August 13, 2025 • 39 mins
South Park's new season is finally here! We discuss the crazy premiere, Parker and Stone's SDCC panel and answer some questions including "what are our favourite South Park songs?", "does South Park appeal to younger viewers in 2025?" and more.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hell yeah, delivery for you kick as. Welcome to Going
Down to South Park, the podcast where we always have
our sales of time, and right now it is our
July mail Bag slash South Park News episode. I'm Dando
and I am guy.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Yes, let's dive deep into that mail bag, rummage around
and some messages talk about all things South Park related,
and there's a lot.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Indeed at the moment there is indeed, Yes, well. South
Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone just did a
panel at SDCC which was also joined John by Mike
Judge on screen on stage as well as Andy Samberg
and I watched. It's all available on YouTube, great quality.
Make sure you check it out. It's not one of
those someone filling on the phone. Someone did do that,
(00:45):
so shout out to that guy who used his phone
to get us the early scoop on that one. But
it's worth checking out. I will say the host could
have been better, just ask pretty planning questions and whatnot.
But it's just great to see too. Or three we
see what was four? I guess yeah, I'm going to say,
but two different you might judge and the Parker in
(01:06):
Stone sort of conglomeration together. Yeah, those two together. But
Andy Samberg and you watched him on stage, Andy, and
he's kind of like looking up and going, I don't
know if I belong here.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Maybe he's being a bit self deprecating, or maybe it
feels legitimately intimidated by the likes of Parker and Stone
and Judge.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Sandberg's no slouch.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
I mean, he's remember the lonely Lonely I was about
to say, the Lonely Planet. Now that's the tool guys,
the lonely eye. I mean, pretty funny guys. You pivotal
to sn ol. You know he's a lazy Sunday guy. Yeah,
I just wanted to point out quickly though. Dano did
mention the host when he showed me who the host was.
He's a guy that I'm not a huge fan of.
I was like, oh my god, that guy.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Yeah, Josh Horowitz, I believe his name is. Yeah, we
don't have the name names. I'm sure you again watch it,
aren't they probably? I honestly don't know too much about
the guy. All I will say is that some of
the questions I sort of thought that these guys are
talking on stage and this some really interesting stuff, and
I'm going, oh, let's continue on with that. Oh no,
I've got more questions here on my sheet. And I
was like, maybe just let them cook. Maybe just let
(02:06):
them cook, or just can like I said, keep that
conversation going. But it's still worth checking out. Whatever the
chances see training Matt live on stage. It's worth doing,
of course, So make sure you check out that one.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
When they come away from their bed stuff with money
and their house built of gold.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Yeah. But the big news, of course, is that season
twenty seven finally premiered last week and how Yeah, and
it created a lot of hype. I feel like I
tweeted today, I feel like south Park's on fire now
more so than has been in nears. Feels like it's
more relevant is not the word, but it just feels
people are more excited for south Park than they have
been in years. Granted this is the first episode that's
(02:42):
aired in years. It's just been special off the specially
off the special I think people were done with the specials.
I personally, as a south Park fan, I was done
with specials. I wanted episodes again. I just won twenty
two minutes where I can just watch the show and
just tune out, and that's what we got last week.
But that premiere. Do you think we're going to do
a proper review, but just quickly one of the most
piv episodes. I'm not just South Buck but just television
in general in the last twenty years.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Well absolutely, I mean it's coming hot on the heels
of a political situation that, yeah, has got a lot
of people in the entertainment industry kind of scared, kind
of worried. It's like, how much clout and how much
sway do they have over how I make a living,
how I express myself as well? I mean, this is
a feel this is kind of an inflection point for
a lot of things. So for Trey and Matt to
(03:24):
really weigh into that, to go in all guns blazing
and to mercilessly poke fun and deflate the ego of
someone who is a notoriously big.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Well the current sitting president of the United States, Well, yeah,
that's what's pivotal about it. Oh, this guy's running the country.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Oh yeah, So they are legitimately speaking truth to power,
which a lot of comedians say, oh, we do that,
and they don't really do that. I mean John Stewart
when he was talking about the whole Stephen Colbert incident,
which is connected to this. Was basically people say we
straight speak truth to power, we speak comedy on television.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Yeah, but that can have a big, big effect.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
And in the case of Trey and Matt what they
were saying about Trump and the current state of America
and the current state of fear, that's really grasping a.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Lot of people.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Yeah, it's powerful stuff and funny stuff as well, which
is the best part of it. I mean, they're not
necessarily doing it, and they're like, well, we're Trey Parker
and Matt Stone and we're here to save democracy. It's like, no,
we've taken the piss the same way we always do,
but here's a target that really deserves it. And yeah
there is something important behind that as well. So yeah,
more power too them. Fantastic, So look out for that review.
(04:36):
I'm not going to do a full run through I
can normally do here going down a South pub. What
we're going to do is just give our quick thoughts
like ten minutes or so. Look out for that India
Fees and on the YouTube channel as well. Also shout
to everybody who was watching us now on YouTube, make
sure you hit that subscribe button, give us a thumbs
up comment below, pay some questions below. We'd love to
hear from each and every single one of you, and
we'll answer those questions on the next mail Bak episode.
But of course, right now, we have some questions. This
(04:57):
one first comes from Michael. He says, besides the movie soundtrack,
what have been some of your favorite songs from episodes
you've reviewed so far? Because favorite South Park songs to me,
the one besides the movie, of course, one that jumps out.
It's one we haven't reviewed it, but it's minorities at
my water park. Oh yeah, that is so great. I
must have been I do. I will find myself singing
(05:17):
that a lot. What that says about me? I'm not
sure I'm all for minorities at my water park.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
But people have been sharing that one lately, saying, oh,
Southark was so basic. I believe they said this, but
they're not saying this is good. This is a despicable
character said this time and time again. Please yeah, please
remember who's saying having said that dreadfully catching.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Song, did you come in and Come in?
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Yeah? Fantastic? You love the Aspen song it's the montage,
a montage montage that is really really good. Do you
have a few written down? I love Soaring So High,
that one with stuff and Marvin Sorry so hard. Any
Spaceship was always great for me. I also really enjoyed
(06:02):
just the takedown of the Mormon, just the whole episode
John John Smith, Joseph Joseph Joseph Smith just a dumb
dumb dumb, dumb dumb just felt like you're watching a
Broadway play. I really love that. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
I don't know if these are songs so much. A
lot of them are kind of just jingles, really, but
I find myself just singing, I've got to Aaron, I've
got to a not really a song, but that's the
theme song. It's got a tune and you can answer
that's fighting and that's fight in love as well.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Yeah, So I just got a real kick out of
both of those. That was sexual Arrestment Panda, but I
love the way they do that. I think that's really
really funny.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
I think one that really stands out to me as
a South Park fan who was a child. Also, it
started in ninety seven, ninety eight, and show would have
been about ten when the show was coming out. It
felt cool. It was the racy Simpsons and the song
that really a lot of us who lived through that
ere particularly in Australia, remember is Chef's Chocolate salty Balls.
Of course you felt so cool singing chuck this put
(07:02):
him in your mouth and suck. And second it's not
really I mean it's it's it's it's a double on change.
Of course you're not saying any swear words, but you
felt like you're being so naughty singing that song.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
So you feel like you're getting away with Yeah, you
can sing that around your your mum and dad.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
And she would be annoyed. We'll not saying anything, ma,
what what he cooks salty balls?
Speaker 2 (07:21):
It's a delightful sweet tree with a dash of salt.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
But that's just this whole chef aide angle just felt special,
felt big at the time.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Oh yeah, this has has been a recent episode that
we covered. But it seems so out of character for
Parker and Stone to It doesn't necessarily seem like something
they would do. I mean, they seem like more rock
and roll guys than anything else, but they throw in
that it's a song that butters tap dancers.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
To in you. You've got f and a front, absolutely
dirty stuff, you know. Give him a little squeeze and
how do you.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Imagine some crooner in the thirties or forties trying to
woo some young lady with his look at this sweet balance.
Just reach in my pocket, give my knob, squeat.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Sly bugger. It's perfect for butters too, is it really?
Speaker 2 (08:14):
It sounds so lovely and say it is the lyric,
but I just love the way it's also sign as
well from.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
It's your old mare voice. It is. Yeah. But there's
also a song in the episode that we thought was
just a song that existed. That's not the one that
they do that that you got serve. What's the words
for it? Oh, let's say you dance sucker, you got
Nothing on.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Me, Got nothing on me. That's not a song. You
could be easily forgiven for thinking that it is a song.
It's a song, but it's not a song that was.
It was a song that created.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Dan Sucker you Got Nothing on Me? So that's made
up by training. I know I did, but it is
a parody of the song shake that ass bitch. But
is it just a cow splack pack? I got to
chick that ass bitches? How can I forget about slack pack?
Is it? Bitches of bitch? Shake that ass bitch, Shake
(09:06):
that ass bitch. What's the words? Let me see what
you got? But they say, dance sucker, you got nothing
on me? Better hey to quote Flee. I believe it.
Everyone can enjoy that. D Sucker, you got nothing. It
sounds like straight out of bringing on or you Got served, doesn't.
It made me appreciate the episode because we didn't touch
(09:28):
on that in the episode. We just thought it was
an actual song because it just sounds like an actual song.
So I just want to give them kudos to that
because I would rather listen to that than shake that
ass bitch Like Dan Sucker.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
I certainly would now, but shake your ass bitch just
defensive ass bitch.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Let me see what you got now. It doesn't worry
Dan Sucker, you got nothing on me. Everyone has like
a rip off of mister shake your ass watch yourself. Yeah,
kind of show me what you're working with. Dance Sucker.
What a song. By the way, I wrote that on
the birth account of the Lovely Louise. Yes two birthday
to the Lovely Louise. Next question here comes from Steve.
