# South Park 10/19 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 20, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-19/327018 "2005-10-20T02:33:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-19/327018/21 "2005-10-20T17:19:25Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I dunno. I got some laughs out of it. I laughed when the reporters were talking about all the looting and killing and raping and were asked, “OMG, that actually happened?” “No, we’re just _reporting_ it.” Sending up the media was pretty funny (although Katrina coverage was one of the few things the media did a pretty good job with). The rest of the episode was mostly crap. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-19/327018/22 "2005-10-20T21:11:09Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#): > > They weren’t mocking global warming as much as they were “The Day After Tomorrow.” A lot of the stuff in the ep is straight from the movie, including the scene where there’s a chase scene with “global warming,” only in the movie they’re running from a cold front (seriously!). > > Clearly it’s an ep that gains a lot from having seen “The Day After Tomorrow.” My gf and I enjoyed both, though only one was intentionally funny :). True, but that’s what I thought was lame…not satirizing anything in the real world (when there’s so much available) but just parodying a lousy year old movie. Not to say they necessarily have to be doing cutting edge satire. But, after all as you noted, the orginal was funny enough. Too easy 🙂 . ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-19/327018/23 "2005-10-21T00:27:44Z")
They’ve had some good episodes that were nothing but parodying a lousy year-old movie. Ever see “You Got F-ed in the A-”? ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-19/327018/24 "2005-10-21T00:39:14Z")
Just a WAG. Perhaps the Katrina bit was toned down… so Comedy Central wouldnt get legal action after them? I was taping last night (Drawn Together Actually, and I’m the only one who still doesnt know how to work the timer on my VCR) but anyway, I caught the last “act” of the Episode right before it. (The Toiletpaper of the WhiteHouse/ Silence Of the Lambs Rip) I think South Park is too pigieon holed now. Its Lucy with Ethel Cartman in the mix to push the Lucy buttons. Very Formulaic. Then again, when Southpark Rips on it self; I think it was Kyle? (Paraphrased, from a few Seasons back) “Don’t you see guys? We’ve done this before… its like some kind of formula or something. " Also I noticed that “”“WALL MART””" is now “Grocery Mart” . Gee I wonder why. I’m Still Working on why Kenny is even back on the show, when They DID **Kill** him for a season… right? I mean wasnt that when Butters starting showing up? ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-19/327018/25 "2005-10-21T02:47:19Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Also I noticed that “”“WALL MART”"" is now “Grocery Mart” . Gee I wonder why. It’s because the Walmart imploded. Ever heard of a little something called “continuity?” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-19/327018/26 "2005-10-21T03:58:15Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > I’m Still Working on why Kenny is even back on the show, when They DID **Kill** him for a season… right? I mean wasnt that when Butters starting showing up? Yeah, but Kenny… came back. – Anyway, I liked the episode. Wasn’t one of the best, but funny anyway. I loved where the guy fell when everyone was running and started screaming. The whole Chicago lost 600 billion people bit was hilarious as well. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-19/327018/27 "2005-10-21T04:05:21Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > (did you notice the crab people song played in the background?) If you looked carefully, you could see a few of the townsfolk glancing around during the song—like they were wondering “where’s that music coming from?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-19/327018/28 "2005-10-21T04:08:56Z")
I know that the crab people have showed up before. Anyone remember which episode? ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-19/327018/29 "2005-10-21T04:29:12Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > I know that the crab people have showed up before. Anyone remember which episode? The Queer Eye one is where they started; the 5 guys are actually crab people and it’s part of their plot to take over the world. They’ve showed up in one other one but I can’t remember which. ---
**Author:** ![HoldenCaulfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@HoldenCaulfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldenCaulfield)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-19/327018/30 "2005-10-21T04:50:24Z")
I think the anti-semitism just gets funnier and funnier; it was especially great when Cartman was right; I died laughing. My favorite part of this episode was the repitition of, “We didn’t listen.” My friends and I have been saying that all day. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-19/327018/31 "2005-10-21T11:19:43Z")
“The death toll is expected to be in the hundreds of millions. The population of Beaverton is only 8000, so this would be quite devastating.” ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-19/327018/32 "2005-10-21T13:32:10Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#): > > The Queer Eye one is where they started; the 5 guys are actually crab people and it’s part of their plot to take over the world. > > They’ve showed up in one other one but I can’t remember which. Cartman tried to get the gang to do a story on them for the _Sexy Action School News_ ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-19/327018/33 "2005-10-21T16:21:46Z")
Darn Real World is trying to copy South Park now. [Pumps Relieving Pressure On Troubled Dam](http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/5133271/detail.html?subid=22100410&qs=1;bp=t) I can’t find a good pic of it, but it is described as an old rickety wooden damn sitting above a community of 50,000. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-19/327018/34 "2005-10-22T01:36:11Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Cartman tried to get the gang to do a story on them for the _Sexy Action School News_ “I think we can do a _little_ better than ‘Crab People.’” _Taste like Crab/Talk like People…_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-19/327018.md?page=1)