Dickinbaus was easily my favorite episode this season. Of course, I'm a sucker for Butters centric episodes though. He's just easily my favorite character in the show.
I love how it blew up in Cartman's face. Kenny and Butters made bank, while Cartman walked away with nothing. Also parallels the post-Covid special, since we know that Kenny, Butters, and Jimmy end up becoming the richest out of all the South Park Elementary alum when they grow up. Butters's work ethic especially parallels it since we know he ends up becoming a businessman.
@@mattjayce2339 in the new future butters did end up looking like he got the short of the stick however, in both futures he didn't get the best, but a server in a restaurant is 100% a better career decision than an NFT salesman
Sharon chastising Stan "What have I told you about playing Warhammer on the kitchen table?" also means that Stan, in his geeky way, had been low-key rebelling against his mother all spring break. If only Randy could have appreciated it.
I looked at it more like Randy tried to get stan off the table for a little while and did all those crazy things and Sharon straight up says "You can't play on the kitchen table" showing us how simple it really was.
It really shows how making South Park has become less about making a good show and more about having fun for Trey. The character was just distracting, I figured I had missed a plot point from some other episode when it appeared cause it stood out so much.
@@SwordHandler222 I mean a lot of the newer episodes have been pretty good quality wise, if they're having fun with the series it just means more good episodes to come.
Personally I thought Worldwide Privacy Tour was one of the best episodes they’ve ever done. There is a bit that almost no one has caught but it’s brilliant. Notice how the Prince only does drum fills when he practices as opposed to actually playing a grove. It’s such a deep implication that he never played with anyone.
I thought that episode was the worst. Nobody cares about the royal family. It could have been a good bit but didn't really need to be a whole episode, especially since there are only 6
That episode was the most pathetic and shallow one. The claim that's been made that Prince Harry and Meghan complained has already been shown to be a total lie made up by media. Some people just like the misogynoir culture war.
Surprised they haven’t done one with them already considering they’re perfect to bounce off of. Tolkien is from a rich black family that often feels the need to act a cut above the rest thanks to stereotypes while Kenny’s family are poor as dirt white trash, with the parents openly abusing their kids without a hint of shame
This really feels like a return to form for South Park and I love it. That line “A Lord of the Rings prequel?! What were you thinking?!” straight up had me laughing for a good three minutes.
One thing I think Dickinbaus commented on that you didnt go over was how the laziness of managers is also to blame. You can’t start a business, eat expensive mustard, and live a rich-lux life and expect your workers to be motivated to work for you. Butter’s basically became the owner at that breaking point, and his passion rather than desire for money saved the restaurant.
It's really nice to see Kenny and Cartman have their own episode after they'd been distant in past seasons. The boys used to be structured like Stan and Kyle are friends, Kenny and Cartman are friends, and because Stan and Kyle get along with Kenny they sort of just *end up* hanging out with Cartman. So, reinforcing Kenny and Cartman's friendship was both sorely needed and refreshing.
I think my favourite thing about this come back is the approach to having smaller arc's. I think a lot of people are sick of tegridy/think its overstayed its welcome but i think cartman's hotdog arc was just the right length. It was funny had got a good few laugh's but ultimately didn't drag on/completely over stay it's welcome. I hope that they do more mini arc's like that for other characters and continue experimenting with the status quo
I’m so upset this was a short season. I know why (the specials and such) but considering they can pump these out with incredible quality in just a week, makes me wish for more. Maybe it’s just me being greedy, but I feel like we just didn’t get enough.
@@azure2635 lmao back then it was nun hit 12+ episodes n it was all quality, the guys are just somewhat greedy still luv their shit though , I’m taking a guess ur young so I’m not surprised
This was a brilliant way to put all your thoughts together and reusing the breakdowns in this way doesn’t feel like a “compilation of videos.” Keep up the great work dude!
It should be known, Trey’s high school teacher, who Garrison is based on, passed away a few months ago. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Mr Garrison explored through a more grounded perspective because the teacher himself was well rounded, grounded but silly enough to accept the fact he was Garrison. Just a bit of info from an Evergreen local.
I think the funniest thing about trump is that he actually exists in south park, but since garrison was president, that means trump is just looking at garrison's campaign and is like, "something doesn't feel right..."
