I love exactly how out there South Park will go during some of its satires, always pulling off what seems to be absolutely ridiculous concepts.
Only Matt Stone and Trey Parker could take go from making fun of a Sarah McLachlan commercial to a full-fledged mocking of the NCAA.
So, how did they get there? By giving a lot of crack babies a basketball of crack, of course!
Hey, I don't strike up the rules. I only write them down.
Things started off somewhat subtle. Well, as subtle as a non-profit organization that's extorting its unpaid players to make millions could be. Oh, and did we find it was named the "Crack Baby Athletic Association," or the CBAA. Not to be confused with the NCAA.
That is, until they through subtlety out the window and Cartman met with the President of UC Boulder for a humble slave shop talk.
How do they get by with not paying their players?
Meanwhile, the NCAA wasn't the sole aim of South Park's wrath this week. For some bizarre reason, the second objective was Guns N' Roses guitarist, Slash, and his ubiquitous ability to run at multiple venues.
Outside the guy selling out his likeness to Guitar Hero 3, I can't see out why they picked on this infamous rock star. Somehow, they seemed to pull it off as they fastened it in with the A story for a ridiculous WTH ending.
So while the story was a little more out there than previous satires and not quite as bitterly as it could have been against the NCAA (though some of the slave comments came damn close), it was still a pretty decent episode.
Far from their best episode, but any time you stick Cartman in some suspenders and make him a business owner, you got me laughing. Combine that with turning Kyle into the firm's guilty Jewish accountant and the supply of delicious KFC gravy and you had enough humor to rip off the episode.
Oh, and did you see that not only Baconalia really is going on at Denny's, you can in fact order a Sundae with it as a topping? I'm not proud to say I went to one this past weekend. And no, I did not partake in the sundae.
So, what did you all think of the episode and what were your favorite South Park quotes? And help out a gambling man. Which crack baby team are you betting on this season?
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