South Park: season 12

Elki

Starts tomorrow. Hooray!

And the first episode is Cartman-centric. Mmm-mmm. Cartman is, without a doubt, one of the best fictional characters of our time if not the best.










This thread is dedicated to him.

DarkWarrior

Jesus, its already coming back? Didn't have a clue and I worship this show.

Thanatos

Eric Cartman is nigh-Shakespearean. I mean, really, can you think of any other modern character who is totally devoid of any sort of redeemable characteristics, and yet, at the same time, is completely believable?

DasUberEdward

let me taste your tears

DarkWarrior

Preview clip:
http://www.southparkstudios.com/downloads/preview/?id=7628

Preview Pic 1:
http://www.comedycentral.com/press/images/southpark/1201TonsilTrouble--1.jpg

Preview Pic 2:
http://www.comedycentral.com/press/images/southpark/1201TonsilTrouble--2.jpg

Cherrn

I'm amazed that South Park still manages to be as funny, if not moreso, than some of the earlier seasons. It has its ups and downs, but overall it's the most consistent of any animated comedy show outside of maybe Futurama. Of course, there aren't that many episodes per season.

Still looking forward to it.

Forar

DarkWarrior wrote: »

Preview Pic 2:
http://www.comedycentral.com/press/images/southpark/1201TonsilTrouble--2.jpg

The smile / frown here just kills me.

Elki

I'm not gonna look at any of that.

Sceptre

Oh man, I feel like I just finished watching Season 11.

I am so excited.

So so so excited.

Chris W

Wow, thanks for the reminder, I almost forgot. I only missed one episode form last season, the one where they compared stool samples or something.

And to OP, yes Eric Cartman made my list of the greatest of all time after the episodes that he tried to get Family Guy shut down.

DarkWarrior

Elki wrote: »

I'm not gonna look at any of that.

If it makes you feel better about it, theres nothing really spoiling anything there as theres completely no context.

werehippy

Nice, I had no idea this was even remotely coming up. Fantastic.

RocketSauce

Eric Cartman is funny. The endless parade of 14 year olds on Xbox Live and the internet who try to sound and act like Eric Cartman is ungodly annoying.

Septus

Cherrn wrote: »

I'm amazed that South Park still manages to be as funny, if not moreso, than some of the earlier seasons. It has its ups and downs, but overall it's the most consistent of any animated comedy show outside of maybe Futurama. Of course, there aren't that many episodes per season.

Still looking forward to it.

I'm not amazed that it's better than the very first seasons, because they were silly fart and dead Kenny jokes. But since things got awesome around season 7 or 8, yeah, they've done a great job of remaining consistent. I think that mostly stems from them being able to take advantage of the current pop culture or news items in a very timely fashion.

Malkor

Watching the 'best-of' stuff on Comedy Central has renewed my interest in South Park so much. At one point late at night during the weekend I was ecstatic because there was like four more hours worth of shows left to watch. I can't wait.

Jragghen

Septus wrote: »

Cherrn wrote: »

I'm amazed that South Park still manages to be as funny, if not moreso, than some of the earlier seasons. It has its ups and downs, but overall it's the most consistent of any animated comedy show outside of maybe Futurama. Of course, there aren't that many episodes per season.

Still looking forward to it.

I'm not amazed that it's better than the very first seasons, because they were silly fart and dead Kenny jokes. But since things got awesome around season 7 or 8, yeah, they've done a great job of remaining consistent. I think that mostly stems from them being able to take advantage of the current pop culture or news items in a very timely fashion.

The marking for when it got good to me was the movie. When the movie came out, it's as if they realized "hey, we can use this as an excellent vehicle for social commentary." And so they did. And it was good. And it just got better with time. It's kinda plateaued, but it's still regularly excellent, although some of the more random shows can get a bit stupid.

One of the best shows on TV, certainly.

DarkWarrior

I wish they'd gone with the alternate ending to 'The List'. It was much funnier and appropriate though mean on my poor Cartman

Tav

RocketSauce wrote: »

Eric Cartman is funny. The endless parade of 14 year olds on Xbox Live and the internet who try to sound and act like Eric Cartman is ungodly annoying.

They actually put Trey Parker's voice through some sort of machine to change his voice for Cartman's voice. People who try to imitate his voice annoy me no end because of this.

DarkWarrior

Tav wrote: »

RocketSauce wrote: »

Eric Cartman is funny. The endless parade of 14 year olds on Xbox Live and the internet who try to sound and act like Eric Cartman is ungodly annoying.

They actually put Trey Parker's voice through some sort of machine to change his voice for Cartman's voice. People who try to imitate his voice annoy me no end because of this.

Er..I don't think its an actual machine. More like software.

Septus

Heh, he straps on a fat machine to his neck that simulates the undulations of the extra skin.

Narcis Prince

DarkWarrior wrote: »

Tav wrote: »

RocketSauce wrote: »

Eric Cartman is funny. The endless parade of 14 year olds on Xbox Live and the internet who try to sound and act like Eric Cartman is ungodly annoying.

They actually put Trey Parker's voice through some sort of machine to change his voice for Cartman's voice. People who try to imitate his voice annoy me no end because of this.

Er..I don't think its an actual machine. More like software.

