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Tonight!! Major Boobage!! SOUTH PARK Salutes The 1981 Stoner Cartoon HEAVY METAL!!

Published at:  Mar 27, 2008 2:20:36 AM CDT

SPOILER ALERT !!



I am – Hercules!!

12.1 gave Cartman and Kyle the HIV virus.

12.2 had Britney Spears shoot off her hair.

A staffer on “South Park” just contacted us to say that 12.3 is “...is one of the greatest things I've ever seen. I can't wait for you to see it. Goddamn am I proud to work on this show.”

Here’s how Comedy Central describes it:

SOUTH PARK PAYS HOMAGE TO THE 1981 FILM, "HEAVY METAL" IN AN ALL-NEW "SOUTH PARK" ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26 AT 10:00 P.M. ON COMEDY CENTRAL

NEW YORK, March 24, 2008 -- The boys are worried when Kenny starts experimenting with the newest way to get high in an all-new episode of "South Park," entitled, "Major Boobage," premiering on Wednesday, March 26 at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on COMEDY CENTRAL.

Kenny is skipping school and the other boys are sure it's because he's hooked on the latest drug craze that's popular with the junior high and under crowd. Meanwhile, Kyle's parents become concerned that their son is getting high when they find contraband in his room. To illustrate just how high you can go, "South Park" pays homage to the 1981 movie, "Heavy Metal."


Ah, remember that “Heavy Metal” mega-soundtrack that kept it off home video for 15 years? The title song from The Eagles’ Don Felder. Devo’s “Through Being Cool” and “Working In A Coal Mine.” Sammy Hagar, Blue Oyster Cult, Cheap Trick, Donald Fagan, Nazareth, Journey, Grand Funk Railroad, Black Sabbath and Stevie Nicks. Harold Ramis, John Candy, Eugene Levy and Joe Flaherty all provided voices. Good times.

10 p.m. Wednesday. Comedy Central.







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    Readers Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 8:35:17 AM CDT

    as possibly the fist poster I find myself...

    by flickapoo

    ...with nothing clever to say.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 8:36:53 AM CDT

    Swanky Metal

    by prof_ender

    Loved HEAVY METAL. Love SOUTH PARK. Thus I can only, possibly be...disappointed. NEGATIVITY'D!!!

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  • Mar 26, 2008 8:37:24 AM CDT

    Except that I am a grown man and love...

    by flickapoo

    ...big cartoony boobs. Problem?. I hope not...don't think so. Don't really have a taste for giant boobs in real life. Just cartoons. Oh...Jessica Rabbit...

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 8:45:30 AM CDT

    I'm laughing already

    by trazadone

    Can't wait.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 8:45:33 AM CDT

    Heavy Metal Soundtrack

    by prof_ender

    Man, I loved that soundtrack when I was younger. That and the TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE CD would be on non-stop through out highschool. ... Of course highschool for me was 1997-2001. -_-;

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  • Mar 26, 2008 8:55:44 AM CDT

    I hope it isn't like Make Love, Not Warcraft and Imaginationland

    by derlanghaarige

    I hate to be the guy who shits on the two most popular episodes of the last few seasons or probably even the whole series, but I hate to see when bad or mediocre episodes only get lots of love for just using geek credible events or characters.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 8:58:42 AM CDT

    Can't stand most of the bands on that ST

    by gotilk

    ..But for some reason I like to hear it from time to time. I still love Cheap Trick though. How can you hate a band with a smoking fat guy named Bun E playing drums? Please let the new drug of choice be a green ORB.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 9:11:57 AM CDT

    Remember how Lou Stathis used to...

    by kid z

    ...take up valuable pages expounding on bands you never heard of and insisting on spelling "rock" as "rok"? Then the movie came out and the bands they used were the lame bands you NEVER listened to? (Well, DEVO was still considered cool at the time, but that's about it.)

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  • Mar 26, 2008 9:12:36 AM CDT

    Heavy Metal

    by ur-vile

    This season so far has been kinda meh (nothing at bad as that last towlie episode... shutter...) but a Heavy Metal spoof sounds kick-ass..
    I love the soundtrack to that movie, I wish they'd RErelease it and add the missing songs, and remaster it to boot.I was looking at wikipedia, apparently the score is finally been released officially on CD (sort of).

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  • Mar 26, 2008 9:16:07 AM CDT

    forgot to add

    by ur-vile

    Veteran of the Psychic Wars, best Cult song ever

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  • Mar 26, 2008 9:25:13 AM CDT

    The Elmer Bernstein SCORE is finally on legit CD

    by osmosis jones

    That was the only good thing about that movie.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 9:25:56 AM CDT

    can't freakin wait to see this..

    by bob oblaw

    this show never ceases to amaze me..

