# South Park 4/28 "Crippled Summer" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 29, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707 "2010-04-29T02:59:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/21 "2010-04-29T22:12:02Z")
I like the intervention phrase that was something along these lines: “Towelie now inhales \*\*2000 \*\* cans of computer duster a day…” And then when he is caught giving the older guy a blow job and the older guy runs off and Towelie yells out “hey, you owe me money!” Plus when he is trying to talk with his ex wife on phone. Everybody has seen that end of the conversation with “the bitch” before. The statistics for the black momba snake attack. The updated statistics. The shark statistics. That he had now been sober since\*\* April 27th\*\*. Overall it wasnt a great episode, but for me it had some pretty damn funny moments. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/22 "2010-04-29T22:20:33Z")
I didn’t really like this episode, partly because I don’t really like the characters of Towlie, Jimmy, or Timmy. I also have never seen Intervention, so I probably missed some things there. I did like the Nathan-Mimsey scenes, and also the Intervention captions. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/23 "2010-04-29T23:34:49Z")
Just watched it on SouthParkStudios. This episode was fucking garbage. I thought **Pee** was an OK episode. But this one was actually painful to sit through. I hate Towelie. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/24 "2010-04-30T01:47:58Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > “The Tardicaca shark is the deadliest freshwater shark in Colorado”. 🙂 Over-the-topped by: “The penis of the Lake Tardicaca Shark is nine inches long.” ---
**Author:** ![CutterJohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@CutterJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CutterJohn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/25 "2010-04-30T07:29:21Z")
Pretty crap episode. The song was humorous, but the only really redeeming feature was the text narratives. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/26 "2010-04-30T09:17:28Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > I couldn’t disagree more. I laughed a lot. > > Did anyone notice the other campers were based on famous cartoon characters? Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig, Droopy, Pete the Puma, (a somewhat obscure character, but I spotted him. Hhyeee!!!) > > I also loved the boss and Mimsy. Now, were they doing Rocky and Muggsy, Sylvester and Benny, or Pinky and the Brain? Probably bits of all three teams. > > It probably helps that **Intervention** is a guilty secret pleasure of mine. > > Anyway, I loved it. Thought the ending was a little tame though. Just Towelie looking off into the sunset, and the final subtitles saying he’s been sober since April. Maybe if Towelie would’ve said after that, “Ahh, this bein’ sober (bleep) sucks.” and whipped out his crack pipe, I might’ve liked the ending better. That obscure character you’re trying to place was that child buzzard. You know: “I’mmm Brringing home a BAY-BEE BUM-bul-BEE..” ---
**Author:** ![BlooD\_FeatheR\_BG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@BlooD\_FeatheR\_BG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlooD_FeatheR_BG)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/27 "2010-04-30T09:27:44Z")
Well, after episode “200” and “201” it really seamed that “Crippled summer” was a bit dull and boring… (exept the shark-rape… very creative). After the “Muhammad-bomb” they droped they maybe needed to cool off a bit. We’ll see what’s comming next… ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/28 "2010-04-30T10:35:48Z")
i kinda liked this episode. change of pace. fresh jokes compared to trotting out old favorites in 200/201. it wasn’t great, but not terrible as some people seem to think. i don’t think people are losing anything in not having watched “intervention” before. i mean, the show is pretty much what you would expect. i also don’t understand why people who would otherwise like SP not like towelie. he’s a nothing-character? he’s a towel that likes to get high all the time? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/29 "2010-04-30T13:22:58Z")
Really blah episode. Found it hard to stay awake during it. Okay, so I got the references to many of the other characters. So what? Like with “200”, just making a shout out is not in itself funny. So the odds of surviving a Black Mamba in a canoe is 546 to 1. Surprisingly good odds if you ask me. BTW, Towele-um-ye was sober since April 26, 2010. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/30 "2010-04-30T14:05:41Z")
I think the reason Towelie never “clicked” with me is that I’m just not a fan of the “stoner” and “hippie” subcultures, and let’s be honest here, Towelie is basically a “hippie”, and just like Cartman, I _HATE_ hippies, thankfully, that’s the _only_ thing Fatass and I agree on… ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/31 "2010-04-30T14:17:09Z")
