I thought it was a pretty good episode, though not as good as last week. I wonder if the message will turn some on this board off of it; I thought they did a good job of getting to the real point at the end, though, at least with the kids (it was just like the old school “I learned something today…”, actually).
Either way, though, we can all agree that it’s all Stan’s fault, right?!
I was preparing to start a thread, glad I checked first:
This might be my favorite episode ever.
I know the smug ones, boy do I know them. I am even guilty of it.
My next car will be a Hybrid.
The Smug storm being supercharged by Clooney’s speech was out of nowhere and an incredible add in.
Cartman did a Good Deed that was barely selfish, is it a first?
The ranger was great.
Jim
I liked it. I like almost all of them, though. I like the distinctions they’re (Matt and Trey) making these days.
We don’t dislike Isaac Hayes, we dislike that fruity club for screwing him up.
We don’t dislike hybrid cars, we dislike the assholes that people become when they get to full of themselves.
It seems like they’re refining their stances, where earlier in the South Park timeline, it seems they’d have just roasted the entire kit and kaboodle (god I don’t say that enough)
I’m not a fan of getting rid of San Fransisco, though.
“You’re talking with your eyes closed again!”
Eh, a definite miss this week, especially after last week’s.
I don’t see Cartman’s actions as at all a “good deed.” He did it because he needed Kyle back to have someone to rip on, not because he was concerned with saving him. The only “good” part was passing on the opportunity to lord it over Kyle by telling Butters to be quiet.
Well, I hope people watching it watch all the way to the end where, at the last second, they say that yes, hybrid cars (and, implicitly, other energy-saving measures) ARE good things… I’ve seen it said on these boards before, and I guess it’s true: South Park’s funny until it picks on something near and dear to your own heart.
Personally, I think they missed the boat: public transportation is (or at least can be) even BETTER than hybrid cars, and public transportation junkies aren’t smug at all! 
Oh, and I didn’t think George Clooney’s speech was so smug…
It was okay. It felt a bit preachy, though I agree about the smug people aspect. The kids taking drugs to deal with the parents was funny.
Last week’s was much better though.
Ike was tripping balls, that was awesome.
Kyle and Ike (“I’ll take three!”) on acid was amusing. I got a chuckle out of that.
The rest was one long, lame, joke stretched impossibly thin. I didn’t even crack a smile.
Blah.
That was actually the first episode of South Park that I felt sorely tempted to turn off before it ended.
I agree, it was horrible. They seem to be under this impression that there’s some huge crisis or movement invloving hybrid drivers who think they are superior or something. That’s not something I’m aware of in the slightest. I don’t know if they’re responding so something two people said a few years ago when the Prius and Insight were new and exciting, or what.
And “cloud of smug”? Come on.
But a Trapper Keeper that takes over the town is okay??
Not every episode can be an instant classic. It was funny and entertaining, and that’s pretty much the point. It looks like people will start over analyzing it just like the Simpsons. And soon you’ll all be saying how it’s not funny like it used to be, and how it’s lost its edge, etc.
But then you’ll all keep watching it every single week. Even if only so you can talk about how unfunny it was…
Why do people do this?
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Were they lampooning any particular movie or show with Cartman’s deep sea suit?
Well, you and I are on the East coast. Maybe it’s different the farther west you go.
And do you think Clooney is annoyed or amused by this one? He is, after all, on friendly terms with the guy (voiced the Baked Potato doctor in the movie, and Sparky the Dog on an episode.)
I’d say “amused”. C’mon, that cloud was hilarious.
The fart sniffing cracked me up. It reminds me of that SNL woman who sniffed her armpits.
Not only that. He’s the one who actually discovered the show. It’s my understanding that he came across an animated xmas card that Trey and Matt made and thought it was so hilarious he passed it around. The buzz created from this lead, in some way, to the show on Comedy Central.
Anyone else hear it this way? Or is this just a rumor?
I thought that was Clooney too, but wasn’t sure enough to say something.
And I don’t think he really voiced the dog. I think they just said that to thank him for what you said.
Because of the desperate hope that it will somehow show a spark of its former glory. Sometimes it (The Simpsons) does. South Park hasn’t quite reached that point yet, but it’s seven seasons behind The Simpsons.
Giant Trapper Keeper was funny. Cloud of smug was just… lame. From an objective standpoint, they are equally stupid, but only one of them got laughs out of me. I don’t know why that is, but it is.
Also, at this point, any episode of SP that deals with a social issue gets an automatic strike against it from the outset. The best episodes have nearly always been the non-preachy kind, and they seem to be in very short supply lately.
I feel the same way about SNL and the Simpsons, of course the good epsiodes of SNL are even more rare but even the Simpsons are 15 years behind SNL. Simpsons still have some good ones thrown in.
Cloud of Smug worked for me, because I do know of the smugness of people that have switched to Hybrids. I don’t have a problem with it, but it is a real phenomenon. I see the same smugness in the competition of how much composting and recycling some people do. It was funny because it was true.
Jim [smug]I have invested in 6700 watts of Solar Panels and Compact Fluorescents so I don’t have to feel guilty about running Central Air and Computers. [/smug]