Well this week has sucked. After getting my bracket busted and being clobbered by neurological “issues” earlier in the week and sleeping more than I’ve been awake for the past three days I’m finally starting to get my life together. Yesterday I celebrated by allowing myself to stay up until 9:30 to watch the season premiere of South Park. After hearing all the hype about Isaac Hayes leaving in a Scientology-induced hissy-fit of pseudo-values, I was expecting a hysterical episode. I mean, really, what’s funnier than Scientology? As anyone who witnessed the “Tom Cruise wont Come out of the Closet” episode – Trey and Matt know how to rip on crazy religions.
But after watching it I have to say I’m really pretty disappointed. In fact, I think the show may have just jumped the shark. Maybe it was all the jokes about pedophilia (which I just don’t find funny), maybe it was the “disguising” of Scientology as the “Super Adventure Team” (which I thought was unnecessary – just call it Scientology and say they are crazy people). The whole episode felt like Matt and Trey were just really really pissed at Hayes for leaving and were determined to rip him and Scientology to bits. But none of it was terribly funny. Sure, Kyle’s little eulogy at the end was a nice touch (“We should be mad at that fruity little club for scrambling his brain”) but in general, the dream I had last night where my dad lived in a house full of secret doors and hidden rooms was way funnier.
At least I still can count on the Daily Show.
But after watching it I have to say I’m really pretty disappointed. In fact, I think the show may have just jumped the shark. Maybe it was all the jokes about pedophilia (which I just don’t find funny), maybe it was the “disguising” of Scientology as the “Super Adventure Team” (which I thought was unnecessary – just call it Scientology and say they are crazy people). The whole episode felt like Matt and Trey were just really really pissed at Hayes for leaving and were determined to rip him and Scientology to bits. But none of it was terribly funny. Sure, Kyle’s little eulogy at the end was a nice touch (“We should be mad at that fruity little club for scrambling his brain”) but in general, the dream I had last night where my dad lived in a house full of secret doors and hidden rooms was way funnier.
At least I still can count on the Daily Show.
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The patched-together Chef voice was pretty funny though: "You bet!" "Thank you!" "Do you want to...lick my chocolate salty balls...children?"
Hey, I love bloggers who quote Shakespeare. "Lay on, Macduff,
And damn'd be him that first cries, 'Hold, enough!' "
I saw the Scientology episode. I thought it was so incredibly funny. I believe I had done a post about Scientology just before I saw it.
The Daily Show is always good for laughs.