Is this fact? I was always under the impression that he could do the voice without anything based on the movie BASEketball. He psyches out the fat guy at the end by doing the Cartman voice. Granted they could have easily put that voice in during editing, but it seems like it's just him making his voice sound like that.

Cherrn

No, they use a modulator to achieve that voice. I'm pretty sure it's shown in some of the extra material on the season 1 DVD.

Speaking of which, the intros they do for each show in the earlier seasons are genius.

"This here's old Scratch! Say hi, old fella!"

EricKei

I've always loved that mean little turd. The Scott Tenorman shenanigans are, to this day, my favorite "Cartman moment".

I wish I knew where the blasted thing was, but I used to have an old TV Guide (circa Season 2) around which interviewed Matt and Trey, asking them where they got the ideas from. Their response (paraphrased):

"Kyle and Stan are the two of us. Kenny is there because we like saying 'Oh my God, they killed Kenny! You Bastards!', and Cartman is the garbage in everyone's soul."

That about sums him up for me o_O

Hakkekage

Cartman is like the best ever.

I can't wait

Thanatos

EricKei wrote: »

I've always loved that mean little turd. The Scott Tenorman shenanigans are, to this day, my favorite "Cartman moment".

I wish I knew where the blasted thing was, but I used to have an old TV Guide (circa Season 2) around which interviewed Matt and Trey, asking them where they got the ideas from. Their response (paraphrased):

"Kyle and Stan are the two of us. Kenny is there because we like saying 'Oh my God, they killed Kenny! You Bastards!', and Cartman is the garbage in everyone's soul."

That about sums him up for me o_O

I remember in one of their interviews, they said "yeah, originally, he was supposed to be Stan, and I was supposed to be Kyle, but eventually, we realized we're both just Cartman."

Scott Tenorman Must Die is not only the finest episode of South Park, it is one of the finest moments of television ever.

And it was lifted directly from Titus Andronicus.

Thanatos

Also, Die, Hippies, Die! is the second-best episode of South Park ever.

mastman

the kid std/pregnancy one is one of my favorites

"Just walk away. You can put a stop to all this, just walk away and we will spare your lives. Just walk away"
"Wow, he's really good"

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Heir

Free Willziak is still one of my favorites. Mainly because there was absolutely no point to it.

Mgcw

Aegeri wrote: »

Kurt Russel was raped by Christmas Critters.

Speaking of... the Woodland Critter Christmas episode is probably my favorite. South Park is beyond amazing and I'm so glad the new season is starting up.

djklay

Sweet. This has been one of my favorite shows since it came out. I recall taping season 1 episodes cause I figured it was going to get thrown off there air, 10 years later (ugh that makes me feel old) it's still going strong. I doubt I could give a favorite episode but Season 8 I think was the best overall, with the best episode : comedy gold ratio, in my books. Not many shows last this long let alone are this funny so long. Even if you're watching their political opinions layed out nice and neat for you much of the time (especially later in the series they don't bother even hiding it) it still remains very entertaining. I try not to keep track of when things are coming out because my patience sucks so that it's starting tomorrow is great, I think I can wait that long without getting frustrated.

As for the intros, I always crack up at the thought of Cooking Bacon with Macon.

Sam

I think my favorite next to the Radiohead one would have to be the one with Phil Collins and Ritalin.

DarkCrawler

What about the Helen Keller ep? "Just the same shit that I always see when I close my eyes."

Or the "Marjorine" one where they fake Butters' death and his parents think that he is an abomination from hell when he comes back.

South Park is the funniest show I have ever watched, though. Pretty much every episode from season 6-7 onwards is comedy gold, and the seasons before those are defenitely funny.

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Duki

Aegeri wrote: »

We just had the last episode of the Imagination Land trilogy last night and it was utterly brilliant.

Oh Gawd. Oh Gawd Oh Gawd Oh Gawd. I forgot to watch.

Damn Boston Legal being in the same time slot. Dammit to hell.

Wonder_Hippie

Thanatos wrote: »

Also, Die, Hippies, Die! is the second-best episode of South Park ever.

Is it at all ironic that this is one of my favorites?

TheBog

South Park is pretty much the only show that gets better with time. Looking back at the first season, that stuff was awful. All a bunch of retarded extremely not-clever fat jokes and fart jokes. Look at it now, and it's gold. I can't wait.

nexuscrawler

Wonder_Hippie wrote: »

Thanatos wrote: »

Also, Die, Hippies, Die! is the second-best episode of South Park ever.

Is it at all ironic that this is one of my favorites?

Not in the least

Desaeries

All i have to say in regards to South Park and Cartman is this... Ive got a golden ticket...

Torso Boy

This show has only improved, and it makes me happy it's still around. I love the episode where Cartman tries to fake Tourettes and ends up spewing the truth all the time. Another fantastic one I saw recently was where Cartman's mom meets a dog trainer and they make him into a good person, until Ms. Cartman is left to her own devices.

AbsoluteZero

Cherrn wrote: »

I'm amazed that South Park still manages to be as funny, if not moreso, than some of the earlier seasons. It has its ups and downs, but overall it's the most consistent of any animated comedy show outside of maybe Futurama. Of course, there aren't that many episodes per season.

Still looking forward to it.

Some of the episodes are pretty forgettable... But there's a handful of pure gold every season. It's amazing that they've kept it up this long.