Thoughts on Season 15 Episode 7: You're Getting Old

How Much Snark You Got?

Wow, what an episode ay folks? There are some different takes on what the ending could mean (see links of interest) , because of course no one but the creators know, but I'm going to assume it was all for television. But I'll get to my opinion on the future of South Park in a moment. For now let's talk about cynical buttholes. I recently got over my own period of cynicism. I don't think I was all that bad but I definitely thought people who didn't think Seinfeld was genius, Arrested Development is the best show ever, and The Beatles are indisputably awesome; had crappy taste. Further more, if people haven't heard or seen what I've heard or seen then they MUST hear or see it. I got over all that by realizing there's just way too much to experience for everyone to experience everything. Once I opened my mind to that, I figured it's just easier to stick to my shit and let people stick to their shit. That way we can all get through our shit together.

I think that's what Matt Stone and Trey Park were saying with this episode. Apparently they're currently slated only for the rest of this Season 15. It's a long time so I think they decided to focus their cynical lenses on themselves just to mix things up and have a little fun with the fans while they figure out what they want to do with their shit. 

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You're Getting Old

So Stan gets older and starts seeing everything as crap. Everything his friends do and listen to, Tween Wave music, just seems like shit. He can't watch movies without thinking it looks like crap and he can't hang out with his friends because all he talks about is how everything seems like shit. I'm sure 100% of the world can relate to this in some shape or form; especially Joel McHale (of The Soup and Community)...I don't think I'd like that guy. Anyway, the episode ends off with a fight between Randy Marsh and Sharon talking about how they're tired of just hitting the reset button day after day and the last thing we see is Sharon and Randy presumably divorced but at the least separated. I think those old guys worried about "the britches" were only there to be the silly part of the show. I think the best part was the usage of Landslide by Stevie Nix, which I recently added to my Favorites list on Itunes (holla), for the montage of Randy and Sharon splitting up. Who knows where the show will go now but this episode was by far the most unique episode, besides that terrible Pip's Episode in Season whatever (who cares). I think it's just smart tv and lets the remainder of the season be very exciting to see what new stuff this all takes our favorite characters. At the end we see Kyle and Cartman perhaps getting closer. Let's take a leaf from that and get close, as we prepare for what very well may be the final season of South Park.

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Check out the following blogs in links of interest for professional bloggers' quick points of view. Also they have some video clips from the episode. And if you have a chance to see any of the Broadway show The Book of Mormon check it out. I saw a clip that was taken down literally the same day from the show. K, let's drink.

links of interest:

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/43345453/ns/today-entertainment/

http://www.buddytv.com/articles/south-park/south-park-review-why-its-grea-40576.aspx

Songs from The Book of Mormon

Thoughts on Season 15 Episode 4: T.M.I

INTRO BLAH


I was playing Monopoly the other day and, as is typical in Monopoly and is the dang point of the game, my friend bought one of the dark oranges when I had the other two. He did it on purpose because he knew I wanted it but I of course took it as a sign that he did that to spite me. I spent a large portion of the rest of the game making offers for that property, which were continuously turned down, and trying to screw him over. I ended up being the first one to go bankrupt because I had closed my focus from everything else going on in the damn game.

Take what you will from TMI but people, especially us male-types, can be pretty R-tarded about what we get angry about. And being self-conscious about wieners plays 86% of that, FACT. Now Monopoly doesn't compare to the extermination of the Jews, or the KKK, or Mao Zedong; but it comes pretty damn close...maybe.


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T.M.I

So I'm pretty sure Newton's 7th Law of Physics states that every man is obsessed with comparing dick sizes. As an Asian man, even with a faithful girlfriend, I am constantly paranoid that every woman in the world looks at me and thinks that because of my brown skin my wang must be a small thang. This episode brought up a semi-frequent recurring topic in South Park that guys, especially Cartman, are obsessed with penis sizes. The kids at school mistake a poster that posts height-differences for a poster highlighting penis sizes. Cartman then goes on to independently measure everyone's penis sizes for verification purposes. This part of the show had probably everybody's favorite recurring South Park meam: when Butters pees he takes off his whole pants and lifts up his shirt.

Just thinking about that makes me smile. Aaah. I have a story about that but that's for another time. Please feel free to ask me about that story over a beer. Anyhoo, I guess there's not much more to this episode. The only thing I really wanted to point out is the loser Miami Heat fan. I'm really excited, as everyone should be, to go to Miami but I'm afraid that every guy there will be exactly like that loser Miami Heat fan and every girl is going to be like Snooki.

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Well for all of you who are worried about dick sizes you can rest assured that it's all in your head; see the link of interest. Is that good enough for any of us? HELL NO

link of interest: Ask Men About Schnitzel Sizes

Thoughts on Season 15 Episode 3: Royal Pudding

Intro Blah

I recently finished reading the last book in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. The final chapter concludes with an open-ending and then there's an author's note. In it King asks the readers not to be upset that the ending is an open-ender because the true reason to read the books should be for the journey, not just for how it ends. I was thinking about this because while I was watching episode 2 last week I realized I missed the adventure South Park episodes. You know, where the boys get obsessed with Lord of the Rings; where the boys join the Super Fun Club to save that one black guy who was on the show; where the boys go to Canada to save Ike and Christmas.

