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   From: wog-NotThisBit-george@amd-p.com   
      
   "Wog George"  wrote in message   
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   > "vic arpeggio"  wrote in message   
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   >> On Nov 13, 5:50 am, "Wog George"    
   >> wrote:   
   >>> "Eric Perlin"  wrote in message   
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   >>> > vic arpeggio wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> > } I completely agree with SP's opinion of Guitar Hero.   
   >>> > } Anyone who would rather waste their time with that   
   >>> > } instead of putting in the work necessary to play a   
   >>> > } real instrument probably prefers sex with blow up   
   >>> > } dolls to the real thing.   
   >>>   
   >>> > I didn't know until I'd read your post that "Guitar Hero" was a real   
   >>> > game!   
   >>> > I   
   >>> > thought it was a fictional game made up for the show.   
   >>>   
   >>> I'd heard of the game a while ago because Deep Purple was featured in   
   >>> it.   
   >>>   
   >>> > Maybe being out of touch with current video games is what kept me from   
   >>> > fully   
   >>> > appreciating the episode, but I found it weak and unfunny compared to   
   >>> > South   
   >>> > Park's usual standard. It seemed especially weak in comparison to the   
   >>> > five   
   >>> > consecutive great episodes that aired before it (Cartman faking   
   >>> > Tourettes,   
   >>> > Giant   
   >>> > Turd, and all three parts of the Imaginationland Trilogy).   
   >>>   
   >>> I guess I added it to the other five and found it funny because I'm a   
   >>> guitarist of some note (although we're not exactly sure which note that   
   >>> is).   
   >>> When Randy plugged in and demonstrated that he could actually play a   
   >>> real   
   >>> guitar, the boys thought it was gay.  I enjoyed the show in part because   
   >>> it   
   >>> highlighted how ridiculous it was that fake guitarists take precedence   
   >>> over   
   >>> a real guitarist.  When extreme players of the game (1000000 points)   
   >>> were   
   >>> exposed as fags, it was sort-of comforting.   
   >>>   
   >>> I think the last 3 half-seasons have been some of the best episodes.   
   >>> South   
   >>> Park is on the up and up, and I'll keep watching for the next few   
   >>> seasons   
   >>> too!   
   >>>   
   >>> --   
   >>> George   
   >>   
   >> How's it going, George?  I liked the episode for essentially the same   
   >> reason as you.  I'm also a guitarist of note (I think it's G#) and   
   >> have been playing since before some posters here were even swimming   
   >> around inside their dads' testicles. Some of my music has achieved a   
   >> small measure of international acclaim, although unfortunately, the   
   >> big money and rock star status with its attendant mind blowing perks,   
   >> have managed to elude me. I thought the general concept was wickedly   
   >> clever, and some of the details were spot on hilariouos--the"Heroin   
   >> Hero" game ruining Stan's "career" by turning him into a virtual   
   >> junkie, the kid the manager brought in to replace Kyle was a brilliant   
   >> stereotype ("'Sup?"), and Kyle getting a chance to play Guitar Hero   
   >> for an audience at the bowling alley cracked me up.  Sure, it wasn't   
   >> up to the brilliance of the Trilogy, but that's some of their best   
   >> work ever so it's not really fair to compare.   
   >>   
   >>   
   > It was probably my favourite Kenny death for a long time, maybe of all   
   > time!   
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   > The international acclaim sounds interesting.  Spill 'em...   
   >   
   > --   
   > George   
   > "We've got Jews and perverts and bullies and all kinds of sinners in this   
   > town, Sister Ann." - Eric Cartman - 26 July 2000   
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