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 9:40:31 AM CDT

    Call it/Heavy Metal/Nooooooooiiiiiseeeeeee!!!!!!

    by dirkbelig

    It's a one-way ticket to Midnight!!!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 9:40:42 AM CDT

    DerLanghaarige

    by nice marmot

    You have a point about the Imaginationland episode, although I enjoyed it. Didn't they just do exactly what they make fun of Family Guy for doing? But I love the Warcraft episode. Can't wait for some Heavy Metal.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 9:41:59 AM CDT

    Too Bad Heavy Metal II Sucked ass

    by tallscott

    It could have been great to showcase how far animation came but became a whole movie just to star a chick who was banging the publisher of the magazine.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 10:11:38 AM CDT

    Just watched the preview on their site

    by executiverocker

    Looks like it could be something special indeed

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 10:21:43 AM CDT

    SNOW TIME!

    by mastidon

  • Mar 26, 2008 10:36:25 AM CDT

    Human Giant?

    by inwosuxred

    The first 3 episodes of this season of Human Giant were better than the first two episodes of South Park, and every episode of SNL Herc has pimped this year. They really need to get someone from Buffy to do a cameo on that show so Herc will notice it.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 10:53:58 AM CDT

    apparently David Fincher is bringing this to the big screen

    by newc0253

    Heavy Metal, i mean, not South Park.

    that's a rumour i heards anyway.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 11:07:19 AM CDT

    someone gave me that allbum

    by napoleon park

    on 8-track.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 11:09:50 AM CDT

    INWO

    by skimn

    I agree. Human Giant is the closest thing we have to Mr. Show currently on television right now. It doesn't have the history or "classic" status, and probably doesn't have a press release that can be copied and pasted, and presented as "news".

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 11:10:40 AM CDT

    Oh good, a parody of a quarter century old movie

    by napoleon park

    that explains how South Park is funnier than Family Guy.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 11:27:35 AM CDT

    ur-vile is 100% correct about BOC

    by tom arnold

    "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" is my favorite track that they ever did, even though I think Secret Treaties was their best album.

    As for this season so far, I feel its pretty solid. When Britney blew her head off and Cartman just walks out of the room, I freakin' lost it. I don't think I could breathe for a good minute or so I was laughing so hard. Plus, the backing vocals in her song at the "video awards" had me in tears.

    Don't know if you all have checked out the interview with Matt and Trey at The Onion's AV Club this month, but its pretty good. I'd post a link, but what're ya gonna do?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 11:48:38 AM CDT

    Trey and Matt's geek love

    by skimn

    can't be discounted. What other program, animated or otherwise, would base an episode on a cult cartoon? Their reference to Body Snatchers last week, the hommage to Carpenter's Thing last year, 300 parody, Dawn Of The Dead, and on and on.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 12:08:06 PM CDT

    Major Boobage

    by fred

    A play on Captain Sternn perhaps?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 12:23:20 PM CDT

    South Park is dead

    by rupee88

    and buried at this point.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 12:49:21 PM CDT

    Taarna !!!!

    by tanks1

    Taarna was HOT!!! Ok, i know it was a cartoon....

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 1:00:56 PM CDT

    Sounds fucking cool

    by space disc jockey

    This should be interesting. With the recent news of a new Heavy Metal project(with Fincher involved) and now this, I think there will be renewed interest in the HM franchise. Let's please forget the disappointing Heavy Metal 2000 and remember the awesome 1981 film.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 1:18:04 PM CDT

    Looks like Heavy Metal is about to get Pwned...

    by mjohnson

  • Mar 26, 2008 1:23:57 PM CDT

    Still have that soundtrack...

    by zeke25:17

    and the Sammy Hagar song was what made me a fan of his (though I believe the repeated guitar riff came from Jim Peterik as opposed to Sammy). That version of the song, produced by Roy Thomas Baker, is the best I've heard; the live version Sammy & the Waboritas do isn't half bad; they just play it a bit too slow....Oh, and the movie wasn't bad either, though not as good as that trademark illustration would have you believe. God, imagine if all the animation in the movie looked like THAT!

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  • Mar 26, 2008 1:43:09 PM CDT

    The Premiere Rocked

    by the chalk outline

    Season 12 started off excellent, but the Britney episode only had its moments. Hopefully this one will be great as well.Also, I'd just like to point out how great it is that South Park is still producing quality episodes. Sure, they have duds every now and then, but honestly, what was the last animated show to go past the 150 episode mark and not "lose it"?Sure, The first 9 or 10 seasons of The Simpsons may still be the "Holy Grail" of animated sitcoms, but South Park is really putting a stamp on its own claim to fame and doesn't look to be slowing down anytime soon.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 1:43:55 PM CDT

    South Park is far from dead

    by jarek

    Last season had some of the best episodes in years. It's still fresh. There isn't another show out there that gets me as excited for new episodes.

