I am socialising, artard: The South Park thread

[Reply #720 on:]

I just saw an interview with Matt & Trey, where they said that South Park was their soapbox for them to shout at America (in a good way).  Some of my friends don't like it; they think it's foul mouthed & lacks any sophistication & class.  I say Funny is Funny, and South Park is funny.

TOTP Cartman Shuffle

[Reply #721 on:]

This series has been pretty good so far, the whale episode was pretty funny

[Reply #722 on:]

Cartman's version of Pokerface is the best thing I have ever heard!

[Reply #723 on:]

I enjoy that it seems the whole episode was a setup so they could use the last line of dialogue in the episode.  The Enola Gay picture with the whale and dolphin was pretty funny, too.

[Reply #724 on:]

not a bad episode, I think it's funny how many lesser known cable shows Trey and Matt have been ferencing lately

[Reply #725 on:]

   I enjoy that it seems the whole episode was a setup so they could use the last line of dialogue in the episode.

As I recall they did that with Towely, way back in the day, except the setup too two episodes.

[Reply #726 on:]

[Towely]You wanna get high?[/Towely]

[Reply #727 on:]

From Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants (the episode which followed Towelie):

Stan:     I don't care! We're going!
Towelie:  [dropping in] Don't forget to bring a towel.
The Boys: Aaagh!
Cartman:  Oh no, not Towelie.
Towelie:  When goin' someplace new, you should always bring a towel.
Stan:     Okay, thanks, Towelie. [rolls his eyes]
Towelie:  Do you wanna get high?
Cartman:  [quickly] No, we don't wanna get high!!
Towelie:  You mean, you don't want Towelie around?
Cartman:  That's right!
Towelie:  So am I to understand that there's been a ...Towelie ban?...
          [snorts and starts laughing]
The Boys: [not amused. Kyle covers his eyes] Awww!
Stan:     Goddamnit, get the hell out of here, Towelie!
Towelie:  Alright, see ya. [walks off]

There was no particular reason why Towelie had to be a towel in the Towelie episode. But after seeing the next episode it certainly seemed clear to me that he had been made a towel to set up the awful "Towelie ban" = "Taliban" pun.

 

[Reply #728 on:]

I saw a guy dressed as Towelie on Halloween night, haha, his corners kept poking people in the eyes.

[Reply #729 on:]

There was no particular reason why Towelie had to be a towel in the Towelie episode. But after seeing the next episode it certainly seemed clear to me that he had been made a towel to set up the awful "Towelie ban" = "Taliban" pun.

 

well, the Towlie pisode aired summer 2001, before the attacks

[Reply #730 on:]

I saw a guy dressed as Towelie on Halloween night, haha, his corners kept poking people in the eyes.

That Towelie's a God damn menace!

[Reply #731 on:]

If you listen to the commentary they say that they came up with the idea for Towelie by thinking of the lamest character they could make. Give Matt and Trey some respect

[Reply #732 on:]

I saw the Whale Whores episode last night.  One thing about South Park, it's as sarcastic & sharp as Futurama.  Very funny.  

[Reply #733 on:]

   Give Matt and Trey some respect

Oh, alright then.

[Reply #734 on:]

fuck you dorphin and a whale!

[Reply #735 on:]

"Towelie, you're the worst character ever."
"I know."

[Reply #736 on:]

Wow, The F Word was really good as well.

*Makes Harley Noises*

[Reply #737 on:]

I myself was a little bike-curious until I watched this episode

[Reply #738 on:]

I don't think it was as good as the last few episodes but it did have a few good laughs, good to see the mayor again too

[Reply #739 on:]

Agreed.

[Reply #740 on:]

fuck you dorphin and a whale!

Cow and chicken?  Cow and chicken?  FUCK YOU, COW AND CHICKEN!

[Reply #741 on:]

From Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants (the episode which followed Towelie):

Stan:     I don't care! We're going!
Towelie:  [dropping in] Don't forget to bring a towel.
The Boys: Aaagh!
Cartman:  Oh no, not Towelie.
Towelie:  When goin' someplace new, you should always bring a towel.
Stan:     Okay, thanks, Towelie. [rolls his eyes]
Towelie:  Do you wanna get high?
Cartman:  [quickly] No, we don't wanna get high!!
Towelie:  You mean, you don't want Towelie around?
Cartman:  That's right!
Towelie:  So am I to understand that there's been a ...Towelie ban?...
          [snorts and starts laughing]
The Boys: [not amused. Kyle covers his eyes] Awww!
Stan:     Goddamnit, get the hell out of here, Towelie!
Towelie:  Alright, see ya. [walks off]

There was no particular reason why Towelie had to be a towel in the Towelie episode. But after seeing the next episode it certainly seemed clear to me that he had been made a towel to set up the awful "Towelie ban" = "Taliban" pun.

