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Canada On Strike!! Terrance & Phillip Return For SOUTH PARK 12.4!!

Published at:  Apr 02, 2008 11:14:37 AM CDT

I am – Hercules!!



12.1 made Eric Cartman HIV positive.
12.2 made Britney Spears shoot her hair off.
12.3 took Kenny to Heavymetalland.

Comedy Central says of 12.4:

CANADA TAKES A STAND IN AN ALL-NEW "SOUTH PARK" ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2 AT 10:00 P.M. ON COMEDY CENTRAL

NEW YORK, March 31, 2008 – Canadians want more money and decide to stage a strike in an all-new episode of "South Park," entitled, "Canada On Strike!," premiering on Wednesday, April 2 at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on COMEDY CENTRAL.

The head of the World Canadian Bureau leads the country into a long and painful strike and the responsibility of brokering a settlement rests with the boys. Meanwhile, people from Denmark flock to the U.S. and cross the picket lines to take the place of the striking Canadians. In conflict over whether or not to stand with their countrymen, Terrance and Phillip uncover the truth behind the outrageous cost of the strike.










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    Readers Talkback

  • Apr 02, 2008 10:53:36 AM CDT

    First

    by ecupirate71

    Fuck Canada!

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  • Apr 02, 2008 10:54:44 AM CDT

    Just Kidding

    by ecupirate71

    I love our neighbors to the North. I was cheesing when I posted the last time.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 10:54:56 AM CDT

    about time

    by palooka_boy

    these guys commented on the WGA strike. but I doubt it toes the liberal line on it.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 11:01:07 AM CDT

    last week's was mediocre

    by shiftyeyeddog2

    ...of course, i never cared for "Heavy Metal", so I didn't think i'd like that episode much.and why does he keep saying Britney "shoots her HAIR off"? it was the entire top half of her head - brain, eyes, everything...

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  • Apr 02, 2008 11:02:18 AM CDT

    They missed the first Terrance and Philip milestone

    by i dunno

    anniversary by one day. It was the one where we were supposed to find out who Cartman's father was but they ran a T&P episode instead. They got death threats over that. I think that was like 30 years ago.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 11:08:45 AM CDT

    it's not even a real country anyway

    by logicalnoise01

    BLAME CANADA BLAME CANADA
    for their little beady eyes...

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  • Apr 02, 2008 11:11:07 AM CDT

    So what is this episode

    by skimn

    aboot?...what..what's so funny?

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  • Apr 02, 2008 11:32:00 AM CDT

    which side

    by palooka_boy

    I'd assume they'll fall somewhere in the middle. Something like they have a legit argument, but ultimately it was the customer that got screwed.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 11:32:51 AM CDT

    The season has been

    by nuck81

    disappointing at best, to say the very least

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  • Apr 02, 2008 11:33:34 AM CDT

    This might actually be good.

    by kid idioteque

    They need a classic episode right about now.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 11:33:41 AM CDT

    no subject

    by palooka_boy

    teeth gnashing debate on writers strike

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  • Apr 02, 2008 11:43:51 AM CDT

    Weird Editing And Pace

    by frodo t. baggins

    This season seems not to be flowing quite right. Heavymetaland did but the first 2 didnt. Almost like they hired a new editor or something I cant put my finger on. Has anyone else noticed that?

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  • Apr 02, 2008 11:43:52 AM CDT

    South Park has been dropping the ball lately.

    by ol' gravy leg

  • Apr 02, 2008 11:44:11 AM CDT

    Major Boobage = major laughs

    by ninja nerd

    I thought the whole episode was brilliant. "Reefer Madness" and "High School Confidential" have been on cable recently, so I was able to appreciate the "banning of cats" more, I guess. SP doesn't always work for me, but Major Boobage did.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 11:46:47 AM CDT

    ShiftyEyedDog2: Why...

    by mbeemer

    "and why does he keep saying Britney "shoots her HAIR off"? it was the entire top half of her head - brain, eyes, everything..."
    Well... it's not like she was using that stuff anyway...

