From: wog-NotThisBit-george@amd-p.com   
      
   "vic arpeggio"  wrote in message   
   news:1175021540.711366.100630@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...   
   > On Mar 27, 5:03 am, "Wog George"    
   > wrote:   
   >> "Eric Perlin"  wrote in message   
   >>   
   >> news:ul4h03hacbmqio2o1fn7fks5l2jdvval9e@4ax.com...   
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   >>   
   >> > "Jet" wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > } This episode was crappy, IMO. This is   
   >> > } an episode I won't be watching as a   
   >> > } rerun.   
   >>   
   >> > You're entitled to your opinion, but IMHO, there have been very, very   
   >> > few   
   >> > episodes in South Park's 10-year run that I would call "crappy." Even   
   >> > the   
   >> > weakest episodes have some hilarious moments in them.   
   >>   
   >> > As for the South Park movie, I consider it one of the funniest motion   
   >> > pictures   
   >> > in cinema history, and I've seen enough of my share of classic Chaplin,   
   >> > Buster   
   >> > Keaton, Marx Brothers, Laurel & Hardy, Woody Allen and Mel Brooks   
   >> > comedies   
   >> > to   
   >> > say that.   
   >>   
   >> I agree.  Way back at the beginning of season 3, I thought they'd lost   
   >> it.   
   >> Rainforest Schmainforest was the absolute worst and I was almost   
   >> embarrassed   
   >> by how bad it was!  I've seen it numerous times since and it's actually   
   >> pretty good.  A Million Little Fibers in season 10 was very poor upon   
   >> first   
   >> viewing.  It's actually not bad either.   
   >>   
   >> While people are keen to see a repeat performance when it comes to   
   >> episodes   
   >> that they enjoy, it's almost imperative that they have another look at   
   >> those   
   >> that they didn't enjoy.  I've found that a second viewing of a "bad"   
   >> episode   
   >> usually reveals something that isn't anything like the first impression.   
   >>   
   >> I've seen every episode more than once.  Some are better on second   
   >> viewing,   
   >> and very few are disappointing after a second look.  How many bands have   
   >> had   
   >> 158 songs that are all great?  I reckon South Park has a much better hit   
   >> rate than the Beatles or Elvis or any other artist you care to name.   
   >> That's   
   >> the generic "you" and not you personally, Eric.  As I said, I agree with   
   >> you.   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >> George   
   >> "If I was a towel, why would I be wearing this hat and this fake   
   >> moustache" - Steven McTowelie - 19 April 2006   
   >   
   > Well said, George. That's been my experience over the last few   
   > seasons, too.  There were a number of episodes that made me wonder if   
   > SP was losing its edge the first time I saw them, but they always seem   
   > to get better with a little time and a second or third viewing.  I   
   > have no idea why that is, unless it's that I'm subconsciously   
   > expecting too much the first time.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Maybe that's it Vic.  When I settle in to watch a new South Park episode, I   
   have no idea what to expect but I always have an expectation of good things.   
   Sometimes I feel quite let down, although a second look usually restores my   
   faith.   
      
   In many ways, the newer South Park episodes seem to lack a bit of substance   
   (Lice Capades is a perfect example), but they also have a depth that the   
   earlier episodes didn't have.  I'm a contradictory bastard at times.  All I   
   know is that I never want South Park to end.   
      
   --   
   George   
   "Dolphins, Eskimos, who cares?! It's all a bunch of tree hugging hippie   
   crap!" - Eric Cartman - 20 August 1997   
      
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