Anyone Still SouthPark Fans?

ConcordeBoy · Sat Jul 16, 2005 1:35 pm

Question's pretty self-explanatory:

http://animatedtv.about.com/library/graphics/sp802_Awesome-O_2.jpg

...this show seems to have followed the (rather common as of late) adult-cartoon evolution of moving from slapstick-- i.e., "OMG, they killed Kenny"-- in its first few episodes, to social-commentary (akin to Family Guy) in its latter.

Some say it's star has already set... particularly with such antics as a Paris Hilton-ripping episode:

http://animatedtv.about.com/library/graphics/sp812_Stupid_Spoiled_Whore_Video_Playset.jpg

What say you?

KLM685 · Sat Jul 16, 2005 1:40 pm

Well, I've never been a huge South Park fan but I must admit that it's an excellent show that gives me really some good laughs.

I still think it's very different from Family Guy, more like Simpson's style but with a more rude tone. Since Mtv shows it in Mexico, it's more popular than ever. Though I must admit that in the US is not what it used to be.

Concordeboy: the pictures are hilarious. I just can't stop laughing. The episode of A.W.E.S.O.M.E is really a must lol!!

Alonsou

satx · Sat Jul 16, 2005 1:43 pm

I always enjoyed SP, but not enough to actually plan my day/night around it. I wish they had fewer episodes but polished them up a bit. Just my opinion.

USAFHummer · Sat Jul 16, 2005 1:51 pm

I love SP...definitely one of my favorite shows of all time...I think you gain a lot of extra appreciation from the show if you are familiar with Colorado, as they throw in a lot of cracks at Colorado-related things that most people unfamiliar with Colorado might not catch, and seeing those things, it makes the show twice as funny...

Greg

n506cr · Sat Jul 16, 2005 2:04 pm

Quoting KLM685 (Reply 1):
The episode of A.W.E.S.O.M.E is really a must lol!!

lol it really is! I want one of those lol! btw, is A.W.E.S.O.M. - O, aka Genial - o(or gelenialo I can't remember)

Quoting ConcordeBoy (Thread starter):
"OMG, they killed Kenny"

yeah that used to be like the tag for SP. oh mierda! mataron a kenny!!! hijos de... I always miss that part. What really lost a lot of essence was revealing Kenny, you know, they should've kept it and never show him without his coat. Oh no, do you imagine a weekly "How do yout think Kenny looks like" post at non_av! lol

Quoting SATX (Reply 2):
I wish they had fewer episodes but polished them up a bit. Just my opinion.

Definitely. Sometimes I watch chapters that barely make any sense (like the hippies one I saw recently... omg it was so boring)

well, long live SP!
_A

DfwRevolution · Sat Jul 16, 2005 2:04 pm

South Park is greatness... ye' dutchebags

UAL747 · Sat Jul 16, 2005 2:17 pm

I think South Park is an amazing feat in the psyche of Americanism. That's to say, their humor pokes fun at American society. The creators have the ability to take American culture, and show what is wrong with it in a comical sense. For instance, Team America: World Police, a movie created by the creators of South Park. It's basically the terrorists vs. the Americans. They make fun of the fact that Americans basically no nothing of the Islamic/Arabic world. They show this by making all the arabics saying "Derka Derka Baka Laka Derka, Jihad, Dirka Dirka." What this shows is the American lack of knowledge about the Arabic/Islamic culture. We just see them saying jibberish, and being hot heads, when we fail to realize the true spawn of their fear and anger. We bundle people up into different groups, and for the most part, we give stereotypes to those groups. Team America tends to blow the shit out of EVERYTHING in the movie, with no real cause. Typical of American culture. I remember when 9/11 happened, and people were posting posters in their dorms of the Afghanistan weather reports. 2000 F, with bright explosive skies was the weather outlook, if you will. It pokes fun at the arrogant and ignorant American culture. I think it's comic genius. But, you have to be really intuitive in watching South Park, or the movies Matt and Trey have come up with to realize their TRUE meanings. Anyway, I'm a bi fan.

