The Simpsons was awesome!

[jasmeel]

Made fun of the non-connection between Iraq and 9/11, no child left behind, Fox news and its propaganda--AWESOME!

[Ninja Jordan]

1. It's a nice balance to South Park's republican tilt.

[Botany]

6. South Park makes fun of everybody ...

.... that is what makes it South Park.

The huge drill that bored it's way through the hippy music fest to
"stop the crap ass music" was great.

[mtnsnake]

7. Yup, they sure do.

Great show.

[Forkboy]

9. They bust on everybody that takes themselves seriously

Right,left..it doesn't matter.

[JackintheGreen]

13. It's a Libertarian tilt, to be fair.

It comes of as Republican sometimes, but honestly conservative would be a better term. They make fun of pugs too.

[PresidentObama]

15. I don't watch South Park that much.

I'm a sucker for childish humor :evilgrin:

But everytime I've seen it, it's usually mocking religion and other stuff like that. So I'd say they are pretty balanced in mocking everyone. Which makes it funny!!

I really enjoyed American Dad (is that still on?) with the Republican dad and liberal daughter.

[Blashyrkh]

16. Nice of you to perpetuate bullshit because the show is too subtle for you.

Have you seen Team America?

[Ninja Jordan]

18. Have you seen the one where they rag on Al Gore?

"I'm super serial!"

[Forkboy]

19. So?

Republicans are unable to laugh at themselves.I'd like to think we can handle a cartoon's comments on someone we like.

[Ninja Jordan]

20. 'South Park Republican'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park_Republican

[Forkboy]

21. Wikipedia is the last refuge of those who can't find anything good.

But since you linked to it I went and read it;

South Park Republican is a term that was circulated in a few articles and weblogs on the Internet circa 2001 and 2002, to describe what was claimed by the authors as a "new wave" of young adults and teenagers who hold political beliefs that are, in general, aligned with those that seem to underpin gags and storylines in the popular television cartoon. The phrase was coined in 2001 by commentator Andrew Sullivan, who identified himself as a South Park Republican after hearing that the show's creators had "outed" themselves as Republicans at an awards ceremony.

The term is meant to be more of a casual indication of beliefs than a strong partisan label. While South Park co-creator Matt Stone is a registered Republican, co-creator Trey Parker is actually a registered member of the Libertarian Party. Also, Parker and Stone declared All in the Family producer Norman Lear, who helped write a few episodes of South Park and founded the liberal pressure group People for the American Way, as one of their heroes. As the show's co-creator, Matt Stone, sums it up: "I hate conservatives, but I really fucking hate liberals." <2> Such sentiments were reflected in their movie Team America: World Police.

They sound evil to me!

[Ninja Jordan]

22. Wow, you're acting like a jerk.

Where have I said they're evil? I'm done coversing with you anyway. Bye.

[Forkboy]

23. Buh bye

I note you didn't address the bulk of my post,just focused on my own comment,which never accuses you of saying that.It was my sarcastic take on how you seem to see them.

Sorry you get upset over a CARTOON.

[Forkboy]

24. Wait,don't run away just yet..I have more.

Stone and Parker were never thrilled to be G.O.P. poster boys and said they weren't sure what a South Park Republican was. They were generally reluctant to be pigeonholed ideologically, but last week they clarified it by headlining at a Reason magazine conference in Amsterdam, the libertarian version of Davos. Stone and Parker said that if you had to put a label on them, they were libertarian—and that didn't mean Republican to this crowd.

http://www.reason.com/news/show/36838.html

[Ninja Jordan]

25. How does that aid your argument? Clearly, the show has been seen as having a pro-GOP tilt.

What is the old saying about 'libertarians'? They're basically republicans who're afraid to admit it.

[Blashyrkh]

27. Clearly, most people here can't see it.

Trey and Matt's own words sit pretty well with my interpretation of the show.

"What is the old saying about 'libertarians'? They're basically republicans who're afraid to admit it."

Wow. Scientific. I guess that's why it's an "old saying" and not "accepted scientific fact".

[Ninja Jordan]

29. "I really fucking hate liberals"

Those words sit pretty well with my interpretation of some of the episodes anyway.

[Clintonista2]

30. He actually said "I hate conservatives"...

"but I REALLY fucking hate liberals."

