South Park 3/25: "Margaritaville"

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Wow, can’t believe no South Park thread.
For one of Matt and Trey’s patented Preachy Park episodes, I actually rather liked this one – in part because they were decrying the general idiocy of everyone instead of the side they think is wrong, and in part because a lot of the gags just had great timing.

Also, any episode that features Randy in a starring role has a high ceiling, you know?
– “. . . and, it’s gone.”

– “Oh, that makes sense.”

– “You just put your favorite salsa in the top, and then it comes out the bottom! We gotta get this!”

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So where exactly did the Jews build that cave “probably in the early 60s”? Israel and NYC are too obvious, but… Roseanne Barr was born in Utah for some reason, I’m guessing her dad had something to do with it.

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“They durk our dobs!”

My favorite line was said by the priest. “If they economy is omnipotent it’s not limited to one song. That’s just fucking retarded.”

I can’t help but think there’s some Jesus symbolism going on there.

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I thought the first half was hilarious but then it kind of fizzled towards the end.

Over all it was a great show.

Like RandMcnally, I loved how they dusted off the old nutshell “They durk our dobs!”

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I don’t know what’s more absurd - that Sur La Tahb Luh was ahb luh to sell margarita mixers on credit and that Big Orange (guessing that was ING) managed the accounts then sliced them up into tranches and CDOs just like mortgages, or that a fourth-grade kid was able to just zip around the country with that blender and get onto the trading floor and into the Treasury to witness the decision-making process.

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I liked the scene of all the public soapboxes with all the different ranters and their respective scapegats, with Cartman blaming, of course, the Jews.

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Was it the US Treasury guy who wouldn’t stop putting Carmex on his lips? I was rolling… how many people do you know do that?

:: raises own hand :: But at least I use chapstick and STOP after one application.

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Has Cartman’s antisemitism ever been explained? I’ve wondered if it’s just Kyle (and his “King Kamehameha biatch” mom) or all Jews he hates.

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Seeing as he tried to start a second Holocaust after watching The Passion of The Christ, I’m guessing it’s all Jews he hates.

And the headless chicken running around on the board with the kazoo slayed me.

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No, the finance company guy, yeah. No. Yeah, no.

What was that all about?

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I think it’s pretty much all about his hatred of Kyle. In his mind, whatever is bad for Jews is bad for Kyle.

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Kyle in future debt to save the present.

Obama getting credit when the economy inevitably recovers.

Soapbox blaming of ALL the responsible parties (except the Jews and their cave…)

Cartman as Judas.

Stan-centric plots.

The economy as an omnipotent, vengeful god.

GREAT EPISODE…and its gone.

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Just got around to watching it. Genius episode. The worship of The Economy as a sentient, vengeful god was brilliant; I work in an industry tangential to finance, and I’ve literally heard people talk in those quasi-Biblical terms about “The Economy” and “The Market” and (with totally unintentional irony) “The Dow.” Loved this one.

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“Finger pointing gets us nowhere…STEVE!”

“Instead of cars that take gasoline, we can get around on llamas from Drake’s farm! Instead of video games that take batteries and software, our kids will play with squirrels!”

I love any episode with Randy as one of the main characters.

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Kyle died paying for our sins. Thank Kyle! I’m going to get a plastic Kyle to stick on my dashboard.