South Park: Classic or Dud?

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I'm enjoying the discussion of Butters very much. I find many of the Southpark characters very loveable and endearing.

― moley, Thursday, 17 November 2005 20:23 (twenty years ago)

I agree. I think Timmy is one of the most postive disabled characters that's ever been on screen.

― chap who would dare to tell uninteresting celeb spotting stories (chap), Thursday, 17 November 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

Shockingly, he has his own Wiki. Turns out he really is based on their Director of Animation.

I had forgotten about the whole "Butters' dad is closeted and his mom tried to kill him" ep.

also, i hadn't heard about the bit when Comedy Central didn't want Butters to be abused on screen anymore, or the not-running the "Jared Has Aides" ep.

― kingfish hobo juckie (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 17 November 2005 20:43 (twenty years ago)

omg the scientology episode was fucking amazing

― howell huser (chaki), Monday, 21 November 2005 00:19 (twenty years ago)

r. kelly!

― latebloomer: Do I have a large frog in my hair? (latebloomer), Monday, 21 November 2005 04:16 (twenty years ago)

"And I'ma pull out my gun

"Oh Geez he's started with the gun again!"

"And I'ma cap this bitch unless Tom Cruise and John Travolta come out the closet..."

― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Monday, 21 November 2005 11:27 (twenty years ago)

a shame we'll probably never get to see them do an episode on libertarianism a la 'these freaks actually believe this crazy shit' like they did with mormonism and scientology.

though it isn't quite such a critique, let's not forget that officer barbrady swore off reading b/c he thought that atlas shrugged was a worthless piece of shit.

then again, that could just be sectarian bickering :-)

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 10:10 (twenty years ago)

as a segue from the "movie cliches" thread, can we talk about Trey & Matt's usage of standard cliches? I'm thinking in particular about the early 2003 ep, right before the war. Just the bit where Cartman spends most of the time trying to knock himself out in order to go back in time.

― kingfish hobo juckie (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 16:57 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/19/south_park_axed/

Tom Cruise kills South Park episode
By Lester Haines
Published Thursday 19th January 2006 12:01 GMT
UK TV viewers will not get to see an episode of South Park which shows Nicole Kidman and fellow Scientologist John Travolta attempting to coax a fictional Tom Cruise character out of a closet, with Kidman saying: "Don't you think this has gone on long enough? It's time for you to come out of the closet. You're not fooling anyone."
Naturally, the robustly heterosexual Top Gun star took exception to this when Trapped in the Closet aired in the US. The episode also showed Stan - believed by the Cruise character to be the reincarnation of Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard - having a pop at Cruise's acting abilities, and Cruise reportedly waved the legal big stick at Paramount and threatened to sue if the offending programme was ever shown again.
An insider said: "Tom is famously very litigious and will go to great lengths to protect his reputation. Tom was said not to like the episode and Paramount just didn't dare risk showing it again. It's a shame that UK audiences will never see it because it's very funny." ®

― kingfish kuribo's shoe (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:00 (twenty years ago)

"robustly heterosexual"

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:05 (twenty years ago)

www.thecloset.notlong.com

― Black Arkestra (Black Arkestra), Friday, 20 January 2006 21:00 (twenty years ago)

Twat.

― chap who would dare to no longer work for the man (chap), Friday, 20 January 2006 21:02 (twenty years ago)

"We're not comin' out the closet/so you can just go away"

― Michael A Neuman (Ferg), Friday, 20 January 2006 21:30 (twenty years ago)

You know, one good way for Tom Cruise to stop people from making fun of him would be to STOP ACTING LIKE SUCH A WIMPLE-FILCHING NUTBAG.

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 20 January 2006 21:53 (twenty years ago)

Has Tom Cruise never heard of the Internet? Everyone should all start re-seeding this episode right now. And everyone will. Nabisco, hahaha, otm, of course.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Friday, 20 January 2006 21:58 (twenty years ago)

This episode is hilarious. Bless you b1tt0rr3nt!! "Ima pull out my gun..." uber-classic.

― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Sunday, 22 January 2006 15:04 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

I was wondering when this would happen.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 02:12 (twenty years ago)

yeah, i was wondering why it hadn't happened sooner.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 02:26 (twenty years ago)

The points that Matt makes are good ones, though. He seems as if he wants to have his religion free from being assailed and retain the ability mock others. LAME.

Hot Buttered Soul is still an amazing album.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 02:30 (twenty years ago)

The points that Matt makes are good ones, though.

Absolutely.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 02:30 (twenty years ago)

otm

― latebloomer aka rembrandt, the fifth ninja turtle (latebloomer), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 02:37 (twenty years ago)

If only the sentiments of the last five posts could have been applied to the Team America thread.

WHEN YOU TAKE TURNS MAKING FUN OF EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY WINS.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 02:43 (twenty years ago)

Heh I was just searching for a South Park thread to make sure I wouldnt duplicate anything re this very story. Un fucking beeelievable. Lost all respeck for the man, I have.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 02:45 (twenty years ago)

WHEN YOU TAKE TURNS MAKING FUN OF EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY WINS.

