YouTube "Trapped in the Closet" generates more than 700,000 views (Xenutv.com mentioned)
Gilbert Roland (sponge diver)
'South Park' Episode Lives
April 3, 2006
Scientology Story Line Thrives Online as Comedy Central Looks the
Other Way
The now-infamous Scientology episode of "South Park" is out of the
closet.
Since Comedy Central pulled the repeat of the episode "Trapped in the
Closet" from its schedule last month, the episode has nevertheless
been available to viewers online, where fans posted it in droves on
file-sharing sites.
On YouTube.com alone, versions of "Closet" posted during the past two
months have generated more than 700,000 views, according to data on
the site last Thursday.
An online petition on ChefGate.info http://www.chefgate.info/
garnered more than 5,000 signatures to protest the network's pulling
the episode and linked to the episode on Xenutv.com, an
anti-Scientology site.
Though big media companies such as NBC Universal and CBS Corp. have
thrown their weight against YouTube in recent weeks over its illegal
use of copyrighted video, MTV Networks' Comedy Central, which like CBS
is owned by Viacom, has so far looked the other way at the online
proliferation of the controversial "South Park" episode, just as it
has with bootlegging of the hot-button show in the past. An MTV
Networks spokesman confirmed the company has not asked YouTube to pull
the show, but declined further comment for this report.
By staying mum, in effect allowing unauthorized play of a copyrighted
Comedy Central television show, Comedy Central executives appear to be
coming out winners.
Fans Flock to Premiere
The new media-assisted fan rebellion against the removal very well may
have helped the network's ratings. The first "South Park" episode to
follow the flap, the 10th-season premiere "The Return of Chef," was
the show's highest-rated season premiere since 2002 and up 21 percent
over last year, according to Nielsen Media Research. Also, the show is
selling briskly on iTunes-last week the season premiere was No. 4 in
video sales, according to iTunes.
"The vibe is the programming is doing really well, iTunes is doing
well, and we know our quality is better than on the file-sharing
sites," one MTV Networks source said. "So from what we can see, it's
not impacting our sales."
Such postings technically constitute a violation of the show's
copyright. But according to sources within MTV Networks and Comedy
Central, the company does not mind the online proliferation of the
show.
That the Scientology furor has actually benefited Comedy Central plays
in stark contrast to how the network appeared to have fared in media
reports after yanking the episode.
The move was widely considered to be a result of a decision high up
the Viacom ladder and against the wills of executives at Comedy
Central and of "South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker. This
made the Comedy crew appear powerless, and it compromised the bold,
irreverent reputation the network had earned in the days when it was
operated more independently, as a co-venture of Viacom and Time
Warner.
The episode in question, which originally ran in November, mocked
Scientology's tenets and depicted one of the religion's most notable
practitioners, actor Tom Cruise, as having locked himself in a closet
for various plot reasons. In the days last month before Comedy Central
planned to televise the repeat, "South Park" cast member and
Scientologist Isaac Hayes, the voice of Chef, quit the show in
protest.
A few days later, Comedy Central canceled a planned rerun of the
episode. Industry blogs speculated that Comedy Central was forced to
pull the show because Mr. Cruise was displeased with the episode. Mr.
Cruise is in the upcoming Paramount film "Mission: Impossible III."
Paramount, like Comedy Central, is owned by Viacom. The movie star's
spokesman has denied the charge.
"South Park" clips and episodes have long been popular online
bootlegs. With its crude animation and raunchy content, the show's
impact is not reduced by video compression, and MTV Networks has often
looked the other way as popular "South Park" content has spread
online.
"Historically, MTV Networks has always seen the online distribution of
clips as a great marketing device," said one MTV Networks source,
though the source also noted posting entire episodes is typically
looked upon more critically.
"Trapped in the Closet" first appeared on YouTube in February. Julie
Supan, senior director of marketing for the site, said YouTube does
not police the content of its service because more than 35,000 videos
are posted daily. "We rely on the content providers to alert us to
what is unauthorized video," she said.
Online Viewing Matters
Though the "Closet" episode's half-million-plus YouTube views may not
be enough to rank it among the site's top videos, most viral clips run
anywhere from a few seconds to a couple minutes-much shorter than a
22-minute "South Park" episode. Also, last season of "South Park"
averaged about 2.6 million viewers, making a half-million online views
significant.
