516(?) pathetic

And the entertainment value was... where? This was pretty boring, actually. Okay, "shouldn't blindly believe children": no shit.

Yeah, pretty bad episode. It's s shame too, I thought the first act was very good, seeing the Broslovski's arrested was pretty surreal. Once those lame adults broke down... yikes! Actually, the scenes in prison were funny, as was the ending, it's all that crap in the middle of the ep that made this one a clunker.

Stimpay!

Seriously, what was it parodying.

<< Seriously, what was it parodying. >>

My best guess is that the episode is meant to be a spoof of the Stephen King tale "Children of the Corn". with cracks at "The Year Without a Santa Claus" and "Risky Business" thrown in as well. I guess you have to be familiar to what is being spoofed to enjoy it.

Joe Klemm

As long as all the different sources are being tallied,I'm pretty sure the man's soliloquey about parents near the end was a parody of Kirk's lines in the 'gr'ups' (ie grownups) episode on Star Trek.

In article , [email] writes:

I believe those kids called them "gr'wnups" /grumps/ in that episode.

"Joe Klemm" wrote in message news:[email]...

King

Claus"

what

Also, Mad Max Beyond Thuderdome.

And, with the talk of "Carousel," "Logan's Run" also.

"Rick Luehr" wrote in message news:3a39a0f3$0$75804$[email]...

Stephen

familiar to

So that's what that was. I was trying to place that.

In article , [email] (Joe Klemm) wrote:

I caught the "Risky Business" reference, but I missed everything else.

<< >My best guess is that the episode is meant to be a spoof of the Stephen King

I caught the "Risky Business" reference, but I missed everything else. >>

See my list of episode references to see what the Children of the Corn and the Year Without a Santa Claus refs are.

Joe Klemm

One of my friends thought it was Army of Darkness...which would explain why I didn't get it.

Ummm, I'm pretty sure it's parodying Lord of the Flies?

Definatly... with a little "Escape from New York" thrown in.

RDM1976 wrote:

Uhhh...

In article , "Ds2587sp" wrote:

At the very least Children of the Corn, Lord of the Flies, and one or more of the Mad Max movies. I thought the story that Stan told about the long long ago and the birthgivers was exactly spot on to the story told in Thunderdome (I think). I actually got quite a kick out of this episode, but I love post-apocolyptic films.

Jeremiah

All those but add a star trek episode, risky business. It was a post-apocolypic mish mash..

please point out the parodies and which ones represent which.

<< please point out the parodies and which ones represent which. >>

According to me and the replies to the post on the newsgroup, here's a list what is being spoofed here.

The Year Without A Santa Claus -Kyle's letter to Castro.

Risky Business -Kyle dancing in his undies.

Children of the Corn -Kids getting rid of parents and take over the city. -A couple driving down the road gets stuck in the town. -Provider = He Who Walks In the Rows. -Sacrificing people to the gods.

Calvin and Hobbes -Man calling Clive "Spaceman Spiff".

Lord of the Flies -Kids are split into two tribes (one civilized, one predatory and savage).

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome -Stan and Kyle's group a la the kids in the film.

Star Trek -Man's speech about adults at the end of the episode.

Joe Klemm

I believe that the idea of dying on "carousel" is from Logan's Run.   That
was where you would go to "renew" once you reached age 30.   Or was
"carousel" also used in the Star Trek that this episode references?

I kinda liked this episode. The idea that this whole new bizzare society of children was spawned in only 10 days really made me giggle.

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Joe Klemm wrote in message news:[email]...

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Carousel - Logan's Run

"Rick Luehr" wrote in message news:3a39a19e$0$75804$[email]...

I thought it was Carnival, Star Trek TOS Return of the Archons.

On Fri, 15 Dec 2000 02:51:38 -0500, "LooseChanj" wrote:

No, that's..........FESTIVAL!

"This is not the will of Landru...."

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Either way, the episode really reminded me of that ST:TOS. Especially when the grups found the town deserted.

"Jeremiah Kristal" wrote in message news:[email]...

Me too, and it had the added poingancy of the "apocolypse" being due to the kids' actions.

Not a lot of Star Trek fans here, huh?

In article , [email] (Jeff) wrote:

How to put this...

Plenty of Star Trek fans. Not a lot of Mad Max fans.

On 14 Dec 2000 12:59:55 GMT, [email] (Ds2587sp) wrote:

I noticed several parodies. The whole molestation/therapy/reunion bit had a hint of McMartan flair to it, with a twist.

The children had a resemblance to Lord of the Flies. There was also a parody of one of the original Star Trek episodes, although its been years since I've seen that one, so I can't recall exactly the plot of it.

-Restil

In article , [email] wrote:

A lot of SP episodes have had Star Trek references. The one with "bizarro-Cartman" alluded to "Mirror, Mirror," the one where a transporter accident sends them into an alternate universe where everybody is eeeeeee-vil and Spock has a beard. Bigger/Longer/Uncut had the "I have had enough of you!" thing (Kirk says this in "Search for Spock," when he throws the Klingon captain into a pit of lava; Satan says it in BLU, when he throws Saddam Hussein into a pit of lava).

Those are the ones that come to mind immediately. Can anybody think of others?

-elizabeth

On Sun, 31 Dec 2000 03:47:52 GMT, [email] (Elizabeth) wrote:

Isn't that also from Disney's Hercules?

On Sun, 31 Dec 2000 03:47:52 GMT, [email] (Elizabeth) wrote:

An obvious one is the redshirt kid in "Flashback"...and there was a reference in "Planetarium".

Al

"A reference"... singular? Al, the whole episode was a takeoff of a Star Trek episode, "Dagger of the Mind"! Happy New Year everybody.

On Sun, 31 Dec 2000 09:06:50 -0500, Al K. Lloyd wrote:

In the Trapper Keeper episode, after Cartman was assimilated, didn't he say something like "We are Trapper Keeper" - probably a reference to the bald-headed alien chick when she merges with V'ger and says "We are V'Ger"

or not. I'm drunk.

----- Lone Wolf I'm rooting for the crocodile.

"You try the best you can try the best you can the best you can is good enough." - Radiohead, Optimistic

"He sets the rules in opposition. It's the goof of all time. Look but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste! Taste, don't swallow. Ahaha! And when you're jumpin' from one foot to the next, what is he doing? He's laughin' his sick, fuckin' ass off! He's a tight-ass! He's a sadist! He's an absentee landlord. Worship THAT? NEVER!" - John Milton (Al Pacino), The Devil's Advocate

Or The Borg.

"In the end, there can be only one, and it may as well be me!"-Kenny (from Highlander: The Series)

On Sun, 31 Dec 2000 03:47:52 GMT, [email] (Elizabeth) wrote:

Hooked on Monkey Phonics/The Apple

Kyle: Rebecca, don't you ever look at the town at that flicker of light over there, Rebecca: I have looked at it K: Well, that's a public school. R: How can children go to school on a flicker of light? K: from public school, your house is just a flicker of light ...