Hooray!

I find this all a little suspicious given that there was that hilarious South Park bit done for the MTV movie awards back in 2000 (I'm pretty sure) where they trashed Travolta and Scientology. Hayes wasn't involved but how could he not know about that?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 02:47 (twenty years ago)

so what deep-voiced black musician can do the voice for chef now?!?

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 03:45 (twenty years ago)

rakim

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 03:47 (twenty years ago)

Maybe they'll just kill chef

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 04:10 (twenty years ago)

what's method man up to these days?

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 04:11 (twenty years ago)

Knowing the SP guys, they'll probably get someone like David Alan Grier to do his "Men on Film" character, just to destroy the Chef mystique wholesale. (And, incidentally, make him way more awesome in my opinion.)

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 04:11 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I was thinking they'll take the opportunity to completely destroy/rebuild the character.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 04:22 (twenty years ago)

And God bless them for that.

― Rebekkah (burntbrat), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 04:33 (twenty years ago)

i'm trying to list all the religions they've riffed on:

-catholicism (the vatican ep, the bleeding statue ep)
-evangelical american protestants (the 2nd starvin' marvin ep)
-mormonism (dum dum dum dum dum ep)
-judaism (constantly, esp with kyle at jew camp)
-tom cruism (inna closet ep)
-Xianity(at least once a season)
-icons as the legion of superfriends

etc

― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 06:45 (twenty years ago)

Trey & Matt are supposed to be on Letterman on wednesday, right?

― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 06:49 (twenty years ago)

-icons as the legion of superfriends

This aired on syndication tonight! (I had never seen it)

Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha, Krishna, Sea Man vs the Blaine-tologists.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 07:12 (twenty years ago)

Can someone point me to the episode that makes fun of libertarians? Because as far as I know, there hasn't been one.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 08:31 (twenty years ago)

In my nightly bout of insomnia last night I couldn't get the phrase "I'm declaring Shenanigans!" out of my head.

It would be great to live in a world were you could just call Shenanigans any time you thought some fucker was ripping you off and a nearby lynch mob would reach for their brooms.

Oh, and Scientologist in fucked up double standards shocker.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 10:29 (twenty years ago)

surely South Park has had a few subtle pops at Islam too (in the 'no really, we CAN'T say THAT about THEM' kinda way). if not, BUCKAAW!

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 10:37 (twenty years ago)

As far as I can remember, they haven't made fun of Islam per se. Radical Islam, bin Laden, Saddam...yes, but the actual religion of Islam? Not that I can recall.

If they're on Letterman on Wednesday, I'm TOTALLY watching.

Damnit. Isaac Hayes was the man. Now he's just another fallen icon who is subject to the weirdness.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 15:21 (twenty years ago)

Can someone point me to the episode that makes fun of libertarians? Because as far as I know, there hasn't been one.

IIRC, they've never had one.

― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 15:39 (twenty years ago)

Can someone point me to the episode that makes fun of libertarians? Because as far as I know, there hasn't been one.

the closest thing to this was the "chicken fucker" episode, with the following being officer barbrady's reaction to reading atlas shrugged:

"Yes, at first I was happy to be learning how to read. It seemed exciting and magical, but then I read this: "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. I read every last word of this garbage, and because of this piece of shit, I am never reading again."

then again, this may be just a case of "the narcissism of small differences."

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:18 (twenty years ago)

lolz

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Saturday, 18 March 2006 14:13 (twenty years ago)

Whoa, hadn't realized Matt had changed his look:

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41456000/jpg/_41456146_parkerstone203ap.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 18 March 2006 14:42 (twenty years ago)

Wow, Trey's lost more hair than I thought.

― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 18 March 2006 18:11 (twenty years ago)

the full text of the press release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
So, Scientology, you may have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for earth has just begun! Temporarily anozinizing our episode will NOT stop us from keeping Thetans forever trapped in your pitiful man-bodies. Curses and drat! You have obstructed us for now, but your feeble bid to save humanity will fail! Hail Xenu!!!
-Trey Parker and Matt Stone, servants of the dark lord Xenu

― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 18 March 2006 19:02 (twenty years ago)

Hmmmm.

A synopsis of the new episode titled The Return of Chef states that the boys notice "something about Chef that seems different. When Chef's strange behaviour starts getting him in trouble, the boys pull out all the stops to save him."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:10 (twenty years ago)

I would suggest they get another 70s soul legend to voice him, but I think they're all dead.

― chap who would dare to be a stone cold thug (chap), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:13 (twenty years ago)

I would suggest they get another 70s soul legend to voice him, but I think they're all dead.

billy paul!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:16 (twenty years ago)

Al Green!

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:19 (twenty years ago)

Geddy Lee!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:20 (twenty years ago)

Just bring back Chef's replacement, Mr. Derp.

― The Yellow Kid, Tuesday, 21 March 2006 20:45 (twenty years ago)

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