4b 2 месяца назад +149

      His son backed up a statement similar to this comment.

    • @nickrustyson8124
      @nickrustyson8124 2 месяца назад +141

      ​@@Saintnick90 I mean Matt and Trey have often times talked about Religion, not just in the show but in the writing room, it's how they get ideas for episodes, like Isaac knew it was gonna happened

  • @hitmondle
    @hitmondle 12 дней назад +68

    Calling Scientology a religion is the same as calling a seahorse a horse

    • @sshaunss
      @sshaunss 8 дней назад +4

      I dunno there all same people believing in bollocks being scammed out of money

    • @yvan2563
      @yvan2563 7 дней назад +3

      Or calling tuna "chicken of the sea".

    • @revendax2584
      @revendax2584 6 дней назад +3

      @@yvan2563 but is it chicken or tuna? chicken..... or tuna.... hmmmm

    • @phoenixdavida8987
      @phoenixdavida8987 6 дней назад

      😂

  • @benjaminnel5891
    @benjaminnel5891 17 дней назад +101

    I knew he was a Scientologist but had no clue Tom Cruise was that cooked in the head.

    • @issabeganovic8822
      @issabeganovic8822 6 дней назад +4

      He's possibly dyslexic, so he had to rely on pragmatic on-site experience his whole life.
      That includes talking more often to people instead of reading.
      He's probably trusted these people enough at some point, and got far enough in that he can't back out without admitting it was all for nothing.
      Kind of like Travolta.
      Not justifying it, but just putting some logic to his reasoning.

  • @zentropoetic
    @zentropoetic Месяц назад +2825

    Imagine paying 200k to be told some secret science fiction story and some cartoon animates it on TV for you the next day

    • @callmefox630
      @callmefox630 Месяц назад +81

      4 times more than the infamous Verbalase animation costed I guess.

    • @_M_a_r_t_i_n_M
      @_M_a_r_t_i_n_M Месяц назад +64

      That would be utterly soul crushing for anyone who actually DID pay to 'advance' to that level of spiritualism only to find out the next day, week or month on a damned cartoon for FREE! I didn't fully grasp this until seeing this video despite having actually seen the episode the day it aired 🤣

    • @Sir_Bucket
      @Sir_Bucket Месяц назад +27

      It should be reminded scientologists of lower level go through initiations practices that have been described as hypnotic for the one who went through it. It's extremely disorienting, and probably one of the reasons people lower their guard

    • @RedFail1-1
      @RedFail1-1 Месяц назад +5

      @@_M_a_r_t_i_n_M You literally just said what the comment you replied to said...

    • @tripleheadedmonkey6613
      @tripleheadedmonkey6613 Месяц назад +14

      @@RedFail1-1 Yes, sometimes discussions focus on a single topic, rather than veering off in any old direction. Acknowledgment that one agrees with another and reiterating in ones own words is, in large part, how consensus is formed.

  • @tophat156
    @tophat156 Месяц назад +2440

    >owns a popular series
    >exposes a cult
    >save people from being scammed
    >continues on like nothing ever happend

    • @Joostmhw
      @Joostmhw Месяц назад +6

      No replies?! Scandalous!

    • @saidzilla226
      @saidzilla226 Месяц назад +12

      ​@@Joostmhwtruly out of place , something extraordinarily rare

    • @spyhy4019
      @spyhy4019 Месяц назад +7

      well chef quit for one...

    • @electronic_dude4970
      @electronic_dude4970 Месяц назад +6

      just an average day

    • @phantombigboss8429
      @phantombigboss8429 Месяц назад +2

      ​@@spyhy4019good riddance I say.

  • @rh3309
    @rh3309 Месяц назад +703

    Blooms: Scientology = "The worlds most successful cult"
    Jehovahs Witnesses: "Am I nothing to you?"

    • @jolinamaitland0356
      @jolinamaitland0356 Месяц назад +9

      Heehee! 👏👏

    • @BruceS42
      @BruceS42 Месяц назад

      Yes! Another, even larger cult, that doesn't want people to know the silliness that they believe. But you're missing an even bigger one! What about the Church of LSD? Magic underwear, "marrying" underage girls, and more. Sure, they're less insane than Scientology, but that seems to be how cults go. The less openly insane their beliefs, the bigger they get.

    • @issabeganovic8822
      @issabeganovic8822 Месяц назад +58

      You're only a cult if you run a religion that's "secretive" about it's inner doctrine.
      The great irony is that Jehovah's Witnesses are about as transparent as you can get in today's world.
      Mormonism is probably closer to a cult than they are, and that's after the state reforms.
      I mean, TomSka was born and raised one, and the most relevant thing he passed on is the church's known hate and denounciation for converted pagan holidays, especially Christmas.
      Aside from their staunch views on Judgement Day, they're a much better choice than most.
      At least, based on what I've witnessed.

    • @rh3309
      @rh3309 Месяц назад +39

      @issabeganovic8822 the Jehovahs witnesses have books and classes only available to elders and overseers that are not shared with the public. I just recently requested the "shepherding the flock of God" book and was ignored

    • @rh3309
      @rh3309 Месяц назад

      @issabeganovic8822 there takes on holidays are based on bunk archeologic writings from the 1800's that have been roundly debunked. The JW'S are very secretive about their money the second it leaves the congregation level. Trust me I know what I am talking about. The JW'S are an extremely toxic and anti Christian

  • @YehudiNimol
    @YehudiNimol 23 дня назад +97

    Went into a scientology center once out of curiosity. It immediately gave me the creeps.
    Got welcomed by a pretty receptionist who asked for my name. I initially just came in to use the bathroom, take a look around and leave, but right before I left I got called again and eventually was directed to a video screen. Again, out of curiosity, I stayed. The first video I watched was called "The Truth About Scientology" and was batshit insane - the whole video was about how scientology is not a cult and how the newspapers, the media and "bad people" (like doctors and scientists) lie to you so they could profit off of you being depressed and "not knowing the truth". The video had heavy anti-medication sentiments which were only implied. At this point my leg was already shaking with unease. The second video was a short 30-second introduction to scientology that said nothing to me. The third video was about the 3 'principles' of scientology (which were all really generic, like "knowledge should be for everyone"). What absolutely bothered me is that none of the videos, nor any of the people I talked to, could properly explain to me what scientology actually was. After I filled out the personality test, I sat down with an older lady that typed all my answers into a computer program, and printed out a graph (which, of course, told me I'm depressed), then tried to shill me one of their many introductory courses. At this point I was completely tuned out, since I realized scientology was just a glorified self-improvement course and not a religion.
    It's incredible how accurate South Park's depiction is.

