The TV Zone

Who among you saw the "South Park" season premiere on Wednesday night?

You, you, you and you?

Good: Can we discuss?

Here's a question that is posed only at the risk of sounding idiotic - insofar as the answer is almost always as idiotic as the question:

Did "South Park" go over the top here?

Now, "over the top" and "South Park" are two sets of words that are almost never placed in conjunction because "South Park" always goes over the top, and never, not once, has NOT gone over the top, and when it does not go over the top, then fans will say that it's over, and to hell with it, and let's just move the hell on.

So Matt and Trey pretty much live over the top always

But I think that "The China Problem" was "over the top."

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas raping "Indiana Jones"? (And forget about Butters shooting not just one guy in the private parts, but three guys.) There were - by my count - four rape scenes, and we didn't see the one where they supposedly raped Yoda as well. Thank God for small favors. Funny? Not even remotely, and probably not supposed to be - just a comment on how Paramount fraked up the re-make of "Indiana Jones" this summer.

But stop right there: Paramount, as in the megastudio which is owned by Viacom, which owns Comedy Central; as in the company which signs Matt and Trey's paychecks (and big ones they are).

There is already Web chatter that this is gonna explode; go to Drudge to get the links. But honestly, I don't see how it can't. What's the conversation between Spielberg's reps and Brad Grey's people?

"Oh, you know Matt and Trey! They were just having their fun! No harm, no foul!"

Uh, no.

This could be explosive. We shall keep you informed.