    Reply to Talkback

  • ahh, John Candy as Den. 1980 was weird.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 2:05:55 PM CDT

    k hanging out!"

    by wash

    damn character limit

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 2:07:51 PM CDT

    South Park = Mirror Held Up To Society

    by dvanhorne

    South Park has moved past being an animated sitcom. It is now a tool to let Matt & Trey hold a mirror up to society and show just how far the world, our country the USA in particular, has fallen.

    Though intolerance, bigotry, and hate are a staple of South Park it is the elements of tolerance, humanity, and love that are championed by the show's message. Similarly to the Norman Lear era of 70s sitcoms (no surprise he has been a staff writer for the show), South Park delivers social commentary into its punch lines and premises almost each and every week. Its no accident and is a reason why the show has received so many awards and been so critically and commercially successful.

    I can't wait to see what project M&T work on outside of South Park.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 2:09:56 PM CDT

    HEAVY METAL was the shit in 81!!!

    by orionsangels

    Why, because in 81 there was almost nothing like it. A cartoon with sex & violence?, not to mention cursing! Holy shit! That was almost unheard of then. You just felt cool and dirty watching it. I have the DVD and watching it today it brings back messages, but wow does it look dated. Still I'll always love Heavy Metal for taking a bold leap in animation.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 2:12:32 PM CDT

    hahaha

    by orionsangels

    That's odd. I meant to type memories not messages, but subconsciously I typed messages. What messages? That's weird. Maybe the movie had hidden messages? Anyway, maybe that green glowing ball that melts people will show up on Southpark

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  • Mar 26, 2008 2:20:48 PM CDT

    re: mr ahole ramirez

    by the chalk outline

    Honestly, I haven't watched King of the Hill since, I believe it was season 5 or 6, when Hank finds out he has a brother in Japan or something. It was a good show though, I just didn't have the time for it anymore and haven't got back into it.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 2:28:40 PM CDT

    won't you take a riiiiide...on heaaavy metaaaal...

    by sir loin

    It's the only way you can travel down that road!P.S. It's MY Lok-nar.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 2:39:28 PM CDT

    Ah, what fond memories!

    by acappellaman

    I've got a copy on VHS at home. It's been many years since I watched it - might be time to warm up the VCR again.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 3:23:07 PM CDT

    Good Niborg Man...

    by banditmania

    ...has it been that long?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 26, 2008 3:46:41 PM CDT

    Hope its better than the last two

    by codefool

    I am still a regular watcher or SP but god the last two episodes dissapointed. It just seems like they are thrown together in a hurry. And last weeks seems like they started one thing and didn't know where to go so they ended up somewhere else.

    Also I'm a getting a little annoyed at this basic formula they use when they have no good ideas. They 1. Find an issue of the day. 2. Find an old movie, replace chars. with SP chars. 3. Profit. Talk about the manatee aproach.

    I would say that about 60-70% of the last couple of seasons have been hit and miss.

    I like the movie spoofs when they are good, like Woodland Critter Christmas, but hate crap like last weeks, or Night of the Living Homeless, or the Lice one and many of the other spoofs. Where the high watermark, orignal eps that are funny like Jennifer Lopez, or the Goobacks? For every one of those you get 10 medicore crap eps.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 4:11:06 PM CDT

    Hmmmm Big!

    by darthjedi

    Gotta love Heavy Metal.
    Where would Fifth Element be without Harry Canyon?

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  • Mar 26, 2008 4:53:07 PM CDT

    The Britney Spears episode was actually really good.

    by jkrow21

    At first I wasn't too fond of the episode until they actually got to their main point. The comparison between today's society and those before us was actually pretty smart.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 4:54:48 PM CDT

    Imaginationland/Warcraft: NOTHING in common with manatees

    by darthcorleone

    Yes, they are based on pop culture references. But as Cartman points out, the flaw with Family Guy is not that they use homages and allusions. It's that their homages and allusions are complete non sequiturs that have absolutely nothing to do with creating a strong narrative thread that smoothly integrates with the show's universe and characters. Fuck the Family Guy manatees.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 4:56:21 PM CDT

    "Must...jump...this...shark!"

    by fiester

    Go, Cartman, go! You can do it!

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  • Mar 26, 2008 5:09:08 PM CDT

    How exactly would South Park jump the shark?

    by the chalk outline

    I mean, seriously. They'd have to do something pretty damn insane compared to the insane stuff they're already done. That guy who mentioned them having an episode with them all in high school might have been on to something. A grownup Cartman could probably pull off something so bat-shit insane that they'd never top it in a million years.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 5:34:07 PM CDT

    for shits and giggles

    by ur-vile

    Was curious if anyone liked "A Million Little Fibers"? I think the show has been pretty good for the most part, but I hated that one. What a load of crap

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  • Mar 26, 2008 5:43:59 PM CDT

    I'm afraid to look

    by yeti

    Yet I cannot turn away....

