Tonight's South Park

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2006-04-12 10:31pm

So I guess Comedy Central really did cave in, huh? My respect for that network has gone down a few notches.

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2006-04-12 10:32pm

Details?

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2006-04-12 10:33pm

Wicked episode. That was awesome, even though Comedy Central shilled out. However, the Al Qaeda retaliation video was awesome. "Oh yeah! We burned you! And that was way funnier than Family Guy!"

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2006-04-12 10:33pm

I'm not going to describe the whole episode, but apparently they wanted to show an image of Mohammad on the show and Comedy Central refused to air it.

CDiehl · Post by **CDiehl** » 2006-04-12 10:33pm

Or was that part of the show, done by Parker and Stone themselves as a gag?

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2006-04-12 10:34pm

It's possible, I doubt it. They warned that Comedy Central was probably going to pussy out on last week's episode for some reason, and now we know why.

KhyronTheBackstabber · Post by **KhyronTheBackstabber** » 2006-04-12 10:41pm

CDiehl wrote:Or was that part of the show, done by Parker and Stone themselves as a gag?

I think they did, and it was a smack in the face for pulling the "Stuck in a Closet" episode. But who knows.

I like the guy who gave Kyle a ride. What he said about Family Guy, is part of the reason I like that show.

Shadow WarChief · Post by **Shadow WarChief** » 2006-04-12 10:46pm

I find Comedy Central's decision quite odd, considering that South Park already has shown an episode featuring Mohammed some time ago....

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2006-04-12 10:49pm

Shadow WarChief wrote:I find Comedy Central's decision quite odd, considering that South Park already has shown an episode featuring Mohammed some time ago....

Come on, do you really believe that was Comedy Central's doing?

Nephtys · Post by **Nephtys** » 2006-04-12 10:51pm

Wicked Pilot wrote:
Shadow WarChief wrote:I find Comedy Central's decision quite odd, considering that South Park already has shown an episode featuring Mohammed some time ago....
Come on, do you really believe that was Comedy Central's doing?

This sounds a little suspicious, but Comedy Central did after all pull showing both the Catholic episode, and the scientology one.

Jadeite · Post by **Jadeite** » 2006-04-12 10:56pm

Both episodes seemed a bit too slow moving actually, to the point where some scenes dragged on past where they stopped being funny and became annoying.

Lord Zentei · Post by **Lord Zentei** » 2006-04-12 10:56pm

Damn hypocritical spineless pansies. It seems that all are not equal in the respective worlds of PC and satire.

Thag · Post by **Thag** » 2006-04-12 11:10pm

I missed both previously pulled episodes in question, but if Comedy Central did have it filtered, wouldn't they have just blanked it rather than put up a notice?

Oh, at btw, does anyone else think the Kyle/Cartman fight could've used the TOS Kirk-fu music?

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2006-04-12 11:23pm

I liked the callback to when they aired a mock T&P special when people were expecting the second part of "Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut". Other than that, it seemed blah-er than I was hoping. Seemed to be trying to make too many points about the whole contreversy to not come off as disjointed.

felineki · Post by **felineki** » 2006-04-13 12:32am

Thag wrote:Oh, at btw, does anyone else think the Kyle/Cartman fight could've used the TOS Kirk-fu music?

Any music would have sufficed. The lacks of music sorta seemed to make the whole fight drag on.

Nephtys · Post by **Nephtys** » 2006-04-13 01:52am

felineki wrote:
Thag wrote:Oh, at btw, does anyone else think the Kyle/Cartman fight could've used the TOS Kirk-fu music?
Any music would have sufficed. The lacks of music sorta seemed to make the whole fight drag on.

Now that I've seen it.. i get the joke.

It's a crack at the long, random and pointless 'chickenman fight' segments of Family guy.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2006-04-13 05:19am

Shadow WarChief wrote:I find Comedy Central's decision quite odd, considering that South Park already has shown an episode featuring Mohammed some time ago....

Which one was that again?

Civil War Man · Post by **Civil War Man** » 2006-04-13 05:24am

Darth Fanboy wrote:
Shadow WarChief wrote:I find Comedy Central's decision quite odd, considering that South Park already has shown an episode featuring Mohammed some time ago....
Which one was that again?

Super Best Friends. Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Joseph Smith (Mormon founder), and Seaman (an Aquaman ripoff) work together to overthrow a cult based off of David Blane's magic tricks.

Ubiquitous · Post by **Ubiquitous** » 2006-04-13 07:45am

'Cowabunga, motherfucker!' - Bart Simpson.

The ideas ball also had me in stitches. And also the self-mocking of South Park with the overly-preachy ribs was good to see - I guess we may see a few non-current event episodes coming up to try and balance out the preachyness.

Alferd Packer · Post by **Alferd Packer** » 2006-04-13 08:55am

The Terrence and Philip thing got me wondering if they meant to air this episode closer to April Fool's day, but pushed it back a few weeks for the Chef thing.

Also, the Al Qaeda cartoon was the funniest fucking thing I've ever seen.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2006-04-13 10:40am

That was fucking comedy gold! The Com. Cen. bit was obviously Stone and Parker mocking the execs who gave in to Cruise and Scientology and as for the fight, that was obviously a jab at the Chicken Coupon fight. I didn't see any parts of the two episodes dragging on, it was all either bloody hilarious or got you thinking.

I did so love the comparison between Bart and Eric though.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2006-04-13 12:41pm

Hahah, that was great "I cut the head off a statue once" "I ground up some kid's parents and made him eat them." I thought it was cool how Kyle converted Bart with a "gay speech." I really liked the self-fun jokes about having a preachy message vs random jokes and the AQ cartoons/false subtitles.

As a sidenote, the woman who does Bart's voice is apparently a scientologist.

Loner · Post by **Loner** » 2006-04-13 01:45pm

I thought it was the woman who does Lisa's voice.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2006-04-13 02:30pm

Well you should've known better!

scientology.org/p_jpg/scnnews/scn_new.htm#BART wrote:An internationally syndicated article by the Washington Post, reported on Nancy Cartwright, the voice of the famous cartoon character Bart Simpson and co-host of the Church of Scientology’s 40th anniversary celebration at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. In the article, Nancy explains how she became a Scientologist several years ago when she was looking for a committed relationship:

"In Hubbard’s works, Cartwright encountered a passage on shedding the pain of loss. ’I felt he was talking directly to me,’ said Cartwright, who said she has had her share of unrequited loves. ’I said to myself, I want to stop that feeling."

Nancy, who is now happily married with two children, told the Post that Scientology auditing "enriched her personally and professionally."

Nephtys · Post by **Nephtys** » 2006-04-13 02:51pm

Nephtys' BS Translator wrote:"I felt he was talking directly at me. I had no idea what to turn to, and it certainly wasn't going to be inner strength or personal resolve. So thankfully, I am now Thetan-free with the help of the Loyalty Squads. Thank you, L. Ron Hubbard!"