MrX

Didn't see a thread for last night's season premiere.

I didn't think it was a bad start, and at least there was hardly any mention of Tegridy.

"My dad listened to Matt Damon and lost all his money"

Noonan

Wasn't a big fan. The Matt Damon jabs were funny but the whole pajamas = mask concept was not very clever.

Did Mr Mackey sound very different to anyone else? Like it was a different actor doing the voice.

Eric F

The streaming rights for this show is a mess. Who is streaming the new season?

dex14

Comedy Central website / app.

Eric F

I don’t have cable, figures, I have all the major streaming services but I can’t watch this. Oh well.

Noonan

You can watch it for free on:

https://southpark.cc.com/

Bill Needle

Pretty much sums up my take.. I also thought Mackey's voice was very off character, which is "mmbad, mmkay?" because his voice is most of his character.

Red Dog

I noticed Mackey's voice change too.

Kind of a meh episode but the Nazi stuff was somewhat amusing.

Eric F

It’s up on MAX, probably delay it for a day.

Didn’t think much of this one, chuckled a bit at Garrison discussing his personal life with the kids, that’s about it. The analogy they were trying to make with the pajamas and masks fell flat with me.

Deftones

that Laurie Berkner pajama song parody

The HBO Max version is so much better without the bleeps.

Edit: I guess that isn't a parody, that is actually a Laurie Berkner song. Even better.

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Bill Needle

When is the episode available on HBO Max relative to when it airs? Simultaneously? Next day? I may start watching it that way instead.

emachine12

Next day.

emanon

Didn't know the answer to this question, but anyone who didn't read it an immediately hear Chef busting into "Simultaneous" really doesn't have a reason to be here.

Rob V

This opener sure didn't have much to laugh about, IMO.

Bill Needle

So much better this week.

Randy and Towelie partying in the barn
Black puppy bitch, black-black puppy bitch
White puppy bitch, black-white puppy bitch
Black puppy bitch, white-black puppy bitch

Josh-da-man

Is it going to be "Tolkien" going forward, or was this just a one-off gag?

Noonan

SP doesn't really do one-offs. It'll be Tolkien going forward, I'm sure.

Much better than last week but I know not everyone is a fan of Randy/Tegrity. I can't get enough apparently.

Jason

The problem with Tegrity is it's ALL Randy does now. He used to be getting into all sorts of shenanigans. Weed jokes can only go so far, especially for those of us who have zero interest in weed to start with.

Noonan

I'd be fine if it wasn't Tegrity-centric. Just inject all the Randy content into my veins.

Eric F

Randy.

Josh-da-man

Yeah, that's my problem with Randy's pot farm.

Randy has always been fickle and mercurial. He's a geologist by trade (which is kind of a boring, normal job) but he tends to get bugs up his ass and develop weird and seemingly short-lived obsessions over various things, and that's where most the Randy humor came from. Now he's just all stoner jokes all the time.

Eric F

It’s not just stoner jokes though. With the eventual nationwide legalization of pot it’s pretty topical social commentary, they just tend to rely on it a bit much. I don’t begrudge them from using it as a plot device.

Deftones

Now Stan's voice sounds different.

ViewAskewbian

I totally noticed it. Like he's lower pitched a bit.

Josh-da-man

Between Token becoming Tolkien and the voice changes, I wonder if they're going to make another "themed" season, this time involving the Mandela Effect.