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  • Mar 26, 2008 5:47:32 PM CDT

    DEY TURK ARRR JERRRBBBZZZZ!!!!!!

    by the chalk outline

  • Mar 26, 2008 5:48:53 PM CDT

    One things for sure

    by dogsoup

    This episode alone will be 100 times better than Heavy Metal 2000. Yes Kevin Eastman, your wife is Julie Strain and she's hot and lets you fuck her friends. We know. There was no need for a two hour love letter to her that wastes Billy Idol totally. I have no hope whatsoever for a third one. the magic is gone used up on the original. And maybe this SP episode...

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  • Mar 26, 2008 5:56:53 PM CDT

    Fiester...

    by normanjohnson

    Saying something has "jumped the shark" is so lame, so not clever, so just... weak, man. The kind of douche that latches onto a five year old catch phrase and then week in / week out says the same fucking catch phrase in the talkbalks is the kind of douche that probably shouldn't even watch SP in the first place. I can't tell if you're patting yourself on the back every time you do this, or if you're actively trying to be the world's most annoying aicner. Christ, buddy...

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  • Mar 26, 2008 6:18:17 PM CDT

    New High

    by monsterforge

    My money's on the new high being Jenkem. Hee hee.. butthash... hee hee.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 6:34:19 PM CDT

    Right on, NormanJohnson

    by marcopolio

    Saying 'jumped the shark' has jumped the shark. See what I did there? Also, I'm fed up of SP haters shit-stirring EVERY TIME the show is mentioned on this site. That Family Guy bollocks has been resurrected more times than fuckin' Dracula.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 6:36:38 PM CDT

    Jenkem? In MY South Park?

    by ol' gravy leg

    It's more likely than you think.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 6:49:43 PM CDT

    southparkstudios.com

    by theredtoad

    go there. I missed the Imaginationland trilogy, so finding this link is GOLDEN.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 7:00:38 PM CDT

    southparkstudios.com

    by orionsangels

  • Mar 26, 2008 7:01:42 PM CDT

    of course its golden matt and trey sponser that site

    by orionsangels

  • Mar 26, 2008 7:50:23 PM CDT

    Excellent Site

    by the chalk outline

    Very useful for those that don't feel like "stealing" I guess.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 8:06:00 PM CDT

    cool I'll be watching tonight.

    by theonecalledshoe

    big heavy metal fan. can't wait for the third even.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 8:37:46 PM CDT

    Heavy Metal Is In My Blood

    by autodidact

    I was more or less obsessed with this movie when I was 12 years old. At that age, nothing, and I mean nothing, was more important to me than the following animated movies: 1. Transformers The Movie 2. Heavy Metal 3. Starchaser, The Legend of Orin


    At that time those were the only mainstream american feature length animations with any adult content that were not total bullshit put out by Ralph Bakshi. I discovered Fire and Ice a couple years later.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 8:53:28 PM CDT

    How South Park should jump the shark...

    by br1947

    have Chef come back and fuck the shark while singing a song about making sweet sweet love. Either that or have Timmy jump it in his lil rascal

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  • Mar 26, 2008 9:14:56 PM CDT

    Wow. They went full out

    by jccalhoun

    I love that they licensed the music and imitated the art style. Sweet.I also guarantee that within a year we will see some local news have a "news" story about kids smelling cat pee.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 9:27:47 PM CDT

    And then you fight the Boob Goblin

    by martinblank

  • Mar 26, 2008 9:28:32 PM CDT

    in the Gazongas Cave.

    by martinblank

    We have a new classic here.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 9:29:17 PM CDT

    re: the end of this episode

    by damagedinc

    as a new yorker...wow. just wow.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 9:30:46 PM CDT

    Never saw "Heavy Metal"...

    by kyle051554

    ...so I probably don't appreciate this episode as much as other people do, but damn if this wasn't funny as hell. Much, much better than the last two episodes.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 9:32:26 PM CDT

    NOW THAT'S MORE LIKE IT!!!!!

    by willowfan2001

    Let's see. Good use of supporting characters. Cartman not being a complete asshole, and even better, going all Schindler. Kenny actually getting something to do for once. Eliot Spitzer reference. And a fantastic pop-culture parody. First great episode of Season 12!

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  • Mar 26, 2008 9:32:33 PM CDT

    Heavy Metal, Anne Frank, AND a Spitzer reference?

    by hillvalley

    Awesome episode! By the way, what is the tits on TV rule these days? You can show as many as you want as long as they're not on a female human? Just curious...

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  • Mar 26, 2008 9:32:40 PM CDT

    Autodidact

    by shut the fuck up donny

    I just discovered Starchaser a few months ago and I was glad that I did. Now that is a movie that deserves more love and doesn't seem to get any.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 9:33:33 PM CDT

    I too have never seen Heavy Metal...

    by mefrog

    ...but there were some great fuckin' moments tonight.

