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A Definition of Comedy

This wiki article details an episode of a comedic television show. Of which there are many. A definition of comedy can be to parody non-comedic cultural forms. And indeed this is the format of South Park. You wont find a detailed document referencing each and every little instance of parody, because we're Human Beings and we don't like very much to have to describe our jokes in minute scientific detail. Despite objective and authorised backing of facts, viewers/Humans may want to understand what each joke in this episode refers to.

Computerised lifeforms: please leave this article to those who actually know the subject matter and possess a soul and a sense of humour. 195.222.108.135 (talk) 06:08, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Covers?

An item in the "Trivia" section says:

The episode features poorly sung covers of the 80's pop hits "Take On Me" by A-ha, "The Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats, and Don't You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds.

My memory might be failing me, but I'm pretty sure that "Take on Me" was the original (in the episode, not the credits), and "The Safety Dance" was a terrible remix that was done recently to be included on 80s "retro" compilations. "Don't You (Forget About Me)" was the only intentionally crappy cover. - Ugliness Man 18:14, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

I don't know about "Safety Dance", but if you listen to the closing credits of the episode, it becomes apparent that "Take on Me" is indeed a poorly sung cover. LINK3 (talk) 16:12, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

I've removed all that again;

"The song playing as they enter Aspen is a reference to the song Take on me by the Norwegian New Wave band a-ha. Take on me was also used by Parker and Stone in BASEketball, but as a cover version by ska punk band Reel Big Fish."

A cite would be most welcome. Simply adding unverified material and then adding a "fact" tag is not covering the requirement that all material be verified. Alastairward (talk) 07:40, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Wacky Races

"The final race on K-13, where Tad tries to sabotage the course to stop Stan from beating him, is a reference to the popular children's show, Wacky races, where the perennial antagonist, Dastardly, always attempts to win by sabotaging the racecourse. His exploits however, always end in defeat, as in the case of Tad and Stan."

Um...what? I really doubt that. Most likely, and quite obviously, it satirizes typical feel-good sports movies. The joke is in the point that he could easily win, but chose to stop periodically to lay down "traps", a continuation of the joke that they're all nonsensically stuck in the 'feel-good movie world'. I don't think they're alluding to some obscure 60's kid's show, unless there's some linked proof.

I'm pretty sure that the final race bears a reference to a fable from Jean de la Fontaine "Le lièvre et la tortue" ("The hare and the turtle"). The hare races the turtle, but he purposedly does not race at full speed and despises her for her slowness; in the end he is beaten by the turtle because he was so busy looking down on the turtle that he forgot to actually run.

it could be compared to almost anything, you could compare it to the road runner if you wanted —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.156.145.175 (talk) 05:24, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

BETTER OFF DEAD!74.61.22.248 (talk) 03:49, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

pet semetry

The old guy who tells them about the haunted mountain is a reference to steven kings 'pet semetery'

Vandalism

Somebody really needs to clean up this page. I'm not sure how to do it. Thanks.

AL —Preceding unsigned comment added by Artgal987 (talk • contribs) 10:39, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:11, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Uncited cultural references

Cite please;

• The scene with the farmer who explains the history of the K-13 is a parody of Fred Gwynne's character in Pet Sematary.
• The Ski Slope name K-13 is a play on the 80's movie "Better Off Dead", where the final race is down the "K-12".
• In the scene at the youth center, Butters' dance is a reference to Charlie Brown.
• The scene in which the families drive through Aspen and see the various storefronts is a reference to Beverly Hills Cop, when Axel Foley first drives through Beverly Hills.
• The whole plot of the race to "save the youth center" is a reference to Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. The "cool teens" that tell the boys about the fate of the youth center are making poses seen in this film, and, at the episode's end, we see what appear to be some of the film's characters.
• The scene when the parents exit the timeshare meeting at 15:30, and enter another room where the timeshare presenters can't be avoided is a reference to the final episode of "Twin Peaks" where suit-clad dwarf talking backwards in a creepy red room can't be avoided.
• When Stan is training, the montage is a reference to Rocky. So was the line, "Even Rocky had a montage."
• At the end when the dorky teenage girl lifts her shirt to show how she distracted Tad the reveals a growth that tell them to 'start the reactor!!'. A reference to the Kuato character in Total Recall.
• when thumper introduces himself, a visitor can be seen skiing at that point.

Alastairward (talk) 08:45, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

"The sky is blue." - cite please.--Contributions/122.26.133.159 (talk) 13:22, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

• From the surface of the planet Earth, the sky during daytime appears blue.

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