The Bro’s Pick of the Week
Hot on the heels of the announcement that it has been nominated for an Emmy, the South Park “Imagination Land” episode is being re-aired in it’s entirety tonight on Comedy Central. Originally a 3 parter aired over 3 weeks, tonight they will be showing all 3 episodes consecutively as a “movie event”.
My friends, if you have not been watching South Park as of late, you really have been missing out on some of the funniest social commentary we have today. This is a show that has transformed itself from the shock value of watching kids curse on TV, to something that much more important. The producers and writers of South Park are better than anyone at holding a mirror up to society and the things we hold dear. They are able to use 30 minutes of animated comedy to make honest and often biting statements about all of us. And they do it brilliantly.
Imagination Land is the perfect example of this. Even if you’re not a regular watcher of the South Park kids, you should tune in for tonight’s event. But just in case you can’t wait…
Watch “South Park Imagination land” Movie
In honor of this, I’m also listing my top 5 South Park episodes of the past 3 seasons. (Other than Imagination Land of course.)
Guitar Queer-O - A great parody of every rock star movie story you’ve ever seen. Part The Doors, part Eddie and the Cruisers, hell it’s even part The Jazz Singer. (The Neil Diamond version anyway, which we all know is the BETTER version, right? Right??)
Tonsil Trouble - You’re going to love this episode. I don’t just think it, I am HIV Positive. (Yep, that’s the kind of brilliance you’ll find here, along with hysterical cameos by Jimmy Buffet and Magic Johnson, who apparently has the cure for AIDS.)
Cartman Sucks - Butters has to go to a special camp to “pray the gay away”. This is one of those episodes where “shockingly funny” comes into play. Besides, Butters-centric episodes are always tops on my list.
Go God Go - A two-parter that turns Cartman’s fascination with the Nintendo Wii (something I’m very close to) into a space-aged odyssey which heavily references Buck Rogers among others. Besides, it has talking otters. What’s not to love?
Make Love, Not Warcraft - You know those people who basically live their lives not just online, but online in virtual reality gams such as World of Warcraft, Everquest, Second Life, and the like? Then you have to watch this. (Am I the only one disturbed by the fact that I know so many of these games?)
So what do you guys think? South Park fans? Which episodes do you think rank higher than this? Anyone care to offer up their top episodes of all time?
