# Excelsior! (South Park, 4/26) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excelsior-south-park-4-26/354406 "2006-04-27T02:36:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excelsior-south-park-4-26/354406/1 "2006-04-27T02:36:21Z")
A much better improvement over last week’s talking vagina episode, but once again Matt and Trey’s contreversial views show through. It would have been a little better if they’d have had Global Warm…err Manbearpig be real, but just a lot smaller than Gore made him out to be. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excelsior-south-park-4-26/354406/2 "2006-04-27T02:38:07Z")
Oh and when I say it was an improvement over last week, I’m like…super serial. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excelsior-south-park-4-26/354406/3 "2006-04-27T02:57:29Z")
Y’know, folks might take Al ‘serial’ if he just stopped saying ‘serial’ all the time! sheesh. I’m super ‘serial’ about that. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excelsior-south-park-4-26/354406/4 "2006-04-27T02:58:30Z")
They forgot to put in the jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excelsior-south-park-4-26/354406/5 "2006-04-27T03:09:40Z")
I have to admit, I didn’t get that “serial” thing. Does Gore say that instead of “serious”, and I just never noticed? ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excelsior-south-park-4-26/354406/6 "2006-04-27T03:40:58Z")
“Take a picture of the sound, Steven.” _click_ ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excelsior-south-park-4-26/354406/7 "2006-04-27T04:07:36Z")
It was an improvement over last week’s - almost anything would have had to have been - but it was still a pretty pedestrian episode. At least there were multiple laughs this week… it was still a step down from the season’s start, but it was at least worth the half hour. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excelsior-south-park-4-26/354406/8 "2006-04-27T05:30:50Z")
“Cartman you have to kick.” “No, you just have to save me.” “Cartman I need your help.” “No, just save me.” The scene where he crapped out the gold was hilarious. Question though: why did Cartman eat the treasure? Why didn’t he just put it up his butt like he did Disneyland? ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excelsior-south-park-4-26/354406/9 "2006-04-27T05:41:32Z")
Cartman and the treasure was pretty good. the Gore “jokes” were pretty lame. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excelsior-south-park-4-26/354406/10 "2006-04-27T07:04:58Z")
I agree with the general sentiment here. Better then last week’s(but what isn’t?). Cartman and the Gold was the high part of the episode. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excelsior-south-park-4-26/354406/11 "2006-04-27T09:43:52Z")
Cartman’s Gold Bug definitely worked – I laughed out loud at the look on his face when he expelled it. Perfect. It was pretty good when the kids were hoisting him up like a big _pinata_, too. Mot much beyond that, though. One real laugh and a bit of a chuckle. This show used to hurt to watch in a much better way. I remember worrying that I was going to asphyxiate. I’m starting to think if they ever manage to do me in now, it’ll either be from boredom or my eyes rolling too far back into my head. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excelsior-south-park-4-26/354406/12 "2006-04-27T10:14:19Z")
Great. Another craptacular social commentary episode. That makes six out of six so far this season. I got maybe a chuckle and a couple of grins from this episode - certainly no laughs. It’s alarming how quickly South Park is going downhill. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excelsior-south-park-4-26/354406/13 "2006-04-27T11:39:01Z")
I didn’t get the ‘serial’ thing either. Does Gore way ‘serial’ instead of ‘serious?’ Seems like I’d have noticed that! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excelsior-south-park-4-26/354406/14 "2006-04-27T13:18:13Z")
I liked the cave formations: The hanging mushroom, Man with two bowling balls and the Two Sisters. That was about it. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excelsior-south-park-4-26/354406/15 "2006-04-27T15:26:51Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > I liked the cave formations: The hanging mushroom, Man with two bowling balls and the Two Sisters. That was especially funny to me, as I just went to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky a few weeks ago. I coudln’t help but notice how phallic most of the formations were. (Unfortunately caves are about the hardest thing to photograph, so I don’t have any to show you. Not even of the sounds. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_A_Tame_Lion)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excelsior-south-park-4-26/354406/16 "2006-04-27T17:07:02Z")
Cartman shitting out the treasure was good for a laugh. But really–Al Gore? He’s supposed to be the target of some biting satire? Al Gore?! Isn’t that a bit like looking at New Orleans last year and running an exposé on the local dogcatcher? With all that’s been going on in the world, they couldn’t find a better target to send up than…Al Gore? I didn’t get the “serial” thing either. Jokes only work if the audience has at least the slightest chance of knowing what they are about. This may be real evidence that Matt and Trey are just plain tired of doing the show. If they’ve really had it, why don’t they just quit and get it over with, instead of rolling through these death throes? There’s no shame in saying, “We’ve had our run, it was good, but we’re tired, so let’s get on with other things.” Better that than to spoil the overall quality of the show with a run of lousy episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excelsior-south-park-4-26/354406/17 "2006-04-27T18:07:57Z")
> [@Not A Tame Lion](#): > > I didn’t get the “serial” thing either. Jokes only work if the audience has at least the slightest chance of knowing what they are about. What’s worse is how they beat that “joke” into the ground. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excelsior-south-park-4-26/354406/18 "2006-04-27T18:36:59Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > What’s worse is how they beat that “joke” into the ground. …kinda’ like Family Guy in that respect, the whole “drag a joke out too long” thing… i mean, serially, what’s up with that? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excelsior-south-park-4-26/354406/19 "2006-04-27T19:35:54Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > This show used to hurt to watch in a much better way. I remember worrying that I was going to asphyxiate. I’m starting to think if they ever manage to do me in now, it’ll either be from boredom or my eyes rolling too far back into my head. I severely injured myself inhaling ice cream while laughing uncontrollably at Cartman eating the treasure and being hoisted up by the rope, but the Al Gore stuff was just incredibly lame. Why can’t they get back to just telling funny stories like they did in, say, “Li’l Crime Stoppers” or “Volcano”? They even seem to REALIZE how crappy they’re making the show – the guy on part 2 of Cartoon Wars said that line about “getting all up its own ass with messages” or whatever it was – but they keep doing it! Are they doing this on purpose?! ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excelsior-south-park-4-26/354406/20 "2006-04-27T20:00:57Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > The scene where he crapped out the gold was hilarious. “Looks like you got about $14 dollars worth there…” I thought it was pretty good. I’m totally serail! Why won’t anyone believe me?!?! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excelsior-south-park-4-26/354406.md?page=2)