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  • Apr 02, 2008 11:47:00 AM CDT

    Frodo, abosolutely.

    by ol' gravy leg

    It seems like they've got too much dead weight on the creative team or something. Lazy writing, for one thing. The AIDS episode for example could have been a classic, but instead it was thoroughly mediocre.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 11:47:07 AM CDT

    You People are idiots

    by gravitaz

    This season has been great. The last episode was the bes SP in a long time.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 11:52:10 AM CDT

    Good season so far.

    by jkrow21

    Fuck ya'll.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 11:58:45 AM CDT

    yeah you people are idiots

    by zoinks

    The show's as good as ever. What, you want more poop, right?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Apr 02, 2008 12:00:06 PM CDT

    Ol' Gravy

    by frodo t. baggins

    Exactly. The AIDS episode. Were Cartman finally gets his just deserts and Kyle has a field day was just...could have been a classic. I really didnt laugh all that much. Yet at the beggining I was expecting something far greater. The set up for a revenge on Cartman episode was long over due but it didnt really do it for me. Its the only show on tv that can really make me laugh so I will never dog on it. But never the less, something was off. I feel like they lost their chance with that episode.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 12:05:25 PM CDT

    The Homeless = Zombies

    by frodo t. baggins

    That episode. I dont know how I ever missed seasons ago. I saw it recently and MAN. That may be my favorite since the Micheal Jackson ep or the Mormon one. That episode was hiiiiillarious. Cant beleive that got by my radar for so long. & lets not forget the Hair Lice episode. "Kelly...Can Ya Hear Me? I Dont Know. If Ya Can...Kelly!"

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  • Apr 02, 2008 12:06:01 PM CDT

    2008 Peabody Award winners announced...

    by pennsy

    Dexter, Planet Earth, Mad Men, 30 Rock...and PROJECT MOTHERFUCKING RUNWAY?????? WHAT THE LIVING FUCK? http://tinyurl.com/2tp33y

    Yeah, guys, why not award a Peabody to The Hills next year? IMO, reality shows should be disqualified from consideration simply because they are reality shows. This blows like nothing has ever blown before. Worse than a double bill of Pluto Nash and Norbit at your local dollar movie theater. Jeezus Christ.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 12:06:10 PM CDT

    Subtle As a Flying Mallet

    by aquatarkusman

  • Apr 02, 2008 12:07:56 PM CDT

    Heavy Metal

    by shodan6672

    If you don't like Heavy Metal I cant imagine why you would have any reason to post here...

    Reply to Talkback

  • Apr 02, 2008 12:09:36 PM CDT

    Pennsy

    by shodan6672

    At least it wasnt America's Next Top Model. I want to take a hammer to the whole fucking cast.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 12:11:13 PM CDT

    somebody explain how

    by zoinks

    the AIDS episode could've been a "classic." C'mon geniuses. What was missing?

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  • Apr 02, 2008 12:19:38 PM CDT

    Yeah!

    by the chalk outline

    Another Canada episode, sweet!!

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  • Apr 02, 2008 12:21:44 PM CDT

    The AIDS episode was good, but I agree...

    by the chalk outline

    ...could have been better. It didn't have the big payoff like the Scott Tenorman episode.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 12:24:54 PM CDT

    Zoinks

    by ol' gravy leg

    I felt that it was not nearly as tight as it could have been. Like Frodo said, it was a missed opportunity. There were so many little things they could have done to make it really work too. One thing I kept thinking was that the "Are you HIV positive?" line would have been so much funnier if they'd been just a bit subtler with it and and only said "Are you positive?".

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  • Apr 02, 2008 12:32:21 PM CDT

    Well...

    by zoinks

    if you guys wanna be so HIV negative all the time I guess it could've been more subtle and less SouthParkish.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 12:33:41 PM CDT

    Oh, and fuck off.

    by ol' gravy leg

    South Park has been the most consistently funny and ground breaking comedy show for the last ten years. I grew up with it and I hold it to the same high esteem that many people hold the Simpsons. It's only because I love it so much and have such immense respect for the creators that I feel I know when it's not up to it's own standards. I'll never dismiss South Park as having "Jumped the Shark" or some stupid shit like that just because I haven't enjoyed the latest season as much as I did the last. I'm not going to stop watching any time soon, I don't want more fucking poop jokes, I just want to see the guys get back on the ball because I know exactly how good they can be and we only get seven episodes at a clip.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 12:33:41 PM CDT

