South Park

[jman19]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
LMAO @ Hitler being the "Can you hear me now?" guy.

Bwahaha that part cracked me up

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Doesn't sound too bad, I don't see why it would be offending.

 

[So]

Anyone who thinks it was a big deal (and has seen it) is waaay too uptight. It was no big deal. They didn't even make fun of him, they actually made fun of the whole 'too soon' thing.

 

[Steve]

I just watched the whole thing. Shoot if I was a relative I'd have chuckled. It's all about context.

 

[fustercluck]

It wasn't surprising, but it was pretty bad. It's just not funny for one thing, and of course, it's bad taste too. Already seen lots of people joking about Steve Irwin's death, which is a shame. Steve was an awesome guy.

The episode itself was kinda bad. Best ep of this season is still the WoW episode by far

 

[torpid]

I didn't find it even remotely offensive. Apparently some people love steve irwin more than god, though, because there were naked children on leashes with the catholic priests.

 

[Starbuck1975]

I wouldn't mind a slice of Acura cake

 

[Zap Brannigan]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
I thought the episode was great:
People made fun of: those "sweet sixteen" shows on MTV - especially when Satan realizes that he's behaving worse than the spoiled brats on those shows

He was upset that he was behaving like spoiled american girls. Remember when he was talking about how he sunk so low, lol.

Basically the episode was saying that girls like that are worse than the devil. Loved the ending of that episode.

 

[EarthwormJim]

Originally posted by: Adaman
It wasn't surprising, but it was pretty bad. It's just not funny for one thing, and of course, it's bad taste too. Already seen lots of people joking about Steve Irwin's death, which is a shame. Steve was an awesome guy.

The episode itself was kinda bad. Best ep of this season is still the WoW episode by far

How was it bad taste? It didn't make fun of Steve, it made fun of people who probably will dress up as Steve on halloween.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I just flat out don't think SP is funny, period. Their "humor" seems to rely almost completely on shock value, and very little on actual wit.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: EarthwormJim

Originally posted by: Adaman
It wasn't surprising, but it was pretty bad. It's just not funny for one thing, and of course, it's bad taste too. Already seen lots of people joking about Steve Irwin's death, which is a shame. Steve was an awesome guy.

The episode itself was kinda bad. Best ep of this season is still the WoW episode by far

How was it bad taste? It didn't make fun of Steve, it made fun of people who probably will dress up as Steve on halloween.

He was in hell.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: DonVito
I just flat out don't think SP is funny, period. Their "humor" seems to rely almost completely on shock value, and very little on actual wit.

No, it mostly relies on satire.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: Lonyo

Originally posted by: DonVito
I just flat out don't think SP is funny, period. Their "humor" seems to rely almost completely on shock value, and very little on actual wit.

No, it mostly relies on satire.

It's some of the most flat-footed, clumsy satire ever broadcast IMO. To me true satire has to have some subtlety, whereas they just beat you over the head with it. I am not offended by what they broadcast, and I think profanity and gutter humor can be hilarious - I am a fanatical Howard Stern fan, for example - but on SP it seems to me like that's all they have. I just don't see the wit there.

 

[I Saw OJ]

A little tasteless, but do you expect more from southpark?

BTW, if he had just died or not, that little bit wasnt funny.

 

[JackBurton]

I just saw the episode last night. Talk about blowing something out of proportion. It was not big deal.

 

[bsobel]

He was in hell.

Then you think people would be complaining more about Ghandi and some of the others than a minor tv personality.

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: JackBurton
I just saw the episode last night. Talk about blowing something out of proportion. It was not big deal.

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: NFS4
It's South Park? Why is anyone surprised anymore by what Matt and Trey do?

GET OVER IT!

For once I agree with you, I hate all these people that suddenly became die hard Steve Irwin fanatics when he died when they probably were the ones who bitched when he did that thing with his child and never even watched a full show on dat dere animal planet.

Its South park FFS, get over it, it didn't mean any disrespect and they even said too soon. I found it funny, and the rest of you can go to Hell on Earth 2006 for being fake PC SP fans.

 

[SVT Cobra]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FrcPuYCcfo

BTW there it is for those who missed it. It was a halarious episode, good to see they haven't lost anything like Family Guy has.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

In addition to the aforementioned priests with kids on leashes the show also featured mass murder, necrophilia and cannibalism. Anyone that is bent out of shape over 10 seconds of a Steve Irwin gag needs to get a life and a clue, not necessarily in that order. They clearly just wanted to be outraged over something and picked the most trendy hot-button.

 

[Babbles]

Originally posted by: LtPage1
Ridiculous. Clearly, whoever wrote that didn't see the episode. It wasn't exactly "tasteful," but neither were they "lampooning" the guy's death.

I agree.

I don't think it was really needed, the rest of the episode was good enough - it was like they just stuck in that scene just to do it. That being said it really wasn't all that bad, either. As others mentioned the priests having pet kids should have gotten way more attention - or the fact that Gandhi is in hell.

I think the problem, though, is that most people didn't realize that Matt and Trey were trying to call out the people who would dress up as Steve Irwin. As such they were somewhat unclear; regardless of their point, if most people miss the point then they essentially failed at it.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Where's the option for those who don't find it funny or offensive?

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
In addition to the aforementioned priests with kids on leashes the show also featured mass murder, necrophilia and cannibalism. Anyone that is bent out of shape over 10 seconds of a Steve Irwin gag needs to get a life and a clue, not necessarily in that order. They clearly just wanted to be outraged over something and picked the most trendy hot-button.

I'm sure in an upcoming episode they will make fun of the people obsessing over something stupid.
I was re-watching another episode (where Butters gets a throwing star in his eye, and Cartman walks around naked, and people are pissed at the nudity not the star in the eye). There was much "worse" stuff in that episode than Irwin.

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
In addition to the aforementioned priests with kids on leashes the show also featured mass murder, necrophilia and cannibalism. Anyone that is bent out of shape over 10 seconds of a Steve Irwin gag needs to get a life and a clue, not necessarily in that order. They clearly just wanted to be outraged over something and picked the most trendy hot-button.

Well said!

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: Babbles

Originally posted by: LtPage1
Ridiculous. Clearly, whoever wrote that didn't see the episode. It wasn't exactly "tasteful," but neither were they "lampooning" the guy's death.

I agree.

I don't think it was really needed, the rest of the episode was good enough - it was like they just stuck in that scene just to do it and get a reaction. That being said it really wasn't all that bad, either. As others mentioned the priests having pet kids should have gotten way more attention - or the fact that Gandhi is in hell.

I think the problem, though, is that most people didn't realize that Matt and Trey were trying to call out the people who would dress up as Steve Irwin. As such they were somewhat unclear; regardless of their point, if most people miss the point then they essentially failed at it.

Fixed and Welcome to what made South Park what it is.