 

Ummm, look at the airdates of those 2 episodes, they aired months apart from eachother. The first episode was done well BEFORE the 9/11 attacks. Not to mention, if you listen to the commentary, the character of Towelie was something the writers had been doing for a few years before then. It would've been impossible for them to create the character JUST for the taliban pun.

Anyway, the bikee episode had a few laughs. Not quite as good as the last few episodes, seems like it could have been a lot better but they ended up pursuing the whole "true meaning of the word fag" thing rather than any of the other potential avenues they could've taken. Oh well, at least Season 13's turning out a hell of a lot better than Season 12.

[Reply #742 on:]

Then we're in agreement. Matt and Trey masterminded the 9/11 attacks.

[Reply #743 on:]

   Ummm, look at the airdates of those 2 episodes, they aired months apart from eachother. The first episode was done well BEFORE the 9/11 attacks. Not to mention, if you listen to the commentary, the character of Towelie was something the writers had been doing for a few years before then. It would've been impossible for them to create the character JUST for the taliban pun.

I'll take you're word on the information in the commentaries and airing dates but in my defense the two episodes aired on consecutive weeks here in New Zealand.

Also, what does 9/11 have to do with this? As I recall the Taliban made world-wide headlines in the mid-to-late '90s with their seizing of power in Afganistan and their subsequent hard-line activities. So a reference to them in an overseas TV show wasn't even mildly unsusal regardless of whether it was pre- or post-9/11.

[Reply #744 on:]

Simpsons did it.

[Reply #745 on:]

hobbitboy, you're giving matt and trey waaay too much credit for foresight and planning, is the problem. My impression from interviews and commentaries is they generally don't know how the episode they're currently working on is going to end until a day or two before it airs; they make it all up as they go along. 

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I never understood the towelie ban joke until this day.

Speaking of creditation, I just noticed that in the South Park movie, the dance Saddam Hussein does at the end of I Can Change is the dinner roll dance Charlie Chaplin does in The Gold Rush! IMDB doesn't seem to agree with me, but I think it's just playing coy. :

I'd pick either Dead Celebrities (mostly for Kyle's "if it makes you bleed, why do you still eat them?" comments) or Butter's Bottom Bitch as the best of the run, and place Whale Whores as the weakest, so far. At first it seemed like it was going to make a good satirical comment on the culture of whaling, but it just veered into a joke about blaming Hiroshima on whales with a silly voice. Maybe it's just me, but the identical exaggerated Asian accents aren't as funny the tenth or eleventh time you hear it, especially when the joke is supposed to support the entire episode. I'd complain about "they took our jerbs" as well, but this is breaking the definition of a paragraph as it is.

[Reply #747 on:]

The hiroshima joke wasn't the punchline of Whale Whores, though.

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"Fuck you, chicken and cow!!"
"Now the japanese are normal, like the rest of us."
That was the punchline. As moral commentary goes a bit weak since whales and dolphins are endangered while cows and chickens outnumber humans, but still.

[Reply #748 on:]

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Even I managed to catch the punchline. I was complaining that the bulk of the episode was the Japanese screaming "Fahk yew dorphrin!".

[Reply #749 on:]

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yah, but I let it slide because I they're not really making fun of the japanese, but of the way the japanese are characterized by people like the cast of Whale Wars.

[Reply #750 on:]

I found the sarcastic parody of the "whale wars" tv program amusing.   

[Reply #751 on:]

Dances With Smurfs was just hilarious, especially the opening.

"You little Bastard! You fucked my wife!!!"

[Reply #752 on:]

That was a pretty good episode, great to see Wendy get the better of Cartman in the end

[Reply #753 on:]

I'm asking questions!

[Reply #754 on:]

Haha, the Avatar connection at the end was great

[Reply #755 on:]

funny episode, not the first slam at Glen Beck, but still well executed

[Reply #756 on:]

Just saw the Dances with Smurfs episode.  Very funny; loved how Wendy turned it back on Cartman.

[Reply #757 on:]

I loved that one. Saw it this weekend. Delicious to see Cartman get his comeuppance.

[Reply #758 on:]

Absolutely.  After the Mel Gibson episode where Cartman turned into the South Park equivalent of Hitler, it was nice to see the tables turned.  Can't wait for the next episode...

[Reply #759 on:]

Yeah it was ok. It cool how they base it on the new movie Avavtar.