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I can't get over the show's season schedule. They show the first half of each season in March and April, and then wait six months to air the second half in October and November. The breaks between separate seasons are actually shorter than the breaks in the middle of each season. :spock:
The "Decision" spoof was good
Tonight's episode was decent, but it felt kind of padded out.
It was pretty good, but there was no WAY they were going to top the 2nd episode in that series.Quote:
Originally Posted by T.A.P.
Is this the first season we've heard Kenny's non-muffled voice?
I really enjoyed the way they wrapped it up --Mysterion/Kenny actually got even better (especially the bits with the pistol). I liked the surprise hero at the end.
I'm also happy they totally dropped Captain Hindsight.
This episode didn't feel padded to me, rather that they realized what the best parts of the story were and opted to just stick to those.
"I'm going to bed..." :lolz:
Also, I recognized the kitty bit, but I couldn't remember which cartoon it was originally from --anyone remember?
Other than the movie, I think you're right --unless, of course, you count the first Mysterion/Coon episode.Quote:
Originally Posted by Retro2DGamer
Incidentally, the tied an older explanation of Kenny to this one.
I want to say it was an old Loony Toons one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobak
That has to be right- and he only has one un-muffled line in that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobak
On topic regarding the actual episode, seemed like kind of a letdown. No resolution on Kenny, too much stuff on Mintberry Crunch, too much stuff on Cartman and Cthulu, just kind of there.
I don't think they wanted a resolution on Kenny --I don't know what would happen to the show if he somehow found out how to reverse his power.
At least Justin Bieber died.
That's the joke. Kenny doesn't have a higher purpose. His parents just got involved in the cult and now he's cursed.Quote:
Originally Posted by jro
I hope Bradley makes future appearances.
And oh yeah, Coon called him the Human Kike, so, good job Bob.
I liked the concluding part better than the last 2 parts, thought the end was funny.
There was also the Michael Jackson ("Mr. Jefferson") episode when they disguised him as Blanket.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobak
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Originally Posted by Bobak
Yup.Quote:
Originally Posted by T.A.P.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Antony_and_Pussyfoot
Turner Classic Movies has the original cartoon on its site:
Feed The Kitty
That's at least the second time they've spoofed the Looney Tunes (they also did it in the episode set at the handicap camp). Good to see 'em referencing good classics.
The entire post-9/11 episode that had Bin Laden had him redoing tons of Looney Tunes stuff with Cartman.Quote:
Originally Posted by Retro2DGamer
Perfect --that's it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kazuki Dash
There's also the Osama Bin Laden episode.
i've been watching south park since season 1. this season (well, at least the 2nd half that starts back up in October) has been somewhat of a disappointment so far. The first 2 Coon episodes were kind of dumb, but the 3rd was better. I hope they step their game up for the remainder of this season.
I wonder when they decided to make Mysterion be Kenny is disguise. I loved how they ended the first Coon episode where he just showed off his face and joke because almost every kid has the same exact face. For all we know it could have been Pip come back to life.
I loved seeing how it went on from all three episodes. Getting to hear more of Kenny is always great. He does speak, but it was great to see him come back at Kyle and Cartman and understand him. I wonder if they'll keep this as a running gag where the audience and Kenny knows he can't die but everybody else doesn't. The last part with him saying "Fuck it, I'm going to bed." was the best way to end it.
I did laugh out loud when Cartman VERY clearly called Kyle the "Human Kike."
Pretty clearly eliminated any ambiguity on that one.
This has been stuck in my head all day:
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clip...e#tab=featured
i wasn't sure if they were referencing The Never Ending Story video with Limahl (or if anybody else got that reference) so here it is, 20 seconds into the clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MccmHwA-c4U
lol at 1:12. Needs to be put on repeat.Quote:
Originally Posted by dullbuoy
Wow! I think you got it.Quote:
Originally Posted by dullbuoy
EDIT: BTW, if you want to direct link a video to a time mark, just add #t=00m20s to the very end with whatever time. Alas it does not work with our embedding tags, but direct links do work.
Example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MccmHwA-c4U#t=00m20s
I really enjoyed the Crème Fraiche episode, a pleasant way to wrap up the season --the shake-weight stuff really worked in well.
I thought that this was one of the worst episodes I have ever seen. Slow, boring, forced, just awful.
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Originally Posted by Bobak
So... anyone in between?Quote:
Originally Posted by Terry Bogard 1
I've always liked episodes involving Randy. Giving this one a 7.5/10.
I couldn't be bothered to finish the episode
LOL, you too? I was 10 minutes in, pressed stop, deleted it from the DVR. Terrible episode. Terrible season. Series recording deleted... Never thought that would happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soilwork
I thought it was pretty good. I actually thought the best part was that Sharon had a significant role in it, I can't really remember her having an important part in an episode in a real long time.
I know, the bits got funnier as they went along. They really nailed the food show craze. Maybe it's because a lot of people who watch these food shows react in similar ways (I know I've almost growled at things on Man vs. Food) --and it was fun to hear them trying to prepare chef-driven cuisine in a cafeteria.Quote:
Originally Posted by jro
Good season.
The Tiger Woods video game,
200/201,
the medical marijuana episode,
the latter half of The Coon trilogy,
you have 0 friends,
Crippled Summer
I think it was definitely stronger in the first half, but I don't think it was a bad season by any stretch.