    People from Denmark

    by elpaw

    Will the Danish Cartoons be involved? They already did that with Cartoon Wars.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 12:40:26 PM CDT

    Zoinks

    by ol' gravy leg

    Please, dude. Cartman injecting AIDS infected blood into Kyle's mouth while he was sleeping was classic fucking South Park. Did that need to be more subtle? Fuck no. But some of the jokes could have been much funnier if the writers had just put a little more thought into their execution. The episode fell apart in the second half, in my opinion. And fuck you if you think people don't have the right to occasionally criticize something they love.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 12:47:42 PM CDT

    Project Runway - the first reality show to win a Peabody.

    by pennsy

    Now if you'll excuse me, I need to puke.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 12:48:26 PM CDT

    I'm just saying

    by zoinks

    don't be so HIV negative, man. I guess you have pretty high standards for South Park. I like the show too and I would like to know which episodes are classic so I can see what you people are talking about. Seriously, I'm not trying to shit on your parade dudes. Ok, maybe a little. poop.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 12:52:57 PM CDT

    Oh and you can't jump

    by zoinks

    the shark when your show is all about shark jumping and then taking a dump on the shark.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 12:52:57 PM CDT

    More Potential

    by frodo t. baggins

    We know what Trey and Matt can do. The AIDS episode missed alot of funny. Some scenes like Cartmans mom crying at the hospital lasted like 2 or 3 seconds too long. She didnt want him when he was a Ginger. But now that he has AIDS shes supportive? Thats funny. Hey dont get me wrong. Cartoons are not suppose to be consistant. Especially this one. Some scenes just driffted. Of all the shows on that week. I still would watch that again. Cause its the characters I love in a new situation. Which is why Iam one of the few that love sequals. But it was so dry that is almost seemed intentional what they were doing. And that was the season opener? Almost as weird as the season closer of that Hockey Episode with the kid with cancer.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 12:54:50 PM CDT

    Why would Canadians strike?

    by fiester

    Isn't their dollar worth more than the US dollar at this point?

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  • Apr 02, 2008 12:58:19 PM CDT

    Canandians = Writers Strike?

    by frodo t. baggins

    Is that what they are spoofing? That would be funny. Even more so if they talked about the new SAG strike. I hope they stick to it in this episode unlike that not in place Spitzer appology about cat piss. They could have done a whole episode on just Spitzer.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 12:59:47 PM CDT

    Fuck Canada.

    by ol' gravy leg

    It's not even a real country anyway.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 1:05:42 PM CDT

    Ol' Gravy Leg

    by zoinks

    It's fine by me to criticize what you love. I just wanna know what episodes do you or any big fan considers to be a classic. I thought ImaginationLand rocked, but I bet hardcore fans maybe thought it was too something or other.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 1:07:24 PM CDT

    Oh yeah. Fuck Canada too.

    by zoinks

    I'm still moving there for the free healthcare though. Thanks Michael Moore for the tip.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 1:36:52 PM CDT

    The AIDS episode was great

    by i dunno

    At least it had a point. Rich people don't die from AIDS anymore. They didn't necessarily put out a specific conspiracy theory on it, they just put it out there. It's a crudely drawn cartoon about children swearing that actually had something provocative to say. Whether or not it had the number of belly laughs you wanted is immaterial.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 1:45:35 PM CDT

    Heavy Metal EP was great

    by red giant

    C'mon, if you are old enough to remember the Heavy Metal cartoon/movie and its awesome soundtrack, you must have loved this one. The boob extremism was perfect, and all the little subtle bloody bits was exactly tongue-in-cheek paying homage to the old classic movie. Rent it if you haven't seen it, then maybe you'll "get" this EP more.

    Of course, if you are young, stupid and listen to that crap they call music nowadays, maybe you didn't get it. Understandable and you have my sympathies.