You guys often say that modern Simpsons is made for
(10:05):
today's generation of kids. Who do you think is the
audience for modern South Park? Do you think teenagers in
twenty twenty five have any interest in watching South Park?
If I'm being completely honest, probably not. I don't know.
I think it's more targeted ad to walk because South Park.
Trey and Matt always made the show for the South
Park audience who loved South Park for being south Park.
(10:25):
They didn't want any Bandwagon fans, right, They didn't write
the show for them. They wrote the show. They wrote
the show that they wanted to make, And I think
the crowd who jumped on with them in the early
days are still watching the show peqularly, particularly just got
it south Park. Do you think they're finding new fans
South Park? I view South Park as more akin to
say social media. I mean, it's definitely a TV show,
(10:47):
but it doesn't have that turnaround time. We've talked about
this so often. The fact, yeah, let's put together fairly quickly,
and so it's able to address things that are in
the public eye, in the collective consciousness, in the zedguist, right,
So yeah, it kind of works as a bit of
a sidebar to Twitter or Instagram or TikTok or something
like that. It's not quite as up to the minute.
It's not reporting on things as they happen, but it
(11:10):
doesn't by the time they start talking about things like
Donald Trump and the things that are going on in
the world, things are going on in America at the moment,
it doesn't feel stale. Doesn't be like, oh, you're finally
getting to this aea it will be where someone's doing
a podcast with you in twenty years though, well yeah, but.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
This is the society we're living in, and then you've
got to address things as they happen exactly right.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
So I think that their ability to be nimble, think
on their feet and turn things around quickly. It doesn't
necessarily make it the show that gen Z or Jen
Alfer is going to be like, oh wow, but I
think I think it also makes it kind of appealing
to a younger audience.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
Or depending on the subject matter. Yeah, I think the
Trump episode would have really opened a lot of eyeballs.
I think so people just people go oh South b
IK's still going oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
And the fact that yeah, Trey and Madden, every one
of the south Park HQ were able to sort of
not manipulate the media but work it to their advantage.
In that regard, yeah, it keeps things, it keeps them fresh.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
In saying that, just a quick little sneapy for our review.
I watched the pilot again with the part of the
premiere again with my wife Nikola, who is not a
south Park fan by any means, and she laughed at it,
but she doesn't know the backstory behind the CBS and
the Paramount de and blah blah blah, so she didn't
really know what was going on. Okay. I do find
(12:31):
sometimes they might get a little bit too cute for
their own good. Vastly it can be sort of preaching
to the converted, right, so I'm not sure besides the
Trump haha, is Trump being samisane to a casual fan?
Do they have any idea what's going on with that episode? No? No,
I mean that's very much for south Park heads, right
it is.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
I think the thing that the casual viewer of the
part time or is going to take away is probably
the deep sake thing at the end.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
The deep fake, very realistic looking dj T. But that's
I thought it was all AI, right, But Trey put
behind the scenes photos up on the South Park Twitter
today and it's just a dude looks like Donald Trump.
It must have Aid's face onto him. So yeah, but
I thought the whole thing was AI. I thought they
just created Donald Trump at it. I know, as they've
(13:17):
they filmed a fat guy running through the desert and
just put his face on that deep face. Ah, that's
sort of not as. I was so impressed with the
footage at first. I was like, they've just created this guy.
They didn't. They just filmed to go on the desert,
fat naked and just whacked Trump's face on it, Okay,
which is still impressive. The whole point behind it is
what I love the most. Obviously. Yeah, I was as
impressive the AI as I was I first watching.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
Oh, give it five minutes and them Ai'll catch up
it always, yes, But yeah, obviously we'll touch on that
in air review of seven on the Mount. But yeah,
do I think teenagers are Is it appointment viewing for
teenagers in twenty five?
Speaker 1 (13:53):
Probably not? Is anything appointment viewing for teenagers in twenty
twenty five?
Speaker 2 (13:57):
Well, they're not real appointments anymore, are they? I mean
certainly not when it comes to art and entertainment, because
everything is available all the time, but.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Just clips and reels like the funny Moments. I think
that Donald Trump clip, it's been shd enough. I think
a lot of people at least go that's pretty cool. Yeah,
will make them want to check out more South Park.
I don't know, but.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
They're very clever in playing to that what's in the
news cycle and how can we be part of it?
Speaker 1 (14:18):
But as the guy as as Steve was saying that
we always touch on how modern Simpsons people complain about it.
It's not really made for us anymore. It's made for kids.
And it's true because my kids like watching modern Simpsons.
You say what you will, sure, I just I don't
think that South Park. I think that South Park is
still appealing to the same audience that we're watching it
twenty five years ago. Oh and they're not writing a
different show to appeal to a younger audience now. They
(14:39):
haven't changed that. They're still the same people. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
I think something we've often said about Parker and Stone,
and we say about any artist that we admire, is
that they always remain true to themselves.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
If you're fortunate you sort.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
Of catch the wave, and enough people like that, it's like, oh, well,
we can be true to ourselves, we can express ourselves.
We can also make a living out of it, pretty
decent living out of it as well. So yeah, they've
been lacking in that regard, but also it's a very
it's a good lesson in being true to yourself.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
The Simpsons, I think, has to toe the line a
bit more, though it has to be different. It's just
got that reputation of it's the show that you can
put it on and there will be references throughout episodes
that you think, oh, this is a bit dated. But
the overall story is we say forever license when you're
trying to sell merchandise like Lord of the Rings is
forever license always popular, Star Wars, forever license. The Simpsons.
(15:28):
It's almost like a forever license in net regard, and
that you can put it on twenty years from now
and it will still feel like something you can watch
and it's not sure as relevant as it was back then,
but it just feels like something you just watch and go,
I know what's going on here? Well, South Park not
so much because it's very of its time. As you were.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
Saying, yeah, the Simpsons always build itself as a traditional sitcom,
a slight alternative, certainly with the beginning because it was like, oh,
every day problems and issues. Yeah, it's a family sitcom.
Admittlely it's animated and a middle situationing it to be
a bit sort of heightened and that kind of thing.
But it's in a long tradition of family sitcoms, where
(16:03):
a south Buck was something different in terms of its
approach and its tone.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
But Christie wants to know who was your favorite south
Park character when we first started doing the podcast and
has that changed since. I think my favorite character was
always Kenny. There was just something about the Kenny Can.
When we first started the podcast. I was like, I
love Kenny. He's just I don't know something about him.
He feels like he's seen some shit. He's beyond his
years in a way of like, you know, he knows
(16:28):
about girls, and obviously because he's he's poor, he's bad
life at home. He's about alcoholism and that kind of thing,
and like he just feels it feels like the cool kid,
but you never hear him speaks that he's got that
mystique to him. Right on live Cartman aside, because the
Cartman's everyone's favorite character is per Cartman. Right. I think
as I've done this podcast, I think I now have
a newfound love for mister Garrison. I did not love
(16:50):
mister Garrison as much when I was a kid at all.
I watch now and I go, this guy is arguing
one of the most pivotal characters old characters on the show.
I love Garrison.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
Yeah, no, I'm glad you brought that up, because he's
probably the first person who sprang to mind for me.
It's funny you mentioned Cartman the way you do in
terms of like, oh, well, yeah, he's the he's essentially
their face in South Park, right, but he's on the
bulk of the merger and got the most sort of
memorable lines that kind of he's got the catchphrase and
he's got the line or the situations like, oh, how
(17:22):
outrageous the Garrison is stealth outrageous, you know, I mean,
Cartmen's out sort of front and center's like he's being
a literal Nazi or he's you know, tricking a kid
into cannibalism or some something like that. Meanwhile, Garrison's in
the background just sort of you know, dropping these sort
of sly one like wait a minute, what yeah did
he say that?
Speaker 1 (17:43):
And dirty Sanchez? Yeah, yeah, all that kind of business.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
And I think Parker and Stone recognize that as they
went along. It's like, we can plug this guy into
various things to make a point, to make a point
that we want to make, or you know, just for
heightened outrageous comic effect, and it won't feel quite as
can you believe what Cartman did this episode? It's not
necessarily something that you would have as as the ad,
(18:09):
if you know what I mean. It's like tune in
this week. When Cartman does this, it's more like it's
embedded in the work and he has sort of come
away from wait wait, wait what Yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
And it's clear it's clear that Trey and Matt realized
how great of a character Garrison was as the show
was going, like season two or three, you're starting to
get more and more stories. Yes, and even when they
went upper grade to fourth grade, they still kept Garrison
giving his side quest. Yeah, they recognize we can't get
rid of him, and then got to the point where
they realized, you know what, we just have to bring
him back.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
And we have to find more things for this guy
to do. But yeah, with some degree of integrity. We
can't just have him show up and guess what is
the Garrison now? No, no, no, we have to integrate
him into the show.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
And they have to evolve him as well. So evolved
from being mister hat to its now mister slave and
things like that. I think they really started to play
up his homes sexuality a lot more. He is more
outward with it. The kids don't see the mind, so
he's just being all outward with it. But the character
Garrison also does need I think Cartman and what not
two pounds off. That's what I noticed when they had
him doing his side quest. He's trying to discover himself
(19:13):
and whatnot. When he doesn't have that person to argue with,
the character doesn't work as well. So when he's in
a school setting, that's why the brought him back. When
he's in that school setting, that's when he flourishes. I think. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
And the other one that I enjoy and we recorded
awesome O just recently fvaiable on our YouTube, already available
on YouTube. It's a good episode. Check it out. I've
just yeah, I think I've got just great appreciation about it.
