Thursday, April 10, 2003

CENT'ANNI! South Park celebrated its hundredth episode last night, a largely mediocre episode with Cartman going back in time to 1776 to determine what the Founding Fathers would have said about protesting the war with Iraq.

The episode was saved with a great last five minutes, when Cartman realizes that the framers wanted us to be both warlike and to protest our wars -- to be strong enough to defend ourselves, yet not look like we enjoy doing it; to be feared throughout the world, yet because of citizen protests to have the world's enmity directed at the President but not the American people -- in other words, to be able to have our cake and always eat it too. I'll post an excerpt once it comes online.

SP's breaking of the syndication barrier has prompted a number of articles this week -- six in the Hollywood Reporter, including an interview with Trey and Matt and a favorite episodes list. The New York Times has a piece on Norman Lear's current involvement with the show.

Why not take a few minutes today and watch the little five minute film that started this whole mess, The Spirit of Christmas, in which four young Colorado boys, with the help of Jesus, Santa and Brian Boitano, discover the True Meaning Of Christmas.

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