    • @XGD5layer
      @XGD5layer 2 дня назад +4

      The silver lining is that if they're following their doctrine, at least they're not drugging people. We can only hope

    • @derrickbartledoo2680
      @derrickbartledoo2680 День назад +1

      This sounds amazing, how do I check it out?

  • @NoahWaggoner69
    @NoahWaggoner69 2 месяца назад +3844

    I think cheeseburgers go well with fries

  • @doomslayer2290
    @doomslayer2290 2 месяца назад +3649

    Fun fact: 4chan's first real-life raids was against scientology.

    • @doomslayer2290
      @doomslayer2290 2 месяца назад +144

      Or at least one of them

    • @G-manFan1
      @G-manFan1 2 месяца назад +24

      were*

    • @archermadsen7744
      @archermadsen7744 2 месяца назад +27

      4chan doesn't raid anymore.

    • @momom6197
      @momom6197 2 месяца назад +257

      @@archermadsen7744Everyday we stray further from God's light. 😔

    • @doomslayer2290
      @doomslayer2290 2 месяца назад +67

      @@archermadsen7744 how does that change the fact presented

  • @Kage342
    @Kage342 18 дней назад +27

    My father was in scientology when L. Ron was still alive. He doesn't talk about it much, but some of the stories we could get out of him are horrifying. One such story was them forcing a heavily pregnant woman to eat garbage right out of the can. Torture, abuse, all of this stuff.

  • @TwistedTeaRex
    @TwistedTeaRex 2 месяца назад +4859

    BRUH imagine only finding out your religion is a scam after you've dropped half a million on it, I would be HEATED.

    • @muckygotstd2215
      @muckygotstd2215 2 месяца назад +85

      That would make me crash out I’m ngl

    • @iwasacringeykid9187
      @iwasacringeykid9187 2 месяца назад +232

      Even worse if you paid to actually KNOW what it's about for it to be public knowledge now lmao

    • @UnjustifiedRecs
      @UnjustifiedRecs 2 месяца назад +141

      That's every religion brother

    • @Dasobreadwinner
      @Dasobreadwinner 2 месяца назад +38

      That whole sentence sounds crazy dropping half a million and not knowing it’s a scam is insane lol

    • @JazzerciseJustice
      @JazzerciseJustice 2 месяца назад +162

      No, you would probably double down as a coping mechanism, like many victims of scams and cults do.

  • @pokemonmanic3595
    @pokemonmanic3595 2 месяца назад +4168

    “YOU’RE NOT A RELIGION, YOU’RE A PYRAMID SCHEME!”
    -Spatula Madness

    • @williamdaviddiazcuchimaque7511
      @williamdaviddiazcuchimaque7511 2 месяца назад +23

      Más bien es un culto

    • @ProsecutorZekrom
      @ProsecutorZekrom 2 месяца назад +32

      What’s the difference?

    • @subhamraj5365
      @subhamraj5365 2 месяца назад

      @@ProsecutorZekrom Are you this stupid to NOT see a difference? A pyramid scheme and religion have a clear benificiery, but Pyramid Schemes have people who lose a lot by nature, but religion does not. Communities are built on religion. Before you say, "Oh religions cause vIoLeNcE!1!", that only occurs because Religion is used as a dress for other things, also, only seven, SEVEN, percent of wars were caused by religions

    • @dansmith16
      @dansmith16 2 месяца назад +21

      @@ProsecutorZekromYour mother will never make it on top.

    • @ProsecutorZekrom
      @ProsecutorZekrom 2 месяца назад +10

      @@dansmith16 Your mum tried to make it on top, but fell off - long story short, Tohoku 2011

  • @anthony108ALS
    @anthony108ALS Месяц назад +75

    This was so important an episode, not just for South Park but for exposing the truth about this organization, which is not a church by the way, there is no religion involved here, their time is over

  • @sickofwashington
    @sickofwashington 29 дней назад +47

    The "Tom Cruise is a fudge packer" episode is also part of this amazing saga. Great episode! 💯

    • @utubeisazzhoe1413
      @utubeisazzhoe1413 2 дня назад +1

      "...but, I'm not in the closet."
      Yes, Tom.. you are in the closet.

  • @jamminman9585
    @jamminman9585 2 месяца назад +2942

    The fact that even 4Chan also banded together to take down Scientology speaks volumes

    • @holschermarc
      @holschermarc 2 месяца назад

      If 4Chan is against u than u really fucked around and found out

    • @jamesj8061
      @jamesj8061 2 месяца назад +35

      Yeah 😂

    • @antonydrossos5719
      @antonydrossos5719 2 месяца назад +142

      The one time 4Chan actually did something good, & boy, did they deliver!

    • @Chpow01
      @Chpow01 2 месяца назад +227

      @@antonydrossos5719 One time? Go look up what they do to anyone who posts animal abuse.

    • @worldlinezero4783
      @worldlinezero4783 2 месяца назад

      ​@@Chpow014chan is like a fragmented hive mind that occasionally coalesces into one being to do good things and then spends the rest of it's time hating minorities

  • @rastas_4221
    @rastas_4221 Месяц назад +1366

    Matt Stone and Trey Parker went to the oscars high on LSD and wearing dresses. I dont think you can really do anything against guys like that.

    • @teddycustumz3267
      @teddycustumz3267 Месяц назад +138

      One was dressed up like Jlo. With the open back green dress. Jlo hates both of them so much

    • @Skimmerlit
      @Skimmerlit 21 день назад +51

      “It’s a magical evening!” was one of the hardest laughs of my life. They’re legends.

    • @IanRose-mp1sq
      @IanRose-mp1sq 19 дней назад +9

      ​@Skimmerlit still one of the funiest deflections ive seen from them.

    • @mnetzer6777
      @mnetzer6777 18 дней назад +6

      That's friggin awesome.

    • @dcamp671
      @dcamp671 10 дней назад

      @@teddycustumz3267because they love those taco kisses!