    At least I can keep dreaming that Led Zeppelin will play again and I can somehow get tickets to see the greatest band there ever was.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 1:54:03 PM CDT

    More Heavy Metal soundtrack

    by red giant

    I have seen Blue Oyster Cult play Veteran of the Psychic Wars live, and also Cheap Trick play Reach Out And Take It, and Dio/Sabbath play The Mob Rules. Man, that really was an oustanding rock soundtrack, one of the very best all-time.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 1:59:38 PM CDT

    Heavy Metal episode

    by zoinks

    was pretty cool. Love the unnecessary violence. I hope the new Heavy Metal movie is even more nutso than ever.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 2:20:44 PM CDT

    I'd never seen Heavy Metal

    by sambrook

    and I still loved last week's episode. Even if I hadn't known what it was spoofing the extreme nature of it would have worked for the high visions. And the rest of it was funny as hell, The cheesing newscast and tips on how to spot it. Gerald's set-up with the projector. Cartman hiding the cats. The hideous animation of Kenny when high. And "The call it cheesing because it's FON to DUE" - I wouldn't have cared if the whole episode had been built around that pun, it would have been worth it. The other two this season - I wasn't keen on the first one at all. Like poeple have said it started out with great potential but then just didn't work. Cartman injecting the AIDs was just too far nasty (even or someone who fed a kid their own parents - Scott Tennorman deserved that)and it was hard to find anything funny after that considering how much we sympathised with Kyle. The Britney one was good and quite clever once the plot was unveiled but I don't think it will be one to rewatch over and over. And Zoink, if you need to judge my South Park tastes, I loved pretty much all of last season but the last classic, all-out awesome South Park episode I saw was the one where Ike was sleeping with his teacher. Pretty much every line spoken in it was hilarious. Nice. Niiiiice. Niccccccce.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 2:26:52 PM CDT

    I Dunno

    by ol' gravy leg

    Oh, ok. You got me. You turned me around on this! It's unreasonable of me to expect South Park to be a tightly written and constructed comedy show as well as contain some social commentary... Please. South Park has always been South Park because it manages to be an incredibly well written and plotted show 85% of the time regardless of whatever point they're trying to make with any given episode. I can watch and rewatch almost any episode time and time again and still find something to laugh at. They've managed to actually get better year after year. But that's not so with the most recent episodes. It's lazy writing and it's below them. But I'm confident it'll get better again in the long run, just as long as Matt and Trey can manage to stay interested in producing the same level of quality that the fans loved them for in the first place.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 2:30:42 PM CDT

    Besides, Matt and Trey are probably too busy working on their ne

    by ol' gravy leg

    To really give South Park the attention it needs right now. It makes sense that the show isn't on top of it's game at the moment.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 2:32:05 PM CDT

    Oops.

    by ol' gravy leg

    Matt and Trey are probably too busy working on their new movie to really give South Park the attention it needs right now. It makes sense that the show isn't on top of it's game at the moment.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 3:10:09 PM CDT

    Something tells me that Moore's depiction of Canada

    by samsquanch

    might not have been perfectly accurate. Especially the guy that said "When we lock our doors, we feel that we're locking ourselves IN." I think all that proves is that every country has douchebags.

    I can't wait for this episode.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 4:44:48 PM CDT

    Sorry Zoinks - Canada's closed so fuck off.

    by yeti

  • Apr 02, 2008 5:36:44 PM CDT

    SP

    by palooka_boy

    Is probably the funniest show on television, barring The Office. It isn't what it was in its prime, but its still funny to watch. The AIDS episode was good, the Britney episode was mediocre, but the Heavy Metal episode was pure hilarity. I agree with the tber upwards who said he'll never stop watching. Even when its got bad episodes, the next one can often restore your confidence in them. I feel like they've strayed a bit, especially last season, from what they do best which is mixing socio-political satire with genre parody, and I think they've strayed from that since the Cartoon Wars episodes, in which they sort of bash themselves by saying sometimes a show gets its head up its own ass with serious commentary.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 5:44:16 PM CDT

    We need more Heavy Metal homages!!

    by mike_d

    last weeks was great.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 6:26:36 PM CDT

    Fuck America!

    by booji boy

    All you stupid Americans should know that you spell Canada like THAT and not Canadia! Stupid fuckin' Americans...