My one issue with Dickinbaus is that one of Cartmans like, 2 positive character traits is hes really, really good at being a manager. He was very effective running a Parental Revenge Center, he ran a effective burger store with Kyle that one time. He's pretty good at organizing the kids to do stupid shit, Cartmans really good at getting stuff done as long as he actually wants to do it. Dickinbaus is like the one time he was absolutely useless at running a business. Normally hed have made a million and lost it all over some weird plot point about Kosher hotdogs and not being willing to hire a rabbi or something weird.
There was also the failing amusement park he bought in an earlier season where he turned it around into a hugely profitable one before getting himself screwed over by selling it and never doing any proper paperworks as its owner which gets the IRS on his ass and ultimately leaves him in debt at the end of the episode.
I see it as Cartman choosing not to take it seriously and instead manipulating Butters to do the work for him. He can get shit done if he want's to, and what he wanted to do, was have Butters do all the work.
@@SteenbergGaming yeah, but he DIDN'T want to make the amusement park a business he wanted it to he his personal playland. He actively hated making the park a business again to pay for security and repairs and he was actively limiting attendees and that was what made it successful.
Toilet paper is made mostly from excess pulp that gets made from the sawdust and branches that timber companies don’t use. We cut down trees pretty much ONLY for timber. There is enough sawdust and other plants to make paper out of, visit a paper plant.
And of course wood is a renewable resource. The people that own woods don’t want a one time payout, they’re interested in continued income. And for that they need constant wood. So they plant new trees for the ones they cut down, to ensure a continuation of timber. And we all know trees create oxygen, so in a way, using more paper is encouraging the planting of more green trees!
I think the Andrew Tate "copout" (rename, w/e) is because he technically hasn't been convicted, so it might be legally irresponsible to put it directly in the episode.
Try 12 asking :Can you please make a spoiler free video about why people should watch bojack horseman?, i recomended it alot of my friends but alot of them arent convinced that its worth to watch. :/
I tried to watch it and, I'm sorry, I just couldn't get into it. I respect its originality, a friend of mine really enjoys it. I don't hate it exactly but I think it's kinda boring and most of its jokes just didn't hit with me. I like the actor that voiced over Bojack, happy for his sake the series was a hit. Didn't care for it, but it wasn't fingernails on the chalkboard cringe for me either.
@@davidcatlett4052 even the creator of the show said that if he could change one thing then it's the first episodes, they don't tease enough what's gonna happen and wich direction the show will take, but that would have also hurt the "wow" Moment. This is a show about depression and life. Try to get past the first season
I really enjoyed the Japanese toilet episode, I was in the hospital recovering after nearly dying from Covid, it was a definite mood lifter after waking up for the first time in days and seeing a good new South Park episode
Stan is also mentioned in prior seasons with episodes like “freemium gaming” as having addiction problems and using board games to deal with it. So in the episode “Spring Break” him playing board games is Stan’s version of rebelling and having a “Wild bender” of a spring break
@@nickrustyson8124 that would make sense! if your family has a history of addiction, you can be more susceptible. It's why I'm super cautious of alcohol
I always thought it was cool they kept up with that! Like even in a season 23 episode the one where strong woman enters a competition, Eric, Stan, Butters, Clyde, and Scott have a game club and Eric was upset over stuff and Stan just started naming off a bunch of games and Kyle was like ‘dude you’re really into board games’ lol super funny he really did have a wild week
This season was great! Honestly a note I have is that I hope going forward we have a good solid episode that stars the main four as a group. I’d kinda like to see another Stan and Kyle focused episode soon too.
I don’t watch South Park but I have started watching all your breakdowns because my fiancé does and I am a big fan of your adult animation breakdowns (like the BoJack videos)
i hit send too early on my comment, but now when my fiancé watches the show and wants to talk about the episodes with me, it’s a lot easier because he’ll start explaining to me the premise and i’m like “oh no i don’t need the background, i watched a Johnny 2 Cellos video about it” and then it helps him to tell me his thoughts without needing to synopsis. Your explanations almost make me want to watch South Park.
@@catears_jpg577 you should! I always recommend starting from season 5 and just continuing onward from there. You can watch the early seasons later but it’s kinda hard to get into if you start with seasons 1-4 imo
This is the first season in a while that I've watched all of, and all of the episodes are good. It had a good balance of humor, commentary, and also showing the characters as characters, instead of just a vehicle for the commentary.