  • @Waterbottlebandit831
    @Waterbottlebandit831 15 дней назад +13

    Got a Scientology ad during this video and thought it was included at first cuz I wasn’t looking at the screen n just listening 😂😂

  • @OhOkayThenLazySusan
    @OhOkayThenLazySusan 23 дня назад +33

    I totally forgot R. Kelly was in this. It wasnt mentioned here but that was a parody of this really bizzare series of videos he made back then called "In the closet." Havent seen in well over a decade but I remember it giving me a good wtf? laugh

  • @Nerdtendo6366
    @Nerdtendo6366 2 месяца назад +2670

    The death of Issac Hayes is still one of the saddest stories I’ve heard. A single episode forced a man from being able to continue the show he enjoyed working on, and the “religion” he supported ended up (supposedly) killing him completely. Just fucking depressing

    • @tiffprendergast4925
      @tiffprendergast4925 2 месяца назад +6

      A stroke killed him

    • @johan-bq9ie
      @johan-bq9ie 2 месяца назад +521

      @@tiffprendergast4925 ..said stroke was caused by a lack of proper medication and strict diets/exercise routines forced upon him by the church. They killed him.

    • @TheChoujinVirus
      @TheChoujinVirus 2 месяца назад +98

      @@johan-bq9ie and I believed this was confirmed by his son?

    • @raptorskilltor4554
      @raptorskilltor4554 2 месяца назад +71

      Well sadly it’s probably not the first time of the organization of taking a life

    • @YepItsMeMsJMC0721
      @YepItsMeMsJMC0721 2 месяца назад

      @@raptorskilltor4554oh look at Shelly Misciavage. Scientology has LAPD officers on payroll. They said they confirmed she was alive but no one has seen her in 18-ish years.

  • @happytofu5
    @happytofu5 2 месяца назад +1579

    Here in germany, you have to confirm that you are not a Scientologist when you want to work with kids. I think that is very sensible. Edit: after reading a flustered comment about me being not right I'd like to add that I can only speak for Berlin, since I only taught kids here. Not as a teacher, but a coding workshop mentor.

    • @nebojsarodic1720
      @nebojsarodic1720 Месяц назад +155

      Would be more sensible to extend that to many many other religions that prey on the developing minds of kids 😬

    • @dothiussteele
      @dothiussteele Месяц назад +34

      Gg Germany 🇩🇪

    • @Unknown-mz3ww
      @Unknown-mz3ww Месяц назад

      ​@@nebojsarodic1720Islam

    • @Ramsey276one
      @Ramsey276one Месяц назад

      *WHOA*

    • @Vyyy290
      @Vyyy290 Месяц назад +56

      as someone who is planning to move to germany, i have yet to see a genuine downside to moving there compared to the USA lol

  • @Backpfeifengesicht45
    @Backpfeifengesicht45 6 дней назад +8

    Weirdly, Scientologists had a stand at a car show here in Dublin a few years ago. They were offering personality tests, and for a laugh I went for it.
    Given the asininity of the questions asked, it was very difficult not to laugh and I cracked more than once. They then asked me to leave and then followed me around the show as I took photos of the cars on my phone. I got to the point of asking their opinion on particular cars, which angered them even further.
    Edit: I had known quite a lot about the cult prior to this.

    • @wintersbattleofbands1144
      @wintersbattleofbands1144 День назад

      I love screwing with them. Try not to laugh so they spend more time with you and not on someone else.

  • @Itosalix
    @Itosalix Месяц назад +17

    Thank you for posting this, John Smith.

  • @duo317
    @duo317 Месяц назад +1229

    The greatest part of this was the fact that they wrote "THIS IS WHAT SCIENTOLOGY ACTUALLY BELIEVES", if they wanted to sue, they'd have to prove that they don't believe it, which would show what they actually believe.

    • @sebastianmosqueda5959
      @sebastianmosqueda5959 Месяц назад

      It's actually not that big of a mystery anymore. Joe Rogan did a full on interview with a former scientologist member. She basically confirmed that it is indeed a cult.

    • @DidierLoiseau
      @DidierLoiseau Месяц назад +29

      That's not how the burden of proof works (eg. In a defamation case). It's the one who claims something who has to prove it, so here the South Park authors.
      I guess they had some good proofs to back it up though.

    • @SergeDuka
      @SergeDuka Месяц назад +87

      ⁠​⁠@@DidierLoiseauAlmost. 😂 The burden of proof lays on the plaintiff. And since the South Park team wasn’t one, they didn’t have to prove they weren’t servants of Xenu or whatever other accusations the plaintiff (the cult of Scientology) would write down in the lawsuit. 😉 Meaning if I were to sue you for defamation, I would have to prove that you defamed me. You would not have to prove that you didn’t. 😂

    • @lildvsvevo
      @lildvsvevo Месяц назад +19

      @@DidierLoiseauno. You have to prove the thing they said wasn’t true.
      If you can’t provide evidence that proves the party you are suing for defamation is lying, you don’t get to win.

    • @DidierLoiseau
      @DidierLoiseau Месяц назад +3

      @@SergeDuka defaming does not necessarily imply that the statements were false, just that they hurt your reputation. However the case would be dropped if the statements are proven to be true.
      Generally, you would thus not have to prove that the statements were not true. In fact, in most cases, it would be impossible. If I say that you have committed a crime, e.g. that you were drunk driving two months ago, how would you prove that it wasn’t true?
      Same thing here: how do you prove that you don’t believe something?
      It’s the general issue of proving a negative.
      What the plaintiff has to prove instead is that the defendant made a defamatory statement to at least one other person and, usually, that the plaintiff suffered special damages as a result.
      However here, we are dealing with media, which makes things more complicated. They might be covered by freedom of the press, I don’t know (and IANAL). In that case, the plaintiff might indeed have to prove that the statements were untrue, and even that some malice was involved.

  • @Brady14356
    @Brady14356 2 месяца назад +2234

    I had to do a research presentation on Scientology in 11th grade. I spent like 5 minutes of it talking about this episode and the controversy that surrounded it and my teacher ended up giving me extra credit because he said that he loved the episode and was glad I mentioned it.😂

  • @graverobbingcleric2745
    @graverobbingcleric2745 Месяц назад +12

    Super glad I followed the rabbithole from Lydia's vids. This is brilliant!

