Rate/Review South Park 1005: "A Million Little Fibers"

[TriforceBun]

Tonight, Towelie becomes famous for writing a novel. What'd you think?

[Homer J Brannigan]

Decent episode. The references to Dog Day Afternoon were great. 3/5

[Faaip de Oiad]

Best episode of this season so far 5/5
"We don't have much time. This is one of the most unstable vaginas I've ever seen."

[Radioactive Man]

I thought this episode was high-larious. Unfortunately, I have a feeling it won't hold up well on repeat viewings. 5/5.

[Semaj]

Weird.

3.0/5

[doyle]

wasn't really feeling it. the character of towelie is really just too thin to base a show around.

2/5

[thrilling bargains]

pun intended?

[Curtis]

ugh where the fuck did this piece of shit episode come from. It wasn't funny at all, one of the worst episodes ever. Seriousley I hated it. 0/5

[Paul]

Another piece of shit episode. Something was missing, what was it...? Oh yeah, South Park. 1/5

[ryan o]

Whoo-hoo! An anti-episode! The first since season five ("Butters' Very Own Episode"), and this one was total Matt and Trey absurdity. Funny, everybody is hating this episode, yet did they really watch it...it kind of hits the sense of humor that SP fans should have right on: Total random, absurd humor. I mean, c'mon, a vagina shooting itself because its friend, the asshole, has been shot and killed is probably one of the funniest things I've seen in a while.

The only thing that brought it down was that the use of Towelie was undermined...

To the people who hated this episode: Sense. Of. Humor. Just enjoy...5/5...

[DotheBartman]

Uneven episode. I don't mind the occasional experimental episode like this ("Butters' Very Own Episode" was great, and I even really liked "Not Without My Anus"), but this just seemed a little pointless I guess, with not enough big laughs. It probably would have helped to pick a more interesting topic, since I personally didn't think the scandal over "A Million Little Pieces" was at all interesting and never really followed it. But the episode was at least decently funny, and it's hard to go wrong with Towelie's voice. 3/5

[Toli]

2/5. This episode was lame and pathetic. The only thing that was enough to give it a two was towelies appearance. "Rest assured I was on the internet minutes after viewing this episode registering my disgust throughout the world". The minge and ass jokes were pathetic as were the lame callbacks to jokes already come and gone.

[Jayrayman]

Didnt care for it that much. C/C+

[Gibbles]

That was pretty bad. Watching one frame of animation for 2 or so minutes with the same type of dialog that has been used way to many times on the show is not exactly topnotch comedy. When two ridiculous personality trait body parts take the centerer stage on an animated comedy show, you know your in trouble.

Only good thing about this episode was that towelie was some what entertaining. The vagina and the ass thing really wasn't very funny and was really just a waste of an episode.

2/5

[SideshowTim]

now i've seen some pretty stupid shit in my 17 years of life. but i can safely say that this episode was the stupidest thing i have ever seen.

7/10

[Adam]

stupid maybe, but south park just jumped the shark.
1/5

[Blythy]

the voice of the asshole just killed me...

4/5

[pat]

i've seen every episode of south park, and that is by far the stupidest one i've ever seen. but i'm definitely not saying it's bad, because stupid south park episodes usually mean pretty good south park episodes. just some of the most ridiculous stuff i've seen, and a lot of it made me laugh pretty hard. but on the other side of the coin, it's hard to base an entire episode around towelie and it got kind of tiring as it went on. still, pretty enjoyable and ridiculously absurd.

3/5

[Tomacco]

That was pretty bad. Watching one frame of animation for 2 or so minutes with the same type of dialog that has been used way to many times on the show is not exactly topnotch comedy. When two ridiculous personality trait body parts take the centerer stage on an animated comedy show, you know your in trouble.

Only good thing about this episode was that towelie was some what entertaining. The vagina and the ass thing really wasn't very funny and was really just a waste of an episode.

2/5

Yeah, I more or less agree. The vag/ass joke was funny when I thought it was meant to just be a weird funny little cutaway, but then when they took up the whole episode, it got really really old and stupid. And I agree, looking at one frame for elongated periods of time was obnoxious, especially since there was nothing to look at aside from a few lines and a couple colors. Weird, pretty stupid episode. Towelie should have had a storyline with the 4 boys.

