Usually the Beau and I end up on opposite ends ([Beavis mode] “Heh heh she said ends” [/Beavis mode]) of jokes with scat humour. I’m a nurse so I can take it (Shut up Beavis!) and he is squeamish to the extreme. He doesn’t even like fart jokes. This time I thought the shit eating stuff was over the top and the Beau was killing himself laughing over it. I thought the Cartman “My mom @#$% me!” stuff got old really quickly, but again, the Beau was giggling like a loon.
I get the subtext and in some cases it was more like supratext. I just didn’t think it was all that funny.
What was with the “Toron-Ra” thing where the Genuises were popping bubbles and there was a sort of tubular bell sound? Is that an app? A game? It felt like they were referencing something specific.
They were trying to shock the audience and gross them out a bit. It was a funny and gross episode. It worked well. Especially since no one reads the endless Microsoft disclaimers.
Liane has stood up to Eric before, although I do concede it’s a recent thing. After all, she did get help from the Dog Whisperer and turned Eric completely around. But when Cesar Milan wanted to keep their relationship strictly processional, she backslid and started to give into him again. Then there was that Coon and Friends trilogy when she grounded Cartman to his room and wouldn’t let him go to the basement with the rest of his friends. Although he did manage to sneak out to find Cthulu. So she has learned to grow a spine as far as her son is concerned.
Like others have said, I was disappointed with this episode. It just didn’t flow well, not too funny to me. I know they’ll come out with better ones this season; it’s just too bad that this season had to start off so weakly (perhaps they’re saving their best ones for later?)