Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny are lending their cartoon cred to Greenpeace. In an internet video campaign aimed at shaming Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper into addressing a desired moratorium on deep-sea bottom trawling, the boys appear as different species of fish. Kenny gets offed by a wayward net to Stan's cry of "You killed Squiddy." Cue Oscar-nominated tune - "Blame Canada" - with altered lyrics.The video was made without the participation of Trey Parker and Matt Stone, which is all too obvious once you watch the thing. It's kinda lousy in the "trying to hard to be funny" kinda way. Bruce Cox, the executive director of Greenpeace Canada, hopes that the campaign will make an impression on a younger audience of potential environmental advocates. Best of luck, Mr. Cox, but I'm not sure this is gonna do it.
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11-23-2006 @ 10:39AM
J-Spot said...
Ugh.
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11-23-2006 @ 11:28AM
Brent said...
I don't plan on watching it, but it seems like something Stone and Parker wouldn't be involved with.
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11-23-2006 @ 12:02PM
tozmervo said...
Apparently Greenpeace missed the show "Getting Gay With Kids is Here!" The South Park children know all to well the real dangers of nature, and why it must. be. stopped.
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11-23-2006 @ 2:01PM
dpratt said...
Something tells me that the SP boys, and Comedy Central, have a team of attack lawyers just waiting. It seems kind of stupid for a gigantic organization like Greenpeace to blatantly ignore copyright/trademark law like this and think they can get away with it.
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11-23-2006 @ 2:16PM
Gig said...
No lawyers. M & T will crush them next season.
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11-23-2006 @ 4:10PM
Sean said...
Wouldn't it be hypocritical for the makers of a TV show that frequently parodies many different movies, TV shows, and other forms of media to sue someone else for parodying them? The only people with less right to complain would be the makers of Drawn Together.
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