[D DEBBS]

The Towelie part of the episode: about a B or a C

Oprah: F!!!

[barfly]

"Oprah's going to be ok. I wish I could say the same about her vigina and asshole." That pretty much sums up the style of that episode. Weird, occassionally funny, and too much time spent with no animation. Asshole/vagina thing would have worked much better as a throwaway gag and not the entire episode.

[TriforceBun]

Yikes, what happened? I thought this was a real clunker, all things considered. While I enjoy the occasional unconventional episode (Butters' Very Own Episode, and the unpopular Not Without My Anus), this one simply felt extremely empty, pointless, and...well, boring. Oprah's anatomy had a semi-decent joke near the beginning (symbolizing a limited sex life), but to drag that one joke on and on throughout the episode was a very poor decision, and the dull, still image of the two parts talking made things feel even slower-paced. Though the absurdity of a vagina keeping hostages is somewhat amusing.

That wasn't the only thing wrong, though. The story was simply very slow-paced and uninteresting, and the complete lack of regulars really made the episode feel like something completely non-South Park. Towelie was fun in his debut, but outside of a couple quick jokes, the only real gags with him involved him "getting high"...over, and over, and over, and over...

But yeah, mostly a lazy, uninteresting, forgettable episode all-around. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that this may be my least favorite South Park. Hopefully next week's will be better, as I can hardly imagine it getting worse than last night's.

2/5 D

(On the plus side, I've enjoyed the other eps this season a lot, particularly 1004)

[Mira]

I got small laughs from towlie talking to the weed everytime before he smoked it, but other than that it was one of the worst SP episodes I've ever seen. Not as bad as Bloody Mary, but pretty damn close. Butters very own episode is awesome because Butters is awesome, Towlie isn't. Also, I have to care about the situation/event they're parodying in order for it to be funny. The James Frey book is not an important enough topic for an episode. Umm, this sucked. 1/5

[Rowdy]

The Oprah stuff wasn't funny. However, Towelie pretending that his joints talk to him? Fucking hilarious.

[Semaj]

It felt like a pretty bland spin-off episode. Towelie was good in his first appearance, but I don't think a second was necessary. The Oprah stuff wasn't as funny as it could've been, and it consumed most of what was already a boring story.

If they can avoid killing off more beloved characters, Matt and Trey should just stick to the basics.

[bovine_university]

Ugh, we got a pretty lousy effort this week. I agree with most of what's been said so far, this episode was just bland and uninteresting. Towelie was never a great character to begin with, but I was expecting better since his own episode could have meant new things for his personality. In the end though, Towelie didn't seem or become any more interesting than he was in his previous appearances. I was also hoping for more jokes about Oprah, Geraldo, and Larry King, but even the mockery at their expenses was painfully underplayed. It also didn't help that none of the regular characters were anywhere to be seen, since reuniting Towelie with the kids could have generated some humorous situations. Finally, we have Oprah's private parts talking, which was easily the worst part about this episode. It was funny at first, but the shock value wore off quickly, and after that all of the dialogue became laborous, especially considering that absolutely nothing was done in the animation department to make the scenes more extravagant or memorable (not even an alternating camera zoom between Oprah's front and back). It was a chore to just sit there and listen to all of the conversation and bickering without any visuals, and it just went on and on. I chuckled a little bit once the hostage situation started, and the torches underneath the seats was funny, but other than that all of the jokes were repeated gratuitously. I have to give this lifeless episode a 1/5.

I complain alot that the show tackles too many topical issues and should just try to focus on being silly and funny, but I guess this shows that you should be careful what you wish for.

[deshem]

wasn't really worth making. satire of oprah and return of towelie were both painfully underused and the two body parts chattering away with scottish accents was amusing for one scene and one only. i don't think south park has jumped the shark at all but this was still a horrible episode.

1/5

[Toli]

What would have been logical was to have Towelie become the new school cafeteria chef after being fired from being a waiter. But then again you can't have much logic with a talking towel. Still it would have been funny if he replaced chef and the episode included the four boys. The writer thing made no sense and was just a random idea straight away.

