# South Park 6/20 was off the hook! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 21, 2001, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-6-20-was-off-the-hook/69579 "2001-06-21T06:52:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-6-20-was-off-the-hook/69579/1 "2001-06-21T06:52:06Z")
I love the counter they had in the lower left corner. You know they did that to forestall all the message board slap-fights between people saying “They said it 165 times!” “No, they said it 157 times!” “No, it was 165 times you luser!” ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-6-20-was-off-the-hook/69579/2 "2001-06-21T06:59:42Z")
I dunno what’s scarier, the fact that they said it so many times or the fact that **Rilchiam** said “off the hook”. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-6-20-was-off-the-hook/69579/3 "2001-06-21T07:11:46Z")
What’s scary about “off the hook”, or about my saying it? ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-6-20-was-off-the-hook/69579/4 "2001-06-21T07:45:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mercutio \* > \*\*I dunno what’s scarier, the fact that they said it so many times or the fact that **Rilchiam** said “off the hook”. \*\* The fact that only Britney Spears/N Sync fan types use that expression? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-6-20-was-off-the-hook/69579/5 "2001-06-21T07:46:57Z")
Err, I meant to quote Rilch’s second post. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-6-20-was-off-the-hook/69579/6 "2001-06-21T07:47:57Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **mblackwell** _ > The fact that only Britney Spears/N Sync fan types use that expression? oh please. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-6-20-was-off-the-hook/69579/7 "2001-06-21T14:19:46Z")
Or WWF fans. Really, Mercutio, I’m not in high school; I’m not going to defend my choice of words. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-6-20-was-off-the-hook/69579/8 "2001-06-21T15:26:13Z")
I don’t have cable. What did they say? ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-6-20-was-off-the-hook/69579/9 "2001-06-21T15:35:13Z")
Yea, I didn’t catch the show last night. Update please. ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-6-20-was-off-the-hook/69579/10 "2001-06-21T15:35:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Olentzero \* > \*\*I don’t have cable. What did they say? \*\* “Shit” ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-6-20-was-off-the-hook/69579/11 "2001-06-21T17:14:27Z")
Bleeped out or did Comedy Central let it slide? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-6-20-was-off-the-hook/69579/12 "2001-06-21T17:23:17Z")
Mercutio, it’s just a phrase. As long as he doesn’t overuse it, I don’t think anyone can fault him for it. You see, the overuse of a phrase can lead to boredom and stagnation. But using a phrase every once in awhile shows a creativity and a willingness to test the boundaries of what’s acceptable for everyone on the boards. Rilchiam, dude get the sand out of your vagina already. ---
**Author:** ![theendisnear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@theendisnear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theendisnear)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-6-20-was-off-the-hook/69579/13 "2001-06-21T17:42:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gekiganger \* > \*\*Bleeped out or did Comedy Central let it slide? \*\* It wasn’t bleeped, neither was “fag” but only when Mr Garrison said it because he is gay, or strangely when Jimbo said it. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-6-20-was-off-the-hook/69579/14 "2001-06-21T20:16:11Z")
Yeah, man. It was outrageous. How DID they get permish to do that? Re: the fag thing- It was used on an episode of All in the Family once…but maybe things were different back then. Saw it on Nick at Nite a couple of weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-6-20-was-off-the-hook/69579/15 "2001-06-22T01:38:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enderw24 \* > \*\*Mercutio, it’s just a phrase. As long as he doesn’t overuse it, I don’t think anyone can fault him for it. You see, the overuse of a phrase can lead to boredom and stagnation. But using a phrase every once in awhile shows a creativity and a willingness to test the boundaries of what’s acceptable for everyone on the boards. > > Rilchiam, dude get the sand out of your vagina already. \*\* Ender, I’m female. And, “Shutup, fatass! I don’t have sand in my vagina!!” ---
**Author:** ![jaimest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaimest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaimest)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-6-20-was-off-the-hook/69579/16 "2001-06-22T01:59:36Z")
Something tells me that as we speak, Orrin Hatch and Joseph Lieberman are scrambling to hold senatorial hearings on the use of the word “shit” in South Park. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-6-20-was-off-the-hook/69579/17 "2001-06-22T04:01:55Z")
Ahhh…only South Park can make someone defend themselves as really being female after you’ve refered to that person’s vagina. Um…sorry about the confusion. You know, if people would just send me naked pictures of themselves, I wouldn’t be making these kinds of mistakes (as often). And South Park was spot on. That shit got kind of old after awhile. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-6-20-was-off-the-hook/69579/18 "2001-06-22T05:52:04Z")
Gee. Here they repeatedly say ‘fuck’ during **Big Brother.** ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-6-20-was-off-the-hook/69579/19 "2001-06-22T06:57:15Z")
And why is it that you can say “bloody” on UK and Australian TV, where everyone knows it’s a swear, but not in the US, where it’s fairly innocuous? ---
**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-6-20-was-off-the-hook/69579/20 "2001-06-22T13:57:11Z")
RE: The bloody U.S. Because no one uses it as a cussword here, so it wouldn’t make any sense. And continuing off-topic, the quote from Archie on _All in the Family_ was, “England is a fag country!” I want to go there _soooo_ bad. [Beavis]Huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh! _South Park_ sucks![/Beavis] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-6-20-was-off-the-hook/69579.md?page=2)