  • @albertperez3286
    @albertperez3286 27 дней назад +12

    I love the episode where Tom Cuise was working as a fugde packer lol

  • @wolfgangfegelein2450
    @wolfgangfegelein2450 2 месяца назад +2403

    L. Ron Hubbard: You can't get rich by writing science-fiction.
    George Lucas: Hold my beer.

    • @BaeBunni
      @BaeBunni 2 месяца назад +218

      Yea if you ever read his books before Scientology he wasn't a very good writer. I mean obviously his description of the ships is literally "they look like planes with jet engines." So... they look like planes..

    • @x808drifter
      @x808drifter 2 месяца назад +49

      And even George Lucas wasn't that good.
      Star Wars is a straight plagiarize of the 1st Dune book.
      It was so bad the Frank Herbert sued Lucas.

    • @Tokmurok
      @Tokmurok 2 месяца назад +54

      ​@@x808drifter😂people love to hate

    • @maxentirunos
      @maxentirunos 2 месяца назад +17

      Weirdly, I read these books when I was in my early teen and kinda liked them as an humoristic science-fic, in the same genre than Diskworld and Hitchhiker guide to the Galaxy. I though hilarous how the hero suceeded when the space drug dealer tried to sabotage him by using batshit solutions even to an alien civilization, like learning the language while speeding the recording, or calculating something size by using the echo of steps.

    • @emmanuelmondesir8677
      @emmanuelmondesir8677 2 месяца назад +16

      ⁠@@x808drifterDune Flash Gordon and the Hidden fortress

  • @stephenheffren4324
    @stephenheffren4324 Месяц назад +1310

    "I'll take the video down for $50,000."
    Scientology: You're breaking my balls, man.

    • @TSKNBgaming
      @TSKNBgaming Месяц назад +32

      Lmao tells a lot about their current "power", which i just love so much.

    • @xgearheart8592
      @xgearheart8592 Месяц назад +16

      IDK if they can afford 50k right now. @Blooms

    • @jeremylindsey94
      @jeremylindsey94 Месяц назад

      Scientology owns the most amount of real estate in Los Angeles than any other entity. They are over 20 million members. They are rich as heck. They've gone socially underground; they are still if not more so, a contender in cult-ish and Szionist related circles.

    • @gunier.j.kintgenanimations
      @gunier.j.kintgenanimations Месяц назад +13

      "Your really pushing the envelope here man..."

    • @jeremylindsey94
      @jeremylindsey94 Месяц назад

      They own almost half of the real estate in LA. They have over 20 million members. They have a ton of money and power...they have all gone underground, however. RUclips deleted my last comment on this in this thread... Regardless, don't underestimate them; gaslight masters, human traffkrs

  • @dw1809
    @dw1809 15 дней назад +22

    GTA 5 did a wonderful piss take of Scientology as well.

  • @Rightly_Divided
    @Rightly_Divided 12 дней назад +8

    Cult is just another four letter word for scam

  • @pjf674
    @pjf674 2 месяца назад +1026

    "I'll sue your ass and your balls" One of my favorite South Park lines.

  • @jurgenolivieira1878
    @jurgenolivieira1878 Месяц назад +1535

    Fun fact: Hubbard committed so many crimes that he had to spend the end of his life on a boat in international waters. This is because he would be arrested immediately anywhere in the world he put his foot on land.

    • @dopesickdog
      @dopesickdog Месяц назад

      on a boat, in international waters, surrounded by underage "servant" girls 🤢

    • @ViktorGartner
      @ViktorGartner Месяц назад +78

      Anyone who wants to learn more, listen to Behind the Bastards Ron L Hubbard

    • @maliamock7642
      @maliamock7642 Месяц назад +96

      And then he somehow convinced people to place their CHILDREN ON THAT BOAT!

    • @jurgenolivieira1878
      @jurgenolivieira1878 Месяц назад

      Well people also continue to send their kids to religious institutions infamous for child molestation and rape. Parents unfortunately often sacrifice their children on the altar of their personal believes. So that didn't really surprise me... Howard did hold some sway to some people back than as any cult does...@@maliamock7642

    • @thenerdbeast7375
      @thenerdbeast7375 Месяц назад +47

      So that's why he was so associated with boats.

  • @xthe_moonx
    @xthe_moonx Месяц назад +9

    trey and matt, truly are heroes of humanity.

  • @ETHowie1
    @ETHowie1 Месяц назад +12

    This is the greatest video you have every posted absolutely insane

  • @guts60
    @guts60 2 месяца назад +813

    The Scientologists trying to dig up dirt on the creators of the show, only to find nothing because all the crazy shit they do is public anyway

    • @chinsaw2727
      @chinsaw2727 Месяц назад +58

      I’m amazed they didn’t find anything on anyone. Like… how? How do you not find anything of note on the people who make _South Park?_
      I’m pretty sure this means their spies aren’t that good at digging up dirt.

    • @guts60
      @guts60 Месяц назад +100

      @@chinsaw2727 They were actually very thorough. The issue is that nothing South Park does is private, you can’t find any dirt to hold against them because it’s already public information

    • @theirishviking9278
      @theirishviking9278 Месяц назад +87

      ​@@chinsaw2727you try finding dirt on two dudes who admitted to being high on acid while wearing dresses at an awards show

    • @ianslee4765
      @ianslee4765 Месяц назад +21

      @@chinsaw2727spent all that money looking, hoping for actual evidence when they probly coulda spent like half that on a few people to lie about them. it wouldve done more damage

    • @cameronphares2482
      @cameronphares2482 Месяц назад +6

      they get paid to make the skeletons in the closet.

  • @katiethewise
    @katiethewise Месяц назад +1086

    i remember being like 13 and watching the one scientology south park episode with my dad and genuinely thinking that scientology was just something they made up for the plot of the episode 😭😭

    • @gamer47e17
      @gamer47e17 Месяц назад +47

      it fr doesn't sound real

    • @mogadon7
      @mogadon7 Месяц назад

      They used the Anal Probe to lure me into the cult. The Probe Of Xenu.

    • @lasagnasux4934
      @lasagnasux4934 Месяц назад

      Wait until you hear about Nation of Islam (not to be confused with the religion, Islam; they're two different things). It's like scientology mixed with Heaven's Gate Cult for afrosupremacist terrorists.

