not the best start (first 2 episodes at least) to a season of SP

5/4/2011 10:50:54 PM

Yeah that one wasn't that funny.

5/4/2011 11:11:34 PM

disappointed.

i mean not Mingy or Licecapades bad


but pretty bad nonetheless.

5/5/2011 1:34:35 AM

Not funny. The only good parts to me were bashing Tyler Perry and Cartman's response about killing everyone, "It's actually pretty funny".

5/5/2011 11:25:47 AM

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"gay satan, saddam, and osama?"

Is it sad that when they announced Osama's death, I immediately had a vision of these three having a musical number on South Park?

5/5/2011 12:09:02 PM

"Stop giving Tyler Perry money or he won't go away"

that's the only part i laughed at, this episode was weak

5/5/2011 12:51:35 PM

made some good points about the cliches of stand up comedy

5/5/2011 12:59:30 PM

I've not been very impressed with this season thus far.

Surely no trends can be drawn from 2 measly episodes, but could this be signaling the beginning of the show's decline?

5/5/2011 4:36:56 PM

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"could this be signaling the beginning of the show's decline?"

wow, this hasn't been said every year for the past 10 years.

First two episodes of last season:
Sexual Healing - All the celebrities cheating (not great other than the EA Sports game)
McBoogerballs - Not good

Still, overall it was a great season. Not everything South Park spits out is gold.

5/5/2011 4:42:29 PM

the show has been in decline for a few years now

5/5/2011 4:53:11 PM

the show has been in decline for a few years now since it went from being about 4 boys having wacky adventures to being an up-its-own-ass social commentary outlet

5/5/2011 5:24:18 PM

I don't think the show would have lasted nearly as long had it not taken the satirical route it did. Topical humor is what makes the show consistently relevant rather than just four kids with foul mouths. Wacky adventures can only go so far before it becomes complete stale or outlandish; which the own show noted in the episode where the Earth reality show was cancelled. Scooby Doo can only chase down so many monsters before you already know it's just Old Man Jenkins in a costume. They do a decent job of creating wacky-adventurish story arcs around some of the more blunt satires.

5/5/2011 6:31:15 PM

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"Is it sad that when they announced Osama's death, I immediately had a vision of these three having a musical number on South Park?"

Osama was killed on an episode of South Park right after we went to war. Also, his death just happened on Sunday. They need a little time to create something. I guess they could somehow do a hell episode with the devil, or claim that the guy killed in the earlier episode was a look alike.

5/5/2011 10:13:39 PM

"Knock Knock""Who's There""A cannibal""What?!""You are about to die and be eaten""Asshole! I will murder you first!"

5/6/2011 10:25:36 AM

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"the show has been in decline for a few years now since it went from being about 4 boys having wacky adventures to being an up-its-own-ass social commentary outlet"

even when they first started to do social commentary they managed to not go overboard with it, and kept it ridiculous

the episode about earth as a reality TV show is a prime example

suck my jagon!

5/6/2011 10:35:45 AM

They've been doing social commentary since season 4.

So you're saying it's been in decline for 11 seasons?


Given that 6-7-8 are arguably the best?


Ok....

5/6/2011 10:42:56 AM

my argument is the in-your-face social commentary, where it loses humor

every show dabbles in social commentary to a degree, its inescapable

but sometimes i don't give a shit what Trey Parker and Matt Stone think about Bono, i just want to watch a funny show

5/6/2011 11:14:58 AM

that last episode was fucking hilarious, i don't know what you guys are talking about. i'm about to watch it again.

too much hating going on in this thread.

5/6/2011 12:00:58 PM

people revealing their styles of sense of humor ITT

5/6/2011 12:10:14 PM

Didn't they kill Osama twice? Once in the post-9/11 episode and then again in the Jersey Shore ep.

5/6/2011 1:41:57 PM

^^^Do explain

[Edited on May 6, 2011 at 2:28 PM. Reason : cant count]

5/6/2011 2:27:53 PM

nothing special. i've lived outside of the country for the past three years and my main connection to usa pop-culutre/daily life/current entertainment is south park. i enjoy watching their perspective on american culture. even a 'bad' episode of south park is better than all the other garbage that's on TV.

[Edited on May 6, 2011 at 2:49 PM. Reason : .]

5/6/2011 2:46:53 PM

The whole Germany creating the Dalek as a new "final solution" for comedy was pretty funny to me. Also Token laughing at Tyler Perry cracked me up.

I still want to know what Cartman was saying about Kyle when the Germans showed up.