    I'd much rather live in Canada then you gun-totin' American assholes! I hope you all kill yourselves!!!!

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  • Apr 02, 2008 6:27:52 PM CDT

    Oh yeah!

    by booji boy

    To all you self-centered American pricks...try sticking your head out of each other's assholes and look around...there's more to this world than American bullshit!

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  • Apr 02, 2008 6:35:26 PM CDT

    Pennsy, shut up

    by grandpashampoo

    Project Runway and Top Chef are the only great reality shows because they are about talent, not about famewhoring. So, you should actually watch the show before you get all high and mighty on it. If they awarded the Peabody to The Apprentice, then I could see your point, but they didn't.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 6:43:31 PM CDT

    who cares? this premise seems boring

    by orionsangels

  • Apr 02, 2008 6:44:41 PM CDT

    re: gotham_night

    by dreamfasting

    SP understands that Canada is a lot like a Hollywood worker. It doesn't matter if you love us or hate us ... as long as you talk about us :)

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  • Apr 02, 2008 6:45:41 PM CDT

    "Cartman! Lookout for that shark!"

    by fiester

    "Noooooooooo! Suckmyballllls...."

    *splash*

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  • Apr 02, 2008 7:39:41 PM CDT

    Booji Boy

    by mattmanreturns

    Jeesh. A little bitter you couldn't get a greencard or something?

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  • Apr 02, 2008 8:27:02 PM CDT

    Last week was good

    by br1947

    Not great, but easily the best of the season so far. This ep looks promising, good premise.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 8:30:35 PM CDT

    i hope it makes fun of the selfish writers

    by wolfmannards

    ...who went on strike prematurely when they could have either waited for the actors, or continued in negotiation because the people who got fucked over were the crew. Nobody said a thing about crew workers when all of this was going on. But the majority of the production consists of crew members in the technical departments. From make-up to gaffers to PA's. All of these people were out of work, and when they finally got back to work, their paychecks weren't any higher.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 9:06:12 PM CDT

    right about now sucks being Canadian

    by buckys_kick_ass_arm

  • Apr 02, 2008 9:08:04 PM CDT

    "I can make love to your anus without making God angry!"

    by kyle051554

  • Apr 02, 2008 9:10:09 PM CDT

    corner gas

    by shakes

    I hope they put in some sort of Corner Gas reference.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 9:12:45 PM CDT

    Ahahaha!

    by kyle051554

    Butters' YouTube video!

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  • Apr 02, 2008 9:15:30 PM CDT

    what what....

    by shmu65

    in da but!

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  • Apr 02, 2008 9:15:49 PM CDT

    umm...

    by shmu65

    that'd be butt. my bad.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 9:20:27 PM CDT

    Wolfmannards and Ramirez

    by ol' gravy leg

    Go fuck yourselves. I seem to recall that the crews were the main thing people bitched about here and elsewhere the entire time the strike was on. And you two cunts are still fucking calling the WRITERS selfish? Most of them barely make a living wage and they were getting fucked. They still are, too. What a couple of laughable idiots!

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  • Apr 02, 2008 9:28:23 PM CDT

    mr ahole ramirez, i haven't seen the episode yet

    by orionsangels

    i said it seemed boring. we shall see. i DVR'ed it. is that saying? because i don't have tivo. i have dvr

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  • Apr 02, 2008 9:29:14 PM CDT

    Gravy Leg

    by richiro33

    If the writers don't make enough money then why don't they just get a different job? Then you would see their pay go up. They are treated the same as everyone else.

