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Posted Jun 6th 2008 11:07AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Celebrities, Reality-Free
When you think of funny people in America, who do you immediately think of? Stephen Colbert? Robin Williams? Chris Rock? Matt Stone and Trey Parker? How about David Letterman or Dane Cook?
Some of the people above are on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 25 funniest people in America (two of the people above aren't on the list, nor should they be!). Some of the choices are downright baffling (as usual for these lists): Augustun Burroughs? Please. Diablo Cody? Good writer, but one of the funniest in the country based on Juno? But it's good to see the Sedarises on there (both David and Amy), as well as people like Tina Fey and Demetri Martin. There are even two current cast members of Saturday Night Live on the list. Can you guess who they are?
Once you read the list, you can go into the comments and say "why the hell is _________ on the list?!?"
Posted May 17th 2008 2:08PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: TV on DVD, OpEd, South Park, Reality-Free
Remember when it was previously reported that the
South Park Season 11 DVD set will have tracks for the XBox 360 video game Rock Band? Well, apparently
they took it back, according to our sister site, XBox 360 Fanboy.
Xay de Matos from Fanboy speculates that the reason behind ditching the tracks is that they were never intended for
Rock Band. Rather, they were intended for
Guitar Hero (specifically
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock), the video game an entire episode in Season 11 is dedicated to. Apparently, the people in marketing didn't know the difference.
I don't understand the logic behind this decision. It's an excellent promotional possibility, so why wouldn't the makers of these video games be all over this like a fly on rotting food?
The final specs for the DVD set haven't been released, so it's possible some extra goodies will still be on it (Trey and Matt have historically at least done mini-commentaries for every episode). It's a case of wait and see.
Posted May 6th 2008 7:03PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: TV on DVD, South Park, Reality-Free
It looks like some extra goodies are being included with the South Park Season 11 DVD set. Not only do you get great episodes such as "Cartman Sucks", "More Crap" and the immortal "Imaginationland" story arc (I pray the season DVD includes the full commentary of the "Imaginationland" one), but the DVD also includes a 3-song download for the XBox version of the video game Rock Band.
This marketing move makes sense on a couple of levels. First, Trey Parker and Matt Stone are big gamers so they probably got some cool stuff that other gamers only wish they had access to. They even confess their hobby on one of their DVD mini-commentaries. Second, the season includes the episode "Guitar Queer-o", which uses the predecessor game Guitar Hero as central to the plot.
Continue reading South Park Season 11 DVD to include XBox goodies
Posted May 6th 2008 3:02PM by Brett Love
Filed under: TV on DVD, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Our resident Spaced-nut Annie mentioned the upcoming region 1 DVD set back in March. If you haven't seen the show, just the fact that it's coming out is reason enough to go pick it up. It really is as good as everyone says. But if you have seen the show, it looks like this one will be worth checking out for you as well.
As I was going about my workday, a little blurb popped up on twitter from Diablo Cody that said, "SPACED (The ORIGINAL!) is coming out on DVD soon! (And a lucky bitch named Diablo Cody got to contribute commentary.)" That's interesting enough, and you should check out her Twitter feed. It's an entertaining read. Even better though, she goes on to add that we can also expect commentary from Bill Hader, Patton Oswalt, Quentin Tarentino, Matt Stone, and Kevin Smith. Sign me up for that.
A curious search later, Google sent me to spaced-out.org.uk, which confirms the commentary and goes into further detail about the extras included on the new set. They also have some fun quotes about the show from J.J. Abrams, Kevin Smith and Matt Stone.
Posted Apr 24th 2008 12:04AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, South Park, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S12E07) While the kids are on an educational field trip to a living museum called Pioneer Village, Cartman forces Butters to sneak away with him from the class to go to the amusement center located nearby. While they're having a good time at the amusement center, a group of thieves break into Pioneer Village and take the class hostage. Hilarity ensues.
This episode is the last of the first half of season 12.
South Park will return later in the year with seven more episodes.
Continue reading South Park: Super Fun Time
Posted Apr 17th 2008 12:00AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: South Park, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S12E06) South Park, along with the rest of the country, has lost the Internet. As a result, Randy Marsh takes his family on a trek to California to find it.
As someone who is an Internet addict, I certainly can understand the dilemma of this situation. I don't think we could go back to being a society without Internet, much as we can't go back to being a society without phones, television or cars.
As someone who works with the Internet for his day job, I had some problems with the simplistic way that it was presented. The Internet is used for much more than shopping or e-mailing (or, indeed, porn). Entire industries rely on it. The only part that struck me as truthful was seeing people live in a Great Depression-type state without the Internet.
