Then they ended it with a reference to the " Free Willzyx" episode, which I'm not afraid to admit I'd completely forgotten about until I saw that dead whale lying there. Connor's black face stunt is little offensive, but still very funny, and the fact that the gingers pull the exact same trick minutes later made it even better. Then there's Mitch Connor, once again providing his special brand of comedy, perhaps for the last time. Mecha-Streisand meets its end due to an irresistible urge to do Neil Diamond duets, which by itself was merely an "okay" joke - but it was made more palatable by the fact that it's Krishna taking the form of Neil Diamond. Mephisto and Kevin returning after a ten year absence (and still adding an unnatural number of asses to poor little creatures). Hanky appearance, Seaman's bird Swallow, a sad Pip cameo (poor, poor Pip), and Dr. There are many other small nostalgic moments with varying degrees of entertainment value. I love the lines in this scene, particularly Scott's "Revenge is a dish best served chili." It's all so.beautiful. This scene is expertly directed in a style that, if I'm not mistaken, is eerily similar to scenes in the classic Batman: The Killing Joke graphic novel, featuring the Joker and a circus of doom built for the sole purpose of torturing his enemies. It's also sweetly ironic: Cartman's father is not only a ginger, but he's also Tenorman's half-brother.
#200 AND 201 SOUTH PARK SERIES#
" Scott Tenorman Must Die" remains one of the greatest South Park episodes of all time, and this was a great way to connect that story into the celebration of the series breaking 200 episodes. Let's talk about the big reveal: Cartman's dad! The Tenorman connection in Cartman's origin is absolutely perfect. As it stands, what we have is a decent statement on the ruinous nature of censorship, and maybe it's also a kind of a statement of frustration in having to accommodate the ridiculous notions of crazy but dangerous people. Maybe we missed out on something epic, or maybe the ending was pretty much what Trey and Matt intended in the first place.
We do not have network approval to stream our original version of the show." So, while the bleeping did add an additional level of humor, it seems at least some (if not all) of it was unintentional, which leaves me wondering what the real intent of the "I learned something today" scene was. If you tried to watch this episode on the South Park Studios website last night, you would've been welcomed by a surprising message: "After we delivered the show, and prior to broadcast, comedy central placed numerous additional audio bleeps throughout the episode. The execs at Comedy Central seemed to have taken this threat seriously, because apparently they decided to do more bleeping than the original plan called for. As many of you may have heard, some nutjobs have been threatening the South Park team because of their graphic non-portrayal of Mohammed.
The storytelling here takes a dramatic step forward from what we saw in last week's installment: " 200" set things up, but " 201" really delivered the payoff.įirst off, let's get to the big controversy. The truth of Cartman's origins is finally revealed amidst even more cameos from characters we haven't seen in ages. We were so exhausted by it all, we were like, 'Fuck it, just get on to the next episode.Well, that was an insane episode. For Parker, the episodes' fate was something that cut him to his creative core: "What pissed me off about episodes '200' and '201' was that I thought the episodes ended up being really good. Though the network blacked out the character and bleeped his name when the episodes air, the Prophet Muhammad was featured as a member of the Hall of the Super Best Friends, a Justice League-like "superhero" team of religious deities. That was the hardest we've ever pushed back. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter in 2016, then-Comedy Central head Doug Herzog explained that the decision to pull "200" and "201" as a result of threats and concerns for the team's safety: "We were protecting everyone who works here. South Park Studios was in agreement on the decision, with the discussion and agreement to hold the episodes taking place before Viacom licensed the series to HBO Max last year. That 's because they weren't available on either of those, either: all five episodes were pulled because they depicted a character based on the Prophet Muhammad. Fans who've been watching the episodes on Comedy Central and on Hulu won't be surprised to learn that fifth season episode "Super Best Friends," tenth season episodes "Cartoon Wars" parts I and II, and fourteenth season episodes "200" and "201" are the ones missing in action.