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By Kent Larsen
'South Park' Producers Hit LDS Roadblock
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- The new series by the producers of Comedy
Central's "South Park" won't get the name that the producers wanted,
thanks to the LDS Church. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who once
lampooned a Mormon missionary in one of their films, are producing a
new TV series about the first family. But they weren't able to simply
turn the name around. The name Family First is an LDS Church
trademark.
The pair's proposed series has already caused controversy when word
leaked out that a proposed script portrayed President Bush's two
19-year-old daughters as lesbian lovers. But Comedy Central
executives nixed that idea, and told the producers that they couldn't
portray the twins in the series at all.
Meanwhile, the producers have moved on to calling the show "That's My
Bush." They originally tried to name it "Family First," but when Comedy
Central's lawyers reviewed the name, they discovered that the LDS
Church already owned the rights to the name. News reports have not
indicated whether or not Comedy Central approached the Church about
purchasing the rights to the name.
Source:
Comedy Series Leaves Bush Twins Out
(Long Island) NY Newsday (AP) 26Jan01 N6
By David Bauder: AP Television Writer
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