    For example, Im pretty sure you bag groceries for a living. If you felt you didn't get paid enough you may work take another job like being the hello guy at wal-mart or writing month old news blogs on Aint it Cool.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 9:31:15 PM CDT

    so much for a good premise... crap

    by br1947

  • Apr 02, 2008 9:34:47 PM CDT

    At least grocery baggers have a decent union.

    by ol' gravy leg

  • Apr 02, 2008 9:36:29 PM CDT

    Canadians are gripping

    by redc40

    because the spring thaw is upon them and the size of their country will be reduced by 2/3 when all that ice melts.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 9:36:43 PM CDT

    where was kenny?

    by jccalhoun

    So where was kenny? is he still out tripping out?wow, this new Lewis Black show sucks ass.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 9:41:44 PM CDT

    Anybody who says South Park has 'Jumped the Shark' is a doucheba

    by richard cranium

    In fact, anybody who still uses the phrase 'jump the shark' is a douchebag period. It's 2008, people. Once my 70 year old mother understands what one of these internet references means, it's time to retire it.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 9:47:18 PM CDT

    After a disappointing start

    by mefrog

    This episode had me rolling over. Brilliant. Nice to see that they've still got it, especially after two stinkers and one decent episode.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 9:57:15 PM CDT

    Ok, that shit was funny

    by beatsme

    much better, classic old-school SP

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  • Apr 02, 2008 10:01:03 PM CDT

    You're not my guy, fa-wend

    by normanjohnson

    Loved it. As much as I wanted to say that Butters doing what what was stupid and maybe played out, it wasn't. It just made me laugh.

    Also, I find that if you watch the Britney one again -- going into it knowing she's gonna blow her head off -- it plays a lot funnier. Discuss. Or not.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 10:48:56 PM CDT

    That was a good episode.

    by ol' gravy leg

  • Apr 02, 2008 10:53:01 PM CDT

    That was great.

    by kid idioteque

    Just what we needed after a not-so-good opening 3 episodes. Loved the ending. Classic.

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  • Apr 02, 2008 11:40:59 PM CDT

    south park jumped the shark

    by dudemandude

    with terrance and phillip.. their shit in the past shows was pretty weak.. just started this one, hopefully it's good

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  • Apr 02, 2008 11:51:29 PM CDT

    Fantastic ep

    by nortimus

    But where the hell was the Rick Roll?!?!!?!

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  • Apr 03, 2008 12:21:48 AM CDT

    Eh this one was kind of weak

    by jkrow21

    The scene with the internet sensations was funny though.

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  • Apr 03, 2008 1:17:26 AM CDT

    GREAT EPISODE

    by executiverocker

    I pissed myself with the meme war! DRAMATIC CHIPMUNK FOR THE MOTHERFU*KING WIN!!

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  • Apr 03, 2008 1:34:02 AM CDT

    i learned something today..

    by soup74

    does anyone have kyle's end speech transcribed?

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  • Apr 03, 2008 1:44:55 AM CDT

    WGA president dancing was classic

    by the winged doucheman

    When I saw Tay Zonday I laughed my ass off. He didn't even have to do anything. That expressionless face staring straight ahead was priceless enough. Weird how the Lewis black ep was like a companion to SP tonight with the same viral video references.

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  • Apr 03, 2008 2:30:51 AM CDT

    youtube stars fight was good

    by prossor

    ah its a good life

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  • And alot of funny flapping Canadian heads, aboots, and internet guys killing each other. And, I'm Canadian, and I love the Canada episodes, bud-ay! Nobody I know takes it personally, we actually dig 'em, from the movie onwards. We should get one aboot every year, guy, instead of the every 2 or 3 years we have now. But, where was I, oh, yeah, fuck the writer's strike.

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  • Apr 03, 2008 4:58:14 AM CDT

    Kyle's speech:

    by tallboy66

    "But, you know, I learned something today: We thought we could make money on the Internet, but while the Internet is new and exciting for creative people, it hasn't matured as a distribution mechanism to the extent that one should trade real and immediate opportunities for income for the promise of future online revenue. It will be a few years before digital distribution of media on the Internet can be monetized to the extend that it necessitates content producers to forgo their fair value and more traditional media." “Yeah.” Translation: writers shouldn't have had a struck over the Internet because nobody can make MON-EH off it, yet. Hence, all the "theoretical dollars" and stupid Internet guys and the striking Canadians getting nothing for all thier trouble, bud-dey.

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  • Apr 03, 2008 6:53:57 AM CDT

    I saw the words "aspirin writer" and I thought

    by timbenzedrine

    When I read the words "aspirin writer", I thought he had written "asprin writer" and I immediately envisioned a guy stamping the word "TYLENOL" on hundreds of little capsules.Which might be a good job to fall back on,mr ahole ramirez,if that whole writin thing doesn't work out for you.

