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now welcome to watch mojo and today
we're counting down our picks for the
top 10 times south park said what we
were all thinking stop it i didn't do
anything you knew peter was dead i
didn't start by saying peter is dead i
started by saying they want me to
acknowledge peter for this list we'll be
looking at episodes where south park
reflected what was going through most of
our heads even if we didn't share our
thoughts out loud which south park
episode do you think told it like it is
let us know in the comments
number 10 streaming is better than cable
with streaming offering a more
convenient cheaper and all-around
superior alternative more and more tv
viewers are cutting cable i love you
what i love you so much dad
please can we get disney plus it'd be
one thing if cable companies upped their
game and grew with the times instead
loyal customers are rewarded with slow
service and workers who show up whenever
they feel like it anyone who's ever been
given a five hour service window will
identify with the frustration that this
episode captures to a t well finally the
cable company gave us a window of noon
to five for you to show up it's 5 15.
only 15 minutes late the episode also
finds timely commentary in the launch of
disney plus and how enamored audiences
were with the mandalorian the ultimate
irony is that south park dominated basic
cable ratings for years with the rise of
hulu hbo max and paramount plus though
even south park knows that cable is a
dinosaur making little niche programs
for everybody that's what you want
yeah i think i do number nine
user agreements with iphones and ipads
becoming part of everyday life we've all
signed a user agreement at some point
how many of you actually read a user
agreement though when you downloaded the
last itunes update a window on your
screen popped up and asked you if you
agreed to our terms and conditions you
clicked agree all right let's get into
the water tank long confusing and
written in the tiniest font possible
most of us would rather sign and accept
any consequences rather than be
inconvenienced south park imagines the
worst case scenario where failing to
read the terms and conditions lands kyle
in the middle of a human sent ipad what
are you going to do to us
everything that you agreed to in the
itunes conditions while we're pretty
sure that's never happened in real life
the episode does reflect how casual
people are about signing legal contracts
without even reading them it's also a
spot on depiction of apple's marketing
convincing consumers that their products
are the best and cheaper alternatives
are for losers no i don't want to join
apple i like my pc number eight the
media and public's treatment of britney
spears in the late 2000s britney spears
was an easy target for comedy and a lot
of people took the low-hanging fruit
interrupt this debate for an emergency
news bulletin
it's britney watch south park wasn't an
exception but the writers took a unique
approach they put the mirror up to the
audience and said what most of us knew
deep down maybe we should stop obsessing
over this struggling celebrity and you
know get a life it was unpopular for
people to say leave brittany alone hence
why many kept quiet hey hang on fellas
don't you think bernie's been through
enough i mean maybe it's finally time
for us all to just leave her alone
during spears's darkest hour though
south park served as an unlikely moral
compass various journalists comedians
and members of the general public
continued to ignore that little voice
inside with the recent reevaluation of
how spears was treated however this
episode has only gotten more
identifiable it's all of america kyle
we're all a part of this together you
know about all this number seven avatar
looks a lot like another movie
nowadays it's practically a cliche to
joke that avatar is a rip-off of dances
with wolves and pocahontas and fern
gully and a dozen other movies a month
before avatar even hit theaters south
park beat everyone to the punch line no
no you must leave the nobel smith alone
who's behind all this well maybe not
everyone even after the first trailer
for avatar was released a lot of people
noticed similarities to kevin costner's
1990 best picture winner they also
noticed that the characters looked like
smurfs albeit taller and more alluring
south park was still one of the first
mainstream properties to call out james
cameron for taking a familiar story and
calling it something else luckily with
the money i made selling the movie
rights to my book i'll be okay you sold
the movie rights to who james cameron
it's too bad cartman didn't secure the
film rights because avatar is still the
highest grossing movie of all time
my idea number six our dependence on the
internet
four eons humanity survived without the
internet now that we've gotten a taste
of it society would likely descend into
anarchy without the web everyone just
just calm down calm down all right it's
going to be okay we just can't panic
this episode accurately depicts the
panic and uncertainty we all feel when
the wi-fi is down unfortunately it isn't
just stan's house without a connection
it's a technical issue that reaches far
beyond south park look if you
if you do find internet
let us know will ya
how
you won't have internet we all rely on
the internet for work entertainment
communication and some other things that
are better left behind closed doors the
episode speaks to our fear that one day
it could all be gone thankfully there's
a simple solution in this case nothing's
more revealing than seeing a green light
on our router and randy's closing
remarks about overlogging on really hit
home but if we don't treat the internet
with the respect
that it deserves
it could one day be gone forever number
five the writers strike
from november 2007 to february 2008 the
writers guild of america strike brought
the industry to a halt nobody takes this
canadian seriously it's like the world
doesn't respect canada at all eh
