South Park: Raising the Bar

[Coriolanus]

Two great ones in a row.

James Cameron raises the bar of dignity!

I loved the self-referential stuff when Kyle is telling Stan that “We lowered the bar, a long time ago, and now we’re all living in the stink of it all. There’s no going back, Stan.” - then two guys (who look like a bit like Matt and Trey) come by “I don’t know why we were watching that garbage in the first place”

I don’t know who Honey-boo-boo is, but I’ve seen part of something called “Toddlers and Tiaras”, and yeah, like Token said, it was on The Learning Channel.

[fiddlesticks]

The James Cameron Song was great. (And I’m not being sarcastic.)

[Grrr]

I enjoyed it. I felt like I was missing out because I don’t know who Honey Boo Boo is.

[Grrr]

Aaand I just went and Googled Honey Boo Boo. Really wish I had not of done that. :smack:

[Gatopescado]

Didn’t like. Lame.

[bouv]

@Shakes

Aaand I just went and Googled Honey Boo Boo. Really wish I had not of done that. :smack:

For those not aware:

A shot of the whole family:

Ok, not too bad, right? I mean, who are we to judge them just because if their looks…

Oh, wait:

June Shannon herself has been criticized for her daughter’s diet, which includes “Go Go Juice”, which is a mixture of Red Bull and Mountain Dew that contains as much caffeine as two cups of coffee. Shannon has responded to this criticism by saying, “There are far worse things…I could be giving her alcohol.”[1] She has also been praised by Mother Nature Network for the “keen business sense” with which she feeds her family on $80 a week by clipping copious coupons, playing Bingo, exploiting roadkill and acquiring child support checks from each of her four children’s fathers.

A mix of Mountain Dew and Redbull?! FOr a 7-year old? Adults shouldn’t be drinking that!

Oh, and Exploiting roadkill. :eek:

Oh, and some more:

June Shannon has been in a relationship with Mike ‘Sugar Bear’ Thompson since May 14, 2004. Though Shannon is frequently referred to as “June Thompson,” and the couple have been in a long-term relationship, they are not married, and her last name remains Shannon. June has four children: Anna ‘Chickadee’ Shannon (17), Jessica ‘Chubbs’ Shannon (15), Lauryn ‘Pumpkin’ Shannon (12), and Alana ‘Honey Boo Boo’ Thompson (born 2005). All four of June’s chil’n have different fathers, none of whom were ever married to June, and only three of whom can be identified by Mama June.

Her oldest also recently had a baby…so Honey Boo Boo’s mom is 32 and is already a GRANDMOTHER.

Sounds like the biggest trainwreck of a show, and I can see why Matt and Trey determined that because of Honey Boo Boo, the bar is as low as it can get.

[ElvisL1ves]

Can’t wait for the Halloween special. And Thanksgiving. And Christmas.

[Coriolanus]

@fiddlesticks

The James Cameron Song was great. (And I’m not being sarcastic.)

Nor am* I,* because of the italics:

His name is James, James Cameron
The bravest pioneer
No budget too steep, no sea too deep
Who’s that?
It’s him, James Cameron
James Cameron explorer of the sea
With a dying thirst to be the first
Could it be? Yeah that’s him!
James Cameron

[Hail_Ants]

I loved it too. I’ve been a fan of Cameron since Terminator, so I was glad they only poked, smart, good-natured fun at him. But I was a little disappointed because I thought the climax was going to be a much more direct self-reference. That the bar got lowered on the specific day in 1997 when South Park premiered!

And the Honey Boo Boo thing was just par for the course for them. It’s so obviously and sickeningly horrible just in its own right there’s little to make fun of, you just show it as it is! (I only know about it from clips on The Soup)…

[phxjcc]

@Shakes

Aaand I just went and Googled Honey Boo Boo. Really wish I had not of done that. :smack:

I also thought that HBB was just something Southpark made up, but I heard a reference to it today and just googled it.

My G*d.

Really?
on The LEARNING Channel?

Can we force sterilization on the 2.2 million people that watch this?

[EllisDee]

Great episode.

[Mahaloth]

Just saw it and loved it.

I watch The Soup, so I’m well aware of this Honey-boo-boo thing. I think that is actually the second spin-off of that Tiara/toddler show.

Heck, here is Tom Hanks’ kids on the show*

*It’s a joke, but worth it.

[Nonsuch]

Loved watching Cartman wallop Honey Boo Boo in the 'sketti … and then watching Michelle Obama punch Cartman repeatedly in the face.

[ftg]

The impersonations of the HBB clan was quite feeble. TLC actually adds subtitles because their accents are so thick that understanding them is difficult. SP really needed to reference that.

HBB is being called the Shirley Temple of our times. Uhuhuhuhuh.