    • @lasagnasux4934
      @lasagnasux4934 Месяц назад

      Wait until you hear about Nation of Islam (not to be confused with the religion, Islam; they're two different things). It's like scientology mixed with Heaven's Gate Cult for afrosupremacist terrorists

    • @lasagnasux4934
      @lasagnasux4934 Месяц назад

      Wait until you hear about Nation of 1slam (not to be confused with the religion, 1slam; they're two different things). It's like scientology mixed with Heaven's Gate Cult for frosupr3macist t3rrorists.
      Sorry about all the numbers and stupid censoring. RUclips won't let me post anything mentioning religion, race, or anything slightly controversial. I've tried to post this twice already.

  • @unnik1173
    @unnik1173 15 дней назад +15

    The fact that Tom Cruise actually propagated a bullshit of this magnitude makes me wonder what kind of a dumb guy he must be.
    “Trey Parker and Matt Stone, servants of the dark lord Xenu” That was pure gold 😂

  • @kilyaded7332
    @kilyaded7332 19 дней назад +5

    "We need more Marks!"
    -Scientology, probably

  • @theworkshopwhisperer.5902
    @theworkshopwhisperer.5902 2 месяца назад +614

    One of south park's most controversial episodes. "Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?"

    • @atiagooqkinguliaalu4027
      @atiagooqkinguliaalu4027 2 месяца назад +5

      😂 so true

    • @Zamtrios245
      @Zamtrios245 2 месяца назад +11

      I'd even argued that this is the least controversial episode

    • @syndrette
      @syndrette Месяц назад +4

      Least controversial but biggest aftermath ​@Zamtrios245

    • @blakebell8533
      @blakebell8533 Месяц назад +6

      @@Zamtrios245Easy to say nowadays, but as stated in the video, talking about scientology was a big no-no in the industry before this episode aired.

    • @The_Commandant
      @The_Commandant Месяц назад +4

      ​@Zamtrios245 I wanna say their Muhammad one takes the cake. Back when it was on Hulu, they didn't even list the episode lol.

  • @nicholaspowers4901
    @nicholaspowers4901 Месяц назад +1612

    "Just slide me 50k and this video will disappear" - Blooms
    I won't call you a sellout, I'd do the same thing.

    • @ledderfayes
      @ledderfayes Месяц назад +50

      Yeah the economy is rough these days

    • @skittleboi1193
      @skittleboi1193 Месяц назад +36

      Hell you'd be doing more by taking down the video and slowly draining their fund than by keeping it up as everybody who knows SouthPark knows about scientology

    • @ahetzel9054
      @ahetzel9054 Месяц назад +16

      And then reupload it a week later from a different account 🤣

    • @AzelasFromHyrule
      @AzelasFromHyrule Месяц назад +18

      If the video really disappear then we should all do videos about scientology! To protest? Hell no, it's for the easy money!

    • @rougestarlight4308
      @rougestarlight4308 Месяц назад +5

      And cheap! Do 1M!

  • @scotthughes7208
    @scotthughes7208 15 дней назад +3

    Thank you for your time and effort with this video. More people should know of this.

  • @StonedMexicanGuy
    @StonedMexicanGuy 14 дней назад +3

    I went to the Scientology museum I. Los Angeles and when they asked what knew about the religion I just said I know about the South Park episode

  • @kazekamiha
    @kazekamiha 2 месяца назад +542

    I think South Park standing up to Scientology showcased that in many ways they were something of a paper tiger; they opened the doors for others to mock and laugh at them.

    • @KenMabie
      @KenMabie 2 месяца назад

      are you an idiot? Anonymous was well into Project Chanology at this point .. Trey and Matt were piggy backing on what they were doing..

    • @Ramsey276one
      @Ramsey276one 2 месяца назад +17

      The last bit of inspiration I needed!
      "What religion was he in? Hare Krishna??"
      No, it's Kamitora! And it's not really a religion. I just found out... Actually my police family neighbors call them Paper Paladins!
      "...Why?"
      Because they're all about paper! Cash Donations, Lawsuits and Posters with scandalous stuff!
      "Google translated that as Paper Tiger...?"
      YEAH. That's why they didn't get to be a religion!

  • @MathGPT
    @MathGPT 2 месяца назад +638

    I recall Penn and Teller had their show Bullshit! at the time; and told Matt and Trey they wanted to cover Scientology so bad, but the lawyers and network wouldn’t clear it. Then Matt and Trey just up and did it, proving they shouldn’t have been so fearful in the first place

    • @kazekamiha
      @kazekamiha 2 месяца назад +26

      In fairness it was the lawyers and network; P&T likely would have gone after them.

    • @user-vw5lq5iw2h
      @user-vw5lq5iw2h 2 месяца назад +38

      That's not on P&T - their show is live action, it needs studio space and travel expenses and god knows how much else and it all has to be cleared through execs who would see 'scientology episode' and just say no.
      SP is made by a very small and very close knit crew of madlads who don't need to interact with anyone else and can get an episode from conception to broadcast in as little as 3 days.

  • @antonnurwald5700
    @antonnurwald5700 Месяц назад +22

    It's weird, here in Germany there was a very lively and public debate about scientology, and the public was fairly well informed. We even had someone at our school to speak about it.

    • @xTintenherz
      @xTintenherz Месяц назад +5

      Ja, wir haben das Thema Sekten und Scientology im Religionsunterricht durch genommen und warum sie gefährlich sind.

    • @toulousegoose1150
      @toulousegoose1150 12 дней назад +1

      They don't talk about cults in most schools in the US. It's seen as infringing on the rights of other cults.

    • @happyspaceinvader508
      @happyspaceinvader508 6 дней назад +2

      @@toulousegoose1150the line between cult and religion is a lot blurrier in the USA than in other Western countries. There are many supposedly Christian denominations that are little more than cults.

    • @toulousegoose1150
      @toulousegoose1150 6 дней назад

      @@happyspaceinvader508 I'm American, am living elsewhere for now. My mother's former church told them that Satan put fake dinosaur bones in the ground to confuse people and lead them away from God. The whole denomination is a cult, and the laws are written so Abrahamic cults don't get offended. I agree with you that those lines are blurred.

    • @drippyog3935
      @drippyog3935 2 дня назад

      ​@@happyspaceinvader508izlam is a dangerous cult that marrys k*DS and throws LGBT ppl off roofs but y'all afraid to talk about it

  • @ThePikminCaptain
    @ThePikminCaptain 18 дней назад +3

    4chan and South Park teaming up to take down Scientology is the least expected thing ever

  • @deadweaselsteve3262
    @deadweaselsteve3262 Месяц назад +872

    "Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel." - Mark Twain

    • @GaiaX5
      @GaiaX5 Месяц назад +33

      By the way, since Warthunder is the sponsor for the video... Take a shot for every time classified information has been leaked on it's fourms.