[Blythy]

towelie is voiced by a guy called veron chapman, he a busy guy apparently and can't do regular episodes, so he couldn't replace chef.

[sean]

stupid maybe, but south park just jumped the shark.
1/5


it may be a little soon to declare that they've jumped the shark right now, but if they continue with the quality level that this season has been this episode very well may be viewed as the jumping of the shark in retrospect. there was absolutely nothing funny about it. the satire was pointless and sophmoric. the humor was once again crass seemingly for its own sake. it was just retarded. it struck me as something a grade schooler would write. horrible.

1/5

[Blythy]

it struck me as something a grade schooler would write.

How many grade schoolers do YOU know that would write about a talking vagina and asshole taking people hostage?

[sean]

that actually sounds exactly like the kind of shit my friends and i would come up with back in the 4th grade.

[Son of Bomber]

That was hilarious, another great addition to the 'character specials'. Nice to see they can still do really 'out-there' episodes. That, or they couldn't come up with a good idea and decided to get a little high for inspiration. The stand-off scene was brilliant. 4/5

[The "Urban" Lenny]

Not to say that this episode didn't have it's problems, I thought that the plot between "mingey" and gary took up way too much time in the episode, and the whole idea of a talking vag was stupid and immature, but then again this is South Park we're talking about. I'm actually glad matt and trey didn't do an episode over some hot button, controversial issue (Global Warming, The Mohammed Cartoons, Hybrid Cars, etc.). I miss the days where South Park was more about the humor instead of some political point that matt and trey wanted to make. However, that's not to say that I don't want South Park to not deal with any political issue because the show usually handles satire really well but,in the last few Seasons, it seems like South Park has become way too preachy.Sometimes, I find it refreshing when they don't deal with some controversial issue and just make an episode with stupid humor in it. Towliee really isn't South Park's greatest character, but I think he is pretty funny. As far as having a talking vagina and anus, while I thought it was stupid this was the same show that brought us Mr. Hankey, a talking peice of shit.

Episode Grade: 4/5

[jesse]

pretty lame. gets 2/5 for expressing my feelings on the scandal.

[Ihaveblink]

Horrible season

D+

2/5

[Matt B.]

0/5 It sucked. One of the worst episode ever

[Tomacco]

IMO, this really has been a horrible season. The only episode that has seemed remotely normal to me has been "Smug Alert!". The rest have either under-used characters (Cartman, Kyle, Terrance & Philip were the only regulars in "Cartoon Wars part 2" and then this Towelie thing), or have been too commentary-heavy to even feel like real episodes (Chef is Back, both Cartoon Wars eps). This doesn't even feel like a show anymore. It's become so aimless and random.

[DotheBartman]

God, I hope TriforceBun and I aren't the only ones who are really enjoying the season...honestly, I don't even see that huge a difference between this and the last few seasons in general. The show has gradually changed, no doubt, but I don't know that that's such a bad thing. It would have gotten stale a long, long time ago if it hadn't evolved.

And not that this episode wasn't rather weak....but man, Cartman Gets an Anal Probe? Weight Gain 4000? Jakovasaurs? Cow Days? Freak Strike? It's not like there haven't been terrible/worse episodes before. I'm just not sure where all this hyperbole is coming from, especcially with a show as historically hit and miss as South Park is to begin with.

[TriforceBun]

I do think South Park has been more current-event-based since around the latter half of season 8...but yeah, I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing at all. Personally, if it makes me laugh, and perhaps makes me think a little, I'm one satisfied watcher. The problem with some of the more recent episodes (IMO Trapped in the Closet, Bloody Mary, and now this one) don't have much to do with their premises--I just don't think they're funny overall. Either they lack jokes, or they repeat one or two jokes for the duration of the episode (this has often been a problem in the show, actually, since the beginning).

But anyway, I'm definitely enjoying this season more than last. Having nearly every episode based on a current event does get a bit tiresome, but when they're as well-done as Cartoon Wars (IMO, the best two-parter the show has done), I really don't mind at all. If the show kept pulling out Mecha-Streisands and Jakovasaurs every episode, I doubt it would've lasted past the movie. Matt and Trey are ten years older than they were when the show started, so I'd hope it matured a little.