Who was captain of Red Team? We’ve seen him before in an episode. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/32 "2010-04-30T14:56:33Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > I think the reason Towelie never “clicked” with me is that I’m just not a fan of the “stoner” and “hippie” subcultures, and let’s be honest here, Towelie is basically a “hippie”, and just like Cartman, I _HATE_ hippies, thankfully, that’s the _only_ thing Fatass and I agree on… Not the same thing. Harold and Kumar are stoners, but by no means hippies. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/33 "2010-04-30T15:01:19Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Who was captain of Red Team? We’ve seen him before in an episode. Nathan. In [“Up the Down Steroid,”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_the_Down_Steroid) he talked Jimmy into taking 'roids to get an edge in the Special Olympics. (Nitpick: Jimmy would not qualify for the [Special Olympics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Olympics) because he is not mentally retarded; Timmy might. Physically disabled persons have the [Paralympics.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralympics) And the Special Olympics events are non-competitive, everybody is recognized as a “winner” just for participating. Of course, SP is set in an alternate universe where you’ll find sharks and surfable waves in a Colorado lake. And where Jimmy can’t walk on his legs but can still surf on them.) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/34 "2010-04-30T15:48:14Z")
And where towels can walk and talk and do drugs. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/35 "2010-04-30T15:53:27Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/36 "2010-04-30T16:49:18Z")
I love Intervention and for those who have never seen it SP portrayed Intervention to the letter including the black screen with the phrases like “Towelie now does 2000 cans a day.” Overall I liked the episode. I loved the cartoon kids especially Pete the Puma and Elmer Fudd kids. Nathan and Mimsy were definitely based on Rocky and Mugsy because Rocky is always hitting Mugsy for screwing up the plans. My favorite part was when they actually had the intervention and the kids got to read their letters and Cartmans one was all about how Kyle is a filthy jew and jews are evil. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/37 "2010-04-30T17:10:35Z")
So he doesn’t have money to pay for drugs, but can afford duster? That’s a $10,000/day habit, there. I will note that there’s a duster brand named [Stoner](http://www.amazon.com/Stoner-94203-GUST-Easy-Duster/dp/B0002KKIUA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1272647351&sr=8-2). Oh, the episode was very meh. Didn’t laugh much if at all. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/38 "2010-04-30T17:31:46Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > I also loved the boss and Mimsy. Now, were they doing Rocky and Muggsy, Sylvester and Benny, or Pinky and the Brain? Probably bits of all three teams. Sylvester and Benny? Do you mean Benny the Ball from Top Cat’s gang? He and Sylvester never teamed. Benny was a Hanna-Barbera creation. Although I wouldn’t rule it out in the future since Hanna-Barbera is owned by Warner Brothers now. I also don’t see that Nathan and Mimsy resembled Pinky and the Brain. The Brain was not homicidal. He only wanted to rule the world. He wouldn’t be concerned about a petty contest for its own sake, only if it furthered his global conquest plans. And he would want subjects to be under his command. He would not go around randomly killing. I say it definitely was a callback to Rocky and Muggsy. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/39 "2010-04-30T18:03:31Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Sylvester and Benny? Do you mean Benny the Ball from Top Cat’s gang? He and Sylvester never teamed. Benny was a Hanna-Barbera creation. Although I wouldn’t rule it out in the future since Hanna-Barbera is owned by Warner Brothers now. No, not Benny the Ball. There were two or three Warner Brothers cartoons made with Sylvester and another character, a big dumb cat named Benny. This pairing was a parody of George and Lenny from Steinbeck’s **Of Mice and Men**. In fact, Benny keeps calling Sylvester ‘George’, leading to this classic exchange: Sylvester: And stop calling me George! My name’s Sylvester! Benny: But I can’t say Sylvester, George. Very definitely, I believe Nathan and Mimsy are a reference to Rocky and Muggsy. But Rocky never seemed to suffer physically from anything stupid Muggsy did. That was more the sort of thing that happened in the Sylvester and Benny cartoons. As for Pinky and the Brain, I’m only a little familiar with them, but the chemistry between Nathan and Mimsy seemed similar to theirs. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/40 "2010-04-30T19:02:39Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > So he doesn’t have money to pay for drugs, but can afford duster? That’s a $10,000/day habit, there. Thats the humor in it and what I liked about the episode. It was half realistic for an intervention/summer camp kind of show and half doesnt make any sense at all. Half the time Towelei was an absurd SP character being Towelei and half the time he was behaving pretty much as any real person who needs an intervention and is on an intervention show. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707.md?page=3)