# South Park 4/28 "Crippled Summer"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707>\
**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:** 3\
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**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, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/41 "2010-04-30T19:27:29Z")

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I also like how Nathan – even though it is assumed he is actually retarded – “acts dumb” whenever a camp counselor is around.

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**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, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/42 "2010-04-30T19:39:10Z")

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> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#):
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> 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:
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> Sylvester: And stop calling me George! My name’s Sylvester!  
> Benny: But I can’t say Sylvester, George.

OK. Ignorance fought. I don’t believe I ever saw this pairing, although I’m familiar with the Lenny characterization. I’m going to have to look for this one.

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**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:** [April 30, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-28-crippled-summer/537707/43 "2010-04-30T23:18:55Z")

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I liked it. I can’t stand Intervention, and approved of the skewering, which was spot on. Also, I liked how they used intervention’s guitar chord and white on black text to comment on everything, including the Nathan’s plans.

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