    • @RalphEllis
      @RalphEllis Месяц назад +13

      When will Southpark do the same to lslam??
      R

    • @dordly
      @dordly Месяц назад +6

      am acoustic what does this mean

    • @terrancecobb6802
      @terrancecobb6802 Месяц назад +12

      "Its easier to fool somebody, than to convince them they have been fooled"
      M.Twain 👍

    • @AnnoyingNewsletters
      @AnnoyingNewsletters Месяц назад +10

      ​@@RalphEllis they kinda did with the Image of the Prophet episode...
      ... Thing is, way back in season 2, not only did they have an animated character of Muhammad as one of Jesus' Super Best Friends, they were also making fun of Scientology at the same time, but using David Blaine and his Blaine-iacs as the stand in for it.

  • @jmalmsten
    @jmalmsten 2 месяца назад +587

    Also, Church of Scientology wanted to infiltrate the South Park studios? They had friggin Isaac Hayes RIGHT THERE!

    • @nathancrowe9131
      @nathancrowe9131 Месяц назад +59

      So the short answer is loyalty and a stroke.
      The longer version is that the church felt he was “too close to be useful” combined that with his aforementioned stroke and he was about as useful to them as a screen door on a submarine.

    • @normanmai7865
      @normanmai7865 Месяц назад +49

      Isaac Hayes probably wouldn't've been on board with it, even if he hadn't suffered a stroke. He was upset but reasonable about the episode, and soon afterwards, he had a stroke, and because of that the Scientologists essentially resigned FOR him(there wouldn't have been any way for him to do espionage on Parker and Stone after that), leading to them trying to treat him with their pseudoscientific crap.

  • @ahha6304
    @ahha6304 6 дней назад +1

    one of hazy moments I have on Scientology is about Travolta's son

  • @emiliog.4432
    @emiliog.4432 Месяц назад +10

    We need a part 2 of this. And other cults and all religions. Thank you Christopher Hitchens.

  • @idkmannnnnnnn
    @idkmannnnnnnn 2 месяца назад +626

    ngl there’s really not much dirt u can have on 2 guys who admitted to being high on acid while wearing dresses at an awards show 😭

    • @Imolos
      @Imolos Месяц назад +37

      I totally forgot the acid but yea.
      They were doing Acid and still doing South Park. There isn’t much more what could look as munition against them. 😂

  • @roachseedgaming2704
    @roachseedgaming2704 Месяц назад +346

    "My journalistic integrity is worth a lot less than a million dollars. if you just slide me $50k this video will cease to exist" absolutely TOOK me OUT 😹

    • @NobbsAndVagene
      @NobbsAndVagene Месяц назад +16

      Fortunately, that would not be a problem. It would be reuploaded the very next day. The internet, uhh, finds a way.

  • @jaredgibson7462
    @jaredgibson7462 25 дней назад +3

    Great intro, I especially loved the part where i was trying to read the quote from Trey and Matt but the graphic was bouncing with the beat drop.

  • @bretthoward5317
    @bretthoward5317 11 дней назад +10

    When I was a teenager as close friend talked me into entering Scientology I did some tests with them in Sydney Australia and told him they were just about brainwashing and control I was young but not stupid and moved on and the watched their machinations over the years I'm glad I kept my life intact and normal

  • @thekyleprojekt7996
    @thekyleprojekt7996 2 месяца назад +843

    The best thing you can do when a scientologist tries to talk to you is just say "dont you miss your family? how long has it been since you saw them? when did you hug your mother last?"
    You can see the tears in their eyes as they walk away because they literally arent allowed to talk about their life before scientology. Its the only way to get them to leave you alone

    • @Ramsey276one
      @Ramsey276one 2 месяца назад +38

      Thanks for the info!

    • @TheSuperappelflap
      @TheSuperappelflap 2 месяца назад +106

      Damn thats cold. But effective.

    • @Ramsey276one
      @Ramsey276one 2 месяца назад +47

      @@TheSuperappelflap AS THEY DESERVE

    • @stephenbaker9645
      @stephenbaker9645 2 месяца назад +33

      Thanks. I could put that information into use someday.😊 Maybe I could finally have some fun for once...

    • @grdfhrghrggrtwqqu
      @grdfhrghrggrtwqqu 2 месяца назад +1

      @@TheSuperappelflap anyone that uses that method is a horrible human being and will HAVE a terrible life because of their bad karma.

  • @piedpiper1185
    @piedpiper1185 2 месяца назад +582

    My favorite shot they took at Scientology wasn't even in the Scientology episode. It was Chef's Farwell episodes were be basically spent an entire hour calling the CoS a group of fruity, child-molesters

    • @innocentbystander3317
      @innocentbystander3317 2 месяца назад +14

      I bet their friend Jeffery is alive and well.

    • @derekm424
      @derekm424 2 месяца назад +22

      That was awesome 😎. Then he passed gracefully while pooping himself.

    • @dothiussteele
      @dothiussteele Месяц назад +18

      It's also the only intentionally mean spirited episode of South Park, and given how Hayes left the show and the public statement that was made on his behalf, it's understandable they were somewhat bitter about the specific circumstances of the split. One of the reasons I consistently love South Park and Matt Stone and Trey Parker is because basically every other episode other than this one is never outright mean spirited. They're poking fun all the time, but it's almost always in a clever way that's encouraging the subject of the jab to find the humor as well.

    • @aethelfrithofbernica
      @aethelfrithofbernica Месяц назад +6

      ​@@dothiussteele I counter with the ginger episode. I have faced some seriously hateful people telling me I have no soul. Kick a Ginger Day and Hug a Ginger Day existed before then so I was used to harassment, but the no soul one was backed up by a popular show. Stone and Parker didn't mean to cause harm, but goddamn

    • @dothiussteele
      @dothiussteele Месяц назад +6

      @aethelfrithofbernica I'm ginger too. That episode was very clearly coded as gingervitus being Cartman's thing. Prior to the seasons that had full narratives from episode to episode, anything that Cartman believed was coded as being bad or something they weren't for. Kids suck no matter what. If it hadn't been kick a ginger day, those kids would have found some other excuse to be assholes to their peers. It's not Matt or Treys fault they misappropriated one of the shows weakest episodes at that point.

