"I’ve thought long and hard about how to end this e-mail. Like all of you, I’m constantly asked “What is it like working at Comedy Central???” I usually reply by forwarding an e-mail that I received in 1999, which is attached below. It came from [Entertainment Cable Network], and was in response to concerns they had with a South Park promo spot I sent them to run on their air. I think it sums up the surreal nature of our world quite succinctly."
-----Original Message-----
From: XXXX
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 1:42 PM
To: 'XXX'; 'XXX'; 'XXX'
Cc: XXX; XXX
Subject: Comedy Central's South Park Spot for w/o 2/8
XXX, XXX and XXX,
Sorry, but our Standards & Practices team has rejected the South Park spot you provided for this week that asks the question, "Where did Chef suggest you put his balls?" Similar to the "fart policy" I uncovered last year when trying to clear a South Park spot, it would appear we also have a "balls policy," whereby double entendres are not allowed.
So for your rotation this week, since we can't continue to run last week's approved "Chef's Greatest Hits" spot as it refers to last week's "An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig" episode, we'll rotate the three approved Daily Show spots ("Ridiculous Places," "Saigon - Courageous" and "Digs Deep") one-third/one-third/one-third.
Please call or email back if you have any questions/comments.
XXX
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