And I think the spirit of the show is still intact, for the most part. Cartman, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny are still essentially the same characters as they were in the beginning, the town of South Park is still full of incredibly stupid people, wacky, surreal things are still common occurrences, and vulgarity is still used to drive home points in un-subtle, ironic ways.

With that said, I still think this episode was super-weak.

[Green_Peaness]

Here's what a bunch of Led Zeppelin fans think of South Park: http://www.royal-orleans.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=19136

[DotheBartman]

Not intending any offense here, but what exactly is the connection between Led Zeppelin and South Park? I'm sure there's a lot of forums for various topics where there are threads discussing the show (with both positive and negative opinions, as is par for the course with any show that's lasted more than a couple seasons)...I just don't see what's particularly notable about that one. If the board itself was focused around South Park or something else in that general area it would make a lot more sense to link to it to me.




If the show kept pulling out Mecha-Streisands and Jakovasaurs every episode, I doubt it would've lasted past the movie.

God, I forgot about Mecha Streisand....that was the epitome of bad satire, along with Jakovasaurs of course.

And agreed. The show has always evolved and, generally speaking, doing so has been neccesary to for it to stay on the air. If every episode was still just Chef singing and Kenny dying and Cartman telling us all that he's a "going home" right after threatening someone to respect his authoritah....South Park would be merely a forgotten craze now.

[Green_Peaness]

The point of posting that link was to show what "random" people think of the show. Sometimes casual fans are more unbiased and might even see things more clearly than someone with emotional attachments to the show. Plus it's just interesting to see what an average joe thinks.

[DotheBartman]

I see...I think the majority of people here are also casual fans though (otherwise we'd all be at South Park boards). And I don't think there's any board that's truly unbiased or well-representative of overall opinion.

[Gatorgod]

It was kinda OK. They've been running to many super ones lately so I new they had to lose steam eventually

[Imperciph]

God, I hope TriforceBun and I aren't the only ones who are really enjoying the season...honestly, I don't even see that huge a difference between this and the last few seasons in general. The show has gradually changed, no doubt, but I don't know that that's such a bad thing. It would have gotten stale a long, long time ago if it hadn't evolved.


What you are saying is true but I can sort of see what Tomacco is saying. Really, compared to other seasons, there hasn't been any episodes that actually utilised the shows ensemble cast for humour, instead relying on topical social commentary for providing the laughs. I actually thought the Cartoon Wars two-parter was the peak of this season and felt it some of most clever commentary this show did but I can understand why any South park fan who mainly liked the interactions of the four boys won't find it very entertaining. And other than Cartoon Wars, all the other episodes simply haven't been very funny. Chef is back was really clever considering its context but it wasn't very funny with most of its jokes reahshed from old episodes. Really, I think anyone who is unfamiliar with the whole Hayes-Scientology fiasco will just find it plain boring. And to be fair, the first half of season 9 had a better balance of tpical satires and character-based wackiness.

That said, I'll take over this season over season 1's gimmicky pointless episodes any day of the week and based on current status, I am still enjoying this show compared to other animated shows.

[DotheBartman]

What you are saying is true but I can sort of see what Tomacco is saying. Really, compared to other seasons, there hasn't been any episodes that actually utilised the shows ensemble cast for humour, instead relying on topical social commentary for providing the laughs. I actually thought the Cartoon Wars two-parter was the peak of this season and felt it some of most clever commentary this show did but I can understand why any South park fan who mainly liked the interactions of the four boys won't find it very entertaining. And other than Cartoon Wars, all the other episodes simply haven't been very funny. Chef is back was really clever considering its context but it wasn't very funny with most of its jokes reahshed from old episodes. Really, I think anyone who is unfamiliar with the whole Hayes-Scientology fiasco will just find it plain boring. And to be fair, the first half of season 9 had a better balance of tpical satires and character-based wackiness.



