# South Park tells the future (finger in chili) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 7, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278 "2005-04-07T19:21:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/21 "2005-04-08T17:01:30Z")
This has almost nothing to do with the OP, but it does have to do with how bankrupt and phony the whole concept of ‘predicting the future’ or ‘prophesizing’ has always been, from religious texts to nostradamous, psychics other whacks etc. Kids in the Hall fans, remember an episode with a skit about a bunch of guys in an office who keep going w/ the presentation even though there’s a fire, and a guy jumps off the roof? Well it’s obvious in a post 9/11 world a skit like that wouldn’t get made (hell, there was even a commercial about nicotine gum with this guy on a balcony that originally had him saying ‘well, I’m not jumping’ in regards to his cravings that was edited out later post 9/11). There was something else in that episode that seemed vaguely like a future event… An episode number would be good. But I apologize if that offends anyone, and this isn’t serious, just humorous that a group of canadian sketch comedians were giving us subtle cues about the future, like a bible code (which I think is crap). ---
**Author:** ![Jurhael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/22 "2005-04-08T18:05:45Z")
> [@](#): > > You sir have no taste. By far, the best south park ending ever. Almost perfect. Almost, because of the looney tunes thing and also Stan and Kyle talking about pissing off cartman is distracting. Well, yea the Looney Tunes and the “don’t piss Cartman off” didn’t quite help any. I guess it was just TOO over the top for me. _shrugs_ But, I have to admit though, Carrman was pretty creative. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/23 "2005-04-08T19:05:34Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > Is it just me, or did the new kid sound like Cary Grant, or maybe Joe E. Brown, who played the millionare in Some Like It Hot? It’s just you. That was supposed to be an over-the-top New York City Jewish accent. I thought it sounded more like Mike Myer’s SNL character that was based on his mother-in-law. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/24 "2005-04-08T21:37:25Z")
> [@Nutty Bunny](#): > > Which one was Kenny? . Kenny was the blond kid who was always standing next to one of the other main characters but not saying anything. We saw his face in the movie and one other time, I think. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/25 "2005-04-08T22:03:11Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > Is it just me, or did the new kid sound like Cary Grant, or maybe Joe E. Brown, who played the millionare in Some Like It Hot? I assume you mean Tony Curtis, who was doing a Cary Grant impersonation in _SLIH_. Joe E. Brown was the one romancing Jack Lemmon and he and Grant sound absolutely nothing like each other. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/26 "2005-04-10T00:35:13Z")
Whoops, your right. It’s been a while. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/27 "2005-04-10T01:27:58Z")
We saw Kenny’s face before, in the Michael Jackson episode. He was blanket’s substitute. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/28 "2005-04-10T02:06:56Z")
Well, if you have been keeping track of the original story, it seems that the [woman who found the finger](http://www.presstelegram.com/Stories/0,1413,204~21474~2806702,00.html) might have been inspired by South Park! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/29 "2005-04-10T03:34:33Z")
> [@Mr. Marsh](#): > > Isn’t this America? I’m sorry! I thought I was in America! This must be some communist country, cuz I thought I was in America! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/30 "2005-04-10T16:23:58Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > The funniest part was Radiohead (was that actually them?) at the end. “Let’s get out of here. This kid’s definitely _not cool._” It was actually them. In the opening credits, they were the special guest voices. I didn’t like the looney tunes thing, but I thought Kyle and Stan deciding never to piss Cartman off was hilarious. It was just the “what do you know” way they said it. Kyle: Let’s not piss Cartman off again. Stan: Good call. Note: I may have gotten the names mixed up. Couldn’t remember who said what. ---
**Author:** ![randomlyblanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@randomlyblanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randomlyblanks)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/31 "2005-04-10T18:24:06Z")
> [@Nutty Bunny](#): > > Kyle’s Jew-Fro[sup]TM[/sup] should have been my first clue. The preferred nomenclature is “Isro” ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/32 "2005-04-12T18:28:52Z")
I re-watched part of it last night, and Kenny’s jersey sported lucky number 13. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278.md?page=1)