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Summary Of Last Night’s South Park Facebook Episode

-South Park Facebook Icon-As we wrote earlier this week, South Park ran an episode entirely about Facebook last night. The episode riffs on just about every common Facebook complaint that currently exists. We’ve embedded a couple clips from the episode below courtesy of South Park Studios, however if you want to view the entire episode, you can do so here.

The Friendless User

The beginning of the episode starts off by highlighting the problems with having no friends. A 3rd grader named Kip Jordee doesn’t have any friends and hasn’t had any for three months. After feeling bad for Kip, Kyle decides to add him.

Awkward Parents

Stan’s dad tries to add him as a friend. It gets pretty awkward until Stan finally gives in and adds his dad who’s being persistent about being online buddies.

The Relationship Status

Stan’s girlfriend gets angry because his relationship status is set to “Single” despite being in a relationship. He tries to defend it as that was the default status and comes up with excuses but his girlfriend can help but get angry. Later his girlfriend gets pissed off after a random girl comments on Stan’s profile that she “likes his bunny outfit”.

Mad Friends

Cartman hosts his own “Mad Friends” podcast which essentially turns friendships into stock shares. This is probably the best clip I’ve seen from the episode as Cartman attempts to describe his own analysis of social value. The result of the podcast is that Kyle starts getting unfriended after Cartman instructs others to unfriend him because he is no longer cool for adding the “loser” 3rd grader Kip Jordee.

I Need A Friend!

Kyle explains to Stan that he needs help on his Farmville farm after he runs out of friends for being labeled “uncool”.

Conclusion

The episode turns out to be pretty entertaining as it makes a joke about every aspect of Facebook. The episode also makes a quick joke about Chatroulette. If you want to view the full episode you can check it out here.

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4 Comments »

  1. This is just so good.

    No matter what the story, the guys from Southpark get right to the nub of the issue and the humor.

    Quality !

    Comment by kirkoconnor — April 8, 2010 @ 4:50 am

  2. Awesome!

    Comment by mcsee — April 8, 2010 @ 2:56 pm

  3. When my son first suggested that I watch South Park I was a bit disturbed – it was a bit over the top (that's a dad talking)…well not a bit very over the top.

    I was concerned how I (Dad) could watch this with my son. But South Park makes him actually think a bit deeper about social issues and the crude humor is just a vehicle in doing so. Hopefully I taught him that words don't hurt people it's how you say them. And sometimes…funny is just funny and that's okay too.

    Sarcasm pointing out our hypocrisy & flaws as individuals, groups, religions, organizations, & nations is an art form that South Park has created a niche that they now occupy all on their own. Gotta love those writers.

    I'm now a big fan and proud of it, I think :)

    Comment by Dave — April 10, 2010 @ 8:09 am

  4. Way to Go dad. A decade late but still right on that pulse.

    Comment by James Peters — April 12, 2010 @ 12:09 pm

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