    Especially the ending.

    It's funny, because I just heard of the high school "cheesing" story this morning on the news, and tonight I'm watching a South Park episode on it. Love Matt and Trey...

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  • Mar 26, 2008 9:34:05 PM CDT

    Kids everywhere are gonna start sniffing cat urine

    by jkrow21

    Stupid fucks

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  • Mar 26, 2008 9:38:48 PM CDT

    Gotta love South Park

    by dancinggopher01

    That shit was funny right there.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 9:39:21 PM CDT

    this should be a special feature

    by evilkyle

    if there were ever a heavy metal special dvd to come out this should be part of the bonus features, in fact this should be a segment in the new film

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  • Mar 26, 2008 9:45:54 PM CDT

    O, IC wat U did there

    by thetagger

    I can haz cheezing?

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  • Mar 26, 2008 9:49:37 PM CDT

    quality episode

    by todoubled

    I must admit I did not see the Spitzer thing coming at all... very well done episode, best of the season yet.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 9:59:32 PM CDT

    Boobs!!! Hahahahahaha!!

    by darth_nader

    You see, they can't show naked boobs on women, but the FCC will allow them on their own as an 'artistic' expression. I can only hope the animators could tell us exactly how many boobs they showed tonight. Oh, and I squealed like a little girl when I saw the WWII bomber.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 10:18:05 PM CDT

    We're having a HEAVY METAL party this weekend!!!

    by orionsangels

    We're watching the Heavy Metal movie and getting high. This episode reminded us all. How beneficial this movie was for getting high.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 10:22:50 PM CDT

    They call it "cheesing" because it's FON to DUE

    by bonerama

    Wow best ep since Imaginationland. The boob goblin in the Gazongas cave line was my favorite.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 10:24:37 PM CDT

    Regarding the FCC...

    by br1947

    FCC has no jurisdiction on cable only networks such as Comedy Central. They can show whatever they want, they just choose to limit themselves. Only over-the-air networks have to deal with the FCC's bs. That's why you get alot darker, more violent and explicit content on cable.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 10:27:41 PM CDT

    South Park Fire & Ice Episode next

    by orionsangels

    or better yet just a full on Bakshi & Frank Frazetta episode

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  • Mar 26, 2008 10:34:05 PM CDT

    br1947...

    by willowfan2001

    The FCC doesn't regulate cable right now, but they're pushing for it. hard.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 10:37:08 PM CDT

    Yea, but I don't think they'll get it

    by br1947

    The whole justification for FCC control is the idea that 'free tv' ie 'over-the-air' can be viewed by children. Where as with cable, someone is specifically paying to get that content, which implies consent on the part of a parent or guardian. I look for them to pass a-la-carte long, long, before they get control of cable, and even that is a long shot.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 10:43:31 PM CDT

    I grew up on Heavy Metal

    by bleh

    Boobies. Lots of boobies. Awesomeness.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 11:37:10 PM CDT

    Absolutely Fucking Brilliant

    by jub3i

    hey gotham_night, is that the best criticism you can up with?"It's your one way ticket to midnight
    Call it Heavy Metal
    Higher than high, feelin' just right
    Call it Heavy Metal
    Desperation on a red line
    Call it Heavy Metal noise!!!"Fuck yeah.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 11:44:25 PM CDT

    Hell yeah, South Park scores its first win of the season

    by zillabeast

    The titties....I want to touch them.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 11:49:21 PM CDT

    duality

    by stevie grant

    South Park combines heinous, iconoclastic, down right filthy humor with usually intelligent, sometimes brilliant, social commentary. Almost always, when an episode isn't that funny, it is designed to make a meaningful, interesting point. But, I'm a devoted fan, so this just might be my rationalization of some of the not-so-funny episodes.

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  • Mar 26, 2008 11:49:48 PM CDT

    Best Episode in a long time

    by oducerproducer

    As a fan of Heavy Metal & as one who's used psychedelic expanders, i fucking loved this episode.

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  • Mar 27, 2008 12:22:56 AM CDT

    Heavy Metal - great freakin movie

    by joesixpack

    Not really, but the animation remains some of the best ever put to film. Wish the stories were better.

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  • Mar 27, 2008 12:30:16 AM CDT

    Joe

    by stevie grant

    that is a good point: I've never been able to stomach more than 15 minutes of Heavy Metal at a time, given the blood and gore and weirdness (minus the
    "rockin' tits"). I guess it has been the animation that made me watch parts of it every time I've seen it on. That and all the things I listed as a negative (I can deal with them in small doses).

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  • Mar 27, 2008 12:35:00 AM CDT

    If South Park is so racist

    by napoleon park

    then why does it have a Korean last name?