  • @alessandrocerioli2151
    @alessandrocerioli2151 10 дней назад +3

    I remember those days and my impression was that Cruise's erratic behaviour did most of the damage to the ehm...."church".

  • @NoxNyctores427
    @NoxNyctores427 Месяц назад +4

    Chef was seen one more time in South Park, years after Isaac's death in the game The Stick of Truth

  • @rockyvolcano4
    @rockyvolcano4 Месяц назад +904

    I've written D&D one-shots with more cohesive and believable stories than what Scientology is based on.

    • @Sucullentbutter
      @Sucullentbutter Месяц назад +38

      Damn, imagine getting beaten by a random dnd dungeon Master lol.

    • @RDA000
      @RDA000 29 дней назад +32

      I played a mind flayer paladin that rolled a nat 20 forgery check that showed he should be the king. Then the royal golem truth tested me and I rollee a nat 20 on the bluff check and it attacked his own family and said I was king

    • @jameshall2769
      @jameshall2769 27 дней назад

      Riches await you! Just need some dark triad personality defects ...

    • @tyrant-den884
      @tyrant-den884 15 дней назад +11

      This what happens when your mythology is based on a failed sci-fi writer in the 40's.

    • @michiwonderoutdoors2282
      @michiwonderoutdoors2282 14 дней назад +4

      @@tyrant-den884 I read Battlefield Earth, not a bad book, the movie? A disaster.

  • @Philtopy
    @Philtopy 2 месяца назад +250

    When I played „The Stick of Truth“ Southpark videogame I almost died from laughing because Tom Cruise was still in Stans closet.

    • @dothiussteele
      @dothiussteele Месяц назад +12

      I didn't actually catch that. I know I missed a good deal of it. Good catch :)

    • @Ensign_games
      @Ensign_games Месяц назад +4

      XD

  • @UnKnown-xs7jt
    @UnKnown-xs7jt 4 дня назад

    Love your presentations and SP!!

  • @nijon438
    @nijon438 3 дня назад +1

    You did an awesome job with this video. New sub my man.

  • @killphil9119
    @killphil9119 Месяц назад +133

    I believe Matt and Trey are two of the coolest and funniest and most genuine people writing comedy today. I’ve been a South Park fan for about 20 years and absolutely love what they do the way they slam absolutely everyone and anyone, and their accuracy of taking people down is uncanny. Long live South Park long live, Matt and Trey. 😂❤

    • @christophergreen6595
      @christophergreen6595 22 дня назад +3

      I mean... I'm NEVER going to forgive them for the damage they did with AGW, although the waterwars episodes were a funny apology attempt.
      Gonna be a hot summer. Hottest on record.
      Again.

  • @andrewlacerenza667
    @andrewlacerenza667 Месяц назад +217

    Respect to the creators of South Park for leaving all the names out of the credits in order to protect their staff. Love it

    • @mogadon7
      @mogadon7 Месяц назад +3

      Is Old Mother Hubbard L Ron's wife ?

  • @shd_samurai9676
    @shd_samurai9676 Месяц назад +436

    The fact that Isaac Hayes quit while he was fine with making fun of every other religion proves South Park's point.

    • @user-jl7cz2pe6d
      @user-jl7cz2pe6d Месяц назад +78

      IIRC, according to his son, Hayes seemingly wasn't really offended by that episode. I think he was pressured by scientology to quit.

    • @John_the_Paul
      @John_the_Paul Месяц назад +37

      @@user-jl7cz2pe6d he reportedly suffered a stroke, during which time associates within the ‘religion’ quit for him; at least that’s what I’ve heard.

    • @LastRookie
      @LastRookie Месяц назад +22

      ​@@John_the_Paul 'that's what I've heard', bruh, it's in this video. Just say it said towards the end of this video.

    • @maxtracker2904
      @maxtracker2904 Месяц назад

      Scientology is like ALL religions - they make some good points (eg. over-prescription of psych meds) but then spoil it with a lot of offensive nonsense…

    • @thechatteringclown
      @thechatteringclown Месяц назад +1

      ​@@LastRookie well yeah, but given the original comment and the amount of likes that comment got, how many of these people actually watched the video?

  • @jamesp.mckechnie2471
    @jamesp.mckechnie2471 13 дней назад +4

    Oh I forgot that Scientology was taken down 20 years ago. So glad they were taken down and we haven't heard from them since.

  • @mazera_sushi
    @mazera_sushi День назад

    1 min in and I'm hooked already. Great start

  • @musclemainia5173
    @musclemainia5173 2 месяца назад +1103

    A funny little story about scientology. My grandfarther was interveiwed in a church of scientology and, of course, got told that he should become a part of the church because he could become happier. My grandfarther is a very happy and compasionate man so he didn't see any point in joining the church, so he reversed the interview and got the interviewer to reflect on their life. They were in tears and my grandfarther comforted them and left.

    • @YuutaTogashi0707
      @YuutaTogashi0707 2 месяца назад +55

      Nice

    • @reddeath5791
      @reddeath5791 2 месяца назад +90

      Your grandfather sounds like a lovely man

    • @SmubFinger
      @SmubFinger 2 месяца назад +81

      He reminds me of Iroh from avatar

    • @Susman69.
      @Susman69. 2 месяца назад +73

      Bro pulled out a uno reverse card

    • @musclemainia5173
      @musclemainia5173 2 месяца назад +17

      @@Susman69. I was about to write that but I chose not to

  • @CrisperLime
    @CrisperLime 2 месяца назад +404

    "i had a really weird lecture the other day, my Professor was waffling about war of thunder"

    • @derekm424
      @derekm424 2 месяца назад +5

      Maybe they are sponsoring him too 😅. Wouldn't surprise me, this day in age.

  • @AdinaShoshanaSturman-os6tk
    @AdinaShoshanaSturman-os6tk 21 день назад +1

    Excellent presentation.
    Thank you.

  • @Rihansu743
    @Rihansu743 29 дней назад

    This was a good Video, subscribed. Thanks for making it

  • @solomonpachowiak106
    @solomonpachowiak106 2 месяца назад +261

    Then they kept the "fuck you" to Tom with the episode where he's in a factory literally packing fudge.

