south park is taking it to the next level

i used to watch south park a lot a long time ago. then, for some reason, i started to drift away from it. i went back to my roots in the simpsons, and then fled to family guy. i never though it could get any better than family guy.

i was wrong. i started watching south park again in the middle of last season and i was blown away. some of the things they come up with are just plain genius (like bobby fisher genius, or the pet rock genius). the first episode i came back to was Imagination Land, a three episode series in which the boys are taken to Imagination Land and have to save it from the government nuking it. guest appearances include:

the good imaginary characters
ronald mcdonald
luke skywalker
popeye
aslan
teenage mutant ninja turtles
gandolf
count chocula
strawberry shortcake
plus many more...

the bad imaginary characters
storm troopers
wario
frankenstein
alien
predator
manbearpig
freddy and jason
the headless horseman
plus many more...


then there's kurt russell, whose not imaginary, but deserves to be recognized.

south park creators trey parker and matt stone use a lot of current events and popular entertainment in their shows. their episodes stretch from osama bin laden, the day after tomorrow movie, family guy, world of warcraft computer game, scientology, dawn of the dead movie, brittany spears, and youtube. being able to integrate some of these things into their episodes is very tricky, some things touchy, but they have made it work.

some of you may think south park is just bathroom humor and such, but is, in fact, a very intelligent and funny show. their new season came out a couple weeks ago, and it has not lost anything from the last one.

if you are not a fan of south park (yet), here are a few of my favorites to maybe get you into the groove:
Episode 513 - Kenny Dies
Episode 604 - The Terrance and Phillip Movie Trailer
Episode 711 - Casa Bonita
Episode 802 - AWESOM-O
Episode 902 - Die Hippie, Die
Episode 908 - Two Days Before The Day After Tomorrow
Episode 912 - Trapped in the Closet
Episode 1008 - Make Love, Not Warcraft
Pretty much the entire season 11.

Sorry if I gave you too many.


http://www.southparkzone.com/index.php - this is the site which has all the episodes on tap.

that is all for now.