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  • Apr 03, 2008 7:13:52 AM CDT

    Name the videos

    by dazzler69

    that were on youtube on this ep. I would like to check them out. Some of them did not look familiar. I know Star Wars kid and laughing baby.

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  • Apr 03, 2008 8:03:29 AM CDT

    Had funny parts but disagree with the message

    by jccalhoun

    I'm still really surprised at how many people on here think it is just great for corporations to make more money off of programming without having to pay for it. I'm really amazed that the South Park guys had the guts to do this episode though. Good luck getting any big name writers to work with them in the future but then again the South Park guys probably don't care if the writers hate them.

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  • Apr 03, 2008 8:34:05 AM CDT

    South Park guys don't care if anybody hates them.

    by david cloverfield

    They seemed to have more of a problem with the way the strike ended, than the strike itself. In retrospective, this interpretation seems pretty spot on. Networks didn't get crippled. Hollywood only gave two shits because of the Oscar gala. They didn't accomplish a thing, and then treated it like they've won. This is all that happened in SP last night.

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  • Apr 03, 2008 9:01:29 AM CDT

    Also

    by david cloverfield

    I've watched it on southparkstudios.com, where it was riddled with ads. From what I heard, that money goes directly to Matt and Trey. So, they can make money off the Internet after all.

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  • Apr 03, 2008 9:03:29 AM CDT

    The YouTube videos all in one place

    by bonerama

    http://redgreenblur.com/blog/archive/2008/04/02/south-park-internet-people.aspx

    Also noticed lonelygirl in the background, and who were the two guys dressed like Yao Ming?

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  • Apr 03, 2008 9:06:13 AM CDT

    Bennigan's Gift Cards

    by bonerama

    A free meal! With a purchase of a meal of equal or lesser value, of course.

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  • Apr 03, 2008 9:28:24 AM CDT

    speaking of "dramatic chipmunks"..

    by jig98

    i was shocked to hear that alvin and the chipmunks is now the fastest selling dvd in america with 2.6 million fucking copies in one day. christ. oh, and by the way, the new south park blew chunks.

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  • Apr 03, 2008 10:03:17 AM CDT

    The point of the strike

    by inwosuxred

    was to get internet money before it becomes the big source of income in the way they failed to get DVD money until way after DVD had peaked. They actually prevented themselves from getting royaly screwed again, so I would say it was to some extent a victory. From there, the South Park guys sign a deal to make a shit load of money, much of it do to internet. From there, Comedy Central runs a Lewis Black about YouTube vs Porn. So there goes the whole "can't make money on the internet yet" argument. I'm not much of a fan of the "I've seen that before" humor that was the youtube fight, but I did get some joy out of the Butters video, so it wasn't a total waste. Human Giant season 2, continues to be funnier this season and continues to be totally ignored by Herc. I guess Human Giant doesn't know how to send out press releases so Herc can post them without including any real content of his/her own.

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  • Apr 03, 2008 10:03:20 AM CDT

    This season has been fantastic...

    by danielkurland

    You guys are just expecting and wanting something different. The first episode not only works in terms of its concept, but the tone of it in the beginning is wonderful. Calling the episode something playful and alliterated like "Tonsil Troubles" and all the "You did say it was FREE ice cream? Ha ha.", and the music, makes the entire episode better in terms of doing a completely ridiculous episode with such a mild tone at he start. Could it be better? Probably, but most things can. The Britney Spears episode may have not been a laugh a minute, but that doesn't mean it wasn't good. It actually had something to say, and made an incredibly good point, and illustrated it in such an absurdist fashion. This episode as well worked on the same scope, and my only problem with it was the "buddy/pal/friend" joke was done too often. The Heavy Metal one was my least favorite (which many of you have said you enjoyed the most) because it was pretty much just lazily piggybacking on Heavy Metal, as opposed to offering something new. I don't care if this may not be the "Funniest" season so far, but it's certainly up there as one of the most intelligent, and proving what a good satire South Park is, as opposed to just random shit going on for the sake of random shit going on. I will not be surprised at all if this week's episode is nominated/wins an Emmy.

