Interesting spoof of 300, I’m guessing that this was their special HD episode, since in certain shots, even on my low def TV I could tell that they put extra detail into the characters. I did find it entertaining that just about everyone hired Mexicans to take care of things for them. So I wonder how long Mrs. Garrison will remain a lesbian?
Another episode that had me laughing… The first time I couldn’t believe they were showing Mrs Garrison “scissoring” another woman… HAH!
And I found it extremely funny to hear Mrs Garrison talking about how men were selfish pigs…
I loved the last joke with the Mexican workers… And how solemn they became after telling the “Old Man and the Sea” novel…
The ending surprised me, I expected Mrs. Garrison to want to become the manager of Club Persh and dump the other lesbians…
Not a great episode, although maybe it would have been funnier if I had actually seen “300”.
However, I did love everybody’s weary resignation on discovering that Mrs. Garrison was “a lesbian now”. :rolleyes:
I thought, in ‘Cherokee Hair Tampons’, that nobody would buy anything from Mexicans, and here they being sought out? Oh well.
I laughed right at the end when the Mexicans were explaining fractions and the kids really got it, and when the Mexicans all wrote their “essays” just like Cartman told them to.
Eh. For me, anyway, there’s no such thing as a really funny Garrison-centered episode, although this one was pretty well done and scored a few good lines.
“Mrs.” Garrison: [para.] “I’m gay!”
Mayor: [Incredulous] “Again?”
And the bit when Garrison instructs the Mexicans on how to pass as Persians. (The same improbably-dark-skinned “Persians” as in “300,” that is.)
And the digs at Zack Snyder’s directorial style (the fetishized slo-mo shots; he did the same in his **Dawn of the Dead ** remake). 
I didn’t really like the episode until they started spoofing “300.” From that point on I was dying. I loved how they sky and everything.
I did make me want to see “300” again.
“This is madness.”
“No. THIS. IS. LESBOS!”
Actually (and I’m going from memory here), it was
Garrison (addressing class): I’m gay.
Stan: Again?
Then in the mayors office it was:
Mayor (resignedly): So. You’re a lesbian now?
I loved Butters’s line. “You have to be careful with scissors.” Butters is so innocent!
meh. I find most episodes with Mr. Garrison as the main character to be hit or miss. The Mexicans talking about Old Man and the Sea were the best part, but man is that “esse” joke a overused one. Boo.
OK, somebody help a gringa–what does “essay” sound like in Spanish that confused the Mexicans?
Oh yeah, I adored Butters’ line too. 
The mocking of 300 was funny for me, but I am one of the few that really disliked the film. The Mexicans teaching fractions and the kids saying they were really getting it was a nice touch at the end.
Jim
Y’know, I missed about a year of the show some time back. Exactly when did Mr. Garrison admit he was gay (or whatever exactly you’d call it)? Did he get rid of Mr. Hat at the same time?
I did see the episode where he had sex-changing surgery, which apparently takes about five minutes (“Goodbye, balls!”).
and with the patient awake!
Baldwin:
It happened in the episode called “Fourth Grade”, which was in the fourth season, IIRC. I know he had Mister Hat with him at the time, but I don’t actually recall Mister Hat being in any episodes after that, so maybe the puppet’s disappearance is connected.
ese - close in meaning to friend or homeboy. So when Cartman asked them to write four essays, they confused the word “essay” with “ese” and wrote to their friends.
It probably is. Mr. Garrison used Mr. Hat as a surrogate for the gay aspect of his personality, apparently as a means of keeping it separate from himself. Once he embraced his homosexuality, he had no more need for Mr. Hat.
Or for Mr. Slave, for that matter.
Hey wait a minute. Who is she married to? Mrs? Shouldn’t we go with Ms.?
I don’t know much Spanish, but I believe that’s how the letter “s” is pronounced.
Oh, it was already answered. Okay.
Actually, it was Mr.Slave who cut Mrs. Garrison loose. Mr. Slave wasn’t attracted to him (her?) any more since he became a woman.
Mr. Garrison’s Fancy New Vagina :
Mr. Slave: I can’t believe you just went ahead and had that surgery without even asking me what I thought.
Mrs. Garrison: Well, I ASSUMED you supported me. It’s still me; I just have a vagina instead of a penis.
Mr. Slave: But I’m gay! I don’t like vaginas!
Mrs. Garrison: Don’t you even care that I was suffering? I wasn’t happy the way I was!
Mr. Slave: It’s great that you feel better, but you never stopped to think about how other people around you would feel!
Mrs. Garrison: Look, we can still be together. All you have to do is stop being gay!
Mr. Slave: How can you say that?! You’re gay too!
Mrs. Garrison: I’m not gay! I’m a woman!
Mr. Slave: Oh, Jezuth Christh! [turns around and heads for the front door]
Mrs. Garrison: Oh, so is that it?! [Mr. Slave opens the front door and walks out, leaving it open] You’re just gonna walk out?! You men are all alike! Go ahead and find somebody who doesn’t have a vagina, you fag! [slams his door shut]
Even though I haven’t seen 300, I liked the parody.
It was a slow start. Garrison hasn’t really been funny since he got the sex change. But it was worth it for the battle against the Persians and the scenes with the Mexicans. The description of “The Old Man and the Sea” would have made the episode by itself. The last scene with the Mexicans teaching fractions amused me more than it should have.
One of whom turned out to be Jimmy.