[MD] Hippies

[ian glendinning]

Mike, Ant, Arlo, ...

Which of course brings us to the quality of comedy and satire - and
the other raging news-story. The taboo of "blasphemous cartoons" in
religious fundamentalism.

Humour is essential to progress.

Coud anyone imagine the equivalent of South Park in Iran ?
First move - send in the clowns - I say.

Ian

On 2/3/06, Michael Hamilton <thethemichael at gmail.com> wrote:
> Good job on the quote, Arlo!
>
> Ant: it's probably the best South Park episode. Just wait until you
> see how Cartman disperses the enormous hippie jam festival!
>
> As usual, South Park manages to highlight the defects and general
> stupidity involved with the group or issue in question (in that
> episode, hippies and their tendency to talk big but get too stoned to
> act). However, as has been suggested, there were good aspects as well
> - distinct from hippiedom as the fashion trend it became.
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>
> On 2/3/06, Ant McWatt <antmcwatt at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> > Arlo,
> >
> > >From one MOQ college know-it-all hippie to another...  I haven't seen that
> > episode of South Park you mentioned.  It sounds hilarious!
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Anthony
> >
> >
> > Arlo Bensinger stated February 1st:
> > >
> > >Hi Ant,
> > >
> > >I thought in support of your recent post, I'd include the opening
> > >transcript from the South Park episode, "Die Hippie, Die!".
> > >
> > >+++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >
> > >[An elderly woman's home. Cartman rings her doorbell, and she answers it.
> > >Cartman is dressed in an orange hazmat suit and is carrying a tank of
> > >something on his back]
> > >
> > >Cartman: Hello, ma'am. I'm working to clean up the neighborhood from
> > >parasites. Do you mind if I take a quick look around your house? I'm afraid
> > >you may have hippies.
> > >
> > >Elderly Woman: Hippies?
> > >
> > >Cartman: [walks in and begins to rap the walls with his fist] Yeah, they've
> > >been poppin' up all over the neighborhood lately. Ms. Nelson next door had
> > >seven hippies in her basement; they usually live in colonies. [raps on the
> > >wall and the pitch changes] Hm, I don't like the sound of that. Could I
> > >take a look in your attic?
> > >
> > >[The attic. He opens the door and looks in. He gets out a flashlight, turns
> > >it on, and looks around again. He stops after a few seconds.]
> > >
> > >Cartman: Oh yeah, boy. Take a look at this, ma'am. [she climbs up until her
> > >eyes are level with his] See that? Hippies. [five hippies are sitting in a
> > >clearing in the attic, smoking and laughing.]
> > >
> > >Elderly Woman: Oh my.
> > >
> > >Cartman: These are what we call the uh giggling stoners. Pretty common form
> > >of hippie, usually found in the attics. Problem is, if you see one hippie,
> > >there's probably a whole lot more you're not seein'. Uh, whe-where's the
> > >backyard.
> > >
> > >[The backyard. The elderly lady opens the door and Cartman walks out onto
> > >the back porch]
> > >
> > >Cartman: Yep, that's what I thought. See that? You've got a drum circle in
> > >your backyard. [eight hippies are seen seated around a small campfire
> > >drumming away. Logs are scattered around them]
> > >
> > >Elderly Woman: Oh, well they showed up a few days ago, but I didn't think
> > >they were hurting anything.
> > >
> > >Cartman: Yeah. You know, I had a guy in Jackson county. He had a little
> > >drum circle in his backyard. It turned into a drum circle four miles in
> > >diameter. You get a few hippies playing drums and next thing you know, you
> > >got yourself a colony.
> > >
> > >Elderly Woman: Oh dear.
> > >
> > >[back inside the house]
> > >
> > >Elderly Woman: Oh, well, so, so what do I do?
> > >
> > >Cartman: [goes back to rapping the walls, then stops] Well, your attic
> > >could be so we can fumigate with polymerethane. The drum circle we're gonna
> > >have to gas. [raps again. The wall begins to crack and he steps aside. A
> > >hippie breaks through and falls to the floor. Cartman says under his
> > >breath] Goddamnit! [pulls out a fire extinguisher from his backpack]
> > >
> > >Hippie 1: [dazed and confused, coughing] Whoa, how did I get here? Man, I'm
> > >so high.
> > >
> > >Cartman: Goddamn hippie! [opens fire. Foam spews out from the extinguisher]
> > >
> > >Hippie 1: Whoa, dude!
> > >
> > >Cartman: Get out of here!
> > >
> > >Hippie 1: Not cool! [stands up and looks at Cartman] What's up?! [runs off]
> > >
> > >Cartman: Ma'am, I need to clear out your giggling stoners and your
> > >drum-circle hippies RIGHT NOW, or soon they're gonna attract something much
> > >worse!
> > >
> > >Elderly Woman: Ooooo.what's that?
> > >
> > >Cartman: The college know-it-all hippies.
> > >
> > >+++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >
> > >Heheheheh.... this cracks me up almost as much as Monty Python's Cheese
> > >Shop sketch....
> > >
> > >Arlo
> > >
> > >Cartman: They're not people, they're HIPPIES!
> > >
> >
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