Norman Lear writing for 'Southpark'
 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hol...ent_id=1836511

Should be interesting to say the least.

Norman Lear is cowriting the season premiere with Matt & Trey (and the staff writers). The episode is titled "The Declaration of Indegayness". :)

I'm all for it, but it sure seems like an odd mix... Yes he's got a reputation for risky political comedy, like Matt & Trey... But he's exactly the type of mainstream Hollywood liberal that the boys always bash whenever they get the chance... Maybe it'll soften the boy's obvious right-wing leanings and stick to the we'll-insult-anybody mentality that makes the show work...

Abranut: What ever happened to this episode?

maybe they are doing it at the beginning of the next mini season?

Since this thread started over a year ago, that episode was probably morphed into the "South Park is Gay!" episode.

I seem to recall Norman Lear's name attached to an episode recently...but I can't recall which one.

More likely "I'm a Little Bit Country."

I seem to recall that as well.

Yup, you'd be right. That's the one.

whoa! I don't have cable and I gotta see what Lear did/does. Is there any link out there for a download?

No he isn't; they make fun of mainstream Hollywood liberals who say the same stupid things over and over, like Rob Reiner's anti-smoking stuff, or Barbara Streisand in general. Lear, while being more liberal than they seem to be, is the type of guy who makes a show about how dumb racism is into a comedy about a racist.

Just being liberal is not enough to be the target of their ire, dude. If you think that, you aren't paying attention.

Yep; what happened was, they knew they were gonna be working with Lear, so they developed an episode where Cartman goes back to 1776 and watches the Declaration of Independence get signed (because, apparently, Lear is either a big fan of Jefferson or the Declaration, I forget which). Then, between the time when they did that whole episode, there was this whole controversial war in a middle eastern country you've probably never heard of, and they did a last minute re-write (as they often do) to incorporate that into the episode. So it became half the episode they wrote with Lear and half an episode about the war, and 100% their 100th episode.

Yeah, Lear owns an actual copy of the Declaration, one found fairly recently I believe.

When you say it, it sounds do awesome. But this is actually one of my least favorite episodes. I think I got maybe one laugh if any at all, out of the whole episode. Pretty disappointing for a "100th Episode."

Well, it was kind of confusing for us as well. If I remember correctly, there were TWO 100th episodes that we were working on. There was the aforementioned Lear episode "I'm a little Bit Country" with the big musical number at the end where everyone sings "100 Episodes!!!" and another one that Lear also collaborated on: "Cancelled" which became the fourth aired episode of the run. "Cancelled" was the one starring the Jewsians from outer space, and the taco that crapped ice cream. Because of developments in Iraq, "Cancelled" got pushed back in the queue and "A Little Bit Country" which features a classic moment of Cartman beating a 1776 Sentry to death while singing the theme song to "Dawsons Creek". :lol:

Abranut,

"Cancelled" was the season opener, "I'm a Little Bit Country" was the fourth aired episode of the run.

See? I told you I was confused :lol:. After awhile they sort of blend together.