I felt the same thing! And, the endings now are kinda more “wholesome” than before, a lot more paybacks to the characters like cartman and randy. They are also exploring new characters, it feels like they are trying to focus more on the show and its worldview and character development:-D
@@imsoconfused7684 That's something I appreciate too. There is a level of heart to it too, with how they treat the characters. Even the "bad guys" are getting a chance to grow and develop.
For sure the quality of episodes have been better this year. Although, I feel like creators like you, and Blooms have helped get people interested again. You guys put out good commentary on an already phenomenal show. I know you reinstalled my love for the show, so I just want to say thank you.
Honestly, thinking back to the longer seasons we used to get, I'm glad these ones are short now. Yes, long seasons had some peak South Park in them, but there were plenty of season where the episode quality varied heavily. I feel like the fact that they don't have to make as much content allows them to focus on just the best ideas. Some of the best UK TV shows were only around 6 episodes a season, I think it's really a case of quality over quantity. The specials are cool too, I like having the format variety and it makes the show very unique compared to other shows. With all the legal trouble, it's hard to say if they'll keep doing them in the future. I hope at least that the specials format lives on in some capacity, if it can't be exclusive to Paramount or whatever happens.
You know what really makes me confused is Trump was actually a character in an earlier season episode. The one where garrison makes a new mode of transportation and has an investors meeting and trump is in attendance. Kinda funny they turned Harrison into trump
That was before Trump made a complete ass out of himself on the global stage. He was too toxic even for Matt and Trey, so they had Garrison kill him off and fill in. Nobody was expecting him to actually win the election.
the jump in numbers is because south park clips on tiktok started to get a bunch of traction, and unlike family guy when it was huge on tiktok, south park clips make you want to go and watch more south park to get the context of the crazy stuff that’s happening in them, and a lot of young people use tiktok and most of those people are also on youtube so the traction that it gains on tiktok would translate onto youtube
28:30 is where there fact that i was high elevated this entire episode for me holy and it was really entertaining and the jokes being intertwined to the topic at hand made this feel like episodes of a show
I enjoyed Season 26, the satire felt more natural and the small chunks of serialisation through out the episodes kept the show from becoming too obvious or played out (for me at least). 8/10 exited for the upcoming specials and your thoughts on them.
it's interesting that the main opinion i see is "we need to stop ai it's gonna take our jobs" and not "we need to restructure society and let ai take our jobs" ai and robot workers SHOULD be taking over for us. what we need now, I think, is high taxes on businesses and some form of safety net for us average citizens, we're getting to the apex of society where soon capitalism won't work anymore because we just won't have enough jobs left for humans. so instead of trying to find ways to keep ourselves in the rat race of empty work and dead end jobs, we should prepare to replace ourselves.
Wasn't a big fan of Cupid Ye and especially The World Wide Privacy Tour, but after that the season really kicked in for me and I loved the other episodes. My favourite was definitely Dikinbaums Hot Dogs but I'd probably need to rewatch them before ranking the others
Same those two episodes I didn’t care about but I Cupid ye was definitely better than privately tour imo. It was trying too hard in my opinion so I couldn’t laugh
@@iBloodxHunter yeah, I found it kinda too obvious and not that funny with its commentary, but I wouldn't call it terrible. It's far from South Park's best but I still liked some parts of it
When I was complaining about AI driving potentially taking away trucking jobs when I was a trucker I got told by artist to learn to code. Hey artist "learn to code You're getting phased out 😊"
@@Synthpopper Nah, running from the future isn't progressive. Compete with the currently inferior product, make your deadlines, don't leave people on hold for pricing, work on customer service. Heck human artist may be something extraordinary again given the new push.
Personally, I think that South Park as well as Trey and Matt, have done well remaining popular after so long whereas other animated shows (The Simpsons and Family Guy specifically) have outstayed their welcome for FAR TO LONG, it just goes to show that South Park will hopefully never lose their edge.