[Ninja Jordan]

31. Which implies that it tilts right.

[Clintonista2]

40. Do you even watch the show?

It makes fun of both the left AND right. It's a great show, you just need to stop taking everything so seriousley.

[Forkboy]

35. I thank you for emphasizing the "some".

Yes,they are relentless on Dems...but they are equally ferocious towards Republicans,and that's the point.I've seen so many people who love the show when they rag on the right,then turn around and say they hate it because they made fun of Rosie O'Donnell or something (in the hilarious "Trapper Keeper" episode).

The day we lose the ability to laugh at ourselves is the day we've become Republicans.And I think it's safe to say that neither of us want to go there :)

Peace.

[Orangepeel]

32. "Republicans who smoke pot"

:-)

[Forkboy]

34. That's the one I always heard.

Which really gives pot smokers a bad rap. :)

[rep the dems]

39. Haha. I think a lot of people who consider themselves libetarian

don't even realize what it means. They hear them talking about "personal freedom" and jump on the bandwagon, without realizing how dumb some of their economic ideas are, or how generally indecisive their philosophy is.

[Guaranteed]

33. It's a stupid-ass, preachy fucking show.

They have nothing intelligent to say, yet don't seem to know it.

[Forkboy]

36. You're just lucky you have a Murrow quote buddy!

:evilgrin:

[Red Knight]

37. South Park sucks

Not only is it mostly a right-wing tilt(although the Jesus stuff is sure to offend both sides)---but what little I've been able to stomach watching it, hasn't resulted in many laughs. I will agree the Simpsons have a left wing bias and coincidently---know how to be funny.

It's kinda like The Daily Show verses the Fox 1/2 hour News Hour. Rightwingers just ain't funny.

As for South Park--I'm astonished it has a fan base at all. How many times can killing Kenny or a singing talking piece of poop be funny?

Give me the old Looney Toons anytime---now THAT was funny stuff.

[Blashyrkh]

38. You have an incredibly misguided view of South Park...

Kenny dying is what's called a "running joke". Which stopped when Kenny actually died, which was 4 or 5 seasons ago.

There have been 4 or 5 (from memory) episodes concerning Mr Hanky.

It's kinda like, you don't know what you're talking about. Comparing South Park to the 1/2 Hour News Hour is like comparing Beethoven to Britney Spears. Different league baby.

[Syrinx]

2. Bart speaking to his psychiatrist

"I had a dream that my family was really just a group of cartoon characters, and our success led to the creation of some propaganda network called Fox News." :D

[jasmeel]

4. Hilarious! I didn't ever think of the contribution of The Simpsons to

the Fox New Reich! Bart has enlightened me.

[Botany]

3. It was great!

Bart telling his therapist that he dreamed that his family was a
cartoon that was so popular that it paid for a propaganda network
that pretended to be a news channel.

[terrya]

5. Yes...and Stephen Sondheim!

Sorry...I'm a Sondheim fan. :-)

But that was a great episode.

[Botany]

8. And take offs of ....

.... the Sound of Music and the closing "moon shot" from the
Honeymooners just rocked.

The Simpsons have the best writers, actors, and production values
going.

16 going on 17 take off :rofl:

[mucifer]

10. Did you catch that one of the hillbilly siblings name was "w"?

[Botany]

12. Marge .....

.... We were saving this money for my husband's breast reduction surgery.

:spank:

"W?" :rofl:

[NinetySix]

11. Cletus: Hey Brandine, I thought you was in Eye-raq stoppin' 9-11!

High-larious!

[Forkboy]

14. Obviously they're terrorist supporters

[3waygeek]

17. And on Family Guy just a few minutes ago...

they made fun of * on 9/11, with Mayor Adam West reading from "My Pet Goat".

[high density]

26. Peter's "Support our troops and fetuses" painting on his truck

cracked me up. "Carl Sagan" as edited for rednecks was pretty good.

[krispos42]

28. And the poke at sensationalist news was good, too

The plane crashes in a field, slides to a stop, and everybody's okay. The local media report this fact, then, "through the miracle of computer imaging", procede to re-create the same plane crash with a) the plane hitting a school full of children, with burning kids fleeing the building, b) the plane hitting a school full of bunnies, with burning bunnies fleeting the building, and c) the plane hitting a school full of bunnies, with burning bunnies and a sole surviver fleeing the building, followed by the survivor going home and beating his wife.

Sounds like Faux News' next trick...