The episodes that are all about the message at the end (i.e. Funny Bot) are all good fun but nothing beats a good journey where you get reacquainted with your favorite characters and their flaws and passions. A heartedly-welcomed episode, nah mean?



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Royal Pudding


Did you know Royal Pudding is a real brand of pudding? Hmm. Anyway, who smelled a Royal Wedding episode a mile before it aired today? I DID! Woop woop. Which brings me to a quick segway, I'm planning a post to talk about what topics I think will be coming up in the rest of the season. Do any of y'all have any predictions? Please comment!

Hooray for Ike coming back. Bro, I love Ike. The whole, "I pooped my pants!" He used to do? Awesome. I usually don't like it when he actually talks but this episode wasn't too bad. And they brought back all our favorite Candians, Scott The Dick and Ugly Bob...I guess that's pretty much it but South Park making fun of Canada is awesome-adian. I'd be lying if my current lesser view of Canada isn't at least 65% because of South Park. The show always has them talking differently and just being so oblivious it's hilarious. And they love random things like Craft Dinners. My favorite line in this season so far is when the Prime Minister summons all the Candians to the field where there's a giant bowl of Craft macaroni to attract Giant Scott the Dick and when he comes he says, "Fee Fye Fo Fum, I love Craft dinner". I was actually hoping this episode would be a Mario-spoof. In the royal wedding spoofs ("and this certainly is not part of tradition) they showed the Nova Scotian "toad-people" as Toad characters from the Mario games. And then the Tooth Decay monster kind of looked like a giant Bowser. But alas, it twas naught but a quick reference.

The other part of the episode was the whole deal about tooth decay. Mr. Mackey was directing a children's play of the importance of fighting tooth decay and he takes it really seriously. He starts swearing and shouting at the kids. I don't know if this is a reference to anything but I thought it was funny. I remember when I was a wee-lad in the school plays and the director-moms would be taking the whole thing way too seriously. It was HI-larious then and it's HI-larious now. I think the general thing with South Park episodes is making fun of adults who take things way too seriously. Which describes anyone involved in theater at all, nah mean?

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So I hope you agree with me when I say the journey of this episode was A-WE-some. It's been a while since we went to Canada for anything but farts or queefs. But we went there, came back, and now we all feel cleaner because of it. And, as always, I'm not your buddy

By the way, to this day, whenever I'm introduced to a Scott I always respond with "That's Scott, he's a dick." Never gets old! Or maybe it does

Thoughts on Season 15 Episode 1: HUMANCENTiPAD

Intro Blah

Well, season 15 is as good a time as ever to start a South Park blog. It's a fun time to do it too since their current contract extends them to 2013, or season 17. I was reading an article about Comedy Central where they, a Comedy Central rep, basically acknowledged that without Daily Show and South Park, and Tosh.0 more more, the channel would be squat. With southparkstudios.com the huge success it is and Matt Stone and Trey Parker's Broadway Show, The Book of Mormon, a big hit as well, it will be interesting to see where the show and the creators go in the near future.

Season 13 was a solid season (Kanye West, Butters the pimp, etc.) for me, season 14 was kind of hit or miss (Coon and Friends, the Muhammed episodes, Scrotie McBoogerballs, etc.) but the season ender (Creme Freiche) was solid. So here's to Season 15 being a doozy. HERE HERE *clink* 


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HUMANCENTiPAD Thoughts


 I had high hopes for this episode to be a good zinger and although it wasn't a Scientology-is-funny or a Mormonism-is-wack, it was a good time. Just gross. If anything, the one thing I got out of watching this episode is that it reminded me that The Human Centipede is available on Netflix. It's supposed to be a bad film but a really gross bad film. I think they could have done more fun things with Apple and Steve Jobs, I'm not sure if the whole thing with Apple agreements is based off something, but I like their portrayal of Apple Geniuses as guys named Lesley. The whole iPad connecting with humans is an interesting idea even if it was done out of humor. Because humans are the most superior computer, as of yet. I wasn't all that into the whole Cartman yelling, "Why don't you just go fuck me now Mom?!" for not buying him an iPad and offering to buy him a Toshiba pad for half the price of an iPad. Although I'm pretty sure I'll be referencing it soon enough.

Which leads me to thinking this episode won't go into the "Clunkers" section because if South Park's good at anything, it's getting guys to say the catch-phrases on the South Park episodes. Anyways, I'm glad they're laying off Butters. I feel like they've been leaning on him a lot to keep them going.
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So come back before next week's episode for a "Looking Back" special. Not sure which one i'll do but I think I'll ask some of my nerdy friends to give comments on them or something. If you have any ideas or comments email me at bhatta23@msu.edu  I appreciate the input

Links of interest:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-south-parks-trey-parker-171189