Thursday, April 20

"gonna see if I can't unwind..."

Was the best part of my day sneaking home to watch South Park? Even though it was an episode I'd already seen a few times (for some reason only certain brands of burned dvd's work on my laptop) I still laughed. I still thought it was funny. And after a big meal of Easter leftovers and a long day of work and attempts at homework, but before another stint of babysitting, I just wanted something I knew would be entertaining.

Funny thing is, I used to loathe South Park. I've come to realize that loathing was a product of my own inability to understand what the hell that show was about, or in other words, I was being an ignorant, judgmental ass. It would come on and I would leave the room. People would talk about it and I would change the conversation. I was really annoyed by people who said it was better than The Simpsons, which I only marginally appreciated anyhow.

Some might think Eric turned the tide for me with his steady digestion of all things funny and cartoonish, but no, it was my dad. The way it happened was kind of ironic actually. My dad's hard of hearing (on his side it's almost like being hard of seeing; happens to all of us eventually) so he often watches television shows and movies with the captions on. Suddenly, I understood what I had previously declared was "gibberish" and could see what the kids were actually saying and it was funny. I think the first episode my dad wanted me to watch was the spoof of the controversy over that Mel Gibson movie, Passion of The Christ. The first thing I laughed over was the title, Passion of The Jew.

Now when I watch South Park I am familar with the way the kids talk so I don't need the captions to translate for me, though sometimes I do miss some phrases here and there. And, I've found that recently, I enjoy talking about the latest episodes with anyone who'll listen, and I credit it all to my dad.

3 Comments:

At 4/21/2006 3:53 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey darlin', i never knew that happened, that way for you. but, super kewell. i'm tickled
i got my hands on the 7th season boxed set. should i bring it along with me ? lol

 
At 4/21/2006 8:29 PM, Blogger stine said...

YES!

 
At 4/25/2006 1:28 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

will do, darlin'.

 

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