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  • Mar 27, 2008 2:37:10 AM CDT

    My favorite episode yet, VERY entertaining.

    by mike_d

    I want it on dvd!

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  • Mar 27, 2008 3:39:24 AM CDT

    That was just freakin awesome!

    by bb6634

  • Mar 27, 2008 4:19:42 AM CDT

    that epi was made for me

    by bacci40

    arent too many shows today that cater to my generation...wasnt falling down laughter, but as usual, it was funny and thought provoking....good to see that after 12 seasons, the boys still have it

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  • Mar 27, 2008 4:24:56 AM CDT

    Heavy Metal had flying cars before Blade Runner

    by orionsangels

    Yes Flying cars shown in that futuristic manner that would be used in films for years to come.

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  • Mar 27, 2008 4:25:41 AM CDT

    I wanna T-shirt of this episode

    by orionsangels

  • Mar 27, 2008 4:27:04 AM CDT

    Dairy of Ann Frank mixed with Heavy Metal

    by orionsangels

    "A planet where apes evolved from men?"

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  • Mar 27, 2008 5:29:57 AM CDT

    A return to form

    by bobo_vision

    That was more like the quality South Park episodes of old. Kenny chasing titties, Gerald stripping down to his undies, cat urine - thats the good stuff.

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  • Mar 27, 2008 7:42:34 AM CDT

    MAtt and Trey are really ripping on...

    by kid z

    ...Fox News lately. Wonder what Fox did to cause the falling out... besides just generally being evil facists, that is. Great episode, by the way, they even got the "Loc-Nar" in there.

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  • Mar 27, 2008 7:44:04 AM CDT

    Harry's internet version of cat pee...

    by kid z

    ...the redhead in the T-Shirt banner ads! Rack-a-licious!

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  • Mar 27, 2008 8:08:15 AM CDT

    best episode this season

    by palewook

    and no, south park aint dead. if you think that you haven't been watching for the past 2 years to 3 years. they keep it relevant and tend to be funny while doing it.

    at times the show is the most cutting edge social commentary in america currently aired.

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  • Mar 27, 2008 8:25:34 AM CDT

    The irony of the Boobies

    by steve_dooku

    Was excellent. Well played!

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  • Mar 27, 2008 9:05:02 AM CDT

    "Dairy of Anne Frank" typo

    by torture pwn1

    regarding an episode titled "Major Boobage".

    Talk about your Freudian slips!

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  • Mar 27, 2008 9:28:41 AM CDT

    "I couldn't stay away from your rockin' tits!"

    by seniorspeilbergio

    Awesome. Funny as shit. What amazes me about this show is that when they parody these old pop culture icons, it's in a way that's completely appropriate to the story and what that particular pop reference kind of symbolized for the time. Heavy Metal was so about early 80's stoner imagery. That's probably why I found it kind of disturbing and inconsistant when I was 10. If i was a teenager sparking up a doobie in 1981, I'm sure I would have thought it was the coolest thing ever. I love that they were able to copy that animation style so perfectly. Cracked me up. Too bad it was a half hour show, otherwise maybe they could have fit Den in there somewhere.

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  • Mar 27, 2008 10:03:12 AM CDT

    This was as good episode

    by series7

    But i think after Imaginationland, South Park has been in a funk. Guitar Queer-O was good. The whole twist with having Kyle father being the crazy drug guy instead of Randy. Even though Randy is ultimatly funnier then Gerald. That line Randy had in the end killed me. But overall unless you were a huge fan of Heavy Metal this episode was only so-so. You know if the whole Spitzer thing hadn't happened it would have been Randy as the drug addict. Maybe they are trying to get away from Randy as being there go to adult. Which I don't like because he is the funniest character on the show. Also the whole Cartman Schindlers List thing just didn't work. They've made Cartman a big pussy this season. OH WELL. I'll wait for the Darkon Episode pitting Randy's tribe against Cartman's.

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  • Mar 27, 2008 10:09:20 AM CDT

    Heavy metal creeps me out

    by raymar

    Anything Bakshi (sp?) touches is evil!

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  • Mar 27, 2008 10:10:50 AM CDT

    Also

    by series7

    Do not care for the new South Park Studios set up. Nor map quest for that matter. AICN please do not follow the current trend of Extra useless shit to your site. Stay gold ginger boy, stay gold.

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  • Mar 27, 2008 10:17:25 AM CDT

    If only cartman had cheesed then we could've had a reference to

    by logicalnoise01

    a pudgy small dicked den who'd probably let the girl die and go fuck the evil sorceress.

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  • Mar 27, 2008 10:23:26 AM CDT

    Great episode!

    by buckys_kick_ass_arm

    I'm really interested in knowing how long this episode was in development for. usually 9 days, but this looks like a mammoth project compared to the past 2 episodes. I'm also kinda relieved that the 'cat urine in face' thing is sorta considered a normal thing to do. My fucking wife can shut the fuck up now and give it a rest. Cheers to Parker/Stone Co.!