    • @bzboo
      @bzboo 2 месяца назад +13

      LMAO

  • @aequitas26
    @aequitas26 2 месяца назад +220

    The R. Kelly addition was all because at the time, he had a music video series called “Trapped in the Closet”

    • @Sentarry
      @Sentarry Месяц назад +25

      oh yeah, but now he locked up fr 😅

    • @justpok3285
      @justpok3285 Месяц назад +20

      ​@@Sentarry Trapped in the Cell

    • @Natej3ds
      @Natej3ds Месяц назад

      ​@justpok3285 My names R. Kelly and I like to p

    • @british35
      @british35 Месяц назад

      @@justpok3285Trapped in the lockup sounds better

  • @JudgeDrey
    @JudgeDrey 2 дня назад

    All jokes aside. I LOVED this video.
    I remember watching that episode years ago and being flabbergasted at the information about Scientology's beliefs and having a good laugh and all...etc. But I never imagined that it had that profound an impact to this day! I'm so, well, grateful to SP for doing this. I've always hated Scientology and all CULTS like it for taking advantage of people at their most vulnerable. Mentally AND financially.
    You're video taught me a LOT of things about that episode and what unfolded afterwards! Thanks for going so deep into it and creating videos like this.
    Peace and prosperity!
    *LIKED and SUBSCRIBED BTW*

  • @worstxb1playertylerteehc635
    @worstxb1playertylerteehc635 20 дней назад +4

    Up there with the Mormon episode. Brilliant.

  • @amandamoore7512
    @amandamoore7512 2 месяца назад +461

    “I don’t care what anyone says or thinks” yet is literally spending MILLIONS of dollars in Scientology. Ok Tommy-boy

    • @TheRealBatCave
      @TheRealBatCave Месяц назад +6

      He likely doesn't spend a nickle, he is thier asset, they spend money on him

    • @wanderingbufoon
      @wanderingbufoon Месяц назад +3

      religious organizations are considered tax shelters. Just so you know. These things do not function at a spiritual level and whatever cult functionality it serves, it's for the unimportant people within those organizations. The mid to high levels are the ones that see it as a business venture as it always has been. The same goes for charity organizations, etc.

    • @issabeganovic8822
      @issabeganovic8822 Месяц назад

      *🍭SUCKER🍭*

  • @MatthewSmith-to1hz
    @MatthewSmith-to1hz Месяц назад +564

    Matt and Trey deserve the Noble Peace prize for saving millions from this scam

    • @conor7154
      @conor7154 Месяц назад

      Nothing changed after this episode aired and if you watch this shitty reaction channel you’re a moron.

    • @mortache
      @mortache Месяц назад +1

      Noble Peace Prize is reserved for war criminals and loan sharks

    • @ChaossX77
      @ChaossX77 Месяц назад +2

      Nothing gets through to most cult members.

  • @DJC6669
    @DJC6669 Месяц назад +4

    There's also speculation on what happened to Philip Seymour Hoffman after his portrayal of Scientologist

  • @eljay2224
    @eljay2224 Месяц назад +2

    We should all organise a south park bingo (full different things we think we’l see in the next south park season

  • @360entertainment2
    @360entertainment2 2 месяца назад +459

    Years ago I had a friend consider joining Scientology. She’s fairly smart but after our deployment she came back with a lot of issues and saw that group as a way to help her. I showed her this episode and at first she didn’t believe it but she eventually did her own research and decided against joining them!

    • @lukethmpsn
      @lukethmpsn Месяц назад +27

      Such a good story affirming the reason Matt and Trey wanted to risk doing the episode.

    • @foxbat1766
      @foxbat1766 Месяц назад +3

      Don't stop there! Go forth and prevent others from joining...

    • @Halcon_Sierreno
      @Halcon_Sierreno Месяц назад

      Is joining scientology still popular.

    • @diediedice
      @diediedice Месяц назад +2

      ​@@Halcon_Sierreno Kind of seems like it. When I still had tiktok, there were sooo many videos of a guy just "camping" in front of their buildings and embarrassing the workers there when they tried to get unexpected people to come in and join them, essentially saving them from their shady hands

  • @natalierose13
    @natalierose13 2 месяца назад +326

    “You’re not the guy who played Napoleon Dynamite, but you’re alright” 😂
    I was in school when this episode came out and me and my best friend LOVED IT. Brandon literally could not wait to show it to me. He used to tape episodes off cable for me because I didn’t have cable and could watch South Park lol.

    • @MotorcycleCheetah
      @MotorcycleCheetah 2 месяца назад +9

      That’s actually a really cute story. Glad y’all had fun with that, haha!

  • @paulhappyfeet
    @paulhappyfeet День назад

    I REALLY LOVED the "THIS IS WHAT SCIENTOLOGIST ACTUALLY BELIEVE" text box. They even didn't had to make a parody or a joke about that "religion"; Scientology was a joke by itself. 🤣🤣🤣 That's why I consider it one of the best and funniest episodes.

  • @loveless131
    @loveless131 2 дня назад

    One of my favorite episodes. I quote the "And I pulled out my gun!" line all the time.

  • @EdgyShooter
    @EdgyShooter Месяц назад +491

    The scariest part of all this is realising that the episode really did come out 20 years ago...

    • @OublietteTight
      @OublietteTight Месяц назад +9

      You can now track down your life experiences by counting decades! 😮

    • @solarfinder
      @solarfinder Месяц назад +3

      Hey, it could be worse.... 😊

    • @bobbywalker2980
      @bobbywalker2980 25 дней назад +1

      ​@@OublietteTight or by finding the southpark or Simpsons episode.

    • @SorbusAucubaria
      @SorbusAucubaria 25 дней назад +4

      And unfortunately scientology is not dead.

    • @OublietteTight
      @OublietteTight 25 дней назад

      @SorbusAucubaria Exactly!!!
      My guess, scientology is riding their insanely huge real estate holdings so the tip top of the ruling Jerks can be rich rich rich?

  • @BaronNate
    @BaronNate 2 месяца назад +243

    The R. Kelly, "now I'm in the closet, I'm in the closet too". I always die laughing hearing that.

  • @PolarWarriors
    @PolarWarriors 14 дней назад +3

    Bruh… the whole flashy editing intro sequence is so overused now that people just skip it.