# South Park 10/22 - Peruvian Flute Bands (spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 23, 2008, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-22-peruvian-flute-bands-spoilers/469184 "2008-10-23T06:35:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-22-peruvian-flute-bands-spoilers/469184/21 "2008-10-24T12:27:17Z")
They may have years of contracted life left, but that doesn’t mean it will be watchable. I was thinking how they have become the type of people they make fun of in the cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-22-peruvian-flute-bands-spoilers/469184/22 "2008-10-24T15:43:22Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > Cloverfield came out in January. My bad then. Almost a year late. > [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > They may have years of contracted life left, but that doesn’t mean it will be watchable. I was thinking how they have become the type of people they make fun of in the cartoon. Without examples your ranting is meaningless. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-22-peruvian-flute-bands-spoilers/469184/23 "2008-10-24T17:02:54Z")
I enjoyed it; it was funny. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-22-peruvian-flute-bands-spoilers/469184/24 "2008-10-26T03:47:24Z")
It’s still better than Family Guy. There’s a show that’s fallen far. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-22-peruvian-flute-bands-spoilers/469184/25 "2008-10-26T05:35:35Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > It’s still better than Family Guy. There’s a show that’s fallen far. Family Guy jumped the shark when the novelty of an evil genius baby and an endless string of reference jokes wore off, which took about 1 season. South Park runs with these crazy ideas like plot and character development. ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-22-peruvian-flute-bands-spoilers/469184/26 "2008-10-26T06:16:56Z")
Didn’t see this episode of South Park, but Peruvian flute bands were not an infrequent presence at the University of Minnesota when I was a student there. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-22-peruvian-flute-bands-spoilers/469184/27 "2008-10-26T06:32:41Z")
I thought it was pretty hilarious, but that’s because when I traveled around Europe in 1996, I swear to God I saw the same fucking Andean panflute band in every major city I visited. It was as if they were mass-produced in some factory in Warwickshire or something. In Zagreb I even shared a hostel room with them, and they seemed to make some serious bank, judging by all the money they spilled out in the middle of the room one night to divvy up after a day’s work. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-22-peruvian-flute-bands-spoilers/469184/28 "2008-10-26T12:35:29Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > My bad then. Almost a year late. > > Without examples your ranting is meaningless. I’m not ranting. A cartoon is not worth ranting about. Take it as an opinion if you like or not. They are much like the obsessive whinny people they make fun of. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-22-peruvian-flute-bands-spoilers/469184/29 "2008-10-26T15:04:54Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > I’m not ranting. A cartoon is not worth ranting about. Take it as an opinion if you like or not. They are much like the obsessive whinny people they make fun of. Then without examples your _opinion_ is meaningless. I could start a thread saying Led Zeppelin sucks but no one is going to care unless I elaborate on _why_ I think so. Calling someone obsessive and whiney is not a valid opinion without support; it’s just hating. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-22-peruvian-flute-bands-spoilers/469184/30 "2008-10-27T02:42:42Z")
:smack: I have a cassette tape of a Peruvian Flute Band. But, in my defense, I got it in Peru! I watched it and kept thinking there was something I wasn’t getting. Craig was the funniest. “This is why nobody likes you guys. You guys suck.” Lets see if they wrap this up next episode… ---
**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 27, 2008, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-22-peruvian-flute-bands-spoilers/469184/31 "2008-10-27T05:46:14Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Well, that - - ummm, sucked. Has there been a good episode yet this fall? No. They’ve all been bad. Horrible bad. Only dancing Kenny had any redeeming value. SP has had slumps, but not this deep. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-22-peruvian-flute-bands-spoilers/469184/32 "2008-10-27T06:26:37Z")
I liked it well enough, though it took a while before I saw the cloverfield thing coming. It’s not unusual for Randy to act stupid(The internet porn, “People who annoy you”), so him with the camera didn’t really catch my attention for a while. The biggest problem has already been pointed out. For a show that can be made in a matter of hours(like the Election 2000 episode, or the Quintuplets), it felt really dated. Guatamo bay has been in the news for 6 years now and Matt and Trey just now get around to mocking it? Harold and Kumar beat them to it, for gods sake(and they did it funnier). Cloverfield has been out for almost a year now, and I think most people have forgotten it. It almost feels like this episode was written a year ago and they just now got around to showing it. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-22-peruvian-flute-bands-spoilers/469184/33 "2008-10-27T08:43:04Z")
I saw a Peruvian band perform on a street corner in Paris in 1989. I didn’t realize it was that common a thing these days. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-22-peruvian-flute-bands-spoilers/469184/34 "2008-10-27T08:50:33Z")
I liked it well enough. I liked “Breast Cancer Episode Ever”, too. The only I thought sucked was “The China Probrem”. I dunno, I never really hold South Park to high standards. I almost always find it entertaining, and often highly inspired, but I am rarely disappointed in it except for the stray episode like “China Probrem”. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-22-peruvian-flute-bands-spoilers/469184/35 "2008-10-27T13:53:55Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > Cloverfield has been out for almost a year now, and I think most people have forgotten it. > > It almost feels like this episode was written a year ago and they just now got around to showing it. Yeah, maybe I was right when I said the Cloverfield reference was a year late. That movie seemed more popular when it was just a mysterious trailer on the internet last year. When it was released and everyone I know who saw it said it sucked balls I lost all interest and honestly forgot about it until this episode. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-22-peruvian-flute-bands-spoilers/469184/36 "2008-10-27T18:37:37Z")
Well, to be fair, it’s not just Cloverfield. There’s also **Diary of the Dead** and most recently, **Quarantine**. ---
**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 28, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-22-peruvian-flute-bands-spoilers/469184/37 "2008-10-28T03:19:07Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > I liked it well enough, though it took a while before I saw the cloverfield thing coming. It’s not unusual for Randy to act stupid Yeah, but the father who buys a camera and records **everything** is old and played out. Throw in a way too late Gitmo joke, dated movie parodies and the whole Peruvian Flute band thing (that many haven’t experienced as all that common) and you’ve got a pretty weak episode. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-22-peruvian-flute-bands-spoilers/469184/38 "2008-10-28T13:31:01Z")
> [@vandal](#): > > Well, to be fair, it’s not just Cloverfield. There’s also **Diary of the Dead** and most recently, **Quarantine**. Right, it was a general parody of the guy who will not put the camera down no matter what, even when being pursued by Zombies or Godzilla. (Obviously Cloverfield was the most explicit reference.) This is a little different from the Dad who records “everything”, this is the guy _literally_ recording everything, who seems to have a video camera surgically attached to his hand. When I watched Cloverfield I was thinking how annoying that would be in ordinary non-monster situations, and got a luagh when SP went there. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-22-peruvian-flute-bands-spoilers/469184/39 "2008-10-29T03:54:25Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > :smack: > > I have a cassette tape of a Peruvian Flute Band. But, in my defense, I got it in Peru! > > I watched it and kept thinking there was something I wasn’t getting. Craig was the funniest. “This is why nobody likes you guys. You guys suck.” > > Lets see if they wrap this up next episode… [\*Pandemic 2: The Startling](http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/189600/)\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-22-peruvian-flute-bands-spoilers/469184.md?page=1)