Golf clubs in hands or not, the kids of "South Park" are ready to take on Tiger Woods.
Creators of the Comedy Central cartoon have long since proven that no subject is sacred to them. So for the opening of its 14th season on Wednesday, the troubled golfer encounters Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman in their animated Colorado town.
"It's such an important issue in America right now — the sex addiction outbreak," Matt Stone, who makes the series with partner Trey Parker, said on Friday. "We're all really concerned about him and hope he gets better."
Sex addiction, the intersection of powerful men and willing women, late-night phone calls to the police and bad public relations gave them so much fodder they could have made an entire Tiger-centric season, Stone said.
Since the Peabody Award-winning show's first episode in 1997, Parker and Stone haven't worried about lines between good taste and bad if they can get a laugh. They mocked the Church of Scientology to the point of annoying Tom Cruise, and depicted Jesus Christ defecating on President Bush and the American flag.
"There's a delicacy in talking about (Woods) that we don't have to worry about," Stone said.
He wouldn't give many details about the episode, in part because he and Parker were still writing it. Stone said he was fascinated and disgusted by Woods' public apology, so it's likely that will be worked in.
"South Park" is airing its 200th episode next month.
"We can't even believe we're still here doing this," he said.
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last commentWhen SP first started, I purchased a Trey Parker/Matt Stone autographed 3' tall plush Cartman. I have pictures of them signing it as a COA. I wonder what the value might be today, if any? As I recall, I paid $35.
And a box of "Cheesy Poofs" with it!
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Yes, this incident is tailor made for South Park. I'm sure what has the creators "so annoyed" was the public apology, where Woods readily chucked aside his own needs and wants (it was obvious what he liked to do!) and cow-towed to what society's expectations of/and for him are by apologizing. South Park is probably going to stick it to him for not standing up for who he is.
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I am hoping they have strip club scenes in this new south park episode.
I remember that episode where they end up going to peppermint hippo strip club. It had the really annoying DJ, the "wanna dance" lines, and the token drunken stripper.
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I've already seen a short clip from this episode, and they are apparently using Tiger's real voice from his recent public apology speech. I only heard the speech while I was doing something else in my home, and it didn't sound sincere (too dead-pan) to me. Maybe viewing it would tend to give another impression...I dunno...
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Yeah you can watch clips on the SP website
southparkstudios.com
They even have a countdown till the next episode
20 hours and 12 minutes left!
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The 14th season premiere of South Park, which aired this past Wednesday, was the most watched opener since the show started in 1999. They brought in 3.7 million viewers.
You can watch the full episode at southparkstudios.com
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