So that was darker than South Park usually gets, huh? What did everyone think?
That was funny till the end. Then it just got melancholy.
Well, except for the duck. That made me laugh.
Wondering if Matt & Trey seem kinda shitty to each other…
I honestly wish I hadn’t watched it. It was sad well before the end. It is so not the way I want to feel waiting on the resolution to the cliffhanger.
The shit thing went on too long. It was amusing with the concept about tween wave, but it got old fast. It didn’t do a thing to mitigate the horror of falling into depression that Stan was going through.
At least the resolution is obvious for Stan.
We know it’s because of the separation. We also know that, once back to normal, new stuff won’t be like shit, since we saw older kids liking the stuff.
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They’ll have just one week to create each episode, with no time to prep.
“Every show, we’re down to the wire,” says Parker, running his hand through his hair in exasperation. “I don’t know how we’re going to do it. It’s a nightmare.”
When they return to Los Angeles, Parker and Stone will have just two months to produce a batch of seven new episodes, followed by seven more after a brief hiatus. Without their usual two weeks of prep before the season begins — and without their habitual five-day writers retreat — they’ll be scribbling ideas on Thursdays and working nonstop till the early hours of the following Wednesday morning, the very day each episode airs, when it is finally locked.
“We care about different things today,” Parker admits. “First, we were friends f—ing around, trying to get laid, breaking into Hollywood, sleeping on couches. Now Matt is married, and I’ve got a little family.”
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Sounds to me like doing The Book of Mormon really set them back this season. Their tight schedule may have contributed to the darkness of this episode, and the (IMO) shortcomings of several episodes this season. I like south park, but I can really only laugh at so many poop jokes.
I got a bit tired of the shit jokes but I thought it was a pretty good episode. The pained look in Shelly’s eyes as she watched her mother packing up the kitchen was a nice touch.
Is “tween wave” making fun of a real type of music, or just the concept that a person’s music tastes change as they age? It sounded like electronica/techno (and kinda neat to this 32-year old’s ears!)… is that what the kids are listening to these days? I thought it was all Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber.
I kept waiting for either goat noises or shit noises during “Landslide,” and when they didn’t come, it actually made the song much sadder. Well played, sirs.
The britches thing was bizarre, and not in a good way, although I did chuckle at Steamy Ray Vaughn and Steamy Nicks.
Seems to me that Parker and Stone have really been phoning it in this season. I get the feeling they really don’t want to be doing South Park anymore, but can’t/won’t turn down the money. Makes me wish they’d go all Chappelle and just go do what they want to, rather than make mediocrity. Or, really, that they’d put more effort into their show and make it funny. There are glimmers; they can still make me laugh.
i think tweenwave is supposed to be making fun of dubstep? it’s essentially electronica except superbassed out and trippy-sounding
I caught the beginning of it but got called away from the TV - can somebody spoil what the show was about?
Stan turns 10 and turns cynical. That’s basically the whole episode. Oh, and Randy & Sharon get divorced AGAIN. And the president is a duck!
After last week’s brilliantly-hilarious episode (every Liu Kim episode is gold) this one was a huge let down. In more than one way.
Now that Trey & Matt are making a shit ton of money off of The Book of Mormon, I don’t think they even need the Comedy Central paycheck to keep them coming back. How long is left on their contract now, because this episode had a real “this show sucks and I don’t want to do it anymore” vibe to it. But then again, they have a couple episodes every season with that vibe…
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Stan turns 10 and turns cynical. That’s basically the whole episode. Oh, and Randy & Sharon get divorced AGAIN. And the president is a duck!
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The duck thing was a movie trailer.
That was the vibe I got, too. I thought maybe I missed out on some important Comedy Central news.
In the article linked upthread by Aversin it mentions that they are contracted with Comedy Central through 2013 so no it’s not the end of the series.
After reading the article and learing about their schedule with the Mormon play they seemed to be just completely wiped out and drained. Basically why these last episodes have been kind of weak, although I totally laughed and loved the crack baby basketball episode, is because of their schedule.
They had no prep time before they started making new episodes. The got done with the play and practically a few days later they had to start making episodes and they only had time for one week per episode so they’ve been rushing them out.
With all that said my interpretation of the episode is they are so so worn down from the play and having to rush out the South Park episodes that they are literally tired of doing “this shit” right now and just want a freaking break to wind down. Also they both have families now with young kids so that probably is also why they are tired of “this shit”. They probably want to be able to spend more time with their families.
The article is a good read and I would recommend reading it.
I think this was how I felt after I turned 10, and never grew out of it. I just hate everything.
quixotic78 is right, The britches thing was bizarre.
I wonder if this is it for Stan’s mom and dad. They broke up before.
This episode is pretty shitty. 
I wouldn’t say that. There were some shitty jokes, like the britches bandits, but even the episode made fun of that. I read some reviews saying this episode made them cry. Not since Chef’s departure has there been a South Park episode that made me feel so weird.
It’s funny, (not ‘ha-ha’ funny), that the whole episode concentrated on using toilet humor to send a very real message. Wether it was addressing the fans, or the Matt and Trey’s feelings about the show lately, only South Park could make a episode that works on these levels.
I don’t know how it would make people cry, but it’s certainly darker.
I really want to hear what other people thought about it. It’s free to watch so if you haven’t seen it…
http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/episodes/
I wonder if this is the last season.
No, according to the article linked to in post #4, they’re contracted to do South Park through 2013. So, the impression I get is that there will be two more seasons, or up through season 17.
I thought South Park made up the Jim Carry penguin movie.
But it’s a real movie. It’s called Mr. Popper’s Penguins. Seriously.
It’s based on a children’s book.
I thought it depicted depression pretty well, all told.
I’m guessing that this is a two-parter? So, next week will be…wait for it…number two?
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The britches thing was bizarre, and not in a good way, although I did chuckle at Steamy Ray Vaughn and Steamy Nicks.
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But, did they profit?
When I saw them sneaking down the stairs, I immediately thought of the Underpants Gnomes.
And was one of the britches-savers voiced by Larry the Cable Guy?
No, the season isn’t scheduled to resume until October.