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"South Park" slams recent disaster

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Last night was the season premiere of South Park. The episode largely was a play on the government's slow response to a major flooding disaster. In this case, Stan and Cartman play around with some guy's power boat and crash it into a beaver dam, actually "the world's largest beaver dam," causing a massive flood of the town of Beaverton, CO. Then Stan's father and some other people come up with a b-s reasoning being Global Warming for causing the flood. FEMA was referenced but "Katrina," "Mayor Nagin" and "New Orleans" were never actually said.
 
> Last night was the season premiere of South Park. The
> episode largely was a play on the government's slow response
> to a major flooding disaster. In this case, Stan and Cartman
> play around with some guy's power boat and crash it into a
> beaver dam, actually "the world's largest beaver dam,"
> causing a massive flood of the town of Beaverton, CO. Then
> Stan's father and some other people come up with a b-s
> reasoning being Global Warming for causing the flood. FEMA
> was referenced but "Katrina," "Mayor Nagin" and "New
> Orleans" were never actually said.
>
Saw the episode...to quote Cartman.."Sweet!"
 
They did a similar episode on the heels of the Terry Schiavo case where Kenny was in a vegetative state trying to get into heaven.

They do it because they can. My only complaint is that they don't make light of the political issues more often.
 
> Last night was the season premiere of South Park. The
> episode largely was a play on the government's slow response
> to a major flooding disaster. In this case, Stan and Cartman
> play around with some guy's power boat and crash it into a
> beaver dam, actually "the world's largest beaver dam,"
> causing a massive flood of the town of Beaverton, CO. Then
> Stan's father and some other people come up with a b-s
> reasoning being Global Warming for causing the flood. FEMA
> was referenced but "Katrina," "Mayor Nagin" and "New
> Orleans" were never actually said.
>

And your point is?


I just wish they'd start Killing Kenny again...
 
> They did a similar episode on the heels of the Terry Schiavo
> case where Kenny was in a vegetative state trying to get
> into heaven.
>
> They do it because they can. My only complaint is that they
> don't make light of the political issues more often.
>

It only takes them three days at least to produce an episode for those thinking it takes 9 months, that's The Simpsons and Family Guy. South Park with its style can be made by computers in America and not in South Korea where the Simpsons and Family Guy style requires hand drawn animation. Then the Simpsons/Family Guy animation is ship it back to America to get color and finish it up.

I like how they can push the limit on various issues. It's refreshing and Comedy Central isn't as uptight with South Park's content as Fox is with Simpsons/Family Guy's content.
 
> I like how they can push the limit on various issues. It's
> refreshing and Comedy Central isn't as uptight with South
> Park's content as Fox is with Simpsons/Family Guy's content.
>

"South Park" is on cable. Different standards. Real simple.
 
> > I like how they can push the limit on various issues. It's
>
> > refreshing and Comedy Central isn't as uptight with South
> > Park's content as Fox is with Simpsons/Family Guy's
> content.
> >
>
> "South Park" is on cable. Different standards. Real simple.
>

Cable = paid service = no rules (more or less)
 
Simpsons and Family guy MADE IN OTHER COUNTRIES? Your claim sounds like Bologny!

South Park with its style can be made by
> computers in America and not in South Korea where the
> Simpsons and Family Guy style requires hand drawn animation.
> Then the Simpsons/Family Guy animation is ship it back to
> America to get color and finish it up.
>
> I like how they can push the limit on various issues. It's
> refreshing and Comedy Central isn't as uptight with South
> Park's content as Fox is with Simpsons/Family Guy's content.
>

You got some proof to back that up with?
A link? News story?

Or are you just making up sh:t?
 
It's True

> You got some proof to back that up with?
> A link? News story?

Simpsons has been made in Korea for years. The rough drafts are done in the US and shipped to Korea where the bulk of the animation is completed. Not sure about Family Guy, but it would make sense that it's done the same way.

See http://www.doheth.co.uk/lists/making.shtml
 
Re: Simpsons and Family guy MADE IN OTHER COUNTRIES? Your claim sounds like Bologny!

> You got some proof to back that up with?
> A link? News story?
>
> Or are you just making up sh:t?
>

My dvds are my proof!

If you ever buy the dvds and listen to everything on them, then you would know about the process of their animation.
 
