Talk:Chef (South Park character)

"They are also the only two black characters in an otherwise almost entirely white cast".
Uhm... there's also the character of Token_Black. :-) (if you don't get this joke, I can't explain it.) Ronabop 12:10, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

"What do you think they'll do to Chef on tomorrow's episode?".
Well?


 * Scientology conversion? -Dan 01:57, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Chef got what he had coming to him
Damn, they spared Chef no dignity in the season premire. Ate him ALIVE! The entire thing was nothing but a well-deserved jab at Scientology. I hope that serves as a "Screw you" to Issac Hayes for his bigotry. Serves him right. Ghostalker 03:32, 23 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Agreed. --Gophergun 03:34, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

That Disgusted Me
Seriously, the whole scientology jab was hilarious, brilliant, subtle yet obvious, and rang true. But seriously, Chef got mauled. I was disgusted, and shocked. Chef was one of my favorite characters, and then they turned him into that. I agree that Isaac Hayes was be bigoted, but as Kyle said there at the end, "Let's not blame Chef. Let's blame that fruity little club." I'm not mad at Hayes, though I am disappointed with him, but the most touching thing to me was when Stan said, "Chef... we love you." I'm thinking Isaac Hayes really out to come back to South Park. And for everyone who will say,"Well, how can he, they made Chef a Sith Lord Molester guy, and he essentially died," seriously, think about it. Kenny dies all the time, but that is hardly permanent. They could disregard that ever happened, fix it somehow, like have Chef just miraculously heal or have it been an imposter or something, or just let Chef be Darth Chef but come back all good, and say, "Hello there children!" in Darth Vader's voice. The only thing that sucks is that Chef probably will stay like that, and Hayes will have been so offended that he will not likely return. I think, all in all, the episode was a clever satire, but a low blow. And it nearly burned any bridge Isaac may have.


 * Yeah, but after stormed out from the show it was dobtful if he'd ever come back, especcily after the words he had with the shows producers. He's still going to live like a king off the royalties from his record sales AND South Park. Maybe he was gonig to retire all long and this was the most memorable way to go... making a scene. In all honesty though, since Comedy Central owns the rights to Chef, they could bring him back with either a different actor, or just using previously taped material and digitally throwing it together (similar to what they did in the last episode, but with higher quality). Ghostalker


 * I don't know about disgusted, but I felt the same inexplicable emotion when I saw on the news that Phil Hartman was murdered. While that was tragic in and of itself, it also meant The Simpsons was never, ever going to be the same -- Springfield, too, was a changed universe.  Sure, Hartman's characters were all minor, but they still rang essential to that series' brand of humor (which it no longer possesses, imo), and it was never the same without him.  Then again, South Park did fine without Kenny for a season or two, and I think Matt and Trey have done a better job at making -change- an expected thing in South Park, which makes it easier for them to try new things without jumping sharks.  By the time Mr. Garrison got his balls snipped last season, I was already thinking, "oh well, this was going to happen sooner or later". --71.133.137.220 23:32, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, they got Darth Maul to do his voice, so they could just go ahead and use Darth Chef all they want. I'm seeing a Episode VI parody in the future, where Chef kills the leader of the Super Adventure Club and turns good right before he dies for good.

Darth Chef
Can we please get a pic of Darth Chef?

No need to make a seperate article about Darth Chef
Someone should redirect/merge Darth Chef article into here. In fact, I think Darth Chef article is just has all the redundant info from here and probably will not need to merge just redirect. --Don Vito Corleone 20:29, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

I had updated the article, as it had previously contained only one sentence about the developing character. The information provided in the article is already on the Chef article, so this could be resolved by simply deleting the page. I do not have permission to do so. -Dan
 * Nah, it is okay just to redirect back to here. Someone with limited knowlege how Wikipedia is operated will re-create this article again. --Don Vito Corleone 21:54, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Issac Hayes' Departure
There's apparently a lot of misinformation about Issac Hayes' departure from South Park. According to the New York Post, he actually had a stroke and left the show. He was in such a bad condition that a friend and fellow Scientologist made the press announcement for him. According to this story, Trey Parker and Matt Stone completely blew the whole thing out of proportion.

