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'South Park' NSA surveillance spoof gets big ratings
Entertainment Weekly ^ | 9-26-13 | James Hibberd

Posted on 09/26/2013 7:08:15 PM PDT by dynachrome

South Park. It’s the 17th season. And yet Wednesday night’s premiere delivered the animated comedy’s biggest rating in years.

The Comedy Central hit came back to 4.3 million viewers across three telecasts, with the first airing delivering the most viewers for the show since 2011 and the highest young male demo ratings since 2010.

The episode titled “Let Go, Let Gov” mocked the NSA’s mass surveillance scandal (clip below). In the episode, Cartman played the role of an Edward Snowden-style whistleblower who infiltrates the NSA and rants about privacy violations — yet can’t stop revealing his every thought online to anybody who will listen.

South Park fans had a longer-than-usual wait for new episodes this year, given that creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s decision to produce fewer episodes (10 per year). On Sunday, South Park also won its fifth Emmy for outstanding animated program.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor
KEYWORDS: cartman; nsa; southpark
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To: dynachrome

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/an-4crRuuu24hbb24/mercury_rising_1998_discussing_patriotism/

Here is Baldwin discussing Patriotism in Mercury Rising.


21 posted on 09/26/2013 8:21:34 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Butters is the greatest human being who has ever lived. :-)


22 posted on 09/26/2013 8:25:37 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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To: ConservativeStatement

He sure is..oh HAMBURGERS :-)


23 posted on 09/26/2013 8:37:57 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: dynachrome

I just got done watching the “let go let gov” episode. It is piss your pants hysterical!


24 posted on 09/26/2013 9:31:12 PM PDT by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: dynachrome

Goodnight Government.


25 posted on 09/26/2013 11:13:28 PM PDT by Nooseman
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To: Patriot Babe
Actually I have come across people like that in life. They have the phone up to their ear talking so loud and I’m standing there then they give me the look like “don’t stand close to me”. As if I can’t hear them even from afar, sheesh.

When I'm feeling frisky, I'll put my empty hand to my face like it's a phone and begin a very loud "conversation" which disrupts them a bit - pi$$es them right off because I'm being rude....

26 posted on 09/27/2013 3:44:30 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: ReformationFan
Common sense has become a “hate crime”

That needs to be a bumper sticker. And my Facebook status.andac twitter hashtag

27 posted on 09/27/2013 5:17:16 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
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To: dynachrome

Spoiler alert! It’s waiting for me on the DVR. :-)


28 posted on 09/27/2013 8:03:16 AM PDT by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: freedom462

The new ep sure wasn’t leftist. The A plot was hacking on people who put their lives on social media and demand total privacy, which is really a non-political rant. The B plot was hacking on people who put their faith in government, which is pretty anti-leftist pro-libertarian.


29 posted on 09/27/2013 8:09:21 AM PDT by discostu (This is Jack Burton in the Pork Chop Express, and I'm talkin' to whoever's listenin' out there.)
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