South Park

Yes you did.

I was traveling last weekend, staying in a Kimpton for a few days, and saw that there was a South Park-a-thon on Comedy Central. I don't have a TV at home so I'm about a thousand seasons behind on everything. But let me tell you, I had that shit on all weekend, and I was really enjoying the un-PC ness of it all. So refreshing. The creators Parker and Stone have such big balls. They have used the show to imply, or come right out and declare, what is on everyone's mind but most people are too polite to say. Be it MJ or the Catholic priests, Scientology to absurd parenting norms, etc etc. I really enjoyed the marathon.

I binged watched it on Hulu last year and now I can’t stand it.

Don't forget to bring a towel!

What the hell is a Kimpton?

Kimpton is a hotel chain or brand. Like a Marriott, etc.

The new season started last night. It was a hilarious episode about school shootings. It was happening on a daily basis and no one seemed to care. The teachers just talked louder as the shots went off in the hall

The best seasons were seasons 5 through 8. It's been downhill ever since.

Stone and Parker are Libertarian dildos, the show is at its best when their both siderism bullshit isnt too obvious.

[quote]I stopped watching when that blue towel character came on board. Did I miss anything?

No. The show has been a piece of shit for over a decade now, after Matt Stone and Trey Parker stopped focusing on the kids/town/Randy and turned it into "The Smug, Preachy Libertarian Hour", where they present straw men, glib observations and hypocritical arguments. They also use their show to indoctrinate gullible fans with empty talking points, so that instead of giving well thought out responses to any argument, they will say stuff like, "Sure, grandpa" or "You got old" or "Giant douche and turd sandwich," then grin with monkey-like self-satisfaction, like when Mr. Roper on Three's Company would mug for the camera after he zinged Helen.

Matt Stone and Trey Parker have also proven themselves to be a pair of bullshit artists with their so-called "satire". They will often pretend to have a finger on the pulse of pop culture, when more than half of the time they're just as out of touch with the "grandpas" they make fun of, and will sometimes crib their "satirical" jokes from other sources to cover up for their own lack of familiarity.

For example--their "parody" of the movie, Inception. Oh, wait...did I say the movie, "Inception?" No, what I meant to say is that they didn't parody Inception at all, because they never saw it. They heard that Inception was generating buzz, decided to do an episode to capitalize on it but couldn't screen the movie. So instead of just dropping the parody altogether, they cribbed their jokes off of College Humor and later got caught red-handed. Even though they acted contrite when called out on it, it's obvious that they've been doing this repeatedly throughout the years.

They've also been wasting episodes getting involved in stupid, petty agendas. For example, they wasted an entire season on some stupid unfunny arc involving Lorde, because they were angry that a music reviewer called them out for making fun of her. Because this entire arc was literally about pissing off one guy over and over and over again, the arc was extremely unfunny, meaningless and went nowhere.

Lastly, South Park has become increasingly out of step. All their "topical episodes" were at least a year behind the curve. The worst example was the Shake Weight episode. The Shake Weight had been parodied, meme'd and joked to death on the internet and TV shows for a year already. Just as everyone forgot about it, South Park came out with its "current" parody. Their parody of the Food Network was even more dated, as was their Yelp one.

So, to answer your question, OP: no, you didn't miss anything.

The show shit the bed two years ago with the election crap, and last night's premiere was a swing and a miss, a phoned-it-in mess that didn't land anything, and was more than tired. It does not bode well for this season. Last season and the season before simply sucked. Just terrible.

But before that, were some fantastic episodes. If you can find the one that mocked boutique trendy hipster neighborhoods ("SoDaSoPa!"), that was fucking brilliant and hilarious.

But it's over. It's done. It's an unfunny mess of 'trying to be edgy' and just either missing the target or falling flat.

I still like it. Blame it a little for telling the racist deplorables that they should spew the stupid shit that comes into their head because its “cool to not be PC”. But it does skewer sacred cows pretty well.

I remember the Britney Spears Got a New Look ep was powerful but is dated today. It was about the medias then uncharitable fascination with Britney who obviously needed some psychiatric assistance at the time.

The episode starts like it is going to make mean spirited fun of the singer, the kids taking part in a contest where you can win if (I don't remember ) you provoke her into doing somethinng stupid ? You take pictures of her ? Not sure. Something shocking makes them aware it is very wrong. The episode then morphes into The Lottery short story, which was upsetting. Very interesting and not funny. But that wasn't the point.

I hasn't seen the progrès for a very long time.

Loved “Wing” and “Fingerbang”. Two of the funniest episodes ever.

The really funny episodes (Taco Flavored Kisses, Cartman joins NASCAR, the Wacky Races parody) are few and far between.

