# South Park's Skewering of John Edward **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2002, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009 "2002-12-02T18:46:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![airdisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@airdisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/airdisc)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009/21 "2002-12-02T22:37:27Z")
I saw a Rob Schneider commercial a few days after seeing that episode of South Park. The SP parodies are really not that exagerrated. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_of\_the\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@Lady\_of\_the\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_of_the_Lake)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009/22 "2002-12-02T22:44:09Z")
I missed this? :eek: But, this sounds wonderful! Why, oh why, must I be oblivious to T.V. scheduling? Reruns… I must wait for the reruns… ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009/23 "2002-12-03T02:41:41Z")
You know what I’m hoping for, though… Episode after episode of this: “Oh, my God! They killed Rob Schneider!” “You bastards!!” ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009/24 "2002-12-03T03:15:24Z")
Am I the only one freaked out by the idea of Eve watching South Park? I picture he sitting on the fainting couch holding her lorgnette and saying _Really!_ quite often. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009/25 "2002-12-03T14:16:40Z")
“I picture he sitting on the fainting couch holding her lorgnette and saying _Really!_ quite often.” —Pretty much on-target, actually . . . Though in an approving way, this week. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009/26 "2002-12-03T15:59:35Z")
I wouldn’t hold out too much hope for finding discussions of the episode on any “official” JE message boards. We’re so used to free, open discussion here, we frequently forget that the rest of the world doesn’t always work that way. I bet any threads on the episode on an official Edward board would get deleted with much rapidity. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009/27 "2002-12-03T16:30:53Z")
Didn’t see it. Stupid not-getting-the-comedy-channel-television set. It sounds wonderful. On a tangent, did y’all catch [PVP Online’s story about John Edwards](http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20020401) last April? It was fantastic, and went on for about two weeks, IIRC. (Just keep choosing “next comic” as you go through them). Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009/28 "2002-12-03T17:25:03Z")
Note for anyone with a cable connection: Southpark episodes are very easy to find on the net since Parker and Stone have given free reign to episode traders. If anyone wants to see the episode and the mods don’t frown on it I’d be happy to point you in the right direction. “I’m getting a mmmh…a ccc, a ppp, a ttt…” ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009/29 "2002-12-03T17:27:49Z")
Forgot my favourite exchange in the episode! JE - But I’m a psychic. Stan - No, you’re a douche. JE - I’m not a douche! What if I really believe dead people talk to me?! Stan - Then you’re a stupid douche. ---
**Author:** ![theendisnear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@theendisnear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theendisnear)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009/30 "2002-12-05T07:52:28Z")
After tonight’s episode and their jokes on the anti drug adds i’m starting to think southpark gets all of their ideas from the SDMB… ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009/31 "2002-12-05T08:17:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by theendisnear \* > \*\*After tonight’s episode and their jokes on the anti drug adds i’m starting to think southpark gets all of their ideas from the SDMB… \*\* It always warms my heart to see that South Park gets plenty of (mostly positive) attention around here. It truly is a great and intelligent show and very few people recognize that. Kudos to all of you fellow SP dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Moon-Watcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@Moon-Watcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moon-Watcher)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009/32 "2002-12-05T15:19:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by airdisc \* > \*\*I saw a Rob Schneider commercial a few days after seeing that episode of South Park. The SP parodies are really not that exagerrated. \*\* I saw that commercial _during_ the episode the other night. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009/33 "2002-12-05T16:29:41Z")
I’m trying to get my head around the idea of a person that both appreciates South Park AND believes in John Edward. Ow. Sorry, it’s just too difficult. ---
**Author:** ![gus28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@gus28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gus28)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009/34 "2002-12-05T20:52:48Z")
Ok, let me get this straight, some of you are non-believers? Maybe I’m in the wrong place… ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009/35 "2002-12-05T21:45:34Z")
Did you forget the winkie? ---
**Author:** ![gus28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@gus28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gus28)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009/36 "2002-12-06T15:04:42Z")
yeah, sorry Cervaise, here you go 😉 :smack: ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009/37 "2002-12-07T17:01:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*silentgoldfish \*\* > If anyone wants to see the episode and the mods don’t frown on it I’d be happy to point you in the right direction. Yup, I’d be interested in finding something like that. The only d/l’s I’ve been able to find end at last spring. ---
**Author:** ![JDeMobray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@JDeMobray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JDeMobray)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009/38 "2002-12-07T17:45:06Z")
> [@](#): > > _ **South Park said** _ > **John Edward:** They told me your show is getting better ratings than mine, that you’re saying I’m a fraud on your show! You’d better not ever call me a liar, or a fake, or a douche again, or else I’ll sue you for slander! > **Stan:** I’m saying this to you, John Edward, you are a liar, you are a fake, and you are the biggest douche ever! > **John Edward:** Everything I tell people is positive and gives them hope! How does that make me a douche?! > **Stan:** Because the big questions in life are tough: Why are we here? Where are we from? Where are we going? But if people believe in asshole douchey liars like you, we’re never gonna find the real answer to those questions. You aren’t just lying, you’re slowing down the progress of all mankind, you douche! Best quote in the entire episode. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009/39 "2002-12-07T19:39:54Z")
Well, as **Silentgoldfish** pointed out, Matt and Trey think it’s pretty cool that their work is being shared on the Internet. Hell, the Internet created a lot of fans for South Park before the show even premiered on Comedy Central. The two pilot shorts were traded extensively online long before CC picked the show up. So, with that said, I’m going to post [a link](http://www.southparkx.net/) to a site with a low-quality (~40MB) RealMedia encode of the John Edwards episode. The same site also has a few other South Park episodes available for download. Just click on the “Latest Episode” link near the top of the page, choose season 6, and scroll down to the bottom of the page. There’s a few broken links there, so to save you time, I’ll just tell you that Mirror 3, Download Link 2 worked fine when I tested it. If you’re interested in higher quality episodes, like Divx or an MPEG that you can burn to a VCD and watch in your DVD player, try IRC. Connect to one of the major networks and type “/list south” to find a South Park channel. If the mods have a problem with me linking to the episode, please delete this post and accept my profuse apologies. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009/40 "2002-12-07T20:17:09Z")
Also, the binary newsgroup alt.binaries.southpark. (You may need to download a real newsreader – like xnews or something similar-- but this is the fastest DL, because you’re guaranteed a local connection.)) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-parks-skewering-of-john-edward/140009.md?page=3)