Goin' down to South Park: Season 14 discussion (contains spoilers)

[cartman]

Simply brilliant.

[Doug5984]

Was great...although I hope next week they show Muhammad and rip on him

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

Fucking awesome.

[DeToxRox]

Bah I didn't record it at 10 so I was hoping to catch the midnight replay but it's a rerun.

[Radii]

Well that was simply amazing.

[DeToxRox]

Found it online. 10/10.

[sterlingice]

I thought the first few minutes was a little weak. But, yeah, wow- I did not expect that and it was awesome

Also, Parker and Stone had a surprisingly deft touch when dealing with Muhammad. If there's anything they like more than screwing with any group of people, it's screwing with their viewers and they did that in spades.

Sure, the two-parter was pure fan service but what glorious fan service it was.

SI

[cartman]

Wow, it turns out that extra "bleeps" were added by Comedy Central after the episode was delivered to them. So there actually was something that Kyle, Santa and Jesus learned at the end.

‘South Park’ Episode Is Altered After Muslim Group’s Warning - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com

[jeff061]

I thought that may be the case during the episode, then with the "lesson learned" I figured it had to be set up. Still not 100% sure what the story is. They may just be drumming up publicity and doing it well.

In any case, yes. Awesome episode, one of the better ones in awhile. I did not see the head ginger coming. That was great and the scene was perfect.

[Greyroofoo]

Originally Posted by cartman

Wow, it turns out that extra "bleeps" were added by Comedy Central after the episode was delivered to them. So there actually was something that Kyle, Santa and Jesus learned at the end.

‘South Park’ Episode Is Altered After Muslim Group’s Warning - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com

Bah, and because of this they haven't put the episode online yet like they usually do. According to the blurb on the South Park Studios website Comedy Central hasn't given them permission to stream the original version of the episode.

[molson]

Every episode should be about Muhammad. Make him a regular character.

[Greyroofoo]

Originally Posted by molson

Every episode should be about Muhammad. Make him a regular character.

He can replace chef! Someone call Barry White!

[cartman]

It appears the Revolution Islam site has been hacked.

[DeToxRox]

Originally Posted by cartman

It appears the Revolution Islam site has been hacked.

What happened? Site is down.

[cartman]

It still comes up for me. It has a repeating background of a cartoon mullah with a fuse coming out of his head, and a pic in the middle of an elderly muslim man passionately kissing a young boy. The page title is "Boom!"

[DeToxRox]

Originally Posted by cartman

It still comes up for me. It has a repeating background of a cartoon mullah with a fuse coming out of his head, and a pic in the middle of an elderly muslim man passionately kissing a young boy. The page title is "Boom!"

Haha. Amazing.

[Doug5984]

Originally Posted by cartman

It still comes up for me. It has a repeating background of a cartoon mullah with a fuse coming out of his head, and a pic in the middle of an elderly muslim man passionately kissing a young boy. The page title is "Boom!"

Screen cap for us? It's not coming up for me.

[Doug5984]

found it...


edit: not my picture, found it on another message board.

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

I thought the site targeting Matt and Trey was revolutionmuslim.com

[cartman]

All of the Super Best Friends:

[sterlingice]

I think what is missing would have been something like the following:

“We have to warn Revolutionmuslim.com that what they are doing is stupid and they will probably wind up like lamerz for posting this silliness on teh interwebs. This is not a threat, but a warning of the reality of what will likely happen to them.”

SI

[molson]

You are all endagering FOFC!!!!

[Rizon]

Comedy Central's wikipage keeps getting vandalized. The latest:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_central

Headline text

SOLD OUT F*CKERS CENSORING SOUTH PARK LAST'S EPISODE.

SORRY WIKI, ITS NOTHING AGAINST YOU, ITS ALL AGAINST THEM.

[Big Fo]

Good episode, especially after Cartman was captured by the gingers.

Nice job by whoever hacked that one website, that's very funny.

I'm disappointed in Comedy Central for the extra censorship, when I watched it I didn't know if the ending was meant to be like that or not. Now I want to know what I missed.

[BreizhManu]

Originally Posted by cartman

It has a repeating background of a cartoon mullah with a fuse coming out of his head,

That's the drawing of Muhammad that was published in Denmark in 2005 and that started the whole controversy

[cartman]

Matt and Trey's statement:

http://www.southparkstudios.com/news/3878/

A Statement from Matt and Trey

In the 14 years we've been doing South Park we have never done a show that we couldn't stand behind. We delivered our version of the show to Comedy Central and they made a determination to alter the episode. It wasn't some meta-joke on our part. Comedy Central added the bleeps. In fact, Kyle's customary final speech was about intimidation and fear. It didn't mention Muhammad at all but it got bleeped too. We'll be back next week with a whole new show about something completely different and we'll see what happens to it.