I think I say at least once or twice throughout
that episode, just love a little guy, I really do.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
A lot of people don't.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Yeah, but I think he is that the spoonful of
sugar that the already maybe half a spoonful of sugar
that the show needs. I don't think South Park is
at its heart as a cynical or black hearted show
or something that. I think it explores those things. But
I think it's generally a kind of positive and optimistic
show in a lot of ways. I think it's not
afraid to poke fund it's things that are going wrong
(20:04):
in society or things that are a bit flawed. But
I think they have a lot of I think they
see a bit of themselves in Butters. He sees the
best in people and sees the best in life.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
Butters, in many ways, not always, but in many ways
is kind of he has the perspective on life that
we all wish we had. Like you said, seeing the
best in people. I struggle with that sometimes I struggle
with that. So I were cynical. We focus on their negatives.
Butters focuses on the positives in almost every scenario, to
the point where people take the Mickey out of him
(20:37):
and take advantage of him. So I think a lot
of us see a lot of ourselves and Butters, but
also see the version of ourselves that we want to
be in Butters as well. Absolute that's where that appeal
comes from. Yeah, absolutely, that's why I like the guy.
I did see an interesting comment online though, that someone
said that a lot of the reason people don't like
Butters is just because it reminds them of who they
were when they were kids, And I thought, I think,
(20:58):
I look back now, I hope I was like Butters
to an extent, not a pushover, but I hope I
had that positivity.
Speaker 2 (21:04):
Oh yeah, absolutely, Well there's a line of thinking that's
like you. You always dislike someone who reminds you of
yourself or reminds you of aspects of yourself that you
don't like. Yeah, I look, I'm as guilty of that
as anybody.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
Yeah, there are certain uh you know, certain people.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
I'll see what they've been up to on line, see
status updates, or like god, this fucking person, then you'll realize, ah, well, yeah,
they're probably yet more like me than I care to admit.
It's a tough lesson to learn or a tough thing
to face. But yeah, maybe that's the case that some
people don't like batters.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
That plays into this next question here, which came to
south Park Mailbag at gmail dot com. Make sure you're
sending through your question Southpark Mailbag at gmail dot com
or comment blow in this video John Looney Loney again
writes in Loony says, Hey guys, longtime fan. I enjoy
all your various podcast Thanks for the years of content.
Truly my question do you feel that the Boys Stand,
Kyle Kenney and Coming are no longer being written as
(21:57):
such stories about being a kid and things that a
more relatable when you're that age, such as fads with chimpokemon,
dressing up between dressing up, pretending covering the hottest porn
on Earth, back doors sluts nine, or when they get
ninja weapons at the fair and accidentally main butters, which
is hilarious. Side note actually happened to one of my
friends when we bought knives on a school field trip.
(22:18):
Lune's got some story he has, Yeah, but it seems
to show now has progressively become more about satire and
just uses the boys purely as talking pieces. The last
several seasons have been hard to connect with due to
its all being so outlandish. I think it's still funny,
but not as relatable as those earlier seasons, which was
with the big draw connection for me first, Like in
the show, have you guys noticed this change? It becomes
(22:38):
so much more noticed in later seasons. Lune's got a point.
Speaker 2 (22:41):
Yeah, looking at that sermon on the Man episode, that's
just it's a episode one of season twenty seven.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
Yeah, I believe. But I've even noticed in episodes that
we're reviewing now, we've said it a few times standing
Kyle kind of feel like the same character. It just
feels like, yes, they've gotten a pit. It feels like
he's the he's the voice of reason in South park Stand.
It's like it never used to be. They used to
deal with kid issues and now it's you guys are
all insane. How can you not see this? And it's like,
(23:06):
you're an eight year old, you shouldn't be this way.
He's almost become the least a Simpson of South Parking.
That's right, Yeah, I mean they really should be. These
are kids.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
You should have you more sort of kid centric episodes.
I mean, I think I think you can strike a
balance or find a fine line between the two, or
talk about bigger social issues and how you know they
affect the world.
Speaker 1 (23:24):
But also let the kids be kids. I guess that's
the problem though, When you have a show that is
trying to tackle such hard hitting themes and issues as
South Park does, but your main characters are kids, It's like,
what do you do? Yeah, how do you get around that?
You can't? Really can you? You can't?
Speaker 2 (23:40):
No, no, because I mean, yeah, I mean the show
is not called four Buddies, It's called South Park.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
It's about the town.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
But yeah, middlely, the selling point was, Okay, yeah, we're
going to be focused on these four kids who are
a middle sort of foul mouthed and can be little
hellions and tear aways and psychopaths.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
This one hears from Natalie. Who are your Who are
both of your top five most important South Park characters,
ones who the show simply can't function without. Well, I'm
going to no particular order. I'm going to go off
the top of my head, and obviously, well Sleve Cartman
aside Cartman's.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Yeah, given, so Captin's going to be in both about
so we can let's maybe just name another.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Four Garrison we mentioned Garrison. Yes, absolutely, I think Butters
because Cartman needs that foil, doesn't He not a foil,
but he needs that lackey. I think initially he had
you know it was going to be he wasn't it. Well, yeah,
but it was going to be.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
There was gonna be this ongoing conflict between Cartman just
having to go with Kyle all the time and Kyle
eventually sort of just snapping back. I think I think
Butters is important. I think Garrison is important. You're right,
And I'm not just saying that because there might two favorites.
From that earlier question, I'd say Chef, but not so
much in.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
The earlier seasons. Maybe I think you need to either
Stand or Kyle. He one of the two. Sure, there's
probably there's probably more to do with Kyle from the
Jewish aspect. You can hear that he have more religion
based stories. Possibly, I mean one of the most stand
fields more like the face though like that. Yeah, one
of the most potent storylines of recent years was for me,
(25:06):
when Stand starts realizing they're ring his ship. You remember
that one.
Speaker 2 (25:10):
And I can't enjoy music anymore, you know, I can't
enjoy art or culture or just about anything. Everything feels
like ship to him, and it's like it's a dreadful
feeling when that happened, because and it's a sad fact
of life that it sort of does happen to everyone
in to bearing degrees. We've talked about this, like music's
not for me anymore. Yeah, it'll happened to you. Yeah,
(25:30):
that's but the music coming out like this is a ship.
You like this, But then you really have to do
a bit of sort of mental and emotional heavy lifting
to go back to your youth and put your your
parents and your parents who's like, how can you not
you know, be into.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
Did it's great? Dad? What do you? What do you mean?
Speaker 2 (25:54):
Madonna's not the best or something like that. So, yeah,
it happens to everybody. That's just time marching on. But yeah,
that struck me as a really resonant episode, and the
use of standing it has just struck me, really hit
me really hard.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
So we'll stand. Yeah, it seems like we're both an agreement.
But does Garrison Stan And Yeah, who's another two that
is pivotal to the show's existence. I'm trying to think
of a female character who the show genuinely needs around.
I can't really recall if I'm going to say anybody's
probably I'm gonna throw Randy is important to the show
as well, Like the show needs Randy very much. He's
(26:29):
that he can do the grown up stuff that that
Cartman can't really get away with Cartman doing. He can
be the Homer. The Homer. Yeah, yeah, he has become.
Speaker 2 (26:38):
When you're talking about female characters, I mean.
Speaker 1 (26:40):
Maybe Sharon Leanne, Maybe Sheila, because she's a story driver.
She's the Helen Lovejoy of the South. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
I mean I was thinking Wendy Testaburger for a little
while there, but she's been looking at less and less.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
I think you need someone who can the kids are
doing something and someone's outraged by it. That's Sheila, right,
Probably yeah, because going by the seasons we've done so far,
just say the first eight season. If you're gonna pick
a female character who is the most important for story
structure and having an episode flow, it's probably she.
Speaker 2 (27:10):
Probably she Yeah, I mean later on it becomes some
of the some of the female characters feel unfortunately a
little bit one note in terms of like Sharon is
really just sort of reacting to Randy's effooonishness.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
Leanne is pretty much.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
Yeah, she's the butter of those jokes. Yeah, Sheila is
the one who seems to have a little bit more
agency even when she's she's willing to speak up.
Speaker 1 (27:37):
Yeah. Yeah, who else have you going?
Speaker 2 (27:39):
I mean you've got the give the mayor, and you've
got Principal Victoria. Really and I'm thinking you certainly had
episode the season so far. Yeah, you certainly have episodes
where the school.
Speaker 1 (27:48):
Girls have had baby and whatnot.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
They've had episodes framed around and need them not necessarily vital.
Speaker 1 (27:57):
Yeah. So yeah, we've got Garrison butters stand Stan And
then we said Sheila and Randy. Yeah, they're pretty pivotal.
I think so. I think we're both on the same
page with it. Yes, let's go with that one, all right.
This one comes from McKayla. Do either of you own
any South Park merch? I do cook and go grab it. Obviously,
(28:18):
got the games and things like that. I've got my
Cartman magnet that I got in nineteen ninety eight and
I've still got on my fridge every fridge I've ever owned.
The first magnet overput on it is my cartment magnet
because my uncle Nole bought it for me. He passed
away in two thousand. I remember getting it as part
of like a little birthday present. It was like I
really wanted this magnet and no one got it for me,
and then Uncle no locked up and he gave me
(28:39):
a present. It was like South the Cartman magnet was
in Now. I was like yes. Whenever I kept that,
I'm like, no, I have a photo Uncle Nole on
the wall, but it's like little Cartman magnet.
Speaker 2 (28:46):
You get that from me, buddy. You know, I don't
have merch as such. Board I do have and something
that's gone everywhere that I've everywhere that I lived since
I received it. My nephew Rory, I've mentioned on the
show many times. Top Man when he was a little boy,
drew me a picture of Cartman. It's a really good one.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
You should scan it to make sure you can, yeah, survivee.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
But it is on the pin board in my study.
