South Park: Most Quoted Episodes ("Manbearpig")

South Park | 3/03/07 | LS

[LS]

Disclaimer: I am not endorsing the language or some of the actions of the cartoon characters on South Park :)

For those of you who have not seen this risque "cartoon" series, the Cartoon Network has run some of the "Most Quoted Episodes" of South Park, and one featured Algore in an episode involving "Manbearpig."

Alore comes to South Park to warn the kids about "Manbearpig" (global warming), a mythical creature that he insists exists and wants them to get worked up about. (No one does). The kids only repeatedly say things like, "I feel sorry for him. He doesn't have any friends.") Although no one has ever seen "Manbearpig," or have a shred of proof it exists, Algore (yes, they use his name) tries to drum up a frenzy of concern. In one scene he is in a cave with a tourist group when someone announces the former vice president is in the group. Out of some 30 people, two applaud.

This was a hysterical episode and, I think, is reflective of what an important part of the teen-to-young adult group ingest as humor. It clearly rejects not only global warming, but the notion that Gore or Hollywood elites should dictate what the rest of us do.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

I made it thru the thread to number 117. And I have to add (on ManBearPig)...on another SP thread (loooong time ago) and some FReeper (who? I honestly don't remember) actually questioned the writing skills on SP because (paraphrasing) 'three halves do not equal one whole.' You get the drift...LOL...everytime someone 'critiques' ManBearPig, I just know those halves aren't adding up for them :)

I wonder how Trey and Matt will handle the Anna Nicole Smith death/funeral 'extrvagANNAza?'

[Gigantor]

Can someone please remind me while so many so-called "adults" and so-called "conservatives" watch this show?

Because it's funny?

[LdSentinal]

This "cartoon" consistently offends the Catholic Church, depicts children cussing, glorifies drunkenness and homosexuality ... all the while holding Al Gore up to be some kind of superhero who destroys an evil monster.

I expect such idiocy from a Joe Scarborough and Pat Buchanan fan, two PMSNBC hacks.

[SevenofNine]

I don't know about that Cripple I wonder if they wouldn't show Anna Nicole hey Ike could be father of Anna baby LOL!

Ike is playera thanks to those Canadian genes

[spotbust1]

At the risk of drawing fire from some others here, I agree with you about South Park being totally useless show. I never have found anything funny about bathroom humor. I have not watched a whole episode and don't ever intend to. There are so many more useful things to watch on TV, not to mention just turning the darn thing off and spending time with my family.

[killjoy]

"Democrats really piss me off" - Cartman

[BunnySlippers]

Thank you for FINALLY being the first person to let me know what manbearpig stood for!!!

Now, I can sleep at night.

[MarkL]

Oh, this is TOO RICH!!!

As for your remark about "ignorance" ... what kind of foolish person would waste time doing research about a television show?

Well, before declaring all the things you have about it, it might be a good idea... Sort of like the people who denounce Rush Limbaugh... Very few actually listen to him, but they've listened to what other people say about him, and then quote things that Rush never said, or simply just get everything wrong. Maybe you might make up your own mind...

Al Gore defeated a monster that is "half man, half bear and half pig" and was apparently some kind of super hero because he used the phrase "Excelsior!"

You can't be for real, can you? THERE IS NO Man-Bear-Pig! It's a "monster" that Algore made up, so he could defeat it and think he's "Super-Cool!" The kids befriend him because they feel sorry for him, because he doesn't have any friends. And then he abandons them to die after staging an attack of the Man-Bear-Pig, and causing a cave-in. He really doesn't come out looking like a superhero, unless you count tying a cape around his neck and running around like a lunatic at the end of the episode showing Gore as a superhero.

And "looking up" to Mr Garrison (the teacher you mentioned). Not exactly... Not at all, in fact. That character is quite a laughingstock actually, though he's sometimes used in interesting ways.

And I seem to recall the "drunkenness" episode you mentioned. IIRC, by giving away the schnapps, Cartman got all the union reenactment soldiers drunk, and nearly got a confederate victory. I'm having trouble figuring out how that "glorifies" drunkenness, unless you think that losing a war because of drunkenness glorifies it.

You're really "OC," aren't you?

Mark

[SittinYonder]

I expect such idiocy from a Joe Scarborough and Pat Buchanan fan, two PMSNBC hacks.

It was Pat Buchanan (with Tancredo as his guest) filling in for Scarborough, and I never claimed to be a fan of either Buchanan or Scarborough.

However, since you take issue with the exchange, which I thoroughly enjoyed, I take that to mean that you are globalist yourself and that you favor illegals voting in our local elections?

[LdSentinal]

However, since you take issue with the exchange, which I thoroughly enjoyed, I take that to mean that you are globalist yourself and that you favor illegals voting in our local elections?.

I don't take issue with the exchange (they're both anti-Semites pretending to be false conservatives, selling their sould to a liberal network), but your opinion of this show.

[SittinYonder]

Tancredo is an anti-semite? Or Scarborough?

What do you care what my opinion of the show is? Why is it such blasphemy to criticize a cartoon that you have to go to my profile page to try to find things to attack me about?

[LeGrande]

This sort of juvenile humor has no place among conservatives.

I think you are forgetting the politicians targeted audience. Elections aren't won with reason and logic, they are won and lost based on emotions. Emotion trumps logic every time.

We should never forget that.

[LdSentinal]

What do you care what my opinion of the show is? Why is it such blasphemy to criticize a cartoon that you have to go to my profile page to try to find things to attack me about?

The cartoon did not glorify Al Hore, just to make a clarification. And to criticize this cartoon but enjoying the exploits of Joe Scarborough and Pat Buchanan does seems blasphemous to me. Sorry.

[SittinYonder]

Don't worry about drawing fire. For the South Park freaks, anyone who doesn't watch their show is guilty of blasphemy. If it's not your thing, don't watch it and ignore the hue and cry.

[SittinYonder]

You keep bringing this back to Scarborough, and just to clarify, he wasn't on the show (again). It was Buchanan and Tancredo, and the only reason I was watching was because of Tancredo. Who is the anti-semite?

[MarkL]

Frankly, I think that Parker and Stone are prophets! Look at just how much in their episodes have come true over the years! Heck, they're better at predicting the future than Star Trek!

Mark

[LdSentinal]

Who is the anti-semite?

Buchanan.

[Richard Kimball]

I suppose that's the thing about South Park. I find it wickedly funny, although there are some episodes that are too much for me. There's a lot of bathroom humor, but the political commentary is brilliant, and it is one of the few genuinely creative shows on television.

My favorite South Park line will always be, "Dad, Tom Cruise won't come out of the closet."

[MarkL]

Poot Lemmiwinks

Freudian slip? LOL!!!!

Mark

[furquhart]

So far, there's going to be a 24-related epsiode (on the Simpsons too, actually) and a Hillary Clinton one.

I still want them to do an Obama episode. My idea was this:

A purple monkey is running for Park County Commissioner. His speeches consist entirely of pointless platitudes ("education is what educates the mind", "the future is what's ahead of us all", etc) but all of the adults constantly praise him for his "eloquence" and talk about how he'd be "the first purple monkey to be County Commissioner."

In the end, though, he loses to Barack Obama because "well... he's black."