UAL

LFutia · Sat Jul 16, 2005 2:43 pm

Yeah i'm still a fan of SP.. i'll watch it when its on... it does crack me up though Smile

and i also have SP PJ pants Wink

Euclid · Sat Jul 16, 2005 5:38 pm

I love South Park. Unfortunately it's been a while since the last series that was shown here has ended. I'm sure we are a good few seasons behind the USA, and only falling farther behind. sigh

pilotpip · Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:10 pm

Southpark might be one of the most intelligent shows on TV. Behind the guise of 10 year olds cussing there is some very interesting political and social commenary. My favorite thing about the show is that nothing is sacred. They'll make fun of anything and everything, including themselves. One of my favorite shows all time was the one just before last year's election. Who would you elect? A giant douche or a turd sandwich? Pretty much sums the 2004 election up in my opinion.

AC_A340 · Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:54 pm

I still love the Southpark shows. I try to catch them whenever they're on Comedy Central, but I'm not a die hard.

DLKAPA · Sat Jul 16, 2005 11:32 pm

Quoting USAFHummer (Reply 3):
I love SP...definitely one of my favorite shows of all time...I think you gain a lot of extra appreciation from the show if you are familiar with Colorado, as they throw in a lot of cracks at Colorado-related things that most people unfamiliar with Colorado might not catch, and seeing those things, it makes the show twice as funny...

In the episode called "Kyle II" where Kyle's cousin Kyle comes out to visit, Cartman mentioned a part where they went all around Denver and one of the towns they mentioned is about 10 minutes from my house. I was in my dorm room and when I saw it I turned to my roommate and I'm like "hehe...I live there."

TUNisia · Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:23 am

I love South Park! My fave episodes have to be Woodland Critter Christmas, Cartmanland, and Awesome-o... oh and that episode where they visit the Museum of Tolerance.

Still the best cartoon ever on TV had to be Daria.

KLM685 · Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:06 am

Quoting N506CR (Reply 4):
I want one of those lol! btw, is A.W.E.S.O.M. - O

LOL sorry, I've only seen it in Spanish so I thought it was written like that. Anyway that episode is the shit!

The other one about who's the biggest whore, Paris Hilton or that other gay guy is just hilarious. And the one where Paris Hilton buys Butter's dressed as a teddy bear LOL

ConcordeBoy · Sun Jul 17, 2005 5:01 am

Quoting TUNisia (Reply 12):
Still the best cartoon ever on TV had to be Daria.

...I remember that spinoff; something of a Beavis-meets-Goth

Did it even last a year?

La La Laaa La La

DfwRevolution · Sun Jul 17, 2005 5:04 am

>> Did it even last a year?

I think it made a few seasons, probably no more than 1-2. It was quite funny though, sterotyping highschool cliques like the jocks and what not.

USAFHummer · Sun Jul 17, 2005 5:06 am

Quoting DfwRevolution (Reply 15):
I think it made a few seasons, probably no more than 1-2. It was quite funny though, sterotyping highschool cliques like the jocks and what not.

Yea, it was a great show, I think there was like 50 episodes made or something like that...actually saw that it is rerunning late at night on The N (2-3 AM in Colorado when I was out at school)...not sure if it still is though...

Greg

Vasu · Sun Jul 17, 2005 7:47 am

What still confuses me is the Braniff Advert that follows South Park (at least when It is shown on SKY1 in the UK)

Surely South Park isn't as old as Braniff...

Anyone got any ideas about that?

ConcordeBoy · Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:14 am

Quoting Vasu (Reply 17):
What still confuses me is the Braniff Advert that follows South Park (at least when It is shown on SKY1 in the UK)

Surely South Park isn't as old as Braniff

There's actually two past threads on this... look 'em up (they started in gen-av, but might have been transfered to non-av; both of course archived by now), you might be amused Smile

Vasu · Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:47 am

Ah right, cheers concordeBoy... man I need to be less lazy Smile

AsstChiefMark · Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:50 am

The first time I saw SP was in the theatre: South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut. I've been hooked ever since.

Mark

aerobalance · Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:50 am

Never was.......

Me Too

KiwiNanday · Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:53 am

I'm still a follower, and I watch the new ones.

tristarenvy · Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:55 am

Show seemed to have it's highs and lows, for a while. When Matt and Trey were doing "That's My Bush", even they said that SP suffered some. Once "Bush" got cancelled, the SP seemed to get back on track.

Quoting TUNisia (Reply 12):
Still the best cartoon ever on TV had to be Daria.