It has ye traveled with me low these many years,
as they say, so it is, yeah, something that means
a great deal to me. So yeah, not necessarily merch
is not putting any money in Parker and Stone's pocket.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
Not that they know, not that they've got any room.
Speaker 2 (29:23):
In their pockets, but yeah, it means a great deal
to me.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
I've got the original South Park poster cast poster, because
have you seen the Simpsons cast poster, the yellow one
with all the cast everyone knows about. There's a south
Park one that came out ninety eight and I've still
got it. It's in the garage in a frame. I'll
put up an overlay so people can see as it
watching right now. It's just I used to have that
on my wall and no on bedroom. Kids would come
over and we'd go, it's so cool and we play
(29:48):
games going can you see Wendy and for Ages playing
this game? But that's one of my favorite posters that
I've got. Also, I've got a It's gone now because
I remember someone split my sister spilt. I think it
got all warped. It was a cardboard it was in
a frame. It was like a cardboard print of Cartman
on his little tricycle says respect my authority, and a
(30:08):
story behind it was. I remember seeing it in one
of those stores. It was used to be called like
What's up or something. It's one of those random, random,
crazy crap on the wall stores as they cry a
village and I really wanted that for Christmas and Mom
was like, I'm not buying you that south Park crap
for Christmas, and then she bought it for me and
I just felt so like, I know this, you see
the inside, but I know, Mum, you know I really
wanted it and you bought it anyway, and I was
(30:29):
like yes, and it was on way. I just love
that thing. Respect My authoroitars out of my wall. And
I've still got the VHS tapes of when Trey and
Matt used to do the little intro seeing by the fire.
You can find those in YouTube now, of course, but
it was just I don't forget putting in the VHS
and seeing these two guys who I was like, ten,
I didn't know who Trainman Parker and Matt Stone were,
these two weird guys feeding pig bacon and stuff, and
I was like, what the hell is this? And the
(30:53):
two creepy guys at beginning of my south By video.
So I've still got those as well. We're going here.
This one comes from another Michael. This one for Dander.
Do you remember a wrestler in the WWF carrying around
a Cartman toy at ringside. I swear I remember seeing
that as a kid, but I have no idea if
I imagined it or not. Did this occur? You did
not imagine it. It was from There was a wrestling
group in the late nineties called the Oddities, and basically
(31:15):
it was just a group of wrestlers who no one
knew what to do with them, so they just whacked
them all together. And there was a dude who were
wore a brown mask. He couldn't see his eyes, and
he used to carry around. I'm gonna try and find
this giant Cartman doll. I do remember that because wrestling
at the time was top of pop culture almost it
was super popular. And what else was super popular South
Park and wrestling was trying to appear cool. So they
(31:37):
had a guy carry a Cartman dog to the ring.
Let's have a look at this crossover WWF Cartman dog,
Cartman stuffed toy. You probably could just google this yourself
to find it out. Buddy, a South Park plush just
to carry to the ring. It was so bizarre. There's
the guy there, Look at him. Look at that mask.
Speaker 2 (31:59):
Oh wow, Oh that looks like it looks like leather face.
Speaker 1 (32:02):
Yeah, it was crazy. What was his name? So bizarre? Right,
just the guy walking to the rig at WF with
a giant stuff carbon toy. That so that did actually happen.
That was a was a real thing. Michael. You're not
losing your mind. But you're not losing mind now. But
do you ever have those moments where you remember things
from your childhood and you go and even even look
online and you can't find anything, and you go, did
(32:24):
I actually imagine this? Because there is some media out
there that you just can't find. You've always talked about
that Channel two show that you can't find. Yeah, there
was stuff out there that just doesn't exist anymore, but
it exists here. Look, can you remember you think of
anything else? There was a show when I was used
to watch it as a kid every school holidays used
to be at like ten am. We used to watch
it that NaN's place on school holidays. It was something
about like a Magic Dragon or something, or the Magic
(32:45):
Dragon Show. And I just can't find it anywhere. I'm like,
I know my sister and I watched it every day,
but I just cannot find it.
Speaker 2 (32:53):
This is going to seem random and kind of all
over the shop and I remember to think, this is
a very vivid, vivid memory for me, this is like
the mid nineties. Sleep one night, but sort of woke
up and I had a little black on white TV
at the end of my bed. Woke up. It was like,
it's like some horror movie from the seventies.
Speaker 1 (33:11):
What is this? You know?
Speaker 2 (33:12):
This looks this looks really interesting. And I sort of
caught maybe five or ten seconds of it before I
went back to sleep.
Speaker 1 (33:18):
But just the image that came.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
Up was like it was just people walking towards this
creepy looking house. Camera's on kind of an angle. It's like,
I don't know what this movie is, but it's kind
of interesting and the life for me, I have no
idea what it is.
Speaker 1 (33:32):
Bobby, security camera, people.
Speaker 2 (33:38):
It's something I've never been able to get out of
my head, but I don't have enough information about it.
Speaker 1 (33:42):
People walking towards a house. How wild die here? People? Oh,
look there, it's so the zombies.
Speaker 2 (33:48):
I can't tell. It felt like the original Night of Living.
Speaker 1 (33:52):
Dead, Okay, but it wasn't it. You think it might be.
I don't think it was that, okay, but I had
that vibe. It had that vibe black and white zombie film,
but I was watching on a black and white TV,
so it could have been it might have been colored, like, yeah,
there was color in seventy.
Speaker 2 (34:06):
Yeah, so neither Living It was in black and white.
But I'm pretty sure it wasn't that. I just don't
have enough information.
Speaker 1 (34:14):
Zombie what he is? Have you ever looked for it
walking towards house?
Speaker 2 (34:19):
I've only got like a five or ten second yeah,
screen grab in my head.
Speaker 1 (34:24):
Any sweat wasn't any of the Night of Living Dead.
I don't think it was. Yeah, I'm sure we did
some deep diving we could find it. I don't think
I've got it. Do you think if you saw that
five ten seconds ago it would literally trigger that? You
think you'd actually go that's the five ten seconds? Can
you visualize the five to ten seconds still? Can you
still see it in your mind? Was it just the idea?
Speaker 2 (34:42):
It's more like a picture of a picture of a
picture of you know, there.
Speaker 1 (34:47):
There was You might be able to help me, because
you're obviously you're Australian. There was a show when I
was a kid. I hate to break it to you, dad,
but no, but it was some show and it was
almost like people like living in some like out back
back yard, but it was on a set and it
was like a koala puppet. It was like a puppet show,
but there was people on it as well, but the
animals were like puppets and like magpies or something and
(35:08):
like possums. And it was like, I don't know whether
there was a kid show or not.
Speaker 2 (35:13):
No, I don't know that one. I don't think of
Sheryl's neighborhood. That's before your time, because.
Speaker 1 (35:18):
I've searched for this show and that's what comes up
all the time. And I watched it, I go, that's
not it, and all like I remember, it's kind of
like you. It was almost like it was I was
waiting for another show to start, and this was like
the end of another show. But it was like it
was in someone's backyard and it was like a tree
and there was his koala puppet in the tree. I
can visualize it my head, but I have no idea.
It's ter revel when you've just got that little snippet.
(35:40):
It's just I can visualize that one frame of a
koala like in a tree and it was a puppet
and there was a human there and I was talking
to it as if it was a real Koala. Yeah,
I felt you remember the ferals in the nineties, like
the ferals you might know you were a kid in
the nineties. Not the feros that we lived around, but
ras rat medial under the cat, the dog, the dingo,
(36:01):
and the rabbit. That does sound familiar, Mitsie whatever her
name was, yeah, or what meso? We're just making sounds.
What what's that disease that rabbits get meso? Mixed motosis,
mixed motosis. Yeah, that's why she was called mixy yeah. Lord. Yeah,
but had that kind of had that kind of look
to it where it was puppets, but they would tread
(36:22):
it like they were real characters. Yeah. I have no
recollection of it, but that that one haunts me forever.
I just cannot find and it would be so satisfying
when I find it.
Speaker 2 (36:31):
It's it's really tough because we're living in the age
of information where.
Speaker 1 (36:34):
It's like.
Speaker 2 (36:36):
You end up like typing so many search terms into
Google or whatever.
Speaker 1 (36:41):
I don't know what to do with this. You basically
get that that image of the old man's going. Yeah.
One final one here. This one's from Jonathan Hey guys,
the subject is cassib I need to Planet Hollywood. So
this was twenty ninth of Masis apologies won only getting
too it now, Jonathan, Hey, guys, listen to your review
of Cassabernita. I love Dando's expectation that when you go
(37:04):
to have dinner at Planet Hollywood you might see Arnold
Swarzenegger there. I clearly remember Planet Hollywood opening at the
Crank Casino complex in Melbourne. I went there once, but
me and my dad and my dad and eyes. Favorite
spot was the All Star Cafe. It was the sports
version of Planet Hollywood, owned by the same company. One
time we went in there and saw Robert Harvey, Sat
Kilda football player in the AFL, at the big table,
(37:25):
surrounded by beautiful ladies. Oh, it might not have been Planet,
it might not have been Hollywood superstar Arnold Swartzeneggar. But
I saw Robert Harvey at the peak of his career
and he was nice enough to give me his signature.
Also for a little four finger disco crossover. Dander, you
said recently you'd feel uncomfortable if your kids asked, what's
an orgasm? I don't remember asking saying that, but apparently
I did after hearing that word on The Simpsons. It
(37:46):
was on the Simps. That's right, Yeah, we go so well.
Imagine my dad taking me to see the South Park
movie as a nine year old and realizing maybe that
was a bad idea when I asked, ladly, what's a
clitterist in a full cinema of people? Thanks John Nice.
Speaker 2 (37:58):
John Down.
