Hell on Earth 2006

"Hell on Earth 2006" is the eleventh episode in the tenth season of the American animated television series South Park.

The episode also received generally positive responses from critics; however, it sparked controversy shortly after its initial airing due to the Steve Irwin joke it contained.

Among other things, Satan decides upon a cake the size and shape of a Ferrari Enzo, which three notorious serial killers—Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and John Wayne Gacy—are entrusted with bringing to the party.

Meanwhile, Cartman, Stan, Kyle, Token, Tweek, and Butters experiment with a Bloody Mary-type ritual to summon Biggie Smalls in the same vein as the Candyman.

The three serial killers ineptly destroy the cake (ala the Three Stooges) and ultimately kill each other while attempting to make a new one.

Satan's assistant, Demonius, finds a cake the exact size and shape of an Acura TSX as a last-minute substitute.

He tells the crowd that he is sorry and invites everyone into the party, including the Catholic priests (along with their naked altar boys on leashes).

Parker and Stone chose to parody that series because they felt that it was the "most disgusting, foul show ever made", describing the people featured on it as "evil" and "horrible".

[2] Adam Finley of TV Squad stated that although he thought "Hell on Earth 2006" was a "great episode", it was "most guaranteed to offend somebody".

Steve had as big a sense of humour as anyone, but this goes too far too soon.Besides Irwin's family, the episode also received criticism from press personalities; John Beyer, the director of Mediawatch-uk, said that it was in bad taste to create such a scene and the makers of South Park should review their decision to show it.