I found it pretty dull, the entire end of this season seemed like they phoned it in. The 3-part coon episode was all leading up to a 7 minute gag where they made mintberry crunch the hero and not mysterion. Funny, yes, but 3 episodes?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobak
The shakeweight/food network episode was awful. Yeah, we get it, the shakeweight is a penis, they're the first people to make that connection. People get too excited over cooking shows, and Randy is always a good character to play for something like that, but it just wasn't that funny, hell the writers didn't even care about it. Randy gets his handjob and falls asleep and the episode ends.
The first half of the season was pretty good, the end of it just didn't maintain the level of quality at all.
I didn't even realize the Shake Weight was a real thing. :emb:
Episode was ok, but this half season was pretty meh.
I LOVED this episode. It was much more inline with the kinds of South Park episodes I enjoy. I don't really like it when they get so into their weird little stories, especially when it's a multi-episode run. This integrated multiple recent pop culture phenomenons, and even got in a jab at the Carnival Cruise incident.
Randy is my favorite character. If I were a student at South Park Elementary I would have encouraged Randy's cooking. The food looked good and it would probably have been the best school lunch food. The Gordon Ramsay impression was dead-accurate how it had certain words like beef wellington, which he says way too often. You can tell someone writing that watches too much Ramsay like I do. It's funny how dirty they made the Food Network phone line sound, even though it was just about cooking. The shake weight stuff was also brilliant.
The problem with this half season (as I wasn't aware that this was a half season) is that they couldn't seem to ever move past the first joke. Nascar, Inception, the Coon... and especially this Food Network episode, just seemed stuck in joke one for 30 mins. OK, not entirely fair... I only made it 10 mins into this last episode before I was just so bored and fed up with this half season that I couldn't be bothered to finish it. As Bobak points out, this season also includes Tiger Woods, Marijuana, and other episodes which were really good, in my opinion. So... I have to say, "started good... finished pathetic," for this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neo Alec
As for the Shake Weight stuff... Even Saturday Night Live has spoofed that, almost a year ago. Like the BP spill in the Gulf, the joke felt horribly dated.
Sometimes if you watch something in a bad mood you will have a whole different take on it. Personally, it is very rare that I'll ever stop watching something halfway through.Quote:
Originally Posted by nruva
I just don't get how thoughts like this cross through your mind when you're watching South Park.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neo Alec
What does this even mean?
I'll have to dig up that old post of yours over-analyzing Family Guy for comparison to see which one is weirder.
The only thing that would have put me in a bad mood would have been to waste the full 24 mins watching that episode... Personally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neo Alec
I totally agree on a lot of that stuff, they did do a LOT of hitting on that same joke through an entire episode. I'm missing the story driven episodes they used to do more often than not.Quote:
Originally Posted by nruva
The first half of the season and the Mysterion/Czutulu episodes were great. The shake weight joke, you knew exactly where that was going the second you saw it and for them, I expect better than that.
Because he was making all this fancy food, and the students were complaining they wanted their hot dogs and pizza. I was disagreeing with the characters. Seems obvious enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by lithy
Well, I'm actually behind. I haven't even finished all the episodes. I was talking about the Coon episode. I think I made it to the part where Cartman was on Cthulu's stomach rubbing it or some shit. I was zoning for a good while, but that part made me get up to do anything else.Quote:
Originally Posted by nruva
And it had nothing to do with me being in a bad mood, like Neo Alec suggested. My roommate and I were actually excited to watch them. I put 3 episodes that we were behind on my phone (to connect to the tv), and that Coon one put us to sleep.
It's amusing, but not surprising, that the tummy rub joke in particular split the people who've seen My Neighbor Totoro ("OMG, brilliant!") and those who haven't ("WTF is happening here?"). A reviewer on a major website got a minor rebellion in his comments when he revealed that, as a paid pop culture reviewer, he hadn't seen Totoro.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soilwork
I haven't watched this weeks episode, but I'm about to go watch it on their site now and saw this. I'm really tempted to get tickets to go see it.
Yeah, they briefly advertised it immediately after the episode, I was meaning to check it out.Quote:
Originally Posted by subcons
[EDIT: The video at that link was a good interview, I knew a lot about how they love musicals, but it was interesting to see them tie it all together]
In complete agreement. Really phoned it in this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by nruva
I think some of you guys are trying to take South Park a little too seriously. The point of the show is to make fun of shit and just be ridiculous entertaining. Maybe some of you have outgrown it or something?
Try getting inebriated before watching the show and perhaps that will enhance the experience for you. I really enjoyed the second half of the season, the only show I didn't finish was the one from the first half where Jimmy went to a summer camp.
The marijuana, Inception, and the creme freiche episodes were top notch in my opinion. Sure we've all known the shake weight jokes for a long time, but they kept making fun of it and putting their own touch on it. C'mon, you didn't laugh when the cab fare falls out when she's finished?
Snair is right, and he should go finish watching the summer camp episode.
i really didn't watch most of this season due to my general lack of TV-watching but i stuck around to the end of the Crème Fraiche episode just to keep hearing Randy say crème fraiche
Not new episode related, but I love this tat
http://ugliesttattoos.files.wordpres...89ca8d0e34.jpg