November 13, 2008

Missing Only a Nude Female Co-Star

I'll be the first to admit that "South Park" has been pretty subpar this season, pretty much cramming in one witless movie parody after another. The election episode was notable more for its super-fast turnaround time than anything particularly funny or original, while the two-part "Cloverfield" spoof might have been the least funny episode of the entire series.

But I've gotta say, last night's "High School Musical" parody was an instant classic. Loved the Zac Efron stand-in, a singing/dancing kid who really wants to play basketball, but his theater-queen father (Mr. Queermo!) won't allow it. And the funniest part of all was that Kyle/Stan/Kenny/Cartman were the only ones who wouldn't sing, when... 11 years ago, there was a whole movie of them singing. Great stuff.

But... how much of "South Park"'s audience has seen "High School Musical"? I'm guessing there's not much overlap. Not as obscure as the time they did a "Myra Breckinridge" homage, but still...

Posted by Stephen Silver at November 13, 2008 04:25 PM
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If this was anything like the "You got Served" episode (and it sounds like it might be) then I bet this ruled :)

Posted by: JordanNY at November 13, 2008 05:05 PM

For the white house episode, it most likely wasn't about turnaround time rather then they did 2 versions depending on who won.

Posted by: A at November 14, 2008 01:15 PM
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