Kath and I are usually on the same wavelength when it comes to television, but one thing we’ve always split on is “Family Guy.” She likes the series; I’m, at most, lukewarm. So I have to say I got a truly snarky amount of amusement out of last week’s episode of “South Park” in which “Family Guy” was skewered, a storyline that ostensibly is supposed to be concluded tonight (although, I dunno…I still wouldn’t put it past them to have the second half be no second half at all. The bait-and-switch of Cartman’s father is not easily forgotten.)
The great thing, of course, is that the storyline isn’t *really* about “Family Guy.” It’s about religious fanatics going completely nuts over things that are depicted in cartoons. An obvious shot at the riot-inducing pictures of Mohammed, and particularly appropriate for “South Park” since years ago, in the episode “Super Best Friends,” Mohammed was depicted on the show and it caused no stir whatsoever that I can recall. It almost makes you wonder if they’re going to reair “Super Best Friends” just to remind people that, when it came to visually lampooning Mohammed, “South Park” got there first.
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