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  • Mar 27, 2008 10:57:25 AM CDT

    Cartman is a pussy?

    by normanjohnson

    Um... he kinda like injected Kyle with his Aids blood as a form of revenge in the first episode. Which, I don't know, strikes me as, you know, kind of super fucking evil and fucked up maybe? You know, NOT pussy-like?

    A Darkon ep could be kinda funny... feels like ground that has already been tread but I dunno, that could be fun.

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  • Mar 27, 2008 11:07:54 AM CDT

    Raymar, HEAVY METAL is not a Bakshi film

    by timbenzedrine

    It was definately influenced by Bakshi's "anything goes" approach to animation, but he didn't have anything to do with this film. If I'm not mistaken, Bakshi was making "American Pop" at the time. HEAVY METAL has a few good story ideas but overall the movie is a mess.Animation in the early eighties had really fallen into the dark ages,and few studios were really capable of doing feature quality animation. The animation for the different sequences was farmed out to animation studios all over the world, and stories like DEN and Captain Sternn really suffer from poor animation that barely comes close to the artwork that inspired it. I think Taarna , Harry Canyon, and the WWII Zombie sections come off better because they were written especially for the movie.(Taarna came about when they couldn't get the rights to Mobeius' "AARZAK" comic strip. Taarna copies Mobeius' style, and so does Harry Canyon)If the movie HEAVY METAL has any kind of morale it's this: Animation is fun to watch when you're high, but watching animation made by artists that were stoned out of their mind can be a really tedious experience no matter how much weed you've smoked.

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  • Mar 27, 2008 11:13:41 AM CDT

    NormanJohnson

    by series7

    Yeah the AIDS thing was evil. But then they spend the rest of the time with Cartmen dealing with AIDs. I am just saying compared to typical Cartman its not as evil. Its like the Tsst episode, he is torn between a complete psychopath and being a good kid. Like the whole Cat thing, that would typically be a Stan role. Here's what I think it is. Matt and Trey have possibly gotten either too old themselves or out of ideas with ways to keep the kids seem like they are still like 8-10 years old. Like these past three episodes should be called, The Teen Years. Like I know the shit they've done isn't that much different then what they've done in the past, just they don't feel like kids any more. Stan and Kyle feel like Matt and Trey now.
    About the Darkon idea, yeah South Park has covered similar territory before. Like the Civil War re-enactment, LOTR, the PSP one and Make Love Not Warcraft. But I feel like... shit after thinking about that I realized how what I was thinking of is pretty much along the same lines as Make Love Not Warcraft, which was amazing. But I still think that there is something about Darkon that is soooo geeky and interesting that SP could make something new with it. I mean they hit all the religions.

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  • Mar 27, 2008 11:33:02 AM CDT

    Interesting

    by normanjohnson

    I kinda think the kids are (slowly) growing up too -- but I think that's a great thing. Instead of speaking to them running out of ideas, it's embracing new things. The show has been on 12 years, and if you've watched since the first eps there's a definite progression both in storytelling but also some of the characters. Not that they should be adults or even -- please, no -- teens, but aging them even a tiny bit to me seems like a pretty good idea. If M&T were really out of ideas, the kids would always be 8 year olds and nothing would change. And I actually think it's interesting and kinda great that Cartman, as sick and evil as he is, loves his cat. It's a different side to him, it makes sense, and having Cartman be like the evil cat hater or even the pusher selling cats... well, THAT would have been the obvious route. Instead, much like the Tsst episode, they opened the character up a bit. I mean fuck, don't all the evil overlords in movies have pet cats? I love that he's got a soft spot in him. But then again, I never once got tired of the boob jokes last night.

    But yeah, the thing about SP is that they could take a Darkon thing and make it new. Could be cool.

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  • Mar 27, 2008 11:47:45 AM CDT

    I surprised people missed the irony of kyles dad...

    by logicalnoise01

    I mean gerald pretty much equaled hitler. He banned the cats for something he was guilty for(hitler also had jewish heritage). and

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  • Mar 27, 2008 12:53:56 PM CDT

    The AIDS thing was typical for Cartman.

    by i hope you die

    Cartman's always a huge pussy when something happens to HIM. That duplicity is an entrenched part of his character. The cats were a bit out of character but his insensitivity to the Holocaust was the intended joke. Didn't work well though. Maybe Cartman just has a weakness for pussy.

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  • Mar 27, 2008 1:26:13 PM CDT

    Harry Canyon

    by deckardbladerunner

    TimBenzedrine;

    Harry Canyon was based directly on the work of Juan Gimenez- he created the work for the film, and his artwork is very un-Moebius.

    http://www.juangimenez.com/galeria/index.html

    Take a look at the bottom of his gallery for some of the Harry Conyon spec sheets.

