1006: Manbearpig

The boys are trapped in a cave and Cartman finds treasure. - seems like a good announcement, Cartman's role won't be minor again, it makes me happy. :)

Let's wait for some more details :-)

The scene with a Bloodied and Beaten to a pulp Chef is what I'm really looking foward to. I don't imagine the Matt & Trey took it too well when Issac left the show due to the cult he's in.

Should be interesting... and definitely hilarious as usual.

ummm..they did that already

"PBDepot" wrote in message news:[email]...

They did? Shit, I must be out of it. I thought last nights episode would be it, but instead I got "I'm Cereal!".

What episode was the beaten up Chef in?

Manbearpig sucked! I'm cereal.

batface wrote...

I still don't get it. What is he supposed to be saying that makes it funny? I thought he was saying "serial," but neither makes any sense.

Once Upon A Time gamma-hydroxybutyrate wrote:

It's the constant repetition that's supposed to make it funny. At first it's just weird, then it becomes absurd.

But the joke ultimately fails because, as you said, it makes no sense.

** Captain Infinity

Once Upon A Time Pink Freud wrote:

"The Return of Chef" was outstanding. "Cartoon Wars part 2" was enjoyable. "Manbearpig" was almost adequate but ultimately short of real laughs. "Smug Alert" and "Cartoon Wars part 1" were crap. I know I've missed one but....it has left no trace on my memory and I don't care enough to look it up.

** Captain Infinity

Okay guys the "cereal" was actually serial meaning serious. This was just a simple crack at how Al Gore is always mispronouncing words, confusing meanings, and saying dumb stuff. Here is a good list of his accomplishments in that area. http://www.gargaro.com/algore.html

As for the ManBearPig thing a hint is given at the end of the episode where someone says "Is that a pig bear man or something?" and Gore replies no... It's a Man Bear Pig and screams MBP as he pretends to fly away. The MBP or ManBearPig refers to Gore's efforts to stop global warming. This started back in 1997 when he visited Glacier National Park to talk about the ice caps melting which is measured by mass balance potential (MBP). You can read more here: http://www.co2science.org/scripts/CO2ScienceB2C/articles/V7/N27/EDIT.jsp

Now besides the extreme reference to MBP the episode is centered around Gore's recent adventures in saving the world from global warming. Al Gore has been trying to organize a major effort to stop the ice caps from melting to all the big players in technology. Here is an article talking about that which you can now relate to the show. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.05/gore_pr.html

So basically the "joke" was Al Gore is trying to get everyone to believe that we need to do something about global warming by using technology. Nobody takes him seriously because he is a politician who frequently gets facts jumbled, makes stupid statements and he keeps presenting to people that have other goals.

So not the best episode and a little out in left field but if you happen to care what Gore is doing you might find it slightly amusing.

Once Upon A Time [email] wrote:

Any joke that takes 4 paragraphs to explain is a damned poor joke.

** Captain Infinity

[email] wrote:

I think you're confusing the guy who invented the Internet with The Decider.

"Sparky Spartacus" wrote in message news:SQD4g.1104$[email]...

Decider.

LOL. I love The Daily Show. Yeah they are referring to Bush and The Decider. Gore is incredibly well spoken so I'm not sure where they even got the serious/serial thing from. Really throws off those who watch Cspan.

Lava

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No "cereal" was Cereal! Turn on your Close Caption next time you watch the ep. and you will see that it is spelled CEREAL.