5/6/2011 6:28:44 PM

I haven't seen the newest one but I thought the centiPad one was pretty funny. though pretty much every time I read this thread it's someone saying that an episode wasn't funny and I still end up laughing when I watch it.

5/6/2011 6:35:12 PM

in context sounded like "young jew, soft jew" etc.

i have a few friends that speak german, i might ask them

5/6/2011 6:35:29 PM

^^It wasn't bad. I can't believe someone on here thought the Tiger Woods/Sexual Healing episode wasn't good. That one was pretty funny.

5/6/2011 8:40:06 PM

This weeks episode wasn't about us. To me it was Parker and Stone telling Comedy Central / Viacom they 'want a trade'.

This is their last year under contract is my understanding. Taking a swipe at the owners seems like a bad choice unless they are looking to work elsewhere.

5/6/2011 10:11:41 PM

he was were saying "zaftig jude" or "fat jew" that was the funniest part

5/7/2011 12:51:42 PM

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"They've been doing social commentary since season 4."

Way before that. One of my favorite episodes is the first of the third season where they go to the rainforest with 'getting gay with kids.' Glossing over some over the earlier episodes, the only one I see is Underpants Gnomes with big business vs. small business and the ludicrous business plans (aka ...Profit!) employed by some companies such as those of the internet bubble burst era.

5/9/2011 9:43:42 AM

Next episode is aboot the royal wedding, only it's taking place in Canada.

I'd post the teaser but it's 16 seconds of nothing.

5/9/2011 1:57:12 PM

If you never saw Human Centipede or owned an Apple device, maybe I can understand why you didn't like the first episode but I LOL'd my ass off.

As for being on the decline, IMHO there were at least 5 hilarious episodes last year and the year before that there was 8, including my all-time favorite Butters' Bottom Bitch.

They've always been hit or miss, but I still think there's more hits than misses (unlike, say, American Dad).

[Edited on May 10, 2011 at 11:05 AM. Reason : ]

5/10/2011 11:05:04 AM

the Fuck New Jersey episode was the best ever

5/10/2011 11:34:25 AM

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"They've always been hit or miss, but I still think there's more hits than misses (unlike, say, American Dad)."

I like American Dad. It's superior to both Family Guy (since the renewal) and The Cleveland Show. I know some people will say that's not something to be proud of, but it's still good. It's third on my list of currently animated shows behind South Park and Venture Bros.

5/10/2011 11:37:40 AM

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"Osama was killed on an episode of South Park right after we went to war. Also, his death just happened on Sunday. They need a little time to create something. I guess they could somehow do a hell episode with the devil, or claim that the guy killed in the earlier episode was a look alike."

Ok?? Just because they killed him in the past doesn't mean he can't show up in hell with the devil and Saddam. And I never expected them to do it that week... Although, I would hope they would include it soon seeing as they can make the episodes much, much faster now.


Anywho, I will always and forever love South Park. I like the fact that they pull from what's going on around us. And idk, I will laugh at least some at every episode. I think one of my favorites is still the golden PSP and Terry Schivo (sp?) episode.

5/10/2011 3:02:31 PM

where they going with this?

5/11/2011 10:20:09 PM

Great, Great Episode.

5/11/2011 10:31:08 PM

I feel like we are getting trolled by South Park. Workaholics is by far my favorite show on Wednesdays now.

5/11/2011 10:32:11 PM

i mean it was kinda funny in a random way

5/11/2011 10:33:13 PM

Isn't this what everyone was complaining about last week? No more wacky adventures? Boom. Right there.

5/11/2011 10:41:36 PM

i laughed my ass off at the Human CentiPad episode, as well as the New Jersey episode.

also, I think the social commentary is one of the best things about the show.

5/11/2011 10:54:59 PM

this season has been incredibly sub-par

5/11/2011 11:22:40 PM

this season has been incredibly sub-par

5/11/2011 11:23:01 PM

i think they're tired from the whole Mormon musical on Broadway.

5/11/2011 11:25:58 PM

I thought it was hilarious. I didn't see any real social commentary that episode either.

AS

IS

TRADITION

5/11/2011 11:29:08 PM

Just watched it. That was great.

5/12/2011 12:51:12 AM

I love when they bring back characters from "Not Without My Anus". Does that make me a bad person?

5/12/2011 1:12:00 AM

was Mackey supposed to be like the Texas baseball coach?

5/12/2011 1:19:22 AM

I believe so, sir!

5/12/2011 1:47:11 AM

of course, as is tradition.

5/12/2011 8:32:21 AM

I kept thinking that there would be a Mario Bros. reference somewhere down the line. Probably better that there wasn't one.

5/12/2011 8:45:16 AM