Anyone have a copy of this article so we can be NPOV? -- 216.135.67.209 01:36, 25 March 2006 (UTC)


 * From :


 * Adding another wrinkle to the situation, on Monday FoxNews.com reported that Hayes had no intention of quitting "South Park," but someone had quit in his name. The report, which cited various "sources," claimed that Hayes was unable to quit the show because he was recovering from a stroke he had suffered on January 17, and stated that "it's ... ridiculous to think Hayes ... would suddenly turn against the show because they were poking fun at Scientology."


 * Amy Harnell, a spokesperson for Hayes, told MTV News the Fox News report was "definitely not true" and that Hayes' decision to quit was "his and his alone." She added that Hayes was never hospitalized with a stroke, but rather "spent a few days in a hospital because of a high blood-pressure condition with medical complications."


 * It appears the stroke was a fabrication of some sort. Cburnett 01:50, 25 March 2006 (UTC)


 * A quick Google search on Amy Harnell hints that she's a servant of Scientology. Call me bigoted, but I do not trust what she says. BryanM 14:10, 25 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Except the anon's position is he had a stroke and even Harnell's position is that he didn't. Regardless, something more than a "I read it in an article but don't have a copy it" will be needed. Cburnett 15:18, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

This may be asinine, but I spent some time poking around and might as well share if anyone cares: Here's the link to the Fox News Story, since we don't have it here yet. He reiterated his belief on Wednesday. Internewt spelunking turns up nothing conclusive: A search for "Roger Friedman is an idiot" gives surprisingly few results, only about ten. A few other small news outlets reported on him having a stroke, though I could not find anything on it at CNN (although some poster on a forum claims to have seen it there the day it happened; may have been removed as a false report?). Isaac's official website hasn't mentioned anything on the matter, he's still listed as being a part of South Park. It's apparant that the quitting was done through a written press release, and it is known that he's now being represented by scientologists. This entire thing just doesn't add up; the worst rumor I saw is that they hurt the man themselves, which is something they're not above doing if they viewed him as siding with their enemies: "Never fear to hurt another in a just cause," and all that. Publicity stunt, conspiracy/betrayal, or truth? It's pretty insane, and it'd be nice for him to give a statement with his own voice and face on the matter. So that my head doesn't explode from all these wookie-esque hijinks... BryanM 18:43, 25 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Even so, if Hayes is incapacitated, and Scientology used the opportunity to step in and denounce South Park, it seems to me they more than deserved the mauling they got in the new episode. ProhibitOnions 19:38, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Dead Chef Pic
Should there be a picture of Chef after being killed up on this page? It was put up, so I made it invisible so that it could be discussed. Does anybody have any ideas? JQF 20:55, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Do most notable figures on Wikipedia who've suffered a gruesome death have pictures of their corpse on the page? --4.244.33.240 09:00, 26 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, chef isn't actually a person.... :-) But yes, we have pictures of holocaust victims, for example. Ronabop 03:51, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

I see no problem with having the picture on here. It's South Park. Get over it. Cburnett 03:58, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Please remove it...some of us South Park fans (like myself) have very weak stomachs, and Chef was beloved. Do we really want to relive that moment? I sure don't. - PPG

Isaac Hayes was the first choice for Chef
On the CD commentary for episode one, Trey Parker says "...and we had already thought of a lot of the characters and so Chef was one of them, and we told them that Isaac Hayes was our first choice, just thinking it was sort of a pie-in-the-sky kind of thing, and then we got a call that we were going to do the pilot, and Comedy Central said that Isaac Hayes was totally into it, totally excited to do it, but we had to fly out to New York to record his voice...." Am I correct in assuming we should go with the primary source on this one? I'm going to take the thing about Barry White being the first choice out.