The last really solid season was what someone already mentioned, the SoDaSoPa arc with Principal PC.

The Lorde shit was beyond stupid and unfunny.

The most recent episode was a great Jessica Jones send up too.

All the best episodes are Cartman-centered.

Yes r15, I enjoyed that one too. I read that JLo wasn’t happy with that.

Another great one was when Cartman pretends to be retarded so he can compete in the Special Olympics.

Meanwhile Jimmy gets hooked on steroids and beats his girlfriend up like that HBO Lifestories show with a young Ben Affleck. It was one of their flashes of brilliance because at that point that HBO show was a good 10+ years old and pretty much forgotten.

R2 sounds like a shill. Not a paid shill but one of those pathetic self appointed shills who go all over the internet advertising for whatever their favorite thing is.

Well heidy-ho, OO. You wanna get high?

It's much more inconsistent now but still has its moments. Anything with Butters is always funnier than the other boys or Randy. The Craig/Tweek gay storyline is kind of sweet. And Cartman, Garrison and the political shit are just boring.

Get rid of PC Principal, he's played out. And no more serialization - big fail there. Hopefully Treyer Park will get back on the right pipe and give us the good stuff again.

HENNIFER LOPEZ singing Taco Flavored Kisses and Ben You Are So Perfect will be forever connected to the “real” JLo. Hennifer is much more talented than JLo could ever hope to be.

The Imaginationland Trilogy is a particular favourite of mine.

[quote]I remember the Britney Spears Got a New Look ep was powerful but is dated today.

That episode is part of the glaring hypocrisy I complained about in R10.

The entire episode was about calling the media out for its morbid obsession with wanting to see Britney Spears self destruct, while playing out an equally morbid scenario on their show in which she blows the top part of her head off, and in grisly detail. Ironically, Matt Stone and Trey Parker came across as more vulture-like because whereas TMZ were just looking to be the first to "scoop" an overdose or a mental break down, they were the ones who were fascinated with this idea of her walking around with the top half of her head missing.

R25 I don't think that was the point. Firstly it was a pastiche of Shirley Jackson's The Lottery and secondly M&T weren't delighting in Britney's ordeal, more they were showing the paparazzi and general public up for the shameful way they were ghoulishly hounding someone who was obviously unwell. Yes, it was grisly but it was powerful and, I think, an example of their morality. They thought what Britney was going through was horrific and decided to show the general public/media etc up for what utter bastards they were being.

R19 Huh???? Um, no. I was just waxing enthusiastically about South Park because I'd just seen about 30 episodes a few days before this new thread appeared. I've been out of the loop basically since the movie came out a million years ago. Seeing some old gems again, I remembered just how funny and smart the show could be. And as I said originally, it felt relaxing and nostalgic to watch something unapolagetically un-PC. If I sounded "shill-ey" it might be merely that have a master's degree and am naturally articulate and wordy. That's the big reveal about moi.

Get offline and go get some fresh air!

^^^^ R2 ^^^^^

you just missed the greatest gay couple anyone has ever invented

[quote]The most recent episode was a great Jessica Jones send up too.

No. It wasn't. It was a LAME Jessica Jones send-up. Way too subtle. And it didn't go anywhere, and nothing came of it. There was nothing funny about it at all. It was pathetically weak and pointless.

Towelie first premiered in Season 5. Like I said above, Season 5 through 8 were the best seasons. Those were the years they told stories about childhood and did parodies that were actually funny. Does no one remember Paris Hilton hawking up wads of cum? Or Ben Affleck falling in love with Cartman's hand painted as Jennifer Lopez? Those episodes were genius and are still funny today.

It was funnier when it focused on the kids and left their right wing politics out of it, so about 15 years ago.

The Craig/Tweek storyline is a brilliant move to capture the female audience because the pairing was originally created by fangirls.

I loved the Safe Space episode with Steven Segeal,Demi lovato and Vin Diesel. The whole PC Principle arc was pretty clever.

does anyone want to bend over PC Principal and fuck him doggy style until you breed inside him?

R10 is a little too invested in his animus.

I will forever love South Park for its Tom Cruise episode.

I loved the episode where Butter's father was revealed to be gay or bisexual.

[quote][R10] is a little too invested in his animus.

I'm not invested in anything. I didn't even remember this piece of shit show existed until millions of their asshole troll fans decided to sit out the 2016 Election based on the logic that voting for HRC or Trump was like voting between a giant douche and a turd sandwich.

R31 "Does no one remember Paris Hilton hawking up wads of cum? "

I can't believe it took 31 replies before someone finally mentioned it. Even though it was animated and on cable, I still couldn't believe they were getting away with broadcasting it. That's when SP was at it's peak!

