Let me set up a timeline for you: South Park Episode #137, “Trapped In The Closet,” airs on November 16, 2005. The episode bashes Scientology. Then March 13, 2006 – almost four months later – Isaac Hayes, a known Scientologist, announces that he’s quitting the show. A few days later, the episode is mysteriously yanked off the air. Why did it take four months for the pot to boil over? If Tom Cruise was behind the episode getting pulled, why didn’t he take action after the show aired for the first time in November?  Then March 20, some guy at Fox says Hayes DIDN’T quit the show.  How confusing!  Thank god it’s all getting plenty of press coverage to help us make sense of it!

Oh, and coincidentally, the first episode of South Park’s new season airs tonight. That’s weird, isn’t it?