Speaker 1 (38:01):
I love that Robert Harvest around of a beautiful ladies,
but I have no memories of Planet Hollywood. I was
always I used to see the ads and TV and go,
I'm gonna go meet him movie star. Yeah nothing. They
sold it very very well. Yeah they didn't. We the
elite need to eat them new All right, guys, Well,
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Well in something that has absolutely no relation to the
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Hell yeah, delivery for you kick as. Welcome to Going
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Speaker 2 (00:17):
Yes, let's dive deep into that mail bag, rummage around
and some messages talk about all things South Park related,
and there's a lot.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Indeed at the moment there is indeed, Yes, well. South
Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone just did a
panel at SDCC which was also joined John by Mike
Judge on screen on stage as well as Andy Samberg
and I watched. It's all available on YouTube, great quality.
Make sure you check it out. It's not one of
those someone filling on the phone. Someone did do that,
(00:45):
so shout out to that guy who used his phone
to get us the early scoop on that one. But
it's worth checking out. I will say the host could
have been better, just ask pretty planning questions and whatnot.
But it's just great to see too. Or three we
see what was four? I guess yeah, I'm going to say,
but two different you might judge and the Parker in
(01:06):
Stone sort of conglomeration together. Yeah, those two together. But
Andy Samberg and you watched him on stage, Andy, and
he's kind of like looking up and going, I don't
know if I belong here.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Maybe he's being a bit self deprecating, or maybe it
feels legitimately intimidated by the likes of Parker and Stone
and Judge.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Sandberg's no slouch.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
I mean, he's remember the lonely Lonely I was about
to say, the Lonely Planet. Now that's the tool guys,
the lonely eye. I mean, pretty funny guys. You pivotal
to sn ol. You know he's a lazy Sunday guy. Yeah,
I just wanted to point out quickly though. Dano did
mention the host when he showed me who the host was.
He's a guy that I'm not a huge fan of.
I was like, oh my god, that guy.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Yeah, Josh Horowitz, I believe his name is. Yeah, we
don't have the name names. I'm sure you again watch it,
aren't they probably? I honestly don't know too much about
the guy. All I will say is that some of
the questions I sort of thought that these guys are
talking on stage and this some really interesting stuff, and
I'm going, oh, let's continue on with that. Oh no,
I've got more questions here on my sheet. And I
was like, maybe just let them cook. Maybe just let
(02:06):
them cook, or just can like I said, keep that
conversation going. But it's still worth checking out. Whatever the
chances see training Matt live on stage. It's worth doing,
of course, So make sure you check out that one.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
When they come away from their bed stuff with money
and their house built of gold.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Yeah. But the big news, of course, is that season
twenty seven finally premiered last week and how Yeah, and
it created a lot of hype. I feel like I
tweeted today, I feel like south Park's on fire now
more so than has been in nears. Feels like it's
more relevant is not the word, but it just feels
people are more excited for south Park than they have
been in years. Granted this is the first episode that's
(02:42):
aired in years. It's just been special off the specially
off the special I think people were done with the specials.
I personally, as a south Park fan, I was done
with specials. I wanted episodes again. I just won twenty
two minutes where I can just watch the show and
just tune out, and that's what we got last week.
But that premiere. Do you think we're going to do
a proper review, but just quickly one of the most
piv episodes. I'm not just South Buck but just television
in general in the last twenty years.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Well absolutely, I mean it's coming hot on the heels
of a political situation that, yeah, has got a lot
of people in the entertainment industry kind of scared, kind
of worried. It's like, how much clout and how much
sway do they have over how I make a living,
how I express myself as well? I mean, this is
a feel this is kind of an inflection point for
a lot of things. So for Trey and Matt to
(03:24):
really weigh into that, to go in all guns blazing
and to mercilessly poke fun and deflate the ego of
someone who is a notoriously big.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Well the current sitting president of the United States, Well, yeah,
that's what's pivotal about it. Oh, this guy's running the country.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Oh yeah, So they are legitimately speaking truth to power,
which a lot of comedians say, oh, we do that,
and they don't really do that. I mean John Stewart
when he was talking about the whole Stephen Colbert incident,
which is connected to this. Was basically people say we
straight speak truth to power, we speak comedy on television.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Yeah, but that can have a big, big effect.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
And in the case of Trey and Matt what they
were saying about Trump and the current state of America
and the current state of fear, that's really grasping a.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Lot of people.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Yeah, it's powerful stuff and funny stuff as well, which
is the best part of it. I mean, they're not
necessarily doing it, and they're like, well, we're Trey Parker
and Matt Stone and we're here to save democracy. It's like, no,
we've taken the piss the same way we always do,
but here's a target that really deserves it. And yeah
there is something important behind that as well. So yeah,
more power too them. Fantastic, So look out for that review.
(04:36):
I'm not going to do a full run through I
can normally do here going down a South pub. What
we're going to do is just give our quick thoughts
like ten minutes or so. Look out for that India
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we'll answer those questions on the next mail Bak episode.
But of course, right now, we have some questions. This
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one first comes from Michael. He says, besides the movie soundtrack,
what have been some of your favorite songs from episodes
you've reviewed so far? Because favorite South Park songs to me,
the one besides the movie, of course, one that jumps out.
It's one we haven't reviewed it, but it's minorities at
my water park. Oh yeah, that is so great. I
must have been I do. I will find myself singing
(05:17):
that a lot. What that says about me? I'm not
sure I'm all for minorities at my water park.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
But people have been sharing that one lately, saying, oh,
Southark was so basic. I believe they said this, but
they're not saying this is good. This is a despicable
character said this time and time again. Please yeah, please
remember who's saying having said that dreadfully catching.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Song, did you come in and Come in?
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Yeah? Fantastic? You love the Aspen song it's the montage,
a montage montage that is really really good. Do you
have a few written down? I love Soaring So High,
that one with stuff and Marvin Sorry so hard. Any
Spaceship was always great for me. I also really enjoyed
(06:02):
just the takedown of the Mormon, just the whole episode
John John Smith, Joseph Joseph Joseph Smith just a dumb
dumb dumb, dumb dumb just felt like you're watching a
Broadway play. I really love that. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
I don't know if these are songs so much. A
lot of them are kind of just jingles, really, but
I find myself just singing, I've got to Aaron, I've
got to a not really a song, but that's the
theme song. It's got a tune and you can answer
that's fighting and that's fight in love as well.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Yeah, So I just got a real kick out of
both of those. That was sexual Arrestment Panda, but I
love the way they do that. I think that's really
really funny.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
I think one that really stands out to me as
a South Park fan who was a child. Also, it
started in ninety seven, ninety eight, and show would have
been about ten when the show was coming out. It
felt cool. It was the racy Simpsons and the song
that really a lot of us who lived through that
ere particularly in Australia, remember is Chef's Chocolate salty Balls.
Of course you felt so cool singing chuck this put
(07:02):
him in your mouth and suck. And second it's not
really I mean it's it's it's it's a double on change.
Of course you're not saying any swear words, but you
felt like you're being so naughty singing that song.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
So you feel like you're getting away with Yeah, you
can sing that around your your mum and dad.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
And she would be annoyed. We'll not saying anything, ma,
what what he cooks salty balls?
Speaker 2 (07:21):
It's a delightful sweet tree with a dash of salt.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
But that's just this whole chef aide angle just felt special,
felt big at the time.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Oh yeah, this has has been a recent episode that
we covered. But it seems so out of character for
Parker and Stone to It doesn't necessarily seem like something
they would do. I mean, they seem like more rock
and roll guys than anything else, but they throw in
that it's a song that butters tap dancers.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
To in you. You've got f and a front, absolutely
dirty stuff, you know. Give him a little squeeze and
how do you.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Imagine some crooner in the thirties or forties trying to
woo some young lady with his look at this sweet balance.
Just reach in my pocket, give my knob, squeat.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Sly bugger. It's perfect for butters too, is it really?
Speaker 2 (08:14):
It sounds so lovely and say it is the lyric,
but I just love the way it's also sign as
well from.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
It's your old mare voice. It is. Yeah. But there's
also a song in the episode that we thought was
just a song that existed. That's not the one that
they do that that you got serve. What's the words
for it? Oh, let's say you dance sucker, you got
Nothing on.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Me, Got nothing on me. That's not a song. You
could be easily forgiven for thinking that it is a song.
It's a song, but it's not a song that was.
It was a song that created.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Dan Sucker you Got Nothing on Me? So that's made
up by training. I know I did, but it is
a parody of the song shake that ass bitch. But
is it just a cow splack pack? I got to
chick that ass bitches? How can I forget about slack pack?
Is it? Bitches of bitch? Shake that ass bitch, Shake
(09:06):
that ass bitch. What's the words? Let me see what
you got? But they say, dance sucker, you got nothing
on me? Better hey to quote Flee. I believe it.
Everyone can enjoy that. D Sucker, you got nothing. It
sounds like straight out of bringing on or you Got served, doesn't.
It made me appreciate the episode because we didn't touch
(09:28):
on that in the episode. We just thought it was
an actual song because it just sounds like an actual song.
So I just want to give them kudos to that
because I would rather listen to that than shake that
ass bitch Like Dan Sucker.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
I certainly would now, but shake your ass bitch just
defensive ass bitch.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Let me see what you got now. It doesn't worry
Dan Sucker, you got nothing on me. Everyone has like
a rip off of mister shake your ass watch yourself. Yeah,
kind of show me what you're working with. Dance Sucker.
What a song. By the way, I wrote that on
the birth account of the Lovely Louise. Yes two birthday
to the Lovely Louise. Next question here comes from Steve.
You guys often say that modern Simpsons is made for
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today's generation of kids. Who do you think is the
audience for modern South Park? Do you think teenagers in
twenty twenty five have any interest in watching South Park?
