Farrellys' "South Park" Smackdown

Eonline ^ | December 14, 2005 | Josh Grossberg

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Is Cartman a crook?

Peter and Bobby Farrelly, the gross-out gurus behind Dumb and Dumber and There's Something About Mary are accusing South Park masterminds Trey Parker and Matt Stone of ripping off a movie idea.

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[AmishDude]

Wouldn't really want to think of myself as the only person in the world who could come up with that idea. Regardless, I'm sure it's better as a cartoon TV episode.

[faq]

Simpson's did it!

[MarkeyD]

A kid in my high school did it.

[Sybeck1]

You beat me to it!

[billbears]

vParker and Stone's take-no-prisoners comedy has targeted everything from the war in Iraq to The Passion of the Christ to Michael Jackson's legal problems to a recent episode lampooning Tom Cruise's affiliation with the Church of Scientology.

Let's see we have South Park that makes biting commentary on anything and everything, even the episode in question had to do with steriod use. Or we have the Farrelly Brothers and this idiot Johnny Knoxville. I' ve tried to watch Jackass once or twice. It was just dumb. If the Farrelly brothers got beat to the market, too bad. The worst South Park episode is much better than anything the Farrellys or Knoxville have ever done

[Space Wrangler]

Yeah, it's not like the idea is so unique that multiple people couldn't have the idea, and apparantly some have even acted on it. Tempest in a Teapot that will hurt neither Parker and Stone, nor the Farrelly's.

[mnehring]

Seems like South Park beat the Farrellys by over a year... Maybe Tray and Matt can sue the Farrelly bros. Plus, the South Park episode really was about steroid use.. something the Farrelly's movie doesn't sound like it touches.

[LanPB01]

The Farrelly Brothers haven't made a decent movie in years. They peaked with There's Something About Mary.

[wvobiwan]

South Park rips EVERYONE off, and does it funnier and better than anyone. Get over it wussies.

They should be happy, at least their 'story' gets watched via South Park, I'm sure no one gives a crap about whatever show/writer was supposedly robbed.

[Ramius]

It's pretty tough to prove, unless whole sections of dialogue were ripped off. It is the sort of idea that is easily believable for Matt and Trey to have come up with on their own.

[mnehring]

Why do I have a sneaking suspicion there will be a SP episode in a few weeks discussing some evil movie maker named Barrelly who steal kids ideas and make movies out of them and then try to sue the kids...

[Space Wrangler]

I would also add that after Parker and Stone absolutely drilling Tom Cruise this season, look for more attacks from the Hollywierd usual suspects. I can easily imagine that there are going to be some vehement attacks on them in the coming months. Their epsiodes are starting to hit a little too close to home for some of these nitwits' sacred cows.

[rattrap]

"ex-Jackass Johnny Knoxville" LOL

I like Johnny, but he's still a jackass, show or not.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Dante's Peak/Volcano

Armegeddon/Deep Impact

Sometimes ideas just take hold and there are several people doing the same thing at the same time.

[ko_kyi]

The old "pitch a story to a producer then sue if anything remotely similar ever comes out" scam is as old as hollywood itself.

[SevenofNine]

I wonder if they attack Kabbalh the ancient Jewish mysteism maybe Kyle get into it meet Madonna LOL!

[hattend]

The Farrellys, meanwhile, are attempting to stage their long-gestating update of The Three Stooges.

Are they going to be gay?

Bastards

[EveningStar]

I saw that. They must be kidding. :(