In mid-March, YouTube pulled a full-length copy of "Trapped in the
Closet" from its Web site and said it was instituting a policy of
banning material more than 10 minutes long. When site visitors clicked
on the thumbnail for the video, a message read "This video has been
removed due to terms of use violation."
"The technology basically forbids uploading anything longer than 10
minutes," Ms. Supan said.
Yet, last Thursday a full 22-minute episode of "Trapped in the Closet"
was back up on the site.
Ms. Supan asked a reporter for a link to the video so she could remove
it."
(end)
Gilbert Roland (Sponge Diver)
http://home.planet.nl/~grast001/florida/tarponsprings/tarponsprings05.html
Skafandro to the deep!
The dangers one might encounter while sponge diving:
http://cryptozoo.monstrous.com/pictures/pieuvre_du_pacifique_14m_1t.jpg
Every B/sea monster sponge diver movie from the 1950's knows this!
Fighting the octopus monster on the sea floor with ink whirling
everywhere always comes before the sponge divers airhose 'is cut' with
nothing left to show of his existence but a torn line when that frayed
line is pulled aboard. The sponge divers girlfriend, dressed in tight
sexy shorts, with ripped shirt, always screams once the torn airhose
is hurriedly pulled aboard. Let's view that sequence with a freudian
lense:
1. Sponge Diver 'dives' for 'sponges'
2. Sea Monster octo'pus' spews 'ink' as a death match ejaculation
3. The sponge divers girlfriend dresses in tight sexy shorts with
ripped cleavage shirt that's tied at the breast who screams when the
torn 300 foot 'line' is hauled aboard 'by hand'..
4. The sea monster always wins the death match even though he's an
inked bloody mess.
Conclusion:
This is why director John Ford always got pussy. Even more then
'Coop', as in Gary...
Gilbert Roland (Sponge Diver)
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That's my video they pulled too the wankers... that's why I moved to
http://www.dailymotion.com/Scientomogy
roger gonnet
"Gilbert Roland (sponge diver)"
<mike_petrakis@leather_greek_wristband.gr/sponges> a écrit dans le message de
news: 1ii4321pvi2h6p1jo...@4ax.com...
> http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=9679
> 'South Park' Episode Lives
> April 3, 2006
>
> Scientology Story Line Thrives Online as Comedy Central Looks the
> Other Way
>
> The now-infamous Scientology episode of "South Park" is out of the
> closet.
>
> Since Comedy Central pulled the repeat of the episode "Trapped in the
> Closet" from its schedule last month, the episode has nevertheless
> been available to viewers online, where fans posted it in droves on
> file-sharing sites.
>
> On YouTube.com alone, versions of "Closet" posted during the past two
> months have generated more than 700,000 views, according to data on
> the site last Thursday.
cost them a lot: every thursday soon to become xenuday.
Problem of arithmethics (which contains the famous infamous term 'ethics' so
dear to scam cult)... how many damage 700000 wogs knowing xenu can cause to the
"bridge" of 70000 scienologists ?
r
Mark Bunker
"Gilbert Roland (sponge diver)"
<mike_petrakis@leather_greek_wristband.gr/sponges> wrote in message
news:1ii4321pvi2h6p1jo...@4ax.com...
> http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=9679
> 'South Park' Episode Lives
> April 3, 2006
>
> Scientology Story Line Thrives Online as Comedy Central Looks the
> Other Way
>
> The now-infamous Scientology episode of "South Park" is out of the
> closet.
>
> Since Comedy Central pulled the repeat of the episode "Trapped in the
> Closet" from its schedule last month, the episode has nevertheless
> been available to viewers online, where fans posted it in droves on
> file-sharing sites.
>
> On YouTube.com alone, versions of "Closet" posted during the past two
> months have generated more than 700,000 views, according to data on
> the site last Thursday.
>
> An online petition on ChefGate.info http://www.chefgate.info/
> garnered more than 5,000 signatures to protest the network's pulling
> the episode and linked to the episode on Xenutv.com, an
> anti-Scientology site.
Woo Hoo! This story is on the front page of the industry newspaper. When I
got to my station today, there was the story in all it's full color glory,
sitting on the corporate desks!
Susan
"Mark Bunker" <markb...@cox.net> wrote in message
news:x7GYf.2596$qd.445@fed1read08...
Totally awesome Mark!
Congratulations :-)
Susan