although trey parker and matt stone
aren't part of the union the strike
commenced and ended around the same time
south park was on its break when south
park returned parker and stone didn't
hesitate to say what most of their
writer friends were thinking the strike
wasn't the best idea well we
we didn't get everything that we wanted
but
we negotiated hard and we got these
coupons to benefits while the strike was
intended to increase the funding that
riders deserve it reportedly lost
anywhere between millions and billions
parker described the episode as a
docudrama exploring how many writers
regretted the strike and attempted to
save face by the end
few wga members would admit this but
south park wasn't afraid to speak out no
matter what happens i will never cut off
this strike
even if it means we all die number four
social media sucking us in
facebook was arguably at its most
dominant in 2010 and south park did a
commendable job at portraying the
different viewpoints on it so i'm i'm
not your friend then
dad you are my friend
but you just don't want to add me as a
friend for kyle it's a gateway to
friendship and if he doesn't have any
friends on social media he has none in
the real world stan could care less
about facebook but he's reluctantly
forced to participate it isn't long
until facebook starts affecting stan's
real-life relationships as others obsess
over his online activity or lack thereof
stan grandma said she poked you and you
haven't sent a poke back
dad i didn't even want to do dan poke
your grandma many of us realize that the
number of facebook friends you have
isn't an accurate measure of how
complete your life is once facebook has
you though it's hard to break free on
top of that we all knew somebody who
took farmville way too seriously i
really need a friend right now
okay dude i'm here for you
okay so then get on facebook and
fertilize my crops number three
censorship south park has always been a
controversial show but people sometimes
forget just how up in arms parents and
censors were during the early years
young man you are not to watch that show
anymore it's immature toilet humor
ironically having kenny die in every
episode wasn't seen as that big a deal
but spreading foul language on the
airwaves would be the downfall of
civilization as the parents of south
park protest the crude humor on tv they
ignore their children as death literally
comes to town what is it stanley hun did
you break something mom death is here
and he's trying to take us all away with
him while the south park movie would
expand upon these themes this was the
first episode to say what fans of the
show knew tv isn't the problem the
problem is that parents view tv as a
babysitter when they should be taking
the time to educate nurture and monitor
their children thank you ladies and
gentlemen if there are any questions you
may direct them to that brick wall over
there number two political candidates
every four years republicans and
democrats act as if their presidential
candidate is going to fix everything you
don't see the point oh you young people
just make me sick stanley do you know
how many people died so you could have
the right to vote while some political
leaders have changed the world for the
better our options are usually limited
to what south park describes as a giant
douche or a turd sandwich as such stan
simply doesn't care about the outcome
i'm not gonna be persuaded into voting
and i'm not gonna be threatened into
voting if i don't feel comfortable with
it when stan refuses to vote he's shamed
and exiled until he finally relents most
people won't admit that both sides of
the political spectrum are flawed and
actually share a fair deal in common
this episode unearths the unspoken truth
that we struggle to accept whoever wins
we all lose to an extent
voting matters but when these are our
options should we really be this hostile
towards each other kenny we have got to
make stan understand the importance of
voting because he'll definitely vote for
our guy before we unveil our top pick
here are a few honorable mentions
political correctness being pc can be a
good thing but not when delivered with
violence and threats have a seat i've
been talking with your child and we're
gonna be giving him two weeks detention
what's this about kyle your son said
some things to a fourth-grade girl that
frankly make me want to puke scientology
we'd elaborate but we don't want to get
sued oh
we are gonna sue you
what here you think you can say our
religion is a lie we'll sue you buddy
you told me it was a lie george
zimmerman
double standards are still very much a
problem wait what
guilty john edward for anyone who ever
watched crossing over
and the winner for biggest douche in the
universe is
it's john edward milky way galaxy planet
earth
come on now
all the celebrity deaths the summer of
2009 was quite the ordeal i see dead
self-expertise
you mean you see dead celebrities on tv
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number one
trump wins
just when you thought the political
world couldn't get more topsy-turvy
garrison was elected president mirroring
donald trump's ascension to the white
house the people have spoken just as jj
abrams did with star wars i will make
this country great again even the south
park creators were expecting a hillary
clinton victory forcing them to make
numerous changes at the 11th hour the
episode encapsulates the confusion
disbelief and anger many experienced
when they realized who the 45th u.s
president was going to be do you have
any idea what you've done to our country
yeah unlike their past election shows
this episode appropriately doesn't wrap
everything up in a tidy package instead
it leaves us with three options drink
the kool-aid try escaping to mars or
buckle in for what's bound to be an
unpredictable presidency and for the
next four years south park continued to
say what we were all thinking it sucks
dad this country's gonna suck for four
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