Eric and Butters

Which episodes of the last 10 seasons had clever “songs” or fake commercials such as “Stupid Spoiled Whore video playset” and “Wild Wacky Action Bike” or “Alabama Man”? Any suggestions?

Chimpokemon was the Alabama Man and Wild Wacky Action Bike, I remember because they were coming up with those toys to compete.

[quote] M&T weren't delighting in Britney's ordeal

Yeah, they were. Pretty much every interview with them, especially Trey, proves they're modern day versions of Kenneth Anger, attacking celebrities supposedly via parody for important sociocultural reasons, but really because they're just petty.

The fans are the same way. "Yeah I love it when they call tween girls whores those little bitches totally deserve it for going out in public like that" is not a healthy response.by 30-something men.

And nearly everyone they attack on the show is a woman. They used to attack gays a lot as well, but as the alt-right and conspiracy bros and Bernie contingent started trying to recruit gays online to their creepy causes, SP started being more favorable to gays too.

Didn't they say that weren't going to go after Trump? I bet they would be going after Hillary if she had won. Stone and Parker are basically republicans who love to tackle liberals and take things in the news to a far out conclusion that would never happen in life. I liked it better when it was just about some foul mouthed kids and didn't have a " republican moral"

R10 Did get the internship he wanted with the Southpark creators.

[quote] M&T weren't delighting in Britney's ordeal, more they were showing the paparazzi and general public up for the shameful way they were ghoulishly hounding someone who was obviously unwell.

Yes, the paparazzi and general public was "ghoulishly hounding someone who was obviously unwell". But why were they doing that? They were doing it out of the morbid curiosity of wanting her to self destruct on camera as gruesomely as possible. That was the whole point of the hounding. They didn't want to miss a step. ("We might miss her blowing her brains out, OD'ing, stabbing herself to death so we need to camp out 24/7.")

Matt Stone and Trey Parker were being hypocritical because playing out this gruesome scenario of BS blowing her head off and then walking around with top of her head missing was no less different than the media and public's own morbid fascination with wanting to see her die in shocking way.

It's the type of hypocrisy you sometimes see in parody, where someone will satirize something pretending to be "above it" when the reality is that they're just as much into it as everyone else--for example, like the "feminist comic" spreading eagle on social media to make the point of how trashy and narcissistic Kim Kardashian is, when her parody is even trashier and more narcissistic.

An all-new episode titled “A Boy and a Priest” is on Wednesday, October 3 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central.

A very special relationship has developed between Butters and the Parish Priest. When the town finds the church doors locked and no sign of the pair, they call in the Catholic Church.

R47I hope it’s good, although they’ve kind of a already touched on this before. I tend to like episodes with Butters at the center, so I’m a little hopeful. Hopefully they tone down the Randy centered episodes this season.

Anyone watch tonight’s episode? I liked it.

It wasn't even slightly funny, clever, or interesting.

Don’t forget the “South Park Is Gay” episode. CRAB PEOPLE!

r49 WW

Loved the subtle Craig and Tweek moments in the background lol

It was a bore. Not a single laugh. Nothing original.

woohoo!

R54 Loved this moment from a previous season. When South Park does heartfelt moments, they usually do it right.

New Episode Sunday:

Mr. Hankey’s offensive behavior puts him in jeaporady of being fired as the Director of the Annual Christmas Pageant; Meanwhile, at South Park Elementary, Strong Woman and PC Principal face a whole new set of challenges in their relationship

NEw episodes are on Wednesday, not Sunday.

Looks like they are spoofing the Kavanaugh situation

The creation of the characters of Cartman and Butters were brilliant.

Kyle is my favorite character, and then Butters and Wendy

Butters as the pimp was hillarious.

I'm literally Craig AND Tweek in one.

Apathetic inside and anxious outside

R61 that's my favourite one. And yeah I hated that fucking towel too

I love the episode where Cartman starts the Christian rock band with Token and Butters. And the Awesome.O episode.

Water, Helen, Water!

R64 " And I just want to feel you deep inside me, Jesus" - Cartman

Butters' Creamy Goo

R65 I think this is my favorite South Park song

Butters' song

Major earworm......

Tonight’s episode was a little all over the place but I laughed at the Simpsons ending

Not a single laugh in the entire thing.

God that was terrible.

I don't watch it regularly but it's still hilarious. I loved the Gentrification episode.

r71 same and also with the PC babies.

The PC babies weren't funny. Unless you think actually being considerate of others makes you a "whiney cry-baby". Ugh.

