[Odyssey-x]

The Mr. Hanky joke is that almost anything can, via media manipulation and sympathetic portrayal can be made "cute" and loveable. Think PETA telling us that even insects are sympathetic creatures that we should feel a loving caring bond with. Mr. Hanky is of course revolting to everyone except for that small percentage of the population who can be manipulated into feeling sympathy towards anything. For instance, I have seen people wearing Mr. Hanky t-shirts. They obviously didn't get the joke.

[winodog]

I thought mr hanky was made up to be Tom Hanks who ripped south park when it first came out. In otherwords, a turd.

[dljordan]

Had a good BM lately?

[Allegra]

For instance, I have seen people wearing Mr. Hanky t-shirts. They obviously didn't get the joke.

Either that, or they are perpetrating the joke. I think that's mostly the case.

[E Rocc]

The Mr. Hanky joke is that almost anything can, via media manipulation and sympathetic portrayal can be made "cute" and loveable. Think PETA telling us that even insects are sympathetic creatures that we should feel a loving caring bond with. Mr. Hanky is of course revolting to everyone except for that small percentage of the population who can be manipulated into feeling sympathy towards anything. For instance, I have seen people wearing Mr. Hanky t-shirts. They obviously didn't get the joke.

The way I saw it Mr. Hankey

was a blazing satire on Christmas hype, which was made very clear in the "Merry Christmas, Charlie Manson" episode. But sometimes Trey and Matt simply push the limits of "I don't believe they did that!". Such pushing gives the show its edge.

In any case, any show that repeatedly mocks out Barbara Streisand and portays Sadam Hussein and Satan as gay lovers in Hell automatically has a certain degree of cool. >:)

-Eric