South Park Rails Against BMI and Government Involvement in Silly Weight-Based Matters

I love South Park. I always have. I’ve written a book on South Park called The Zen of South Park, and I’ve written multiple blog posts and papers on South Park, including one on South Park’s treatment of “fat,” which I delivered at 2010’s Popular Culture of America conference. But last night, South Park outdid [...]

Kyle Swims Through a Water Park of “Pee” in the South Park Season 13 Finale

This was the last episode of the 13th season of South Park. That makes me sad. Wednesday nights will be forever emptier because of this. Well, not forever more. They’ll be better again in a few months when South Park is back. In this episode, the boys go to the local water park, Pi Pi’s, [...]

Cartman Becomes the School Announcer and Rips on Wendy (like she’s Obama) in South Park Episode 1313 – and a lot of Smurfs die in an Avatar Satire

The profundity never ends on South Park – god, I f-in’ LOVE it! The episode began with the brutal murder of the kid who does the school announcements – a murder we all hear happen over the course of five minutes on the announcements (I know that this probably undermines my opening sentence about the [...]

In South Park Episode 1312 the Boys Launch a Campaign to Change the Word “Fag” to Mean a Loud, Douchebag, Harley Rider

By way of having a real meaning I thought this episode was the king of the season so far. Harley Davidson bikers are driving around South Park trying to be cool and badass. They’re actually just disrupting everyone’s lovely days by making tons of noise and generally being obnoxious. They boys start calling them fags, [...]

Stan Takes over “Whale Wars” and Battles the Japanese in South Park Episode 1311

The Japanese Are Killing Whales! Where the idea to deal with the issue of whaling came from I’m not sure at all. But hey, it’s South Park. I guess it was the opportunity to paint Captain Paul Watson as a total worthless piece of shit. By the looks of things, he is, but hey, 19 [...]

Butters is the Greatest Pimp in the Game on South Park Episode 1309, “Butters’ Bottom Bitch”

When the boys harass Butters for not ever having kissed a girl, Butters ponies up the $5 to kiss Sally, a girl who kisses boys behind the trailers. This rise to manhood makes Butters realize that he needs to start making a living. Upon bringing boys to Sally for $5 kisses and getting a cut, [...]

Cartman Hates Redheads but Becomes One Himself and Tries to Kill the Other Kids in “Ginger Kids” South Park Episode 911

This wasn’t an episode that I saw when it initially came out. For some reason, I didn’t catch it or know that it existed until I got the 9th season of South Park on DVD and watched the last disk. Fortunately, it was a hilarious episode. Cartman gives the class a racist presentation on the [...]

Cartman has Radiohead Watch Scott Tenorman Eat His Parents in a Bowl of Chili in South Park episode 501, “Scott Tenorman Must Die”

Radiohead gueststarring on South Park! It was like two of my favorite things being sandwiched together in blissful wonderment. Hurray! Many have seen this fabled episode, but for those who haven’t, I’ll toss in a quick summary and a few of my favorite highlights. Scott Tenorman is a middle schooler who has tricked Cartman out [...]

Cartman Wants to Visit “Casa Bonita” More Than Anything in South Park Episode 711

Ever since seeing this episode I’ve wanted to visit Casa Bonita. A friend of mine had actually gone before the airing of this episode, and though this episode made him want to return, he insists that the food is relatively disappointing. Have you ever been to Casa Bonita? Any thoughts in that department? For Kyle’s [...]

Psychic Cartman Solves Serial Killer Murder Mysteries in South Park Episode 813, “Cartman’s Incredible Gift”

When Cartman bangs his head trying to fly, he wakes up in the hospital and is convinced by the police that he has psychic powers and that he should help them solve a serial killer murder mystery. When Cartman makes money for solving the crimes (read: randomly accuses the wrong person) he is reassured about [...]