Manbearpig
I like South Park generally, but I thought the latest episode really missed the mark. If you didn't see it, the main story was about Al Gore coming to South Park to warn against the dangers of the Manbearpig, which was going to destroy the world. Gore is portrayed as a man desperate for attention and recognition, using the Manbearpig danger to make himself feel relevant again. I think if you're going to skewer famous people, there has to be a grain of truth. I really don't see Gore as an attention seeker. He could be much more visible if that's what he really wanted. And even these nuts who deny that global warming is occuring shouldn't have a problem recognizing that Gore is sincerely concerned. Parker and Stone are usually pretty funny, but sometimes I think they try to hard.
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Yeah, that one sucked. I think even with the flaws you mentioned, it could have been better if they'd come up with something less stupid than manbearpig.
I remember being seriously disgusted by the Christopher Reeve-fetus episode, where he eats them to get stronger. I couldn't finish watching it.
That was pretty tasteless. I don't mind tasteless so much, but this manbearpig crap just wasn't funny.
I remember being seriously disgusted by the Christopher Reeve-fetus episode
I forgot about that one, that was pretty bad too. You know, they've always done commentary on current events, but is it getting more frequent or is it just my imagination? We need some more classics like the Scott Tenorman episode, or the one where Butters follows his dad to the gay bathhouse and his mother tries to drown him in the river. Those were awesome.
I thought Cartman eating the treasure was funny, but the whole Al Gore thing was flat. They obviously bought the media-created caricature of Al Gore from 2000.
But even if you do think Al Gore is like that, I still don't think it was funny. Not because I like Al Gore, but because it was just really forced and not nearly as clever as they usually are.
Yes it was, that one might have even been worse. Maybe they've run out of funny stuff.
Yes, the Oprah episode pretty much sucked too. It was a mildly amusing idea, but they beat it until it was pulp. You may be right, John, they may be running out of the good stuff. Good for you you can watch all the old ones on DVD.
The Butters one is on now.
I think Gore does matter. He should be our President right now, even though most people bought into the wooden character that he was sold as. I hope he runs again, I'll vote for him.
I'm afraid it will be Clinton and McCain, and that makes me sad. Hopefully, someone else will emerge, since there is a lot of time left.
I don't know about his financial backing, but if he runs, I think he has a chance. I think having already won an election carries a lot of weight. But Hilary may ultimately have toomuch money for him to compete with. And he still says he isn't running anyway.
I think Kerry has no chance, and I hope he doesn't run again. Not that I don't like him, but if he couldn't beat the moron we currently have in office, I don't know how he could hope to beat someone without all the poor decisions and lies and corruption and everything else working against him.
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