Last night, episode 201 aired in which Mohammed/Teddy Bear reappeared but was heavily censored by Comedy Central. There were a number of bleeps over speeches and blurred out images and boxes which read "censored" and the Teddy Bear was replaced by Santa Claus somewhat hastily. The question was if all this censoring was intentional by Trey and Matt . The answer came in a statement they released to their website, saying it was all Comedy Central's doing and not a "meta-joke".
Another website, Cinematical, pointed out though that South Park has actually depicted Mohammed in the past. In an episode in 2004, he was portrayed in a somewhat positive light as a bit of a superhero, appearing alongside Jesus and Moses and shooting fire from his palms. In other episodes, the show has toyed with the controversy of showing the prophet but using clever cutaways or having characters comment on it directly.
Anyway, it all shows that, even after 200 episodes, the creators of South Park still do not have any sacred cows...or bears for that matter....that they will refuse to tip over.