Worldwide privacy tour was my absolute favourite episode in the past couple of years, proper classic in my eyes it even made my dad turn on south park for the first time in years
Personally Cupid Ye, Japanese Toilet, DikenBaus Hotdogs and Spring Break was my favourites, the other two were really great too. My favourite bit was Randy swinging from the chandelier in Spring Break, still gives me the giggles. 😂
Somthing about Jonny's voice just makes me happy. The dude is so upbeat and uplifting. I want him to follow me around and narrate my life, it would legit be an effective antidepressant 🤣
On talks about the AI episode; I'm a 3D Modeler/Game developer. We've used AI tools for years in software to help with rotoscoping, motion capping, and code blocks. Many people see the aid tools as generative, and while theoretically they are generating a mesh, armature, motion, they're not a full-scaled body of art generation tool. It's typically components used for storyboarding and creating a concept before taking to production. Nothing will beat human creativity and ingenuity in any kind of media made to appeal to.. humans. lol. What bothers me is fully-generative AI art. Art is extremely nuanced, symbolic, and need massive mental leaps to create links to things that appeal. While an AI can generate a gorgeous color palate and wonderful looking base- it is at its core a generation of someone elses work, mashed with someone elses work, matched with someone els- you get it. I've heard the argument that humans are similar and create their art based on learning over time, copying others. But this isn't entirely the same. We don't have exact generation capabilities that takes a production piece and super-glues it together. We learn based on our inspirations, adapt, and create new ideas. This is why most artists are not specifically afraid; but irked by the tech being what it is. For personal use on generating concepts that will never see the light of day? I don't care. But at the same time artists that take commissions are having to figure out how they can keep up with something instant. We're no longer relied on. Thank god 3D Generation is still absolutely god-awful, and the topology is unusable. But I hold 0 illusions that it will get to the point where my profession is more under threat as well. The good parts of AI Chat are that it is a consolidated Wikipedia-esque answering machine for any question you can think of. Using it to ask "Give me a list of resources for this incredibly obscure thing.." and if you don't understand it? "Explain how step 3 works in as much detail as possible.." It's a legitimate tool of information gathering if you know how to use it; since all it does is scrape the internet for information. Is it always correct? Absolutely not. But it may give you references to information that you'd have never known about due to the sheer size of the internet. It's a modern library at its core. Use it like anything else with a responsible mindset and you can really have a great experience. Use it for exploitation.. and you may learn what it's like to be burned.
On your point about the Prince and Princess having lived in Cartman’s house not being mentioned. It can brought up later as a tidbit in a future episode. Maybe mentioning that the house had gone up in value as former celebrity house would be a nice way for Lianne to put Eric in his place. Or simply a visual gag of the Cartman house having a historical plaque by the front door would be pretty funny.
My favorite recent episode of South Park was Basically Cable which focuses on Scott Makleson who of course is diabetic and since I’m diabetic I love it even more
When I think about how South Park might fill those obligitory episodes to HBO, I think back to when The Rolling Stones wanted to change record labels, but still owed the suits one final song, so they recorded an unreleasable song called Cocksucker Blues, which is a stone cold banger.
May I say an unpopular opinion? Okay. I hate Randy and I seriously skip all episodes with him in it. He's not funny or entertaining. I think South Park should keep focusing on the kids like they have been recently, not the Tegrerty Farms bullshit plotline. Have one or two episodes which I gladly like with the new season but an entire plotline? Yeah no. Boring to me. Thank you and I will be hiding in my hidey hole for safety to not get absolutely bashed. Loved the videos, Johnny!
In regards to the conspiracy theory; Matt Stone has made it _abundantly_ clear that he knows who it is that's keeping his bread buttered, and to appreciate his circumstantial success... 6 Days to Air used the analogy of van Halen; their creative engine being primarily Eddie with the writing songs and lyrics, but without DLR, it just isn't VanHalen. (Matt is David Lee Roth, Trey is Eddie.) But I don't see ANY scenario where Matt rocks that boat.
I love how they wrote Garrison in to Trump, and actually stuck with it when he got elected. It would have been much easier going forward if they'd written that out, but they didn't, and though it was laborious, I think it was worthwhile. Now that the election is getting ever closer, I am really curious how this will all shape up in the show.
"AI in aid of human expression is fine. AI replacing it? No.." My already existing respect for Johnny just shot through the roof. Well said! Keep being awesome!