These over-privileged whiney-ass libertarians need to pack it in. The audacity of saying the Simpsons should be canceled when even at it's worst it's better than the crapfest SouthPark has sadly turned into... oy.

The towel is just stupid.

Mr. Hanky, the shit, is also a ridiculous character.

I did find it funny that Kavanaugh, Roseanne, etc where being portrayed by a literal piece of shit.

Tonight’s episode preview: Butters is selling vapes, Randy moves to the country

[quote][R2] sounds like a shill. Not a paid shill but one of those pathetic self appointed shills who go all over the internet advertising for whatever their favorite thing is.

Oh - I kind of thought this is okay on anonymous internet forums. You sound like you're the self-appointed internet police.

Not. A. Single. Laugh.

Again.

I’ve actually seen a lot of South Park fans online say that they hope it ends sometime soon. I don’t know, I’m still kind of hopeful. I’ve seen some people speculate that Matt and Trey are working on some other project and SP isn’t their main focus, but that’s just speculation.

I really wanted to like this episode but vaping is so four years ago. The funniest part was Cartman constantly threatening to call Ronan Farrow on Kyle. Maybe it’s time to age the kids up to 5th grade?

R77 Oooh vapes. South Park really hitting the current topics from last year.

They didn't even come up with a single funny joke though. Not once did I even crack a smile or think to myself that anything was clever or amusing. It was all completely played out, tedious, boring, and unfunny.

I used to love this show.

I thought last nights episode was the best episode of this season so far. Love that they gave Kenny the main storyline, because he’s often been shelved lately due to the popularity of Butters, Tweek and Craig.

I agree, R83, but that's kind of a low bar.

R84 I wonder if they are going to renew after Season 23

Trey just turned 50. He was my student at the University of Colorado. I see him every couple of years. He is tired but he and Matt feel an obligation to this huge staff they have. I think they should fully fund everyone's retirement and call it a day.

Btw, if you ignore the negative post on this thread, you'll see that it's mostly two people. Mostly.

Some episodes are much better than others. When they tackle certain topics and themes, there's sometimes a struggle to work through the plot while accenting humor. Crudeness gets over-used. I still like South Park, and am looking forward to future season episodes. It surpasses so much junk on TV.

Thanks R86. I really love South Park and would love to see it continue but I was just curious because their contract is up next year and they hadn’t renewed. I hope they do something more with Coon and Friends, because I love those episodes and storylines. The video games are pretty great too.

SoDo SoPa was genius and nailed every aspect of gentrification so perfectly it deserves an Emmy. Even after 5 watching, it’s cycnical humor perfected. I still like South Park more than the Simpsons or any other cartoon show.

Loved SodoSoPa as well, and loved the ending where Kenny gave the doll to his sister. Also, the voiceover over the SoDoSoPa commercial had me rolling.

Put It Down also should have won the Emmy. Both stories were great, two great songs... SP at its best

Anyone watch on Wednesday? Looks like they are retracting their previous beliefs about global warming

Never liked it. The two creators were cute. Libertarian weren't they?

Yes, 92. And this was the first really good episode of the season so far. It was very funny, and they basically apologized for mocking Al Gore and Global Warming before, which... shows character. And they did it in a hilarious way.

I kinda loved it. And I either hated or have been 'meh' on every other episode this season, so hopefully this is a good sign.

So glad they reversed their stance on global warming. It was getting tiresome hearing people refer to global warming as a “manbearpig” due to the show

That scene of the manbearpig denier going on and on with his rant (first denying the existence and then after a short peek behind going "well, it's not like we can do about it now anyway!") while manbearpig was killing the other people in the backround was so great.

I like the "All About the Mormons" episode.

I thought last night's episode, Buddha's Box, was pretty funny.

Anything with Cartman in it is good.

I love it. LOVE it.

R98, it was terrible. The message to people suffering from anxiety and depression is to just "get over it"? The "people spend too much time on their phones" is tired and old. The PC babies are just annoying and unfunny. Probably the worst episode of the season so far.

R101 I'm not sure that was the message.

It was obviously and blatantly the message. It was unfunny and completely off. Sad, because the last couple of episodes were actually half-way decent.

Anyone watch last night? I thought it was really good aside from Randy’s B plot

R77 wow, Cartman punched Butters for Kyle? (well, Ike, but still) It really has been a very, very long time since I've watched any SP.

The last full episode I saw was years ago, iirc the one where Cartman gets a girlfriend and becomes 'nice' at exactly the moment the others need his evil skills. Craig & Tweek were a new couple then - are they still together?

R105 yes they are still together

The songs still slap.

I love Cartman's suicide-rap 'Give Life A Try' and Craig & Tweek's 'Put It Down' (the anti-distracted-driving anthem).