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MuscaDomestica
Professor
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Originally posted by Slurm Guy: But they disgraced my mormon heritage! Please don't tell me you took it seriously. They make fun of my heritage almost every other episode and I laugh along with it. They do it to almost all religions, why should the Mormons be different? Anyways they avoided the cheepest shots at the religion and the kid at the end did bring up a good point. Also as I said before Mormans have the one true faith in the Southpark universe so be happy about that.
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MuscaDomestica
Professor
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Also Jospeh Smith was a member of the Super Best friends and helped with his ice powers. Mormons are treated comparativly well on Southpark.
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DotheBartman
Liquid Emperor
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« Reply #204 on: 11-20-2003 02:55 »
« Last Edit on: 11-20-2003 02:55 »
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Originally posted by newhook_1: I want to go to Casa Bonita so bad, too bad it's like a 8 hour plane ride for me to get there from Newfoundland. I've been to Casa Bonita myself. Its pretty close to my school and a decent drive from my house. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Yeah, the episode was pretty accruate to it. I thought they would exagerate it (with theme park rides and so forth) but they actually pretty much made it accurate. The only thing they left out was the awesome arcade, one of the biggest and best I've ever seen.... EDIT: Oh, and the Mormons episode was suprisingly innoffensive I thought. It was actually pretty complimentary toward Mormons actually, even if they did poke fun at the sketchy logistics of the legends/beliefs themselves. The episode pointed out that even if the beliefs seem sketchy, often people do use their beliefs to better themselves and enjoy life more. Pretty good message actually.
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Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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Slurm Guy - will you stop with the whole "pretending to be offended" joke? It's not funny, and just makes you look like an idiot.
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Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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New episode description, courtesy of South Park Studios:
"Episode 713: Butt Out Air date: December 3, 2003 After Representatives from the anti-smoking campaign do their song and dance for the children of South Park Elementary, the boys take up the nasty habit."
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Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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Big deal, they've had children smoking on The Simpsons before. Besides, the episode's probably going to have a good moral (like most SP episodes do).
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Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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I just saw Casa Bonita then. A very funny light-hearted episode, and enjoyable to watch. Also, Butters was hillarious. "Look Mr. Dog, another survivor! And it's a lady, too. That means we can repopulate the earth! Yippee!" Hopefully the upcoming South Park episode won't go too deeply into the American anti-smoking commercials. Lots of people complain about how the anti smoking commercials in America are really lame and ineffective, but I haven't seen any so I probably won't get any jokes about them. Over here in Australia, our anti-smoking commercials show clips of doctors squeezing tar out of lungs and other twisted shit like that. They're really off-putting, but they get the point across. Anyway, I just hope the episode focuses more on smoking rather than the commercials themselves, as I really hate it when American TV shows do jokes than only Americans will get.
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Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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Well, most of the jokes in the show that reference something can usually be explained on http://www.spscriptorium.com (best, South Park, website, EVER!) anyway. But about 90% of the time, I know what South Park is sattirising, and I don't need an explanation. I just didn't know much about America's anti-smoking commercials. Speaking of which, I'm amazed that American anti-smoking ads are made by tobacco companies... over here, they're made by the government, and they tend to be very graphic, upfront and straight-to-the-point. Anyway, back to the point of this post - I'm aware that South Park bases it's material on current events, I myself have stated that many times to morons who don't understand the show. Still, I get MOST of South Park's jokes, but every now and then, South Park covers an issue that Australia doesn't know of. For example, I had no idea about the whole incident behind Grey Dawn. However, most issues covered in the show (like in episodes such as Quintuplets, Red Hot Catholic Love, etc.) ARE known worldwide, so it's not a big deal.
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mazaite
Bending Unit
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Originally posted by Beamer: Speaking of which, I'm amazed that American anti-smoking ads are made by tobacco companies... over here, they're made by the government, and they tend to be very graphic, upfront and straight-to-the-point.
The American Government is too tied up in tobacco to have the balls to come out and bash it publicaly. So it forced the companys to do it themselfs. It's kind of a mess. and at the end of the day I still don't smoke and could care less who does or how unpleasent their lungs appear. Anyway, back to the point of this post - I'm aware that South Park bases it's material on current events, I myself have stated that many times to morons who don't understand the show. Still, I get MOST of South Park's jokes, but every now and then, South Park covers an issue that Australia doesn't know of. For example, I had no idea about the whole incident behind Grey Dawn. However, most issues covered in the show (like in episodes such as Quintuplets, Red Hot Catholic Love, etc.) ARE known worldwide, so it's not a big deal. Incident behind grey dawn? Red Dawn was a movie man. And again I have to come back to the fact that it is an American show meant for an american audience. (really to be totaly correct its meant for Trey Parker) They arn't trying to make it broad enough for international viewers.
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Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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I got the Red Dawn references, but when I said the "incident behind Grey Dawn" - I was referring to the story Newhook was talking about. It wasn't exactly a well-known story down here in Australia, that's all I'm saying.
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BethDogg
Crustacean
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In the Casa Bonita episode, was anyone else bummed out by the fact that Cartman did something seriously illegal and was going to Juvenile hall? Maybe I just love Cartman too much. I mean, it didn't bother me when he was selling unborn fetuses (greatest SP quote ever: "I'm just like these fetuses Chuck, I wasn't born yesterday either!" ) or when he was spreading feces all over Butters' house. Maybe I'm just getting weak in my old age.
Yes, and I know "it's just a cartoon." :P
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BethDogg
Crustacean
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Yeah, see, I dont' get it either. Maybe because he has to pay for his crime? I know he went to Juvie in "Cartman's Silly Hate Crime" But it wasn't really a hate crime, per se. And he did have to shove stuff up his ass for fun and profit.
I'm not saying I understand why this particular episode had that impression on me, I'm just saying it did.
BTW, I bet that chili was mighty tasty.
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Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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It wasn't Crack-Whore Slut Magazine, it was just "Crack Whore Magazine." And the episode that's in is episode 107 - Pinkeye. Also, South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut aired on free-to-air Australian TV mid-last year, fully uncut at 9:30pm. I don't see the big deal about it airing uncut on American TV at 1:00am, but then again, you Americans are so big on censorship and such...
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BethDogg
Crustacean
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Yes, the censorship here truly sucks ass. That's why I don't really watch network TV (other than for football). At least cable channels have the decency to have people talk like real people and then bleep out the bad words. And I think South Park really fueled that trend.
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