Continue reading South Park: Over Logging
Posted Apr 10th 2008 12:35AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: South Park, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S12E05) It must be very tough for Trey Parker and Matt Stone to keep outdoing themselves. I don't know which image from tonight's episode was funnier: the mouse with the penis on its back running all over town (and, at one point, singing at the moon) or the photo of Mickey Mouse with a huge erection. It's a tough call.
More after the jump...
Continue reading South Park: Eek, A Penis!
Posted Apr 2nd 2008 11:35PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Video, South Park, Episode Reviews, WGA Strike, Reality-Free
(S12E04) The
South Park guys are going after the Writer's Guild of America, and it's about time.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone are not members of any of the unions, and they negotiated Internet profit-sharing before it became an issue for the WGA. They have also remained consistent with their dislike of the Hollywood creative elite (including actors and writers, although they are both) and their willingness to take a different viewpoint than the popular media.
Continue reading South Park: Canada On Strike! - VIDEO
Posted Mar 26th 2008 11:38PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: South Park, Episode Reviews
(S12E03) To begin, for those unaware,
South Park Studios has started to offer full episodes of the show on their official site with limited commercial interruption. I originally reported this
in November.
I'll say this: when the
South Park team put their minds to it, they can come up with some fantastic animation. When you watch the crudity of the animation in standard episodes, it's easy to forget that they're pretty damn talented at their craft.
Continue reading South Park: Major Boobage
Posted Mar 19th 2008 11:49PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, South Park, Episode Reviews
(S12E02) The thing that makes
South Park stand out above all other television shows is the creators' ability to take an old idea and put a new spin on it with depth and good reasoning. This episode is a perfect example of that.
Britney Spears tries to escape her fame by hiding out in Colorado. Sadly, the paparazzi follow her and through a confluence of events, she blows her own head off with a shotgun. Fortunately, this is
South Park and such things aren't fatal here.
Continue reading South Park: Britney's New Look
Posted Mar 13th 2008 1:00AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, South Park, Episode Reviews
(S12E01) After a routine tonsillectomy goes horribly wrong, Cartman comes face to face with his own mortality.
Season Twelve is out of the gate pretty strong. Unfortunately, it seemed to lose momentum towards the end.
Matt and Trey tackle the issue of AIDS...again (they have done so before, such as in the episode mocking Jared from the Subway commercials). They tend to present AIDS as a shock-value joke, but this time their take is slightly different.
Continue reading South Park: Tonsil Trouble (season premiere)
Posted Nov 30th 2007 8:10AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, South Park
According to Extremetech.com, MTV Networks, part of Viacom and the parent
company of Comedy Central,
plans to put every clip from the show South Park online and available to any viewer at no cost. Since Trey Parker and Matt Stone have already worked out a deal with the parent company to get a piece of
South Park's online presence, they should be making a hefty chunk of money out of this (assuming the online episodes will work on an advertising model).
Continue reading Every South Park episode online, free and legal
Posted Nov 26th 2007 9:04AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: TV on DVD, Festivus, Contests and Giveaways, South Park
It's time for us to give away some stuff ... again! One of today's giveaways is for five copies of
Christmas Time in South Park on DVD, which is already available in stores. All you've got to do is submit a comment below before 5PM Eastern, November 30, and mention your favorite Christmas moment from the series. We'll randomly choose five winners to receive the DVDs!
Some other details:
- To enter, leave a confirmed comment below stating your favorite Christmas moment from South Park.
- The comment must be left before November 30, 2007 at 5:00PM Eastern Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Five winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- Five winners will receive a copy of Christmas Time in South Park on DVD (valued at $19.99).
Click here for complete Official Rules.Posted Nov 15th 2007 12:27AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: South Park, Episode Reviews
(S11E14) It's a shame that this is the last episode of the season. Since the writers of
South Park aren't in the WGA, they could continue and potentially increase ratings. However, it is the final episode of the season. So here's the final TV Squad review of the season.
The boys learn of a secret list that the girls in the fourth grade rating them from cutest to ugliest. Every seven episodes, the writing team partially writes an episode in advance so they don't fall behind schedule. This strikes me as that episode.
Continue reading South Park: The List
Posted Nov 7th 2007 11:02PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: South Park, Episode Reviews
(S11E13) After seeing the title of this episode, I'm more embarrassed than I already was to admit that I'm a fan of Guitar Hero. In fact, I own all four versions of the game. There. I said it.
Thankfully, I will say that I never have, nor will I ever, play in my underwear. As far as you know.
This was a strange episode given what we've been seeing the past few weeks. We barely got anyone other than Stan and Kyle this time, but what we got was, as always, pure gold. Oh and by the way, one of our sister sites, Joystiq,
liveblogged the episode tonight.
Continue reading South Park: Guitar Queer-o
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