South Park and the Airline Biz

[Rogue5]

I would like to see that episode again where the weird teacher invented the rolling Greneral-Grievous-like wheel that was putting airlines out of business. Does anyone know what season that was, or what the episode was called?

"The Entity" is episode 511 of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired on November 21, 2001.

Plot synopsis

In the episode, Kyle's cousin, Kyle Schwartz from Connecticut, comes to live in South Park due to his mothers ailing health back in Connecticut. While Kyle was initially excited about seeing his cousin for the first time, he is shocked to see that he is an overly-stereotyped version of a Jew (ie, constantly complaining about everything). Kyle is told by his mother to take care of his cousin, but the children all soon realise that Kyle's cousin is just too annoying to live in South Park with them. Much of this episode then goes on to have the boys constantly trying to get rid of Kyle's cousin, by tying him to the back of a bus while he is on a sled, tricking him onto a plane to Alaska etc. However, Kyle's cousin always finds a way to come back to South Park.

Meanwhile, Mr. Garrison, tired of the inefficient and frustrating airline check ins, decides to invent his own vehicle. Inspired by watching singer Enrique Iglesias's sexualized singing on TV and by gyroscopes, he invents the gyroscope-powered monowheel "IT". "IT" can go up to two hundred miles per hour, gets three hundred miles to the gallon and is an all-around a better mode of travel. The only problem is that it is controlled by an uncomfortable method; using four handles that somewhat resemble erect penises; two used by the hands, one in the mouth and a fourth handle which is inserted into the anus. Despite this unorthodox control mechanism, it is still considered better than the airlines and Mr. Garrison is a smashing success. Even aviation enthusiast John Travolta decides that "IT" "beats dealing with the airline companies."

However the government decides to bail out the airlines from going under because of the "IT". To ensure the airlines dominance as a mode of transport, the government ends up outlawing the "IT" and makes using it a criminal act. As a result, Kyle's cousin, who had invested in the "IT", gets a $5,000,000 bail out payment and decides to return home to Connecticut to take care of his sick mother. Because of this new found wealth, the boys suddenly change their plan and try to get him to stay in South Park. To their surprise, cousin Kyle says that he wants to leave because they are "******************************bags" and calls them rednecks out of a "stereotype catalog". He ultimately leaves, dashing their chances to share in his new wealth. Cartman blames Kyle for his departure, saying the line "Good job, Jew" just before the episode ends.

 

[Huck]

Gemini had a flight mechanic that could do a flawless Cartmann. Sometimes, after the pushback and the captain cleared him off,you'd hear, "Follow your dreams - wherever they will lead you. BEEFCAKE!!!"

 

[Flopgut]

Thanks Rogue! That was the first whole episode I ever watched, became somewhat of a SouthPark fan since then. I'm buying this episode.

*Right at the end of the episode, didn't the IT customers discover that the anus control wasn't hooked up to anything? But they all still agreed that IT was better than airline travel? Absolutely hilarious!

 

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Gemini had a flight mechanic that could do a flawless Cartmann. Sometimes, after the pushback and the captain cleared him off,you'd hear, "Follow your dreams - wherever they will lead you. BEEFCAKE!!!"

Yes ! The David Spade lookalike ! And he was great at imitating Beavis and Butthead as well !

 

[Whine Lover]

Well you see there's more to it than just the Braniff thing...there are many episodes with veiled, and not so veiled, airline references such as that mentioned above.

Also, notice that whenever there IS a drawing of an aircraft it very closely resembles an appropriate aircraft for the scene. Such as a crude rendition of a C-141 in an episode set at a Military Base among others.

These guys seem to know about airplanes/aviation somewhat beyond the scope of the General Public.

I wonder why?


YKW

 

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