Tom Cruise kills South Park episode

People in the UK will not be able to see the notorious South Park episode in which Tom Cruise is hiding in a closet because Stan, who Tom believes to be the reincarnation of Scientology leader L. Ron Hubbard, says that Tom’s acting is only OK, though he’s no Gene Hackman or the guy from Napoleon Dynamite. Tom Cruise raised a stink with Paramount and the episode will not be shown again.

Now…the real question is, will the episode be suppressed when it’s time to put the Season on a box set? I mean, if Tom Cruise doesn’t want people seeing it, he’ll be just as litigious about keeping it from being seen again via DVD.

Of course, the wonderful thing about Internet Piracy is that there is no such thing as suppressing a cartoon anymore. Anyone with a connection to the WWW, a copy of Limewire and a high speed connection can find the episode.