That makes some sense, but where I'm confused is that it just doesn't seem like that big of a change to me. Compared to the earliest seasons, where the four boys (and most of the other characters) weren't even distinct enough to have individual plots and only Cartman could even sustain a subplot on his own, then yeah there's a change, but in the last several seasons it seems to me that most of the episodes have basically focused on one or two characters at once instead of having them all be together all the time. Granted doing a whole episode about Towelie (without any regular characters to support him) was probably a bad idea, but still...otherwise I just don't totally see where all the sudden complaining is coming from. And the criticism of "The Return of Chef!" seems overly harsh to me, since I don't really know what people expected; to not comment on such a fiasco at all would have made Parker and Stone seemed gutless (which, for obvious reasons, they don't want) and would have won them ten times as much criticism, and the episode actually blends pretty well with normal episodes considering. If nothing else I think South Park has just become more varied in styles, and the real problem might just be that the seasons (and especcially individual runs) are so short; considering this, there's just no way for them to fit every character and episode type in to please everyone. Even if all five episodes this season were terrible, five episodes is practically nothing; season five of The Simpsons had a rut that was nearly that long, and that's season five of The Simpsons. South Park is more notoriously hit and miss, and with such short runs, and has always gone up and down in quality, so I just think people should be cutting them a little slack instead of crying "shark!" when a few episodes aren't to their tastes.

[Blythy]

South Park is more notoriously hit and miss, and with such short runs, and has always gone up and down in quality, so I just think people should be cutting them a little slack instead of crying "shark!" when a few episodes aren't to their tastes.

In my mind, when a lot of people go on the internet to comment about a show, even if they are self professed "fans", they will go "oh they so jusmped the shark with that episode" just to be elitist. Its almost as if to say "I was a fan way back when, when the show was funny, you new fans don't know anythingI'm better than you etc etc" It happens with everything - southpark, simpsons, star wars and probably everything I don't comment on.

South park is still the same show that "shocks" and does all kinds of stuff, It just has a slightly different approach at the moment - they've been doing this sort of stuff since day one almost - "I learned something today" is used in weight gain 4000 I believe, and the death episode is sort of the current affairs issue type.

To me, south park is consistently funny and pretty much each episode will have me laughing my tits off the first time I see it. just how much depends on the episode.

wait, where was I going?

[Tomacco]

And not that this episode wasn't rather weak....but man, Cartman Gets an Anal Probe? Weight Gain 4000? Jakovasaurs? Cow Days? Freak Strike? It's not like there haven't been terrible/worse episodes before. I'm just not sure where all this hyperbole is coming from, especcially with a show as historically hit and miss as South Park is to begin with.

"Cow Days" and "Freak Strike" are good episodes, and "Weight Gain 4000" was fine for its time. "Jackovasaurs" was a lousy episode all around, but it still offered more variety than this Towelie episode did.

And SP does have a hit/miss nature, but this is the longest stretch I've gone through with the show where I've been more constantly unimpressed with episodes than enjoying them. In the last two runs, "Marjorine", "Trapped in the Closet", "Bloody Mary", "Chef is Back", "Cartoon Wars 1" and "A Million Little Fibers" all range from lacklustre to shit, in my mind. Compare that to a 12 episode streak in, I dunno, season 8 even:

Good Times With Weapons - HUGE HIT
Up the Down Steroid - HUGE HIT
AWESOME-O - HIT
Passion of the Jew - MISS
You Got Fd in the A - HIT
The Jeffersons - HIT
Goobacks - CLOSE MISS
Douche and Turd - HIT
Something WallMart This Way Comes - MISS
Pre-School - HIT
Quest for Ratings - HIT
Stupid Spoiled Whore - HIT

And none of those misses were as bad as recent ones like "Bloody Mary", "A Million Little Fibers" and "Trapped in the Closet". And I don't think we've had any episodes as great as "Good Times With Weapons", for example, since, well, maybe that very episode ("Die Hippie Die" was close though). In seasons 6 and 7 I found the show kept producing new best episodes ever a few times over.

[Imperciph]

Even if all five episodes this season were terrible, five episodes is practically nothing; season five of The Simpsons had a rut that was nearly that long, and that's season five of The Simpsons. South Park is more notoriously hit and miss, and with such short runs, and has always gone up and down in quality, so I just think people should be cutting them a little slack instead of crying "shark!" when a few episodes aren't to their tastes.

