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Sector7G
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 Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 7:19 pm Post subject: Question for South Park fans |
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After all these years of people telling me how funny South Park was, I finally sat down and watched an episode and was instantly hooked. In fact, that is the whole reason I never watched before - it's not that I didn't believe everyone, it's just that I felt like I was already watching too much tv and did not want to start another series.
Anyway, I just watched the "Faith Hilling" episode which was definitely the funniest of the 20 or so episodes I have seen so far.
Ok here is my question. I know who Faith Hill is, but was there one specific incident from real life that caused them to come up with the Faith Hill meme, or did they just make one up for the show. I'm just curious, that's all.
Another funny one I only recently started watching for the same reason is Family Guy. Man, these 2 shows have some witty stuff!! |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 5:53 am Post subject: |
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I think the Faith Hilling stuff comes from her recent stint as the intro singer to Monday Night Football, in which she has worn tight shirts that accentuate her "awesome bewbage" (reference to another great episode (Season 12 ep 3).
Oooooooooooooold loooooooooooong johnson! 
South Park DEMOLISHED Family Guy in a 2 part mini-series in season 10 You should definitely check that out.
Are you downloading or just watching on southparkstudios.com? |
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Sector7G
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the info. I was thinking it had to be something like that.
I am just watching from the website. I will definitely check out the Family Guy 2 parter.
After my OP I watched the "Cartman Finds Love" episode which was also hilarious. |
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seoulsucker
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| Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 7:07 am Post subject: |
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| My all time favorite episode is "Goobacks" Season 8 episode 6. It's where the oft repeated redneck battle cry "They took yer jaaaaahb!" originated. |
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Sector7G
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| Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, Goobacks was good, as was the Family Guy one.
I did, however, watch one that was pretty sick(in a bad way). In fact, if HUMANCENTiPAD had been my first South Park episode, I'd probably never watch another one. |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Sector7G wrote: |
Yeah, Goobacks was good, as was the Family Guy one.
I did, however, watch one that was pretty sick(in a bad way). In fact, if HUMANCENTiPAD had been my first South Park episode, I'd probably never watch another one. |
Yeah, not sure if you know, but it's just a raunchy parody of a cult film "The Human Centipede" that gained a lot of popularity before that season premiered. Most of their pop-culture references are pretty identifiable but sometimes they go off the rails. |
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comm
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 3:22 am Post subject: |
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
| My all time favorite episode is "Goobacks" Season 8 episode 6. It's where the oft repeated redneck battle cry "They took yer jaaaaahb!" originated. |
I liked the two-parter "Cartoon Wars". It wasn't the funniest ever, but it had the balls to point out that using the fear of violence to suppress free speech is terrorism. |
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northway
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 4:51 am Post subject: |
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| Sector7G wrote: |
Yeah, Goobacks was good, as was the Family Guy one.
I did, however, watch one that was pretty sick(in a bad way). In fact, if HUMANCENTiPAD had been my first South Park episode, I'd probably never watch another one. |
I'm a huge South Park fan, but that episode kind of sucks. |
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Sector7G
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
| Most of their pop-culture references are pretty identifiable but sometimes they go off the rails. |
Ok, now it makes more sense. My problem is that I don't exactly have my finger on the pulse of pop-culture. Hell, it's in its 16th season and I am just now starting to watch it. |
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seoulsucker
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 12:13 am Post subject: |
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| Sector7G wrote: |
| seoulsucker wrote: |
| Most of their pop-culture references are pretty identifiable but sometimes they go off the rails. |
Ok, now it makes more sense. My problem is that I don't exactly have my finger on the pulse of pop-culture. Hell, it's in its 16th season and I am just now starting to watch it. |
The time-capsule humor is timely almost to a fault. Episodes that address things that are on everyone's minds at the time are often bring to light how trivial and frivolous issues like the Tiger Woods scandal or the royal British wedding last year are, but watching them sometimes even a season late makes them seem dated and the jokes lose their "punch."
A lot of it has to do with the short production cycle. These guys can, and frequently do have entire episodes written and animated, and aired in less than 48 hours.
There are others, however, that remain timeless. The "Imaginationland" trilogy stands out to me especially, even though it contains several references to previous seasons. |
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Sector7G
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