Poneke on South Park
October 16th, 2008 at 11:47 am by David FarrarPoneke blogs:
The 12th season of the riotously irreverent animated comedy series South Park begins its run on C4 tomorrow (Thursday) night at 9pm.
This season began in the US in March, and after an interval is still running. As there are only some 14 episodes a year, this show is a treat.
Just why it is buried on C4 is as big a mystery as why Flight of the Conchords was buried on Prime at 10pm on Monday nights. When South Park began here a decade ago, at least it was on TV3 which is accessible to far more viewers than C4.
I am a huge fan of South Park and it also puzzles me why it is only played on C4, and why they delay showing it so long after it shows in the US.
While my daughter, 15, loves South Park, having watched it since she was five, it is neither a children’s show nor a music show
Good God Poneke, you’ll have CYFS knocking on your door for that admission 
South Park, which was created by the geniuses Trey Parker and Matt Stone and became Comedy Central’s first big hit, gets stuck into every sacred cow going, from global warming to gay rights, Tom Cruise to child sexual abuse, religion to charity.
It is truly offensive to everyone, but in such a clever way you love it, instead of get offended.
Series 12 starts with Cartman getting AIDS after a tonsils operation and trying to infect Kyle with it before subsequent episodes move on to trash Brittney Spears and Mrs Garrison, the teacher who used to be Mr Garrison but now wants a penis back. Don’t ask, just watch.
The best 22 minutes of the week!
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October 16th, 2008 at 11:58 am
“It is truly offensive to everyone, but in such a clever way you love it, instead of get offended.”
Unless it is being offensive to Islam, in which case they cave in to the threats of violence from the Religion of Peace.
[DPF: South Park didn't. In fact they dedicated two episodes as to why it would be so wrong to do so. The cowards at Comedy Central caved in though]
Vote:October 16th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
South Park was never on TV3 – it began on TV4 not long after its launch and stayed with it when the channel was rebranded as C4 – thats why its on C4.
Vote:October 16th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Also, South Park isn’t that great. They’re best when their stories don’t have a moral. And when they do have a moral, the moral is invariably, “Every opinion on anything is stupid!”
The real question is why Snuff Box hasn’t played in New Zealand (to my knowledge).
Vote:October 16th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
yes – what Brian just said.
Vote:October 16th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
I actually think South Park is starting to jump the shark a bit. Other than a moderate chuckle at the idea of raping Harrison Ford, the latest episode wasn’t all that great. Butters and Cartman impersonating Chinese people just isn’t that funny. We’ve already had an episode on a Japanese takeover of America, and they seem to be just recycling themselves.
They can still come up with the goods – Major Boobage was their best episode yet. But I think the time has come for Trey Parker and Matt Stone to save their best ideas and move on to something else.
Vote:October 16th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
I disagree BlairM,
i find that south park is getting better and better. I find that there best stuff is when they are having a go at something topical. I found the Harrison Ford bit really funny, although the impersonating Chinese didn’t have me in stitches it did my little brother. I guess they offer different types of humor that cater for different people.
Without turning this into a ‘fav south park bit’ post,
mine has to be the one where Cartman grows those sea monkies and needs to get some ‘semen’ and he tells Stan and Kyle that all he had to do was go down an alley close his eyes and suck it out of a tube.
Vote:October 16th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Was it on TV3 or C4, back in 2006 when the catholics got all uptight about the Mary-spurting-menstrual-blood episode?
Ether way it is a good fit on C4; like Rock-n-Roll music it has that quality that the current generation loves it but the previous generation Does Not Approve…
Vote:October 16th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Oh yes the Bloody Mary episode, what was all the hype about that. I never really understood?
and never really liked that episode.
Vote:October 17th, 2008 at 3:52 am
A good episode was “Douche and Turd” ,episode 119 from season 8 of South Park. It was broadcast just before the presidential election in the US. Wonder if South Park will cover something similar this time around?
The US went for the turd sandwich in 2004. Yum yum.
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