Comedy Central Developing Jesus Christ Cartoon

The Hollywood Reporter posted this news item recently about a new show in development for the Comedy Central Network.  Now, I always figured the Nazarene as more of an Oxygen Network kinda guy…or maybe a hard-hitting CNN news show after Anderson Cooper called “Crosstalk180″ or some such.  But, no.  Apparently the Yahweh-meister’s got a bone to pick with us…a funny bone!

Nah, but the show should open and close like Seinfeld with some good ol’ fashion, rowdy JC standup.

JC: “So a Sadducee, a Pharisee and a Roman walked into a bar…BAM!” (loud boo’ing from a heckler) “Hey look everyone…the Anti-Christ” (canned laughter) “Thank you very much, I’ll be here til the post-trib, don’t forget to try the Gefilte fish.”

(Excerpt) Comedy Central might censor every image of the Prophet Muhammad on “South Park,” yet the network is developing a whole animated series around Jesus Christ.

As part of the network’s upfront presentation to advertisers, Comedy Central is set to announce “JC,” a half-hour show about Christ wanting to escape the shadow of his “powerful but apathetic father” and live a regular life in New York City.

In the show, God is preoccupied with playing video games while Christ, “the ultimate fish out of water,” tries to adjust to life in the big city.

“In general, comedy in purist form always makes some people uncomfortable,” said Comedy Central’s head of original programming Kent Alterman.

When asked if the show might draw some fire, especially coming on the heels of the network’s decision to censor the Muslim faith’s religious figure on “South Park,” Alterman said its too early in the show’s development to be concerned about such matters.

“We don’t even know what the show is yet,” he said.

“JC” is produced by Reveille (“The Office”), Henrik Basin, Brian Boyle (“American Dad”), Jonathan Sjoberg and Andreas Ohman.

Soooooooooo, is your Spidey Sense tingling yet?  Mine is.  Read the FULL ARTICLE at the HollywoodReporter.com.

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