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20. South Park
110 points, 8 votes, 0 firsts

ugh

fuck South Park

Thirded.

very formative show for me just by virtue of it coming out when i was in third grade. i insist the show was very good before it got topical

i didn't vote for it though so i have no horse in this particular race

I hear you but somewhere in between "it was very good once" and the latest "it's good again!" sounds it should've dissolved.

my first experience with it was all the edgy kids being really into it and ICP at the same time in 6th grade so those two things are permanently associated in my mind

it was weird, vulgar, and stupid in a way that seemed to extend beyond even mtv's animated shows, i preferred when it lived in that universe to when it started talking at me. it is also probably responsible for me purchasing disintegration

some of the topical stuff holds up in memory (they took our jobs) but fuck if i'm going back

something i still regularly lol over: towley playing "funkytown" on the keypad

it was immensely important in its moment and i laughed myself sick seeing the movie in theaters when i was in college but i haven't watched an episode in probably a decade and that's okay and here's why

south park was excellent for about 5 seasons (5-10), good for 12 (2-13), and only went up its own ass when the '7 days to air' method became their m.o.

Doubters/haters, go watch this past season. Some of the most astute satire currently being produced.

watched the last season and while it was clever, it wasn't laugh-out-loud funny anymore

the "two princes" hat gag from last season killed me

lol true i forgot about that

'red hot catholic love,' 'awesom-o,' 'fun times with weapons,' 'make love, not warcraft,' 'chef goes nanners,' still some of the funniest eps in tv history.

oh god yeah "awesom-o" is so good

and that christian rock episode, omg

I voted for this. It's still great. Last season was amazing

placed in my top ten, screw the haters i'm going home.

also loved the recent (well, 2010 or so) lovecraftian origin story for kenny's numerous deaths

yeah it's dawning on me that i haven't watched a new episode of it since college 10+ years ago and it was already a legacy show at that point

actually i haven't watched this in nearly TWO decades holy shit i got old

You should go watch 'You're Getting Old'

Screw this, I've got to go watch some Postgate to wash this rancid taste out of my mouth.

when stone and parker put their all into an episode, it still kicks ass. but you can usually tell these days which episodes were mostly made at 2am the day before airing.

the show has def had it's moments ("Awesome-o" is a good example) but it's all buried under a bunch of hideous bullshit.

In a weird way the show is the logical extension of the Simpsons freed from the strictures of broadcast television and James L. Brooks' sacharrine instincts - it just ramped up that approach and then mashed it up with the 4chan-curdled politics of its creators

last episode i remember was the manatees that write family guy.
btw if family guy places, i am going to burn this website down.

Comedy Central eventually aired the episode with a black title card during the Muhammad sequence, censoring the depiction. While the episode's censorship did attract headlines, it received more attention for its lampooning of Family Guy.

if family guy places

come on

i chose a screen grab from the Fishsticks episode because i thought it was one of the goddamn funniest things i'd seen in a long time.

the 4chan-curdled politics of its creators

maybe 4chan is south park-curdled?

sure, I just wanted to draw the connection

I have never seen the next one but I'm willing to stake my life that it's a nice aperitif compared to #20.

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19. Steven Universe
124 points, 6 votes, 2 firsts

btw if family guy places, i am going to burn this website down.

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it is also probably responsible for me purchasing disintegration

Only good thing to ever have come out of it (and nothing to sneeze at, I admit)

steven universe is great

i've only watched about 15 episodes of steven universe which i didn't think was enough to really vote for it but it is fantastic

The Tom Scharpling connection pretty much guarantees that I will become a fan whenever I finally get to see the show.

Oh going back to Paranoia Agent -- I'm only two episodes in, but I can confidently say that the opening credits is great. Hope that the rest of the series lives up to them!

for those who don't know, the late Satoshi Kon (creator on Paranoia Agent) is also responsible for the outrageously good manga films Millennium Actress, Paprika, Tokyo Godfathers and Perfect Blue.

Steven Universe is wonderful I want everyone to watch it

Steven Universe was my #1 vote. It's amazing how far we've come in that a mainstream US kids' channel can produce such a wonderfully queer, colourful, innovative show that's at the same time a gripping sci-fi yarn, a goofy small-town comedy and a heartfelt musical! I understand the critique towards its über-pacifist stance, where any bad guy can be made to understand the flaws in her actions, and conflicts can be solved by talking, but they're pretty good at setting up those redemption arcs, so it feels earned. And since it still is a kids' show too, IMO that's a pretty good message all in all.

One of my favorite things about it is it is literally set on the Delaware shore, where I went for beach trips many many times.

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18. Animaniacs
124 points, 9 votes, 0 firsts

great show that didn't diminish at all any time i've revisited it

being rebooted this year i think!

every single song from this show is lodged in my brain forever