If I'm being completely honest, probably not. I don't know.
I think it's more targeted ad to walk because South Park.
Trey and Matt always made the show for the South
Park audience who loved South Park for being south Park.
(10:25):
They didn't want any Bandwagon fans, right, They didn't write
the show for them. They wrote the show. They wrote
the show that they wanted to make, And I think
the crowd who jumped on with them in the early
days are still watching the show peqularly, particularly just got
it south Park. Do you think they're finding new fans
South Park? I view South Park as more akin to
say social media. I mean, it's definitely a TV show,
(10:47):
but it doesn't have that turnaround time. We've talked about
this so often. The fact, yeah, let's put together fairly quickly,
and so it's able to address things that are in
the public eye, in the collective consciousness, in the zedguist, right,
So yeah, it kind of works as a bit of
a sidebar to Twitter or Instagram or TikTok or something
like that. It's not quite as up to the minute.
It's not reporting on things as they happen, but it
(11:10):
doesn't by the time they start talking about things like
Donald Trump and the things that are going on in
the world, things are going on in America at the moment,
it doesn't feel stale. Doesn't be like, oh, you're finally
getting to this aea it will be where someone's doing
a podcast with you in twenty years though, well yeah, but.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
This is the society we're living in, and then you've
got to address things as they happen exactly right.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
So I think that their ability to be nimble, think
on their feet and turn things around quickly. It doesn't
necessarily make it the show that gen Z or Jen
Alfer is going to be like, oh wow, but I
think I think it also makes it kind of appealing
to a younger audience.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
Or depending on the subject matter. Yeah, I think the
Trump episode would have really opened a lot of eyeballs.
I think so people just people go oh South b
IK's still going oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
And the fact that yeah, Trey and Madden, every one
of the south Park HQ were able to sort of
not manipulate the media but work it to their advantage.
In that regard, yeah, it keeps things, it keeps them fresh.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
In saying that, just a quick little sneapy for our review.
I watched the pilot again with the part of the
premiere again with my wife Nikola, who is not a
south Park fan by any means, and she laughed at it,
but she doesn't know the backstory behind the CBS and
the Paramount de and blah blah blah, so she didn't
really know what was going on. Okay. I do find
(12:31):
sometimes they might get a little bit too cute for
their own good. Vastly it can be sort of preaching
to the converted, right, so I'm not sure besides the
Trump haha, is Trump being samisane to a casual fan?
Do they have any idea what's going on with that episode? No? No,
I mean that's very much for south Park heads, right
it is.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
I think the thing that the casual viewer of the
part time or is going to take away is probably
the deep sake thing at the end.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
The deep fake, very realistic looking dj T. But that's
I thought it was all AI, right, But Trey put
behind the scenes photos up on the South Park Twitter
today and it's just a dude looks like Donald Trump.
It must have Aid's face onto him. So yeah, but
I thought the whole thing was AI. I thought they
just created Donald Trump at it. I know, as they've
(13:17):
they filmed a fat guy running through the desert and
just put his face on that deep face. Ah, that's
sort of not as. I was so impressed with the
footage at first. I was like, they've just created this guy.
They didn't. They just filmed to go on the desert,
fat naked and just whacked Trump's face on it, Okay,
which is still impressive. The whole point behind it is
what I love the most. Obviously. Yeah, I was as
impressive the AI as I was I first watching.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
Oh, give it five minutes and them Ai'll catch up
it always, yes, But yeah, obviously we'll touch on that
in air review of seven on the Mount. But yeah,
do I think teenagers are Is it appointment viewing for
teenagers in twenty five?
Speaker 1 (13:53):
Probably not? Is anything appointment viewing for teenagers in twenty
twenty five?
Speaker 2 (13:57):
Well, they're not real appointments anymore, are they? I mean
certainly not when it comes to art and entertainment, because
everything is available all the time, but.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Just clips and reels like the funny Moments. I think
that Donald Trump clip, it's been shd enough. I think
a lot of people at least go that's pretty cool. Yeah,
will make them want to check out more South Park.
I don't know, but.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
They're very clever in playing to that what's in the
news cycle and how can we be part of it?
Speaker 1 (14:18):
But as the guy as as Steve was saying that
we always touch on how modern Simpsons people complain about it.
It's not really made for us anymore. It's made for kids.
And it's true because my kids like watching modern Simpsons.
You say what you will, sure, I just I don't
think that South Park. I think that South Park is
still appealing to the same audience that we're watching it
twenty five years ago. Oh and they're not writing a
different show to appeal to a younger audience now. They
(14:39):
haven't changed that. They're still the same people. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
I think something we've often said about Parker and Stone,
and we say about any artist that we admire, is
that they always remain true to themselves.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
If you're fortunate you sort.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
Of catch the wave, and enough people like that, it's like, oh, well,
we can be true to ourselves, we can express ourselves.
We can also make a living out of it, pretty
decent living out of it as well. So yeah, they've
been lacking in that regard, but also it's a very
it's a good lesson in being true to yourself.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
The Simpsons, I think, has to toe the line a
bit more, though it has to be different. It's just
got that reputation of it's the show that you can
put it on and there will be references throughout episodes
that you think, oh, this is a bit dated. But
the overall story is we say forever license when you're
trying to sell merchandise like Lord of the Rings is
forever license always popular, Star Wars, forever license. The Simpsons.
(15:28):
It's almost like a forever license in net regard, and
that you can put it on twenty years from now
and it will still feel like something you can watch
and it's not sure as relevant as it was back then,
but it just feels like something you just watch and go,
I know what's going on here? Well, South Park not
so much because it's very of its time. As you were.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
Saying, yeah, the Simpsons always build itself as a traditional sitcom,
a slight alternative, certainly with the beginning because it was like, oh,
every day problems and issues. Yeah, it's a family sitcom.
Admittlely it's animated and a middle situationing it to be
a bit sort of heightened and that kind of thing.
But it's in a long tradition of family sitcoms, where
(16:03):
a south Buck was something different in terms of its
approach and its tone.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
But Christie wants to know who was your favorite south
Park character when we first started doing the podcast and
has that changed since. I think my favorite character was
always Kenny. There was just something about the Kenny Can.
When we first started the podcast. I was like, I
love Kenny. He's just I don't know something about him.
He feels like he's seen some shit. He's beyond his
years in a way of like, you know, he knows
(16:28):
about girls, and obviously because he's he's poor, he's bad
life at home. He's about alcoholism and that kind of thing,
and like he just feels it feels like the cool kid,
but you never hear him speaks that he's got that
mystique to him. Right on live Cartman aside, because the
Cartman's everyone's favorite character is per Cartman. Right. I think
as I've done this podcast, I think I now have
a newfound love for mister Garrison. I did not love
(16:50):
mister Garrison as much when I was a kid at all.
I watch now and I go, this guy is arguing
one of the most pivotal characters old characters on the show.
I love Garrison.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
Yeah, no, I'm glad you brought that up, because he's
probably the first person who sprang to mind for me.
It's funny you mentioned Cartman the way you do in
terms of like, oh, well, yeah, he's the he's essentially
their face in South Park, right, but he's on the
bulk of the merger and got the most sort of
memorable lines that kind of he's got the catchphrase and
he's got the line or the situations like, oh, how
(17:22):
outrageous the Garrison is stealth outrageous, you know, I mean,
Cartmen's out sort of front and center's like he's being
a literal Nazi or he's you know, tricking a kid
into cannibalism or some something like that. Meanwhile, Garrison's in
the background just sort of you know, dropping these sort
of sly one like wait a minute, what yeah did
he say that?
Speaker 1 (17:43):
And dirty Sanchez? Yeah, yeah, all that kind of business.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
And I think Parker and Stone recognize that as they
went along. It's like, we can plug this guy into
various things to make a point, to make a point
that we want to make, or you know, just for
heightened outrageous comic effect, and it won't feel quite as
can you believe what Cartman did this episode? It's not
necessarily something that you would have as as the ad,
(18:09):
if you know what I mean. It's like tune in
this week. When Cartman does this, it's more like it's
embedded in the work and he has sort of come
away from wait wait, wait what Yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
And it's clear it's clear that Trey and Matt realized
how great of a character Garrison was as the show
was going, like season two or three, you're starting to
get more and more stories. Yes, and even when they
went upper grade to fourth grade, they still kept Garrison
giving his side quest. Yeah, they recognize we can't get
rid of him, and then got to the point where
they realized, you know what, we just have to bring
him back.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
And we have to find more things for this guy
to do. But yeah, with some degree of integrity. We
can't just have him show up and guess what is
the Garrison now? No, no, no, we have to integrate
him into the show.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
And they have to evolve him as well. So evolved
from being mister hat to its now mister slave and
things like that. I think they really started to play
up his homes sexuality a lot more. He is more
outward with it. The kids don't see the mind, so
he's just being all outward with it. But the character
Garrison also does need I think Cartman and what not
two pounds off. That's what I noticed when they had
him doing his side quest. He's trying to discover himself
(19:13):
and whatnot. When he doesn't have that person to argue with,
the character doesn't work as well. So when he's in
a school setting, that's why the brought him back. When
he's in that school setting, that's when he flourishes. I think. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
And the other one that I enjoy and we recorded
awesome O just recently fvaiable on our YouTube, already available
on YouTube. It's a good episode. Check it out. I've
just yeah, I think I've got just great appreciation about it.