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  • Apr 03, 2008 10:26:48 AM CDT

    The Chinese Guys

    by jtishere

    Were the lip-syncers that sung Backstreet Boys: http://tinyurl.com/jpx23

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  • Apr 03, 2008 10:35:37 AM CDT

    Was there really something in the spears episode

    by inwosuxred

    that you needed explained to you? You really didn't know that the media builds up celebrities and also tears them down? You didn't know that people that buy tabloids are condoning and funding the behavior of the tabloids? What point was made in that episode that would be a revelation to anyone with a 4th grade education?

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  • Apr 03, 2008 11:00:03 AM CDT

    I'm not saying the message in the Spears...

    by danielkurland

    episode wasn't obvious, but with all the celebrity hype, etc. that happens, we've gotten to the point where we just accept it as normal now. Sometimes it's necessary to just present something in a different manner to get people thinking about how the fuck is actually happening. Like how Jolie/Pitt can sell a picture of their child for 50 million dollars, and it's just treated as natural. Perhaps the message iself wasn't so much significant, but rather the questioning of it.

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  • Apr 03, 2008 11:04:37 AM CDT

    Mr Ramirez:

    by timbenzedrine

    You might find a paying gig if you could get someone to take you seriously. But in order for someone to take your writin seriously, you might want to consider utilizing the letter "g" a little more often.

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  • Apr 03, 2008 12:08:58 PM CDT

    Samwell

    by d1138

    Yeah, the Butters "What What" thing made me laugh, even if it is a dusty reference. In the timeline of viral video, that's ancient history.

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  • Apr 03, 2008 12:15:30 PM CDT

    Writers strike victory

    by skimn

    See Tina Fey's opening monologue when she hosted SNL post-strike for the same idea. "We successfully negoiated a 3 cent per dollar revenue after one year of full streaming, yada, yada , etc." I don't think anyone thinks that NO one is making money off the internet, except those posting their material to You Tube, etc. Now Tay Zonday may get a commercial deal and his 15 minutes of fame that he could translate to something else, but of course it's the site founders and corporations that are making the money off the nets in advertising revenue.

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  • Apr 03, 2008 12:22:26 PM CDT

    Since the phrse "jumped the shark"...

    by kid z

    ...has pretty much jumped the shark by now, let me be the first to say, South Park has now officially "blasted off Britney's head."

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  • Apr 03, 2008 1:51:37 PM CDT

    Almost too much

    by boyhowdy

    to take http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbGkxcY7YFU

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  • Apr 03, 2008 4:48:03 PM CDT

    The season hasn't been the show's best, but

    by novaman5000

    I'm sorry, that scene where the YouTube Phenoms got into a fight? That shit is fucking classic. Sneezing panda = amazing.

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  • Apr 03, 2008 5:15:43 PM CDT

    This ep also re-energized all these old vids.

    by novaman5000

    All of them now have comments by people saying "I'm not your friend, guy" "I'm not your buddy, friend!", etc.

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  • Apr 03, 2008 6:00:21 PM CDT

    is that show still on?

    by napoleon park

    this is that thing with the talking paper dolls, right?

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  • Apr 03, 2008 8:02:37 PM CDT

    Canadian dollar

    by kaitain

    "Isn't their dollar worth more than the US dollar at this point?"

    Not only that, they have all the natural resources that the US needs but will soon no longer be able to afford due to the idiotic leadership of the last seven years.

    Canada will be a much better place to live in the 21st century than the US, 'm'afraid. Space, resources, energy, and (perhaps most importantly) an endless supply of clean water.

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  • Apr 03, 2008 10:23:40 PM CDT

    I'd prefer "Ate the shotgun" as a JTS replacement.

    by zerocorpse

    Instead of "Blasted off Britney's Head", I think we should adopt "Ate the shotgun" or just "ate the gun" as a replacement for "jumped the shark.
    But South Park hasn't eaten the gun yet.

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  • Apr 04, 2008 12:30:56 AM CDT

    Haha I loved it

    by joesixpack

    Few realize how paltry the "win" by the WGA was.

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