I wrote a recap of the season 26 premiere episode of South Park, “Cupid Ye”, for Trashwire and it dawned on me that I have been watching this show for most of my life. I’ve never missed an episode since I first started watching it back in the ’90s. Needless to say, I’m happy to see the show back for another season and I really enjoyed what Trey Parker and Matt Stone did with the episode. You can check out my recap on Trashwire here.
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My South Park season 14 review is up now on trashwire.com
Last night marked the premiere of the 14th season of South Park with Trey Parker and Matt Stone taking on the Tiger Woods sex scandal. The controversy was handled in typicalSouth Park fashion, which usually involves the current event being tied to a conspiracy that might destroy the world. Nobody makes fun of disaster flicks like Parker and Stone and this format has served the show well over the past 13 years. As they say, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. This season should be no different with the show bringing the jokes while skewering current events….
Read the rest at Trashwire.com
David Kelley: TV Warrior
Today, I spent several hours aimlessly browsing the internet. For some reason or another, I ended up on the wikipedia page of famed TV writer/producer David E. Kelley. I was instantly reminded of the D.V.D.A. song “David Kelley: TV Warrior”… in fact, I can’t even see David E. Kelley’s name in writing without instantly thinking about Trey Parker singing “That’s why David Kelly’s rich and the rest of us are poor!” or the fantastic line about Kelley’s foray into movies: “It was called Lake Placid and it sucked!”
If you are a Trey Parker/Matt Stone fan and have not heard this song, you have been deprived of a great joy. There are no studio recordings of the song, just a couple bootlegs from a live show they did way back in 2000. But thankfully, we have the internet… and so I present to you…. “David Kelley: TV Warrior”
South Park iPhone App rejected by Apple
Just checked my Google alerts when I saw this little piece…
The creators of the hit Comedy Central series “South Park” have announced that Apple rejected their proposed iPhone application that would have allowed fans to watch episodes for free on their phones.
The application was announced last October and was submitted to Apple a couple of times for approval, according to Matt Stone and Trey Parker on their SouthParkStudios.com site. However, they reported, Apple rejected it as “potentially offensive.”
According to Parker and Stone, Apple told them the standards would evolve, citing that when iTunes first launched it didn’t sell any music with explicit lyrics.
Several bloggers speculated the move had less to do with content and more to do with profit, as uncensored “South Park” episodes are sold at the iTunes store for $1.99 each.
Source: Home Media Magazine
I love Apple, but I think it licks balls that the good people at South Park wanted to give us the gift of their dirty little show for free and Apple cockblocked the idea! I also love that they cited the “potentially offensive” nature of the show as the reason. Yes, because apparently you can’t buy anything offensive on iTunes, not “Freak-a-leek” or any of the other graphic songs out there. Oh wait, you totally CAN buy those things on iTunes… BUY being the operative word there. How lame! Give us free South Park or at least make a web browser that can play videos and handle flash so we can watch it off southparkstudios.com!