    Also if you have never heard of Juan Gimenez- google the Metabarons- it is great!

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  • Mar 27, 2008 1:41:40 PM CDT

    Say what you will...

    by rutgersjaffo

    ...but last night's episode absolutely kicked ass! I am so going to buy a copy of Heavy metal tonight! IT'S MY LOCKNAR!!!

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  • Mar 27, 2008 1:51:09 PM CDT

    "Curse your rockin tits!"

    by spawnofachilles

    "Curse your rockin' tits!"

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  • Mar 27, 2008 1:57:32 PM CDT

    TimB and DeckardBR

    by stunt vocalist 709

    Kudos to both of you for your insights. Spot-on and informative. I'm going to the link to check out the art. Thanks! BTW, does anyone know whether Allegro Non Troppo has ever been released on DVD?

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  • Mar 27, 2008 4:22:24 PM CDT

    At least one person is going to try the cast piss thing

    by drewlicious

    I just know it.

    I think I officially lost it when Kyle's Dad unveiled his apparatus. That just takes too much thought.

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  • Mar 27, 2008 5:39:19 PM CDT

    Hey TimBenzedrine

    by aikofan

    Harry Canyon was designed by Juan Gimenez, a fairly prolific Heavy Metal contributor. One of his critters was used in Fifth Element.

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  • Mar 27, 2008 6:36:54 PM CDT

    Last week was a parody of THE LOTTERY

    by s0nicdeathmonkey

    Not Body Snatchers. Jesus, it's a pretty famous story. But two extended allusion episodes in a row? Really? Oh well, they were both funny.

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  • Mar 27, 2008 7:31:38 PM CDT

    Not just the lottery but the Wicker Man too....

    by drewlicious

    And it didn't parody Invasion of the Body Snatchers, it just made reference to it with the paparazzi.

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  • Mar 27, 2008 10:13:15 PM CDT

    YEAH!

    by dazzler69

    I never yelled "YEAH" so much at the tv during this ep. I can't wait for the next movie also that is planned for the original movie.

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  • Mar 28, 2008 2:03:01 AM CDT

    .....and Children of the Corn

    by jarek

    If we're going to go over all the inspiration for the Britney Spears episode.

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  • Mar 28, 2008 10:44:02 AM CDT

    TV Platinum, straight up

    by g-ride9000

    I remember the first time I drank a bottle of Tussin. Ohhh baby did I enter that crazy boobtastic world! Then it really kicked in and I thought I was dieing. Then I pucked pink, then it was cool again. Then I thought there were 50 people in my house, were they cops? Then I was falling for a while....It went on for hours like this. I cant wait for my kids to discover this shit.

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  • Mar 28, 2008 11:19:50 AM CDT

    Thanks for the correction

    by timbenzedrine

    I knew I was asking for it when I typed "and so does Harry Canyon". I used to have The Art of HEAVY METAL somewhere in my library but I have to confess I haven't looked at it for almost ten years. I didn't mean to casually dismiss anyone's contribution to this movie.

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  • Mar 28, 2008 2:05:58 PM CDT

    TimB

    by stunt vocalist 709

    I never took your comment as a dismissal of anyone's work. Your comments forwarded the discussion. No worries...

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  • Mar 28, 2008 4:48:01 PM CDT

    Nipples on women = BAD! NOT ALLOWED!

    by zerocorpse

    Nipples on EVERYTHING ELSE = OK for TV!

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  • Mar 28, 2008 5:47:23 PM CDT

    guaaaards...

    by samsquanch

    castrate him.

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  • Mar 29, 2008 12:15:18 AM CDT

    LogicalNoise

    by beldo84

    Pretty sure it was an Elliott Spitzer parody more than a Hitler parody, what with him banning the very thing he was guilty of, and of course the tired-as-hell hate stare of his wife as he stood at the podium apologizing.

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  • Mar 29, 2008 2:41:16 AM CDT

    If you haven't seen HEAVY METAL...

    by thunder mammoth

    ...you will never really understand. You'll think you understand things... but you don't.

    Only then, after watching it over and over, possibly hundreds of times, will the true power of uhluhtC finally reveal itself to you.

    You really owe it to yourself. No self-respecting geek could live without having seen this flick at least once in their lifetime. C'mon!?!

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  • Mar 30, 2008 10:05:31 PM CDT

    B-plot : The Diary of Anne Frank

    by ulcer

    Nice reference in the Cartman b-plot

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  • Mar 31, 2008 9:22:42 AM CDT

    That was pretty good

    by inwosuxred

    I finally caught a replay and it was the funniest episode I've seen in quite a while. I don't really care what they reference or how many references an episode has, I just care that I can get into the plot and that I laugh.

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