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South Park issues rare apology for 'ManBearPig' skewering of Al Gore
NBC News ^ | Nov. 8, 2018 / 5:10 PM EST | By Janelle Griffith

Posted on 11/11/2018 6:58:11 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines

The creators of the show “South Park” have issued a rare apology, reprising the character ManBearPig to make amends for a dis that is more than a decade old.

In a 2006 episode during season 10 of the animated series, Al Gore issues a stern warning to the students of South Park Elementary School about the “single biggest threat to our planet.” He was talking about ManBearPig, a creature meant to represent climate change...

“South Park” was effectively mocking the global issue at the center of “An Inconvenient Truth.”

Now, 12 years later, show creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have orchestrated a mea culpa.

In this week’s episode, "Time to Get Cereal," the children discover Gore was right all along when the character Stan sees an attack. They seek Gore's help, which he provides, but not before they apologize for not taking him seriously years ago.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chitchat; fulllibtard; manbearpig; nbcwrongagain; satire; southpark
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These guys are moving more and more to the left with every episode. I think they caught too much shit for PC Principal a few years ago.
1 posted on 11/11/2018 6:58:11 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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I watched this episode and think the article is bullshit. Anyone who construes it as an apology to Algore is an idiot.


2 posted on 11/11/2018 7:00:43 PM PST by Rebelbase
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I think they are still making fun of AlGore


3 posted on 11/11/2018 7:00:47 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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Which chakra was connected to Al Gore’s penis, I forget?


4 posted on 11/11/2018 7:02:13 PM PST by Yaelle
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Haven’t seen it, but suspect it was a tongue-in-cheek non-apology since we are still here much as we were before. The only thing that has changed substantially is the political climate.


5 posted on 11/11/2018 7:02:38 PM PST by SpaceBar
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Why bother turning over that mossy rock?
Hmmm....Maybe one of them has political plans of his own, and is making nice, trying to unburn bridges.
If so, it’s probably the same one who’s been telling that popular lie that he is a republican, when everyone knows that’s not the case, he just likes to provoke a reaction.


6 posted on 11/11/2018 7:02:55 PM PST by lee martell (AT)
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To: Rebelbase

I watched this episode and think the article is bullshit. Anyone who construes it as an apology to Algore is an idiot.

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Leftist NPCs are incapable of comprehending humor or irony or subtlety.

Since the heart of Southpark is all three of these, they are usually lost. I think this is a big set up.


7 posted on 11/11/2018 7:03:05 PM PST by Psalm 144 (Someone who matters does not 'trust Sessions'!)
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To: SpaceBar

This “apology” is fiction from an NBC writer’s mind.


8 posted on 11/11/2018 7:07:09 PM PST by Rebelbase
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I watched it. It was very much a real apology and featured various “republican” types denying manbearpig was real while getting eaten.


9 posted on 11/11/2018 7:09:27 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines (Their side circles the wagons. Our side revs up the bus.)
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See post 9.

See also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AW4nSq0hAc


10 posted on 11/11/2018 7:11:09 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines (Their side circles the wagons. Our side revs up the bus.)
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Oh WOE is me... whys everybody always pickin on me???


listen... warming, cooling, it was 50/50. so i took a shot!!!

11 posted on 11/11/2018 7:11:34 PM PST by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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No way that they should not call a Man Bear Pig a Man Bear pig unless they are apologizing for for calling him Communist Bear Liar.


12 posted on 11/11/2018 7:18:59 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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I didn’t think it was an apology to algore. not the vibe i got from it.


13 posted on 11/11/2018 7:24:00 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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manbearpig is a metaphor for hillary, right? /s


14 posted on 11/11/2018 7:25:31 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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I watched this episode and think the article is bullshit.

I'm not sure. Saying ManBearPig is real sounds like an apology to Gore, but the Al Gore character is still a parody of the real man.

15 posted on 11/11/2018 7:25:41 PM PST by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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2006? Weren’t we supposed to be underwater in coastal cities by 2008 or thereabouts? Manhattan, SF, LA, all under water. I bought an inflatable raft for nothing because of the fear mongering by Al!


16 posted on 11/11/2018 7:25:49 PM PST by roadcat
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“No massage parlor employees were harmed during the making of this show”


17 posted on 11/11/2018 7:27:49 PM PST by RandallFlagg (Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
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I wonder if it is a sly take on the Simpsons getting rid of Apu. As in bowing down to PC pressure.

Freegards


18 posted on 11/11/2018 7:29:21 PM PST by Ransomed
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To: Psalm 144

Ever since Obama was crowned the Entertainment Mantra is ‘ We will not make fun of any Democrat!!’. I remember way back when, Leno was asked why he didn’t skewer Obama and his answer was ‘he’s not tunny’. It was shortly after Obama had proclaimed he had visited ‘57 states’. I guess the word came down from on high, LAY OFF OBAMA......and they still stay away from skewering him or Moochie.


19 posted on 11/11/2018 7:29:47 PM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell)
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Al Gore's Travelin' Global Warming Show

LOL Google put a link to Wikipedia Global Warming to try and refute this video making fun of Al Gore.
20 posted on 11/11/2018 7:32:20 PM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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