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Get teleported back to the late '90s as dirty language and sexually explicit jokes scared the country, and the world was shocked that South Park did a whole musical about it! Yes, we're covering the landmark film South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut as this month's premium podcast. Released just at the height of the show's first era of popularity, we reflect on how of its time this story is, the parts that are pretty dated today, as well as the music that's held up pretty well. It's easy, mmmkay, so listen now to learn everything about South Park's film!

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SilkiePJ

Also I am going to be pedantic, but there have been several R-Rated animated films in the US after South Park: BL&U. Many are limited release or go straight to streaming now, but we do have a few of note like Waking Life, Eight Crazy Nights, A Scaner Darkly, Tower, Anomalisa, It's Such a Beautiful Day, and Hell & Back

talkingsimpsons

You are right about most of these, but to be equally pedantic, Eight Crazy Nights is PG-13. - Henry

SilkiePJ

God, I paused for a second thinking Eight Crazy Nights had to be R, but then I recalled I saw the movie unattended in the theater when I was 14. The MPAA totally allows kids to watch Reindeer poop on screen and also eat poop

Anonymous

As much as I don't like SP now, this was a very nostalgic listen. I was not allowed to watch it, I was only like 6 when the show premiered, but Comedy Central put this movie on at midnight in the summer of 2002. My neighborhood friend was always talking about how good it was so I waited until my folks were asleep and tuned in with a pair of shitty headphones plugged into my tv. I’m a “recovering” SP fan. I fell off around 2013-2014, maybe slightly before. Whenever it was they had all the episodes on their website. Probably for the best considering the hard right they took and the hard left I did. Oh and the whole transitioning thing. Their transphobia would have hurt more if I still cared about the show. Still sucks, but it wasn’t like losing John Cleese.

Kat Heagberg

I really love how y'all cover South Park, because you acknowledge what's shitty and problematic about it while still enjoying what's enjoyable about it. It's really refreshing to not hear people either totally shit on it or totally excuse it, so appreciate the nuanced take. This is one of those movies that I was sure I'd always seen since I'd seen so much pre-2010s South Park, but when my husband and I "re"watched it a year ago it turned out that I'd never actually seen it, and as a former theater kid, I really loved the musical structure, but am also very glad that I didn't actually watch it sitting next to my parents in a theater in 1999. Also, my husband's name is Kyle. He is 32 years old, and yet claims that no one ever sang "Kyle's Mom is a Big Fat Bitch" to him as a child. I find this very hard to believe.

shea dewar

For as much as I can't stand what this show stands for now, I can't help but feel fuzzy when I hear these songs. South Park always had the best songs.

To Boldy Joe... Moore

Cool to hear that "I Can Change" cover song getting some love. Hadn't thought of it in years but I remember really liking it. 😁 Thanks for the great podcasts, guys!

Anonymous

As far as the orchestra having to suffer through doing these kinds of songs, someone's tune must have changed at some point (pun intended). On the South Park YouTube channel, as part of the lead into the 25th season, they were doing cover versions of South Park songs with a 30 piece orchestra with four vocalists for the lyrics. Including a version of Kyle's Mom https://youtu.be/IoUqh5q--MY

Anonymous

Oh boy, finally some extended clitoris discourse on the Talking Simpsons network! Fun and somewhat depressing fact: watching this movie actually taught me the word "clitoris." I was only around 10 or 11 when I saw it (in retrospect, probably a bit too young but kids are always drawn to forbidden fruit) so it's not like I was a full-grown adult that was clueless about my own anatomy, but given the fact that I've always had one, it seems pretty bizarre that it was such a hush-hush topic. Even after seeing the movie, I didn't totally understand what a clitoris was until I learned about it a few years later in a sex ed class. I've met other people who didn't learn what a clitoris was until way later, though, so I guess I'm comparatively lucky. I honestly think it's because the main function is pleasure (god forbid women/AFAB people enjoy sex!) while penises and vaginas can both have more utilitarian uses. And this really isn't even the half of it — the clitoris has a centuries-long tradition of being misunderstood or downright shamed (good article about it here: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-clitoris-uncovered-an-intimate-history/). Fortunately, I feel like that's starting to change. For what it's worth, I hear people (rightfully) mocking straight men who don't know where the clitoris is/what to do with it — or who just don't care — a lot more than they used to. Anyways parents, hope you keep this little anecdote in mind. Teach your kids about their bodies, or Trey Parker and Matt Stone will.

Anonymous

My first comment and it's going to be a Genius at Work one.... Broadway and Off Broadway refer to venue size, not location. Theaters with more than 500 seats are Broadway theaters. Theaters with between 99 and 499 seats are Off-Broadway. Anything less is Off-Off Broadway. So when Henry saw Les Mis he was watching a touring production. (Boy I really hope someone got fired for that blunder) Anyway! It's been years since I properly listened to these songs despite listening to them over and over, even learning the harmonies with a friend, and this making me remember how GOOD they were. It was fascinating to learn that Marc Shaiman had a hand in it and gave the songs so much polish.

nalem

I dragged my poor mom to see this film when I was 12. She was concerned by how amused I was.

Anonymous

I’ll be 37 in June, had to sneak into the movie to see this while visiting my cousins in Detroit lol. Bought tickets to Big Daddy and just walked in and what and amazing experience.