> Last night was the season premiere of South Park. The
> episode largely was a play on the government's slow response
> to a major flooding disaster. In this case, Stan and Cartman
> play around with some guy's power boat and crash it into a
> beaver dam, actually "the world's largest beaver dam,"
> causing a massive flood of the town of Beaverton, CO. Then
> Stan's father and some other people come up with a b-s
> reasoning being Global Warming for causing the flood. FEMA
> was referenced but "Katrina," "Mayor Nagin" and "New
> Orleans" were never actually said.
>
It was great. I loved it. "George Bush doesn't care about Beavers" Priceless.<P ID="signature">______________

AIM: JeremyA1069</P>
 
> > > I like how they can push the limit on various issues.
> It's
> >
> > > refreshing and Comedy Central isn't as uptight with
> South
> > > Park's content as Fox is with Simpsons/Family Guy's
> > content.
> > >
> >
> > "South Park" is on cable. Different standards. Real
> simple.
> >
>
> Cable = paid service = no rules (more or less)
>

South Park is also in syndication. In today's regular TV standards, the "Cleaned Up" episodes they play in syndication aren't really all that cleaned up at all. <P ID="signature">______________

AIM: JeremyA1069</P>
 
Re: Simpsons and Family guy MADE IN OTHER COUNTRIES? Your claim sounds like Bologny!

> South Park with its style can be made by
> > computers in America and not in South Korea where the
> > Simpsons and Family Guy style requires hand drawn
> animation.
> > Then the Simpsons/Family Guy animation is ship it back to
> > America to get color and finish it up.
> >
> > I like how they can push the limit on various issues. It's
>
> > refreshing and Comedy Central isn't as uptight with South
> > Park's content as Fox is with Simpsons/Family Guy's
> content.
> >
>
> You got some proof to back that up with?
> A link? News story?
>
> Or are you just making up sh:t?
>

South Park is made in "Maya" a very expensive computer software. They start work usually a couple days before it airs early in the morning and work all day and all night long into the next morning (scripts, animation, voice etc) It is then shipped off to Comedy Central the day it airs which is Wednesday's. New episodes air usually from March-May (First part of the season), then a summer break, then season resumes from October-December. Then the next season starts in March-May of the next year. All production is done in New York or Los Angeles (One of the 2) I think its New York. Only reason I know this is because I've been an avid watcher of this show since it first came out in August 1997 and have done my research.

Not sure about The Simpsons<P ID="signature">______________

AIM: JeremyA1069</P>
 
> It was great. I loved it. "George Bush doesn't care about
> Beavers" Priceless.
>

He's anti-beaver? oh god, I don't want him on my side....take him back

(ok, dumb joke)
 
> "South Park" is also in syndication. In today's regular TV
> standards, the "cleaned up" episodes they play in
> syndication aren't really all that cleaned up at all.
>

WTIC-TV (FOX) channel 61 of Hartford airs the syndicated version weeknights at midnight (late night Saturday, too, if I'm not mistaken). Yeah, hardly anything has changed. I'm waiting how they treat Ms. Chokesondick when that comes time! :>

Meanwhile, sister station WTXX-TV (WB) channel 20 of Waterbury/Hartford airs "Sex In The City" weeknights at 11 PM. That show has definitely been cleaned up. I've noticed that when it runs on TBS, they still let "bulls~~~" through at least once an episode.
 
> Last night was the season premiere of South Park. The
> episode largely was a play on the government's slow response
> to a major flooding disaster.

I saw the clip via NewsMax...It was apparently Cartman's fault from what I saw but someone immediately blamed the flooding on George Bush.
Then
> Stan's father and some other people come up with a b-s
> reasoning being Global Warming for causing the flood.

Quote from one of the South Park creators: "I hate conservatives but I really f---n' hate liberals." (see also the book South Park Conservatives--which, among other things, talked about one episode that made fun of the "corporations are bad" approach many liberals take in an episode where a Starbucks-clone comes to town and it's up to little Stan to point out that corporations can be good--that's how we get affordable cars,
computers, and soup. And so on.

You know,
I learned something today.... :)
 
Re: Simpsons and Family guy MADE IN OTHER COUNTRIES? Your claim sounds like Bologny!

South Korea.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - It was the middle of the night and "The Simpsons" animation director Mark Kirkland was on the telephone to South Korea explaining how to draw Marge Simpson shooting a gun.

The Korean artists on the other end of the line - the onesresponsible in this global endeavor for bringing the American TV show to animated life - were in the dark about firearms.

"They don't allow guns in Korea; it's against the law," Kirkland said. "It was an automatic gun so they weren't quite sure how to make the bullet eject out, or the shell eject. So they were calling me: 'How does a gun work?"'

Odd-hour calls and cultural differences are among the challenges faced by the people at the Film Roman studio here who envision new adventures for "The Simpsons" and by those in South Korea who draw them.

Overcoming the disadvantages of time and space requires scrupulous attention to detail, including step-by-step frame directions and a "color by number" key to enhance quality control, Kirkland said.

> Not sure about The Simpsons
>
 
I've lost all faith in American cartoons :(

'nuff said.

> > You got some proof to back that up with?
> > A link? News story?
>
> Simpsons has been made in Korea for years. The rough drafts
> are done in the US and shipped to Korea where the bulk of
> the animation is completed. Not sure about Family Guy, but
> it would make sense that it's done the same way.
>
> See http://www.doheth.co.uk/lists/making.shtml
>
 
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