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.

[Tx Angel]

Actually, this show makes fun of everything and everyone.

Lighten up.

[Tx Angel]

Not true. He recently married Mr Slave.

[proxy_user]

You nearly fooled me. Better hide your tag line if you want to do stuff like that.

[raybbr]

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

Because it's funny?

[SelmaLee]

That was the first one I ever saw. I've been a fan of South Park ever since.

[billybudd]

South Park is not a "conservative" show. I don't think such a thing exists. South Park is typically anti-establishment and anti-accepted-but-unquestioned-assumptions, which these days translates into being anti-liberal. So there's a lot of common ground between what conservatives have to say and what the show depicts.

If you are easily offended, this show is not for you. But I am an adult, I'd like to think I'm fairly mature, yet I still enjoy the show. BTW, South Park has not glorified dunkenness as far as I know; it hasn't glorified *anything*, in fact. It tends to tear down, rather than glorify. It definitely did not glorify Al Gore - you misunderstood the episode if you think that.

[CFC__VRWC]

You're right, I completely forgot about that episode.

[SittinYonder]

Actually, this show makes fun of everything and everyone.

So that makes it OK to depict filthy languaged children and Bush and Jesus defacating on each other and on an American flag? Because it makes fun of everything that's all right?

This show is a direct assault on the values of this country. The humor is on the same level as fart jokes.

[SittinYonder]

South Park has not glorified dunkenness as far as I know

Obviously you missed the episode where they drank the smores schnapps during the War of Northern Aggression re-enactment. If that didn't glorify drunkenness, nothing ever has.

[Larry Lucido]

You're looking for a time-out, buster!

[Luke21]

It's in syndication on my local Fox affiliate, but is heavily edited. They even edit Sanford and Son on Nick at Nite.

[padre35]

The episode when Tidywinks has to find his way out of Mr. Slave was funny send up of both Paris Hilton and some very deviant practices.

[ko_kyi]

To: MovementConservative; eyespysomething; Larry Lucido; gondramB

Oh, good, another FreeRepublic South Park love-fest thread. Didn't Ann Coulter's disparaging remark about John Edwards teach us anything? This sort of juvenile humor has no place among conservatives.

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.

In a S.P. thread you would say

Screw you guys, I'm goin' home.

[padre35]

And the episode where Mr. Garrison get's his sex change and realizes that "I am just a man with a mutilated penis".

Bingo! No other show would dare to say such a thing.

[proxy_user]

"þa þæt Offan mæg ærest onfunde,
þæt se eorl nolde yrhðo geþolian...

And guess what, I won't either! Especially intellectual yrhðo.

[billybudd]

You can't be serious. You *really* need to learn to differentiate between depiction and glorification.

[RichInOC]

I don't know? Which episode is the one where Cartman says, "Democrats p**s me off!"?

[WV Mountain Mama]

Are you two playing with your Little Orphan Annie secret decoder rings? No fair!

[JMJJR]

ping for later !!!!!

cool I missed that one.

[CFC__VRWC]

"Volcano", Season One. Jimbo and Ned take the boys hunting, and Jimbo tells them that they have to say "It's comin' right for us!!" before they can blast an animal to smithereens, because the democrats passed a law that said you could only kill animals in self defense.

Hence, Cartman's infamous "Democrats p!ss me off!"