South Park is one of my favorite television shows of all time.  The creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, are two friends who began this unbelievably fruitful journey as a college project using construction paper and not much else.  These are some of the clips I have been returning to in times of stress to give me a chuckle and forget about how my digital money is digitally declining daily in the stock market. I hope it provides the same escape for you.

Butters’ Internet Debut

South Park’s season 12 episode entitled Canada on Strike brought forth one of the best spoofs on YouTube-esque internet fads.  Canada, fictitiously led by the WGA - World Canadian Bureau (WGA in this instance was meant to mock the Writer’s Guild of America strike at the end of 2007 into early 2008), goes on strike to prove their value to the world.  As Kyle’s little brother, Ike, is an adopted Canadian, he is striking with his fellow countrymen and women; picketing out front of the Brofloski home, starving along with the others on strike.  The boys needed to come up with an idea to make quick cash to pay off the Canadians so the strike would end and Ike would go back to being himself.  This was Cartman’s ingenious solution:

The American Way: Choosing between a Douche and a Turd

This episode aired in October of 2004 during the eigth season, entitled Douche and Turd.  There is so much fodder to mock in the  election process and politics in general, so why not call it out like it really is?  South Park elementary is forced to choose a new school mascot when PETA attacks and condemns the town for being the South Park Cows, arguing that it is cruel to animals.  In this clip, Stan discusses why he doesn’t want to vote and is then paid a little visit by Puff Daddy who is enforcing his version of Rock the Vote:

Big Tobacco Companies and Rob Reiner

And in this corner, from the season 7 episode Butt Out, Rob Reiner and the gang visit a tobacco company in a clever subterfuge to garner anti-smoking support…until the boys see that the people who work there are actually good, happy citizens.  Whenever people chastise me for smoking, I refer them to this:

Why not make fun of Lord of the Rings (even if you are a fan)?

In an epic spoof of the entire LOTR trilogy, Harry Potter, and adult film, the boys embark on a mission, quest, thing….to return the rented DVD to the Two Towers video store.  Here, the boys are pursued by parents and sixth graders alike, attempting to relinquish from their control what is actually “the hottest porno ever made” which was accidentally put in the Lord of the Rings DVD case mistakenly by Stan’s parents.

Towelie

I don’t know what you want to call this episode other than a spoof on kids wanting to play video games more than play outside, but either way, Towelie is a hilarious character.  This stoner of a talking towel is trying to take the boys to a secret base where their video game system is being held hostage in exchange for returning Towelie to his home.

Damn, that was fun.  I only wish I had more time and motivation to put more up.  I am remisced for not delving deeper into the early seasons and conjuring up some of the true classics, but I have trades to make to minimize my losses.  You probably do to, so go stop the bleeding!