But people on the internet are over-cynical bastards. :p A few sub-par episodes or a change in style of the show rarely avoids "shark!" comments from the internet fanbase of the show. In fact your season five of The Simpsons analogy is really appropriate in this matter : doesn't snpp capsules suggest there were similar complaints when Mirkin took over the show and there were few sub-par episodes ?

[Tomacco]

But people on the internet are over-cynical bastards. :p A few sub-par episodes or a change in style of the show rarely avoids "shark!" comments from the internet fanbase of the show. In fact your season five of The Simpsons analogy is really appropriate in this matter : doesn't snpp capsules suggest there were similar complaints when Mirkin took over the show and there were few sub-par episodes ?

I don't think I consider any season 5 episode sub-par.

[DotheBartman]

But people on the internet are over-cynical bastards. :p A few sub-par episodes or a change in style of the show rarely avoids "shark!" comments from the internet fanbase of the show. In fact your season five of The Simpsons analogy is really appropriate in this matter : doesn't snpp capsules suggest there were similar complaints when Mirkin took over the show and there were few sub-par episodes ?

More or less, though a lot of those people had much harsher views than there being "a few sub-par" episodes, especcially since some of them hated much of season four as well. But there was definitely a lot of "jump the shark!" (without that phrase of course) level-hyperbole going on there with episodes like "Homer Goes to College" early on in the season. And even with episodes like Cape Feare...a lot of them were already screaming that the show was slipping, just based on the fact that these specific episodes weren't to their tastes or what they personally expected from the show. The same would happen in the other seasons too, even (or, perhaps, especcially) with "events" that were really obviously not going to suddenly dominate the show like clip shows and whatnot....which actually sort of fits into some of the reactions "The Return of Chef!" got.

And just for the record, the rut I was referring to was the three-episode run of Homer Loves Flanders, Bart Gets an Elephant, and Burns Heir, which is also agreed on by a lot of others as being a mini-rut where the episodes just clearly weren't quite up to snuff (though I don't personally see any of them as being bad exactly).

[Luigi]

Guess I'm really going against the grain on this one. I thought the show was extremely good! It's good once and a while to get away from the kids, I mean you can only handle so many jew jokes a season. I have found in the past 5 years or so South Park is one of my favorite shows, just behind the Simpsons (Didn't like Sundays ep, but thats obviously for a different thread). Bringing back towelie was great, I found the minge and asshole jokes funny as well, especially the voices.

4/5 and i'm looking foward to this weeks ep.

[Rowdy]

Something WallMart This Way Comes - MISS

That's my favorite of Season 8! Brilliant all the way through with nice movie parodies, random sick humor, and social satire all in one bag. Brilliant, I say!

Agreed, however, that "The Passion Of The Jew" was a miss. But it's really the only weak episode for me from that season (which happens to be the last strong season of the series and my personal favorite).

[Disgruntled Goat]

Why all the hate for Jackovosaurs? That was one of my favourite episodes! It had the right amount of chessiness and annoyance but didn't go too far (imo).

Anyway, I though 1005 was an OK episode. Not one of their best, but by no means bad. People these days hate anything that doesn't fit their view of 'normality' for a TV show.

[Postmaster]

I just saw this and first of all I want to check with the fellow brits, that it was supposed to be a scouser accent that asshole had, probably the first time I've seen an american show do that type of britsh accent, which is just hilarious to me.
But other than that it was possibly the weirdest experiment the show has ever done, and it worked to some degree, 3/5.

[jayzamann]

stupid maybe, but south park just jumped the shark.
1/5
That's a call right there.

It says on the Wiki page that A Million Little Fibres is the lowest ranked South Park episode on IMDb, and that is all it really deserves. I really didn't like it. But when the minge and Gary were on the phone, that was a funny scene.

Probably 3.5/10

[Granto]

Oddest episode of any TV show I have ever seen. But I thought it was very funny and the arsehole talking to "Mingy" cracked me up every time

3.5 rounded to a 4/5

[The Sovereign]

Way to dig this one out of the boonies

[Granto]

Figured I'd just seen it, may as well rate and review it