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The splicing of old Chef clips was meant to show that Scientology had brainwashed him (or rather that "fruity little club," hehehe). Personally, I don't think this episode was so much a jab (or befacing) as some people are saying it is. You have to consider that Isaac Hayes didn't quit the show until right before the repeat of the original South Park episode was to air. I don't think it took him however many months to get mad over it. I think Tom Cruise and his sister (both high ranking Scientologists) pressured Comedy Central not to reair it since M:I 3 is coming out this year (the movie is being released by the same company that owns Comedy Central), and Isaac Hayes was pressured into quitting the show.

Yes, the treatment of Chef was brutal, but none of the characters in the show blamed Chef for what he did, and I suspect Matt and Trey would welcome Isaac back to the show if he were to ever change his mind.