I’m so glad you’re getting the attention you deserve! A lot of the fan base of sp now days is more kids that come from tiktok,I guess you find out about South Park one way or another but it is a little sad how new gen found out only through tiktok
I saw the shamen in the AI episode as a message on; “It’s impossible to differentiate AI from human if it’s doing its job”. Kind of a superstition is the only option thing.
Your videos got me Interested in South Park again. I went back and caught up on the series and rewatched quite a few seasons. Thanks for the content. Keep it coming. Your videoed help me appreciate aspects I didn’t consider before and at times reinforced others for an overall better viewing experience. Keep it coming
I love South Park because they're more then meta. It ain't always been like so but that's okay unlike most meta tv series they actually talk about topics that actually matter and i love how you johnny2cellos See's it how I do I really appreciate your videos on south park😊
32:37 “Art requires human experience, & I’ll never waiver on that opinion.” The WGA & SAG-AFTRA agree with you. Hopefully something similar can be done for animation & voice actors
im just getting back into south park after being away from it for a good number of years, and i think what got me back was hearing about the quality of some of the new stuff. there was a while when south park wasn't that notable but I'm glad to see they're back in a place where people are talking about it. also i finally picked up the video games after being vaguely interested since they came out 😂
Now THIS is how you adapt to change and actually commentate about current issues without sounding preachy. I really need to get back to watching this show again.
Joel Haver using AI rotoscoping: makes his own keyframes, and tells his audience to draw their own as well Corridor: Straight up uses some other anime. draws none of their own keyframes. doesn't tell others to draw their own.
How come the boys never act like as a group anymore? In older seasons an episode like DickinBalls would have all 4 boys act together, it would have Stan and Kyle feature in some way. They didn't even speak after the first sence, feels like the broship broke down
Well Stan and Cartman moved away, now cartman is poor like Kenny and just as manipulative to butters. Now Stan hangs out with Token since they're neighbors and now Kyle is friends with both of them. Now that Cartman moved back and Kenny got more focus this season maybe there will be more of them as a group in the upcoming specials
i think your take on AI still really resonates today. it’s a great point- AI has been used for ASSISTANCE for years (predictive text, etc) but the second it replaces creative things, like art or writing, it’s almost like the soul has been sucked out of it. great video.
season 26 was neat, more balanced compared to season 25 and having more episodes focused on the characters that also happen to have references to current topics, my ranking would be Dikinbaus hot dogs Deep Learning Japanese Toilet Spring Break Cupid Ye Worldwide privacy tour
In regards to ChatGPT, I sincerely thought Stan would have to fight against the AI program and learn a lesson about being more cognitive in his relationship à la the Facebook episode where he fights the embodiment of FB. But because they've done that in the past, would it feel like they'd be rehashing it?
If Matt Stone is the only one credited, it only reaffirms THAT belief. Regarding the Megan Markle episode, MOST people believe the other way around, where the royal family is MUCH better than THAT pair.
You mentioned stan and Wendy’s odd relationship and the fractured but whole, I just finished that game last week, I noticed something odd about Wendy in the game. Her character sheet identifies her as gender-fluid (clearly referencing Wendell in cissies) and polysexual. Her combat dialogue involves flirting with multiple of the boys, but mostly the new kid
I loved the World Wide Privacy Tour. But Meghan Markle didn’t say anything to the press after the episode. It was just so many people going “you’re so mad” at nothing
I wouldn't say everything has been good, but it's been a lot better than the past couple of seasons. The Spring Break episode definitely is Randy being is good old drunk self
Dickinbaus was easily my favorite episode this season. Of course, I'm a sucker for Butters centric episodes though. He's just easily my favorite character in the show.
I love how it blew up in Cartman's face. Kenny and Butters made bank, while Cartman walked away with nothing. Also parallels the post-Covid special, since we know that Kenny, Butters, and Jimmy end up becoming the richest out of all the South Park Elementary alum when they grow up. Butters's work ethic especially parallels it since we know he ends up becoming a businessman.
@@mattjayce2339 in the new future butters did end up looking like he got the short of the stick however, in both futures he didn't get the best, but a server in a restaurant is 100% a better career decision than an NFT salesman
@@orcashamudeluxeu567 he ended up becoming the owner of the restaurant. So not just a server.
