South Park’s 18th season premiere as edgy as ever
Animated hit comedy series makes it way back to the television screen with its new season bound to have people roaring with laughter.
October 1, 2014
The 18th season of South Park is underway, with the first episode causing constant streams of laughter among the audience.
The premiere, titled “Go Fund Yourself,” started with all four of the boys brainstorming names for a start-up company. They all always look for ways to avoid school, so they believe starting a company will raise enough money for this endeavor. After going with a couple of interesting name choices, most of which already taken, Cartman finally came up with what he thought an original, perfect name: the Washington Redskins.
Once their name gets out, the controversy begins, mainly because the football team of the same name ironically does not agree with the choice. Cartman promotes his company with the slogan “We Do Nothing” and somehow receives a ton of attention, plus donations. The football team becomes furious and decides to sabotage the website kick-starter, so Cartman’s company gets extinguished. The crafty 4th grader responds by making the team a kick-starter website of their own and grabs even more attention. The football team eventually gives up the sport, but the general manager goes out for a game against the Dallas Cowboys and gets repeatedly manhandled and tackled, symbolizing the struggle the Native Americans experienced. This caused rage with Cartman’s company and it finally must shut down.
Like many South Park episodes, it leaves some sort of message–or at least tries to. Compared to other season openers, this definitely earns a spot on the top of the list. South Park always brought high expectations to fans and delivered on that promise this time as well. Despite leaving many key comical characters out of this one, the show introduced many new ones, such as the hilarious “Goodell-Bot” mimicking the NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
Even though this episode touched on a subject that remains controversial, writer Trey Parker finds a way bring laughter to everyone. Over the years, South Park has profiled one of the top shows on Comedy Central and does not show any signs of stopping.
The Chant’s grade: A