Great show. But "Aeon Flux" had to be MTV's greatest contribution to animation....

TPASXM787 · Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:07 am

I love the show...just added season two to my collection last weekend.

You will respect my authoritah!

DAL767400ER · Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:10 am

Used to be a regular watcher of SP, but between seeing the same episodes a million times, while waiting for new episodes to arrive, and the crappy airing times (saturday or sunday after midnight, if not after 1am or heck, even after 3 am), I have given up on it.
Nevertheless, I still love the catchphrase Big grin

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"Oh mein Gott, sie haben Kenny getötet!" "Ihr Schweine!"

[Edited 2005-07-18 22:11:10]

aa61hvy · Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:34 am

"Denver sucks!"
"What are you gonna do, fight me?"
"I thought this was America"

I love that show

ConcordeBoy · Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:42 am

Quoting DAL767400ER (Reply 25):
"Oh mein Gott, sie haben Kenny getï¿½tet!" "Ihr Schweine!"

I prefer the Germanic (*ahem* "Aramaic") comments from "The Passion of the Jew"

VirginA340 · Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:24 pm

I love Mr. Mackey ... mmmmmkkkuuuaay.

But the best part of the show is Terrance and Phillip.

USAFHummer · Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:26 pm

Quoting AA61Hvy (Reply 26):
"Denver sucks!"
"What are you gonna do, fight me?"
"I thought this was America"

That episode is definitely hands-down the best of the most recent batch...

Greg

aa61hvy · Wed Jul 20, 2005 5:18 am

Mel Gibson: What are you gonna do, pinch my nipples? No don't pinch my nipples...ugh ugh ugh ugh

ConcordeBoy · Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:11 am

in accord with Reply#30, I'm gonna have to say that was my favorite of all the episodes-- followed closely by the Michael Jackson parody.

"Es ist zeit fur Rache!" Big grin

andersjt · Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:14 am

When new shows do come out, I am amazed at how quickly or should I say timely they are able to parody current pop culture items. The best examples I can think are "The Passion of the Jew" (Stan to Kenny "Dude, this is a snuff film") and how they got it out right in the middle of the "Passion of the Christ" craze, and the Metrosexual "Queer Eye" episodes. I love how they really make Hollywood and pop culture stuff really look stupid like the J. Lo episode, Mel Gibson, Rob Reiner.

On a side, but related note - I saw "Team America" (from the creators of South Park) over the weekend and I still get a chuckle when I recall some scenes (puppet sex!).

USAFHummer · Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:31 am

Quoting Andersjt (Reply 32):
When new shows do come out, I am amazed at how quickly or should I say timely they are able to parody current pop culture items.

The show's production time is something like 10 days per episode...they were also able to get out an episode spoofing the Terri Schiavo fiasco almost right after it started to wind down following her death...

Greg

ConcordeBoy · Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:00 am

Quoting USAFHummer (Reply 33):
The show's production time is something like 10 days per episode

...In the Goin' Down to South Park documentary, Stone & Parker said they can actually crank an episode out in 3 days if they need to.... as opposed to 8mo for the Simpsons.

USAFHummer · Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:41 am

Quoting ConcordeBoy (Reply 34):
...In the Goin' Down to South Park documentary, Stone & Parker said they can actually crank an episode out in 3 days if they need to.... as opposed to 8mo for the Simpsons.

Either way it's damn impressive...I remember seeing the 10 day figure on one of those "Making of SP" documentaries though, cant remember the specific one...

Greg

AirplanePeanut · Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:31 pm

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"You're a turd sandwitch"
No, in fact you are the turd sandwitch"
"Well at least I'm not a giant douche
rotfl

http://www.southparkstudios.com

airplane

peanut

KLM685 · Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:39 pm

I just saw the South Park episode where they go to play baseball and everyone wants to lose! Kyle's cousin from BOS or NY is hilarious!!!

He has to be one of the most frustrating slash hilarious character of all. They stereotype that they want to show is sometimes too accurate to something similar to real life.

Alonsou

rossbaku · Wed Jul 20, 2005 4:50 pm

It's only ever on in the UK on Sky Mix at dead o' clock in the morning so I tend to miss it, but the movie was excellent! I've found myself humming the tune "Blame Canadaaaa!" from time to time. (By the way, I have nothing against Canadians...obviously South Parks creators do though!)

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