Which sounds overtly like a oxymoron but hear me out. If you cast all the fart jokes and shock tactics aside for a minute, step back and look at some of the social issues the show has dealt with, it's pretty amazing. Like the other night an episode was on where the kids found out what veal is, so they stole all the baby cows that night (who were being kept on chains and had never been allowed to walk) and hid them in Stan's room. When their parents came to take the baby cows back to the farmer they locked the door and pushed a dresser in front of it. They hid out there for a bunch of days, it got silly but I think you see the point. Anyway, during the kids negotiations with their parents and the FBI they got them to legally changed the name "veal" to "tortured baby cow". When they finally got out they were captured and the baby cows went back to the farm, but they were worth nothing anymore, because no one was buying packages that said "tortured baby cow", so the farmer let them live out their lives in peace.

Thats what I try to tell alot people that I know, actually. Most of them just think I'm crazy though.

One of the most accurate representations of American culture out there. Great show.

Cows = krishna??

the best part of that episode was when Stan started growing "vaginas" all over his body cause he wasn't eating meat. Fucking hilarious. As for the social commentary, it is so brillaint. They usually take both sides of the issue and make a mockery of it(The War in Iraq episode comes to mind). Plus they shit all over pop-culture which is always funny. Then the best part is that they mix up these serious socila issue shows and then come back the next week with stuff like the Awesome-O episode

Very socially conscious show.

And still so goddamned funny.

I like the Wal-Mart one, where Wal-Mart has become so huge and they are all addicted to shopping there yet concerned for the local businesses. They finally band together and destroy Wal-Mart, then they go shopping at Cliff's local store. Then Cliff's get bigger and bigger until it is as big as Wal Mart so they burn it down too.

South Park has some really excellent social commentary.

ive never seen a single episode

The show definetly does a unique job at bringing perspective and humor to issues that otherwise would be difficult to do in a humerous manner. They are very creative, talented people who come up with some of the stuff. But usually 15-18 minutes of each show is dick and fart jokes.



While I can understand you not wanting to watch cable, how have you not managed to encounter so much as one South Park episdoe in their like 8 years of existence? The movie?

This show exploits the first amendment to the fullest - and I applaud Parker and Stone for that

you have totally baffled me with the first statement.

and no, i have never watched a single episode nor the movie

It is brilliant.

Cow herder.

South Park continually amazes me with how topical their commentary is. Probably because they can throw together an episode in about 3 days, they are always really fast to the punch.

The Elian Gonzalez episode from April 2000 was one of the most brilliant thigns I've ever seen on TV. The Elian thing had been dragging out for months, but they ran their episode four days after the assault that captured Elian from his uncle, and they incorporated the famous image of the FBI agent into the show that quickly.

Saturday April 22, 2000


Wednesday April 26, 2000



Genius.

--PunkDavid

I am amazed at the sensitivity with which they present their disabled characters..or should I say their complete willingness to not fart around and make them real characters with all the real "flaws" that disabled people have.

Timmy and Jimmy are great. The Special Olympics episode was fantastic; I have never before seen a down's kid portrayed as a cartoon, and they did a remarkable job.

They are brilliant. Plain and simple.

But that J Lo episode freaks me the fuck out.

This doesn't surprise me in the least.

damn, and here i was trying to surprise you too