# South Park: "The Coon 2" (Part 1) (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 28, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-the-coon-2-part-1-open-spoilers/558624 "2010-10-28T03:49:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-the-coon-2-part-1-open-spoilers/558624/1 "2010-10-28T03:49:24Z")
A pretty good one after a couple of mediocre episodes to start the season. The BP (excuse me, **D** P) stuff is a little dated, but the company was certainly worthy of a takedown. The diagrams of the drills gangbanging the earth and moon was classic. I also liked the Clockwork Orange riff, which I recognized instantly. I hope part 2 finishes strong. “I’m sorry.” ---
**Author:** ![zeldarae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f14d63/32.png) [@zeldarae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeldarae)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-the-coon-2-part-1-open-spoilers/558624/2 "2010-10-28T12:24:25Z")
How quick is the production time on one of these shows? Hindsight Man wanted Bret Favre to know he shouldn’t have sent real pics of his penis. Wasn’t that just a couple of weeks ago? ---
**Author:** ![Omi\_no\_Kami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Omi\_no\_Kami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omi_no_Kami)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-the-coon-2-part-1-open-spoilers/558624/3 "2010-10-28T13:02:45Z")
They intentionally keep a very quick turnaround, in part so they can respond to current events stuff like this. I know it isn’t uncommon for them to go from nothing to a finished episode inside of 6 days, and according to a commentary they recorded Woodland Critter Christmas was the fastest episode, clocking in at I believe 36 hours from their settling on a theme to airtime. (Apparently they were so badly stuck that after a while they just started telling the animation department “Animate some scenes with talking animals” and wrote around those.) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-the-coon-2-part-1-open-spoilers/558624/4 "2010-10-28T13:46:09Z")
“Are we sure the Moon’s structural integrity can take the drilling?” “Oh, she’ll take it, all right!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Silent\_Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Silent\_Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silent_Kal)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-the-coon-2-part-1-open-spoilers/558624/5 "2010-10-28T14:17:19Z")
> [@zeldarae](#): > > How quick is the production time on one of these shows? Hindsight Man wanted Bret Favre to know he shouldn’t have sent real pics of his penis. Wasn’t that just a couple of weeks ago? I believe they had a _muscial number_ about the capture of Saddam Hussein something like three or four days after it happened. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-the-coon-2-part-1-open-spoilers/558624/6 "2010-10-28T14:33:54Z")
BTW: In the Moon-drilling scene – whose body was that, lying next to Willzyx? ---
**Author:** ![Silent\_Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Silent\_Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silent_Kal)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-the-coon-2-part-1-open-spoilers/558624/7 "2010-10-28T14:53:00Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > BTW: In the Moon-drilling scene – whose body was that, lying next to Willzyx? It’s Tom Cruise, after the events in the episode “[201](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/201_%28South_Park%29)”. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-the-coon-2-part-1-open-spoilers/558624/8 "2010-10-28T15:12:11Z")
> [@Silent\_Kal](#): > > It’s Tom Cruise, after the events in the episode “[201](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/201_%28South_Park%29)”. He finally came out of the closet?! ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-the-coon-2-part-1-open-spoilers/558624/9 "2010-10-28T17:15:10Z")
> [@Silent\_Kal](#): > > It’s Tom Cruise, after the events in the episode “[201](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/201_%28South_Park%29)”. Tom Cruise is a fudge packer, right? ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-the-coon-2-part-1-open-spoilers/558624/10 "2010-10-28T18:30:11Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I also liked the Clockwork Orange riff, which I recognized instantly. I think that was my favorite part of the entire episode. It took me a second to figure out what they were doing, “I’ve seen that before, I’ve swear I have, those damn eunuch Jezebels. Oh…” ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-the-coon-2-part-1-open-spoilers/558624/11 "2010-10-28T23:11:03Z")
> [@Silent\_Kal](#): > > I believe they had a _muscial number_ about the capture of Saddam Hussein something like three or four days after it happened. First time I noticed the fast turnaround was Elian Gonzales, the little boy that got snatched out of the closet by the swat team and sent back to Cuba. Happened Easter weekend, was in the South Park episode a few days later. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-the-coon-2-part-1-open-spoilers/558624/12 "2010-10-28T23:15:00Z")
So in the next episode, it’s Cartman vs. Cthulhu! I don’t fancy Cthulhu’s chances. He thinks he knows all about evil . . . ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-the-coon-2-part-1-open-spoilers/558624/13 "2010-10-28T23:56:46Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > So in the next episode, it’s Cartman vs. Cthulhu! > > I don’t fancy Cthulhu’s chances. He thinks he knows all about evil . . . “I made you eat your parents!” ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-the-coon-2-part-1-open-spoilers/558624/14 "2010-10-29T00:18:29Z")
That was the coolest episode in a loooong time! I loved the Clockwork scene too. It almost looked blow for blow! I liked how Mrs. Cartman was stern with Eric for once. His reaction made me laugh really hard. “Yougottabefuckinkiddingme!!!” ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-the-coon-2-part-1-open-spoilers/558624/15 "2010-10-29T00:51:02Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > So in the next episode, it’s Cartman vs. Cthulhu! > > I don’t fancy Cthulhu’s chances. He thinks he knows all about evil . . . Ask Scott Tenorman ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-the-coon-2-part-1-open-spoilers/558624/16 "2010-10-29T01:36:17Z")
Let’s just hope Cthulu isn’t a Ginger either, or Cartman’ll _really_ have a reason to hate him Hmm, Cartman or Cthulu, wonder which one is really more evil… ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-the-coon-2-part-1-open-spoilers/558624/17 "2010-10-29T02:02:13Z")
Sometimes I’ll think about how Cartman is just some little fat kid and the embodiment of evil and laugh. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-the-coon-2-part-1-open-spoilers/558624/18 "2010-10-29T03:06:15Z")
I liked how Cartman has kept Butters prisoner in his basement for the last six days and his parents apparently haven’t missed him. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-the-coon-2-part-1-open-spoilers/558624/19 "2010-10-29T04:10:32Z")
Actually the fastest turnaround was About Last Night - it aired less than 24 hours after Obama was elected president, and was about Obama being elected president. The stories say that the episode finished building about 90 minutes before it was set to air. ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-the-coon-2-part-1-open-spoilers/558624/20 "2010-10-29T07:05:20Z")
Meh, not one of my favorites. Another weak run so far. This used to be my favorite show… :mad: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-the-coon-2-part-1-open-spoilers/558624.md?page=2)