I think I say at least once or twice throughout
that episode, just love a little guy, I really do.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
A lot of people don't.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Yeah, but I think he is that the spoonful of
sugar that the already maybe half a spoonful of sugar
that the show needs. I don't think South Park is
at its heart as a cynical or black hearted show
or something that. I think it explores those things. But
I think it's generally a kind of positive and optimistic
show in a lot of ways. I think it's not
afraid to poke fund it's things that are going wrong
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in society or things that are a bit flawed. But
I think they have a lot of I think they
see a bit of themselves in Butters. He sees the
best in people and sees the best in life.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
Butters, in many ways, not always, but in many ways
is kind of he has the perspective on life that
we all wish we had. Like you said, seeing the
best in people. I struggle with that sometimes I struggle
with that. So I were cynical. We focus on their negatives.
Butters focuses on the positives in almost every scenario, to
the point where people take the Mickey out of him
(20:37):
and take advantage of him. So I think a lot
of us see a lot of ourselves and Butters, but
also see the version of ourselves that we want to
be in Butters as well. Absolute that's where that appeal
comes from. Yeah, absolutely, that's why I like the guy.
I did see an interesting comment online though, that someone
said that a lot of the reason people don't like
Butters is just because it reminds them of who they
were when they were kids, And I thought, I think,
(20:58):
I look back now, I hope I was like Butters
to an extent, not a pushover, but I hope I
had that positivity.
Speaker 2 (21:04):
Oh yeah, absolutely, Well there's a line of thinking that's
like you. You always dislike someone who reminds you of
yourself or reminds you of aspects of yourself that you
don't like. Yeah, I look, I'm as guilty of that
as anybody.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
Yeah, there are certain uh you know, certain people.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
I'll see what they've been up to on line, see
status updates, or like god, this fucking person, then you'll realize, ah, well, yeah,
they're probably yet more like me than I care to admit.
It's a tough lesson to learn or a tough thing
to face. But yeah, maybe that's the case that some
people don't like batters.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
That plays into this next question here, which came to
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or comment blow in this video John Looney Loney again
writes in Loony says, Hey guys, longtime fan. I enjoy
all your various podcast Thanks for the years of content.
Truly my question do you feel that the Boys Stand,
Kyle Kenney and Coming are no longer being written as
(21:57):
such stories about being a kid and things that a
more relatable when you're that age, such as fads with chimpokemon,
dressing up between dressing up, pretending covering the hottest porn
on Earth, back doors sluts nine, or when they get
ninja weapons at the fair and accidentally main butters, which
is hilarious. Side note actually happened to one of my
friends when we bought knives on a school field trip.
(22:18):
Lune's got some story he has, Yeah, but it seems
to show now has progressively become more about satire and
just uses the boys purely as talking pieces. The last
several seasons have been hard to connect with due to
its all being so outlandish. I think it's still funny,
but not as relatable as those earlier seasons, which was
with the big draw connection for me first, Like in
the show, have you guys noticed this change? It becomes
(22:38):
so much more noticed in later seasons. Lune's got a point.
Speaker 2 (22:41):
Yeah, looking at that sermon on the Man episode, that's
just it's a episode one of season twenty seven.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
Yeah, I believe. But I've even noticed in episodes that
we're reviewing now, we've said it a few times standing
Kyle kind of feel like the same character. It just
feels like, yes, they've gotten a pit. It feels like
he's the he's the voice of reason in South park Stand.
It's like it never used to be. They used to
deal with kid issues and now it's you guys are
all insane. How can you not see this? And it's like,
(23:06):
you're an eight year old, you shouldn't be this way.
He's almost become the least a Simpson of South Parking.
That's right, Yeah, I mean they really should be. These
are kids.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
You should have you more sort of kid centric episodes.
I mean, I think I think you can strike a
balance or find a fine line between the two, or
talk about bigger social issues and how you know they
affect the world.
Speaker 1 (23:24):
But also let the kids be kids. I guess that's
the problem though, When you have a show that is
trying to tackle such hard hitting themes and issues as
South Park does, but your main characters are kids, It's like,
what do you do? Yeah, how do you get around that?
You can't? Really can you? You can't?
Speaker 2 (23:40):
No, no, because I mean, yeah, I mean the show
is not called four Buddies, It's called South Park.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
It's about the town.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
But yeah, middlely, the selling point was, Okay, yeah, we're
going to be focused on these four kids who are
a middle sort of foul mouthed and can be little
hellions and tear aways and psychopaths.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
This one hears from Natalie. Who are your Who are
both of your top five most important South Park characters,
ones who the show simply can't function without. Well, I'm
going to no particular order. I'm going to go off
the top of my head, and obviously, well Sleve Cartman
aside Cartman's.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Yeah, given, so Captin's going to be in both about
so we can let's maybe just name another.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Four Garrison we mentioned Garrison. Yes, absolutely, I think Butters
because Cartman needs that foil, doesn't He not a foil,
but he needs that lackey. I think initially he had
you know it was going to be he wasn't it. Well, yeah,
but it was going to be.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
There was gonna be this ongoing conflict between Cartman just
having to go with Kyle all the time and Kyle
eventually sort of just snapping back. I think I think
Butters is important. I think Garrison is important. You're right,
And I'm not just saying that because there might two favorites.
From that earlier question, I'd say Chef, but not so
much in.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
The earlier seasons. Maybe I think you need to either
Stand or Kyle. He one of the two. Sure, there's
probably there's probably more to do with Kyle from the
Jewish aspect. You can hear that he have more religion
based stories. Possibly, I mean one of the most stand
fields more like the face though like that. Yeah, one
of the most potent storylines of recent years was for me,
(25:06):
when Stand starts realizing they're ring his ship. You remember
that one.
Speaker 2 (25:10):
And I can't enjoy music anymore, you know, I can't
enjoy art or culture or just about anything. Everything feels
like ship to him, and it's like it's a dreadful
feeling when that happened, because and it's a sad fact
of life that it sort of does happen to everyone
in to bearing degrees. We've talked about this, like music's
not for me anymore. Yeah, it'll happened to you. Yeah,
(25:30):
that's but the music coming out like this is a ship.
You like this, But then you really have to do
a bit of sort of mental and emotional heavy lifting
to go back to your youth and put your your
parents and your parents who's like, how can you not
you know, be into.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
Did it's great? Dad? What do you? What do you mean?
Speaker 2 (25:54):
Madonna's not the best or something like that. So, yeah,
it happens to everybody. That's just time marching on. But yeah,
that struck me as a really resonant episode, and the
use of standing it has just struck me, really hit
me really hard.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
So we'll stand. Yeah, it seems like we're both an agreement.
But does Garrison Stan And Yeah, who's another two that
is pivotal to the show's existence. I'm trying to think
of a female character who the show genuinely needs around.
I can't really recall if I'm going to say anybody's
probably I'm gonna throw Randy is important to the show
as well, Like the show needs Randy very much. He's
(26:29):
that he can do the grown up stuff that that
Cartman can't really get away with Cartman doing. He can
be the Homer. The Homer. Yeah, yeah, he has become.
Speaker 2 (26:38):
When you're talking about female characters, I mean.
Speaker 1 (26:40):
Maybe Sharon Leanne, Maybe Sheila, because she's a story driver.
She's the Helen Lovejoy of the South. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
I mean I was thinking Wendy Testaburger for a little
while there, but she's been looking at less and less.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
I think you need someone who can the kids are
doing something and someone's outraged by it. That's Sheila, right,
Probably yeah, because going by the seasons we've done so far,
just say the first eight season. If you're gonna pick
a female character who is the most important for story
structure and having an episode flow, it's probably she.
Speaker 2 (27:10):
Probably she Yeah, I mean later on it becomes some
of the some of the female characters feel unfortunately a
little bit one note in terms of like Sharon is
really just sort of reacting to Randy's effooonishness.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
Leanne is pretty much.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
Yeah, she's the butter of those jokes. Yeah, Sheila is
the one who seems to have a little bit more
agency even when she's she's willing to speak up.
Speaker 1 (27:37):
Yeah. Yeah, who else have you going?
Speaker 2 (27:39):
I mean you've got the give the mayor, and you've
got Principal Victoria. Really and I'm thinking you certainly had
episode the season so far. Yeah, you certainly have episodes
where the school.
Speaker 1 (27:48):
Girls have had baby and whatnot.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
They've had episodes framed around and need them not necessarily vital.
Speaker 1 (27:57):
Yeah. So yeah, we've got Garrison butters stand Stan And
then we said Sheila and Randy. Yeah, they're pretty pivotal.
I think so. I think we're both on the same
page with it. Yes, let's go with that one, all right.
This one comes from McKayla. Do either of you own
any South Park merch? I do cook and go grab it. Obviously,
(28:18):
got the games and things like that. I've got my
Cartman magnet that I got in nineteen ninety eight and
I've still got on my fridge every fridge I've ever owned.
The first magnet overput on it is my cartment magnet
because my uncle Nole bought it for me. He passed
away in two thousand. I remember getting it as part
of like a little birthday present. It was like I
really wanted this magnet and no one got it for me,
and then Uncle no locked up and he gave me
(28:39):
a present. It was like South the Cartman magnet was
in Now. I was like yes. Whenever I kept that,
I'm like, no, I have a photo Uncle Nole on
the wall, but it's like little Cartman magnet.
Speaker 2 (28:46):
You get that from me, buddy. You know, I don't
have merch as such. Board I do have and something
that's gone everywhere that I've everywhere that I lived since
I received it. My nephew Rory, I've mentioned on the
show many times. Top Man when he was a little boy,
drew me a picture of Cartman. It's a really good one.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
You should scan it to make sure you can, yeah, survivee.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
But it is on the pin board in my study.
It has ye traveled with me low these many years,
as they say, so it is, yeah, something that means
a great deal to me. So yeah, not necessarily merch
is not putting any money in Parker and Stone's pocket.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
Not that they know, not that they've got any room.
