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The hippie episode wasn't too good.

― Chris Michaels, Thursday, 17 March 2005 03:39 (nineteen years ago) link

Did you see the latest one? It wasn't a very good episode at all, and it included actual not-animated blood-riddled sex-change operation footage.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 17 March 2005 03:59 (nineteen years ago) link

limited skills, unflaggingly assholish/contrarian POV, confusion of "offensive" w/funny = crappily made, occasionally amusing lowbrow cartoon. The movie was good. The show gets pretty tiresome.

Also fuck them for running a non-union shop.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 17 March 2005 17:42 (nineteen years ago) link

they are definitely assholes, and probably should be shot, but sometimes it's funny.

non-union shop?

― the hitmanizer, Thursday, 17 March 2005 17:46 (nineteen years ago) link

virtually every animation studio/film studio is a union shop, and with good reason.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 17 March 2005 17:51 (nineteen years ago) link

the last ones i saw were the one with Ben Affleck and the couple with the buttocks on their faces, followed by the one where Mr Garrison invents the gyroscope

ABSOLUTELY DISTURBINGLY BRILLIANT/BRILLIANTLY DISTURBING

― Sven Bastard (blueski), Thursday, 17 March 2005 17:53 (nineteen years ago) link

I thought the hippie episode was pretty ROFL-worthy, but that may be because I lived in a 'hippie' house in the Bay Area in college and it brought back a lot of pleasant memories.

― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 17 March 2005 21:48 (nineteen years ago) link

Ugh, I don't know. The fact that they didn't explain it as some Cartman power-fantasy was kind of interesting, but most it seemed shallow.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:29 (nineteen years ago) link

The movie SUCKED. Musicals suck, esp comedic ones.

― ()ops (()()ps), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:36 (nineteen years ago) link

nah, musicals are awesome (when done well)

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:41 (nineteen years ago) link

The hippie one sucked (except for Chef) but Mr. Garrison's surgery was mind-meltingly gruesome in a great way. Not particularly funny, but awesome. Also, the follow-up plastic surgery was hilarious.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:44 (nineteen years ago) link

The surgery episode was just to set up the eventual return of Lemmywinks down the line though, surely?

"Awesome-O" may be one of the five best TV episodes ever.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:46 (nineteen years ago) link

The hippie episode wasn't too good.

They love strawman attacks!

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Dan, what did Chef do that was even funny?!!??!

― Dr. Eldon Tyrell (ex machina), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:46 (nineteen years ago) link

CHOCOLATE SALTY BALLS

― Jimmy Mod Has Returned With Spices And Silks (ModJ), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:47 (nineteen years ago) link

the new golden era of musicals

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 17 March 2005 23:09 (nineteen years ago) link

"You're...a lawphin?"

Didn't laugh much at the hippie one.

― Michael Philip Philip Philip Philip Annoyman v1.0 (Ferg), Thursday, 17 March 2005 23:27 (nineteen years ago) link

I don't know why the hippie thing tickled me so much. Judging from the reaction here, I guess it was just me. The political sub-text was a bit obvious - listening to jam bands isn't going to change the world - but I don't watch South Park for political enlightenment. I just liked the juxtaposition of the "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"/"The Blob" type narrative arc with the image of a bunch of patchouli-smelling hippies listening to jam bands.

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 18 March 2005 00:34 (nineteen years ago) link

"You kids just haven't been to college yet"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 18 March 2005 00:45 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah hippies are stupid! Man, comedy genius right there.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 18 March 2005 00:49 (nineteen years ago) link

But that wasn't even really the point! OK, maybe it was. But it was still funny!

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 18 March 2005 00:50 (nineteen years ago) link

Mo, you do realise that because you can explain a joke it doesn't mean that the joke wasn't funny, right?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 18 March 2005 00:55 (nineteen years ago) link

My coworker adored the hippie episode for a basic reason: SLAYER

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 18 March 2005 00:56 (nineteen years ago) link

I didn't even see the episode, I'm just bitchy.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 18 March 2005 01:06 (nineteen years ago) link

"You kids just haven't been to college yet"

I bet David Horowitz watches a tape of this episode and jerks off to it.

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Friday, 18 March 2005 03:18 (nineteen years ago) link

Hippie episode was great at the beginning, great setup, Cartman locking hippies in his basement ("Here's a bunch of joints, and... here's a guitar"), and then it didn't do anything very clever with it. The action/horror movie satire was lame.

― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Friday, 18 March 2005 05:35 (nineteen years ago) link

I just saw it and I agree. Though I liked the use of Slayer.

― ()ops (()()ps), Friday, 18 March 2005 06:18 (nineteen years ago) link

I really need to catch up with the show, but I like the idea it'll serve as a catalog of all the pop culture stuff of the past few years I didn't care about otherwise. Handy. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 18 March 2005 07:13 (nineteen years ago) link

See, it's just that "hippies don't like Slayer" isn't really funny -- it's obvious. It might be cool or something, but it isn't funny. "Sixth graders are afraid of water", that's funny.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 18 March 2005 07:51 (nineteen years ago) link

Dan, what did Chef do that was even funny?!!??!

