# South Park - "A Nightmare on Facetime" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 25, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-a-nightmare-on-facetime/638833 "2012-10-25T15:36:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-a-nightmare-on-facetime/638833/1 "2012-10-25T15:36:00Z")
I thought this one was a pretty good episode, with Randy’s “Shining”-like obsession with running a Blockbuster Video store. The subplot with Stan trick-or-treating via iPad was okay, but not as funny. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-a-nightmare-on-facetime/638833/2 "2012-10-25T21:35:57Z")
I thought this was the best one this season so far. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-a-nightmare-on-facetime/638833/3 "2012-10-25T22:36:30Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I thought this one was a pretty good episode, with Randy’s “Shining”-like obsession with running a Blockbuster Video store. The subplot with Stan trick-or-treating via iPad was okay, but not as funny. As soon as they started driving and the music kicked in, I thought, “Cool, the Shining!” Reminded me of Over Logging when the Grapes of Wrath music started when Randy and family began the trip to ‘Californee.’ Solid episode. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-a-nightmare-on-facetime/638833/4 "2012-10-26T01:58:53Z")
I didn’t really care for this one. It started out funny enough, but I thought towards the end it just started to drag on. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-a-nightmare-on-facetime/638833/5 "2012-10-26T20:01:50Z")
I thought this one was lame. Even the takeoff on _The Shining_ seemed half-hearted. Just Randy rambling around Nicholson-style, and the ghostly counterman, and Randy winding up frozen at the end. They could’ve at least had Stan riding around on a tricycle, or write “G-N-I-R-O-B” on a wall or something. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-a-nightmare-on-facetime/638833/6 "2012-10-27T02:08:16Z")
I had no idea what that one costume several characters had was supposed to be (including Stan when the cop was playing his body). Apparently it was from some meme or fad I am unfamiliar with. I wish I still had a Blockbuster nearby. The Randys of the world should be applauded for keeping them going. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-a-nightmare-on-facetime/638833/7 "2012-10-27T02:22:01Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > I had no idea what that one costume several characters had was supposed to be (including Stan when the cop was playing his body). Apparently it was from some meme or fad I am unfamiliar with. It was Psy from the [Gangnam Style video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0). There’s been a [couple](http://board.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=661457) [threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=669528)… ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-a-nightmare-on-facetime/638833/8 "2012-10-28T00:16:16Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > It was Psy from the [Gangnam Style video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0). There’s been a [couple](http://board.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=661457) [threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=669528)… I didn’t mean to imply that I cared enough to find out. 😛