Fri 18 Apr 2008
Disturbing South Park Episodes: #10
Posted by Fox under Countdowns, TV Reviews
It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Let’s get right down to business - South Park is, and has been for a long time, the funniest show on television. If you haven’t checked out South Park Studios, you should. Now. Seriously, go. Okay, wait. Read this post first. Then go.
I was thinking about what makes South Park so special and I couldn’t get past how disturbing it often is. Thus, this list was born - the top ten most disturbing South Park episodes. Crane and I made our lists separately and then combined them with a simple point system to determine our final picks. In the last installment, I’ll post our lists just for the record. As a bonus feature, I’m also including my top twenty favorite episodes, two a day, that aren’t on the disturbing list (with one exception).
Today’s episode, number ten on our countdown is…
10. Cartman Joins NAMBLA

In case you didn’t know, NAMBLA is the North American Man Boy Love Association. But somehow, that on its own isn’t enough. No, it’s the subplot that really puts this one over the top. On one hand, we have Cartman coming dangerously close to getting molested by older men and dragging the other boys down the same path, and on the other? We have Kenny trying to prevent his mom from having another kid to the point of trying to make her miscarry and instead causing his father to spew shit, puke, and blood, often in rapid succession. If one doesn’t get to you, the other will. Watch this episode.
Fox’s Favorites:
20. The New Terrance and Phillip Movie Trailer

From Tugger’s attempted suicide to Chef’s TV to the problem with going to Butters’s house, everything in this episode is gold. Watch this episode.
19. Le Petit Tourette

I could give a lot of reasons why I love this episode, all very valid, I assure you, but I have to be honest here - the reason this one’s on the list is because of Craig. If everyone else found him as funny as I do, I’d be so happy… Watch this episode.