[Chubby]

me thinks next week will be about censorship and an imaginary comedy tv channel

[sterlingice]

Well, Jon Stewart had a few things to say on this on The Daily Show. I'm sure someone will post the clip here tomorrow when it's posted

SI

[terpkristin]

I dunno, I thought the episode was kind of lame.

Not as good, in my opinion, as others this season, but better than most episodes from recent seasons (I have been the in the minority that didn't like the Imaginationland eps, etc).

/tk

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Well, Jon Stewart had a few things to say on this on The Daily Show. I'm sure someone will post the clip here tomorrow when it's posted

SI

Meh.

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[BreizhManu]

Originally Posted by terpkristin

I dunno, I thought the episode was kind of lame.

Yeah same here, it was nice to see almost all the characters that appeared in the 199 previous episodes (Towely was missed though) but that's about it.

[sterlingice]

It was an incoherent babbling mess of an episode but that was because it was pure fanservice.

SI

[cartman]

Viacom is royally wimping out. They've now removed the Super Best Friends episode from the website.

[Doug5984]

Originally Posted by cartman

Viacom is royally wimping out. They've now removed the Super Best Friends episode from the website.

I rewatched it yesterday.... they really are folding on this one.

I wonder if Matt & Trey will find a way to sneak muhammad into the cartoons (he was in the opening credits a few seasons ago with the original issue popped up)

[sterlingice]

Which is really lame since, frankly, I think public opinion is actually on the South Park side, 201 was pretty tame, and with the revolutionmuslim site being hacked, most of this was blunted

SI

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

Was the revolutionmuslim site hacked? It was revolutionislam that was "hacked", and as far as I can tell they are distinct entities.

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

Ah, apparently they have been redirecting traffic from revolutionmuslim to revolutionislam.

Now Younus Abdullah Mohammed, of Revolution Muslim, has confirmed to us that hackers redirected the group's website to revolutionislam.com, a site that hosts the image above — a cartoon depiction of the Prophet, originally published by Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in 2005.

"But it was pointless," said Muhammad. "Our website is down with the amount of traffic since yesterday anyway. If these hackers want to show their support for the filth and trash that is America then that is fine by us. We already know the outcome as Muslims."
That outcome? "Islam will take over the world."

South Park Fans Spoof Islamic Website (Updated) - South Park - Gawker

[Rizon]

If you can't laugh and poke fun at your own religion, then you're not a true believer.

[cartman]

Here's the scoop on this week's episode:

JIMMY IS MOTIVATED TO WIN IN AN ALL-NEW "SOUTH PARK"
ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28 AT 10:00 P.M. ON COMEDY CENTRAL


NEW YORK, April 26, 2010 - JIMMY AND TIMMY head off TO SUMMER CAMP WITH ALL THEIR HANDICAPABLE FRIENDS in an all-new episode of "South Park" titled "Crippled Summer," premiering on Wednesday, April 28 at 10:00 p.m. on COMEDY CENTRAL.

Competition is the name of the game this summer. There is no time for Jimmy and his friends to slack off. They're working to be this year's champions at summer camp. Jimmy suits up and prepares to shred in the annual surfing contest.

[cartman]

And that concludes the first half of the 14th season. They've really brought their A game this season. I was laughing almost consistently throughout that episode!

[Radii]

Yep, first season(part season? group of episodes? whatever!) in a long time where there wasn't a single down episode IMO, really great stuff.

[miked]

Meh...was ok. Lamer now that you tell me it's the end to the first half.

[Bad-example]

Yeah, last night's episode wasn't funny and the Scrotie McBoogerballs one was terrible, but other than those two it was a very good half season.

[Greyroofoo]

I really liked the Scrotie McBoogerballs episode, though I thought yesterday's was average at best.

[cartman]

The second half of season 14 starts tonight!

NEW YORK, October 4, 2010 Cartmans dream is to join the exclusive ranks of great NASCAR drivers in an all-new episode of "South Park" titled, "Poor and Stupid," premiering on Wednesday, October 6 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on COMEDY CENTRAL.
Cartman wants to race with the pros and he's ready to do whatever it takes to make it happen. He's afraid that no matter how hard he tries, he'll never reach the the level of the other NASCAR drivers. Working with Butters as his pit boss, Cartman pulls out all the stops to compete in the race of his life.

Poor and Stupid
Tags: SOUTH
PARKEric Cartman,Leopold "Butters" Stotch,more...

[cartman]

They sure can be absolutely brutal with satire when they put their minds to it. Nice start to the second half of the season.

[cartman]

Looks like they are taking on 'Jersey Shore' with this week's episode:

It's a Jersey Thing
Tags: SOUTH
PARKRandy Marsh,Eric Cartman,more...

[Greyroofoo]

I thought last week's episode was a rather average one.

[Ksyrup]

Good ep. It was worth it just for the 2 1/2 Men joke. Just based on the jokes they highlight on the syndication commercials, I don't know how anyone can watch that show - unless they are filming their own MST3K episodes or something.

[cartman]

That was awesome