Speaker 2 (29:23):
In their pockets, but yeah, it means a great deal
to me.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
I've got the original South Park poster cast poster, because
have you seen the Simpsons cast poster, the yellow one
with all the cast everyone knows about. There's a south
Park one that came out ninety eight and I've still
got it. It's in the garage in a frame. I'll
put up an overlay so people can see as it
watching right now. It's just I used to have that
on my wall and no on bedroom. Kids would come
over and we'd go, it's so cool and we play
(29:48):
games going can you see Wendy and for Ages playing
this game? But that's one of my favorite posters that
I've got. Also, I've got a It's gone now because
I remember someone split my sister spilt. I think it
got all warped. It was a cardboard it was in
a frame. It was like a cardboard print of Cartman
on his little tricycle says respect my authority, and a
(30:08):
story behind it was. I remember seeing it in one
of those stores. It was used to be called like
What's up or something. It's one of those random, random,
crazy crap on the wall stores as they cry a
village and I really wanted that for Christmas and Mom
was like, I'm not buying you that south Park crap
for Christmas, and then she bought it for me and
I just felt so like, I know this, you see
the inside, but I know, Mum, you know I really
wanted it and you bought it anyway, and I was
(30:29):
like yes, and it was on way. I just love
that thing. Respect My authoroitars out of my wall. And
I've still got the VHS tapes of when Trey and
Matt used to do the little intro seeing by the fire.
You can find those in YouTube now, of course, but
it was just I don't forget putting in the VHS
and seeing these two guys who I was like, ten,
I didn't know who Trainman Parker and Matt Stone were,
these two weird guys feeding pig bacon and stuff, and
I was like, what the hell is this? And the
(30:53):
two creepy guys at beginning of my south By video.
So I've still got those as well. We're going here.
This one comes from another Michael. This one for Dander.
Do you remember a wrestler in the WWF carrying around
a Cartman toy at ringside. I swear I remember seeing
that as a kid, but I have no idea if
I imagined it or not. Did this occur? You did
not imagine it. It was from There was a wrestling
group in the late nineties called the Oddities, and basically
(31:15):
it was just a group of wrestlers who no one
knew what to do with them, so they just whacked
them all together. And there was a dude who were
wore a brown mask. He couldn't see his eyes, and
he used to carry around. I'm gonna try and find
this giant Cartman doll. I do remember that because wrestling
at the time was top of pop culture almost it
was super popular. And what else was super popular South
Park and wrestling was trying to appear cool. So they
(31:37):
had a guy carry a Cartman dog to the ring.
Let's have a look at this crossover WWF Cartman dog,
Cartman stuffed toy. You probably could just google this yourself
to find it out. Buddy, a South Park plush just
to carry to the ring. It was so bizarre. There's
the guy there, Look at him. Look at that mask.
Speaker 2 (31:59):
Oh wow, Oh that looks like it looks like leather face.
Speaker 1 (32:02):
Yeah, it was crazy. What was his name? So bizarre? Right,
just the guy walking to the rig at WF with
a giant stuff carbon toy. That so that did actually happen.
That was a was a real thing. Michael. You're not
losing your mind. But you're not losing mind now. But
do you ever have those moments where you remember things
from your childhood and you go and even even look
online and you can't find anything, and you go, did
(32:24):
I actually imagine this? Because there is some media out
there that you just can't find. You've always talked about
that Channel two show that you can't find. Yeah, there
was stuff out there that just doesn't exist anymore, but
it exists here. Look, can you remember you think of
anything else? There was a show when I was used
to watch it as a kid every school holidays used
to be at like ten am. We used to watch
it that NaN's place on school holidays. It was something
about like a Magic Dragon or something, or the Magic
(32:45):
Dragon Show. And I just can't find it anywhere. I'm like,
I know my sister and I watched it every day,
but I just cannot find it.
Speaker 2 (32:53):
This is going to seem random and kind of all
over the shop and I remember to think, this is
a very vivid, vivid memory for me, this is like
the mid nineties. Sleep one night, but sort of woke
up and I had a little black on white TV
at the end of my bed. Woke up. It was like,
it's like some horror movie from the seventies.
Speaker 1 (33:11):
What is this? You know?
Speaker 2 (33:12):
This looks this looks really interesting. And I sort of
caught maybe five or ten seconds of it before I
went back to sleep.
Speaker 1 (33:18):
But just the image that came.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
Up was like it was just people walking towards this
creepy looking house. Camera's on kind of an angle. It's like,
I don't know what this movie is, but it's kind
of interesting and the life for me, I have no
idea what it is.
Speaker 1 (33:32):
Bobby, security camera, people.
Speaker 2 (33:38):
It's something I've never been able to get out of
my head, but I don't have enough information about it.
Speaker 1 (33:42):
People walking towards a house. How wild die here? People? Oh,
look there, it's so the zombies.
Speaker 2 (33:48):
I can't tell. It felt like the original Night of Living.
Speaker 1 (33:52):
Dead, Okay, but it wasn't it. You think it might be.
I don't think it was that, okay, but I had
that vibe. It had that vibe black and white zombie film,
but I was watching on a black and white TV,
so it could have been it might have been colored, like, yeah,
there was color in seventy.
Speaker 2 (34:06):
Yeah, so neither Living It was in black and white.
But I'm pretty sure it wasn't that. I just don't
have enough information.
Speaker 1 (34:14):
Zombie what he is? Have you ever looked for it
walking towards house?
Speaker 2 (34:19):
I've only got like a five or ten second yeah,
screen grab in my head.
Speaker 1 (34:24):
Any sweat wasn't any of the Night of Living Dead.
I don't think it was. Yeah, I'm sure we did
some deep diving we could find it. I don't think
I've got it. Do you think if you saw that
five ten seconds ago it would literally trigger that? You
think you'd actually go that's the five ten seconds? Can
you visualize the five to ten seconds still? Can you
still see it in your mind? Was it just the idea?
Speaker 2 (34:42):
It's more like a picture of a picture of a
picture of you know, there.
Speaker 1 (34:47):
There was You might be able to help me, because
you're obviously you're Australian. There was a show when I
was a kid. I hate to break it to you, dad,
but no, but it was some show and it was
almost like people like living in some like out back
back yard, but it was on a set and it
was like a koala puppet. It was like a puppet show,
but there was people on it as well, but the
animals were like puppets and like magpies or something and
(35:08):
like possums. And it was like, I don't know whether
there was a kid show or not.
Speaker 2 (35:13):
No, I don't know that one. I don't think of
Sheryl's neighborhood. That's before your time, because.
Speaker 1 (35:18):
I've searched for this show and that's what comes up
all the time. And I watched it, I go, that's
not it, and all like I remember, it's kind of
like you. It was almost like it was I was
waiting for another show to start, and this was like
the end of another show. But it was like it
was in someone's backyard and it was like a tree
and there was his koala puppet in the tree. I
can visualize it my head, but I have no idea.
It's ter revel when you've just got that little snippet.
(35:40):
It's just I can visualize that one frame of a
koala like in a tree and it was a puppet
and there was a human there and I was talking
to it as if it was a real Koala. Yeah,
I felt you remember the ferals in the nineties, like
the ferals you might know you were a kid in
the nineties. Not the feros that we lived around, but
ras rat medial under the cat, the dog, the dingo,
(36:01):
and the rabbit. That does sound familiar, Mitsie whatever her
name was, yeah, or what meso? We're just making sounds.
What what's that disease that rabbits get meso? Mixed motosis,
mixed motosis. Yeah, that's why she was called mixy yeah. Lord. Yeah,
but had that kind of had that kind of look
to it where it was puppets, but they would tread
(36:22):
it like they were real characters. Yeah. I have no
recollection of it, but that that one haunts me forever.
I just cannot find and it would be so satisfying
when I find it.
Speaker 2 (36:31):
It's it's really tough because we're living in the age
of information where.
Speaker 1 (36:34):
It's like.
Speaker 2 (36:36):
You end up like typing so many search terms into
Google or whatever.
Speaker 1 (36:41):
I don't know what to do with this. You basically
get that that image of the old man's going. Yeah.
One final one here. This one's from Jonathan Hey guys,
the subject is cassib I need to Planet Hollywood. So
this was twenty ninth of Masis apologies won only getting
too it now, Jonathan, Hey, guys, listen to your review
of Cassabernita. I love Dando's expectation that when you go
(37:04):
to have dinner at Planet Hollywood you might see Arnold
Swarzenegger there. I clearly remember Planet Hollywood opening at the
Crank Casino complex in Melbourne. I went there once, but
me and my dad and my dad and eyes. Favorite
spot was the All Star Cafe. It was the sports
version of Planet Hollywood, owned by the same company. One
time we went in there and saw Robert Harvey, Sat
Kilda football player in the AFL, at the big table,
(37:25):
surrounded by beautiful ladies. Oh, it might not have been Planet,
it might not have been Hollywood superstar Arnold Swartzeneggar. But
I saw Robert Harvey at the peak of his career
and he was nice enough to give me his signature.
Also for a little four finger disco crossover. Dander, you
said recently you'd feel uncomfortable if your kids asked, what's
an orgasm? I don't remember asking saying that, but apparently
I did after hearing that word on The Simpsons. It
(37:46):
was on the Simps. That's right, Yeah, we go so well.
Imagine my dad taking me to see the South Park
movie as a nine year old and realizing maybe that
was a bad idea when I asked, ladly, what's a
clitterist in a full cinema of people? Thanks John Nice.
Speaker 2 (37:58):
John Down.
Speaker 1 (38:01):
I love that Robert Harvest around of a beautiful ladies,
but I have no memories of Planet Hollywood. I was
always I used to see the ads and TV and go,
I'm gonna go meet him movie star. Yeah nothing. They
sold it very very well. Yeah they didn't. We the
elite need to eat them new All right, guys, Well,
thank you for checking out our mail bag here for
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Well in something that has absolutely no relation to the
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