"We need a scientist, an engineer, and a black person to sacrifce when things go wrong." (According to my wife, most of this episode was an extended harshing on "The Core". She also agreed that the episode was weak.)

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 18 March 2005 19:08 (nineteen years ago) link

Being obvious doesn't mean something can't be funny. But I agree it wasn't very funny in this instance. (I just liked it due to my personal history with jokes about Slayer)

― ()ops (()()ps), Friday, 18 March 2005 19:21 (nineteen years ago) link

one month passes...

Tonight's show about Michael "Jefferson" was funny! I don't know if it was new. I didn't catch all of it. By the end, Wacko Jacko is a disintegrating skeleton. The message was a good one - you shouldn't try to be a kid when you have a kid. Anybody else see this one?

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Friday, 6 May 2005 01:41 (nineteen years ago) link

It's an old one, from last season I believe. It was all right, but I got really irritated with all the MJ squeals and "hee!"s and whatnot. OK, we get that it's Michael Jackson, enough!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 6 May 2005 07:59 (nineteen years ago) link

It was funny.

I started off thinking South Park sucked, thinking that the shtick was just shock humor. But, now I realize it's a great show and always watch it when I discover it's on.

― Unfortunate Prankster (Unfortunate Prankster), Friday, 6 May 2005 12:56 (nineteen years ago) link

four months pass...

so wait, how long has the WB been airing south park reruns?

― 100% WJE (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 05:24 (eighteen years ago) link

That's happening nationally? I noticed that too, but figured that it was a local board-op who had left the wrong switch on or something.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 16:05 (eighteen years ago) link

It started maybe 2 or 3 weeks ago?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 16:10 (eighteen years ago) link

"Panthers" in the movie were the best shit ever.

― Jonothong Williamsmang (ex machina), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 21:06 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...

tonights (Trapped in the closet) was very good, loved the R. Kelly appearance, the constant urging for Tom Cruise to come out of the closet, and the total fuck-off to scientology.

the only bad thing is that for the second straight week, trey parker and company have written themselves into a hole that they can't really resolve. Do they really expect to be sued over this episode?

― JD from CDepot, Thursday, 17 November 2005 03:41 (eighteen years ago) link

was last week's ep the gay marriage one?

― kingfish hobo juckie (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 17 November 2005 04:05 (eighteen years ago) link

no, it was the ginger kids one

― JD from CDepot, Thursday, 17 November 2005 04:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Mocking hippies made some sense back when, say, Elvis Costello did it in 1977. Now it's just a corny rightwing canard and profoundly clueless, like mocking beatniks in 1968.

Fuck these guys; they're the Dennis Miller of tv toons.

― M. V. (M.V.), Thursday, 17 November 2005 04:10 (eighteen years ago) link

yeah, the mocking hippies one seemed like nothing more than leftover animosity from trey & matt being surrounded by them at CU-Boulder. Tho I did like the "Cartman as Kevin McCarthy" aspect, mussed hair & all.

― kingfish hobo juckie (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 17 November 2005 04:13 (eighteen years ago) link

"leftover animosity from trey & matt being surrounded by them at CU-Boulder"

thats exactly what it is, and its no reason to overlook this show, which is often very funny and insightful. ive always hated the idea that its just a step or two below O'Reilly or Limbaugh, that just seems like a ridiculous talking point in and of itself.

― JD from CDepot, Thursday, 17 November 2005 04:18 (eighteen years ago) link

tonight's ep was a lot like the mormon one, only with far more "they're in the closet jokes!" and less singing.

Still, the ending(and watch the credits) is cute.

― kingfish hobo juckie (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 17 November 2005 06:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Also, i don't think tonight's ending was nessarily them writing into a corner. It seemed more a set-up for the joke in the credits, with Stan being all defiant before they cut to the work of John Smith, etc.

― kingfish hobo juckie (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 17 November 2005 07:21 (eighteen years ago) link

i thought the gingervitis episode was fantastic

― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 17 November 2005 08:42 (eighteen years ago) link

Because you love sucky things?

Tonight's was probably the only one this season worth watching, and yeah, it was more or less a rehash of the much better Mormon episode. Still, not bad at all.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 17 November 2005 09:09 (eighteen years ago) link

ive always hated the idea that its just a step or two below O'Reilly or Limbaugh, that just seems like a ridiculous talking point in and of itself.

Talking point? Whose talking point? Hippies Anti-Defamation League?

― M. V. (M.V.), Thursday, 17 November 2005 13:04 (eighteen years ago) link

Phish fans have feelings too, I suppose.

― KSTFUNS (Ex Leon), Thursday, 17 November 2005 13:47 (eighteen years ago) link

Of the reptile brain variety, perhaps.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 17 November 2005 13:54 (eighteen years ago) link

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