@@mattjayce2339 oh really? shit good for him
I thought it was pretty terrible
Sharon chastising Stan "What have I told you about playing Warhammer on the kitchen table?" also means that Stan, in his geeky way, had been low-key rebelling against his mother all spring break. If only Randy could have appreciated it.
You missed the point completly
@@chabbab6698 That Sharon forgave Randy's bodycount without a word, but chided Stan for such a harmless offense? Nah, I got that joke.
That why I like stan
@@chabbab6698 you missed the irony completely
I looked at it more like Randy tried to get stan off the table for a little while and did all those crazy things and Sharon straight up says "You can't play on the kitchen table" showing us how simple it really was.
Betsy is actually voiced by treys daughter! And when she was recording her lines she actually added in the you herself!
No one cares kid
It really shows how making South Park has become less about making a good show and more about having fun for Trey. The character was just distracting, I figured I had missed a plot point from some other episode when it appeared cause it stood out so much.
so is ike hahahaha
@@SwordHandler222 I mean a lot of the newer episodes have been pretty good quality wise, if they're having fun with the series it just means more good episodes to come.
Lol good to know, when i first saw her i thought "whose self insert got into rhe show"
57:10 here in the UK you could definitely tell worldwide privacy tour had a huge impact on getting people back into the show
Chippy?? I did not expect to see you here.
Atleast they're keeping it fresh :D
australia too
Ayy
Hello South Park enthusiast!
Personally I thought Worldwide Privacy Tour was one of the best episodes they’ve ever done. There is a bit that almost no one has caught but it’s brilliant. Notice how the Prince only does drum fills when he practices as opposed to actually playing a grove. It’s such a deep implication that he never played with anyone.
yeah, i laughed so hard when they were on a talk show and they said princess new book ,,Weh""
I thought that episode was the worst. Nobody cares about the royal family. It could have been a good bit but didn't really need to be a whole episode, especially since there are only 6
That episode was the most pathetic and shallow one. The claim that's been made that Prince Harry and Meghan complained has already been shown to be a total lie made up by media. Some people just like the misogynoir culture war.
@L F you might not care about them but a lot of people do
@@gintaregasiunaite5948 "WEH" fucking killed me.
I hope Tolkien gets an episode with Kenny in the future. Kenny is the only member of the boys to not get an episode with Tolkien.
Surprised they haven’t done one with them already considering they’re perfect to bounce off of. Tolkien is from a rich black family that often feels the need to act a cut above the rest thanks to stereotypes while Kenny’s family are poor as dirt white trash, with the parents openly abusing their kids without a hint of shame
Tolkien…ahh…using the “new” spelling, eh?
COOL
@VeryTaylor yeah wtf he talking about
@VeryTaylor Token's name was retconned into "Tolkien" in that newer episode. Look it up, newbie.
@VeryTaylor but it did..?
This really feels like a return to form for South Park and I love it.
That line “A Lord of the Rings prequel?! What were you thinking?!” straight up had me laughing for a good three minutes.
Your corny
It's even better if you remember that Kyle is like 9 or 10, so that means he made that before he was born
@@nickrustyson8124
I think they mean The Rings of Power, but the Hobbit trilogy works just as well.
The chat gpt episode is easily a top 3 episode for me. I'm such a huge fan of the druid with a falcon dedicated to combating AI, it's so sick
One thing I think Dickinbaus commented on that you didnt go over was how the laziness of managers is also to blame. You can’t start a business, eat expensive mustard, and live a rich-lux life and expect your workers to be motivated to work for you. Butter’s basically became the owner at that breaking point, and his passion rather than desire for money saved the restaurant.
It's really nice to see Kenny and Cartman have their own episode after they'd been distant in past seasons. The boys used to be structured like Stan and Kyle are friends, Kenny and Cartman are friends, and because Stan and Kyle get along with Kenny they sort of just *end up* hanging out with Cartman. So, reinforcing Kenny and Cartman's friendship was both sorely needed and refreshing.
Butters is the 5th boy
I think my favourite thing about this come back is the approach to having smaller arc's. I think a lot of people are sick of tegridy/think its overstayed its welcome but i think cartman's hotdog arc was just the right length. It was funny had got a good few laugh's but ultimately didn't drag on/completely over stay it's welcome. I hope that they do more mini arc's like that for other characters and continue experimenting with the status quo
Did i miss the episode where cartman got his massive breasts removed or was that just in the specials and was reverted once the season started??
🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
@@Animegirllover837 anime boy over here calling someone a nerd...that's wild
@@Animegirllover837 take a look in the mirror 💀💀💀
"cartmans hotdog was just the right length" ..... phrasing
I’m so upset this was a short season. I know why (the specials and such) but considering they can pump these out with incredible quality in just a week, makes me wish for more. Maybe it’s just me being greedy, but I feel like we just didn’t get enough.
no i agree 100% it was so good
quality over quantity
@@azure2635doesn't mean anything when before they have us have higher quality and higher quantity
The why is contract fuckery.
@@azure2635 lmao back then it was nun hit 12+ episodes n it was all quality, the guys are just somewhat greedy still luv their shit though , I’m taking a guess ur young so I’m not surprised
This was a brilliant way to put all your thoughts together and reusing the breakdowns in this way doesn’t feel like a “compilation of videos.” Keep up the great work dude!
Thank you! Glad it came across that way!
It should be known, Trey’s high school teacher, who Garrison is based on, passed away a few months ago. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Mr Garrison explored through a more grounded perspective because the teacher himself was well rounded, grounded but silly enough to accept the fact he was Garrison.
Just a bit of info from an Evergreen local.
I love how Spring Break has this underlying theme that both Garrison's and Randy's partners help them being better versions of themselves.
Great season! I'm really glad Kyle let them release it.
Nice
I think the funniest thing about trump is that he actually exists in south park, but since garrison was president, that means trump is just looking at garrison's campaign and is like, "something doesn't feel right..."
He got killed off in "Where My Country Gone." Or a Canadian version, at least.
My one issue with Dickinbaus is that one of Cartmans like, 2 positive character traits is hes really, really good at being a manager. He was very effective running a Parental Revenge Center, he ran a effective burger store with Kyle that one time. He's pretty good at organizing the kids to do stupid shit, Cartmans really good at getting stuff done as long as he actually wants to do it. Dickinbaus is like the one time he was absolutely useless at running a business. Normally hed have made a million and lost it all over some weird plot point about Kosher hotdogs and not being willing to hire a rabbi or something weird.
I guess in a way, when he REEEECHED THEEEESE KEEEEEEDS was another sign of his excellent people-managing skills.
There was also the failing amusement park he bought in an earlier season where he turned it around into a hugely profitable one before getting himself screwed over by selling it and never doing any proper paperworks as its owner which gets the IRS on his ass and ultimately leaves him in debt at the end of the episode.
I see it as Cartman choosing not to take it seriously and instead manipulating Butters to do the work for him.
He can get shit done if he want's to, and what he wanted to do, was have Butters do all the work.
@@SteenbergGaming yeah, but he DIDN'T want to make the amusement park a business he wanted it to he his personal playland. He actively hated making the park a business again to pay for security and repairs and he was actively limiting attendees and that was what made it successful.
Toilet paper is made mostly from excess pulp that gets made from the sawdust and branches that timber companies don’t use.
We cut down trees pretty much ONLY for timber. There is enough sawdust and other plants to make paper out of, visit a paper plant.
And of course wood is a renewable resource.
The people that own woods don’t want a one time payout, they’re interested in continued income. And for that they need constant wood.
So they plant new trees for the ones they cut down, to ensure a continuation of timber.
And we all know trees create oxygen, so in a way, using more paper is encouraging the planting of more green trees!
I think the Andrew Tate "copout" (rename, w/e) is because he technically hasn't been convicted, so it might be legally irresponsible to put it directly in the episode.
There’s no technically, hasn’t been charged either
@Gino Maurino they detained him for several weeks on the basis of various crimes. While not charged, he is under suspicion and detained.
Homestuck In 2023 punched me in the teeth
@@scarletnight1077 lmao.
@@Duneboy13 Well... he is charged for being a POS lol fuck tate
These episodes have been incredible, can’t wait for more South Park
🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
@@Animegirllover837 haha, nice
@@Animegirllover837 “animegirllover” 🤓
@@a3vee Maybe he gay?
This was such a big improvement over the last several seasons. I don't even dislike those episodes, but these were so much better.
Try 12 asking :Can you please make a spoiler free video about why people should watch bojack horseman?, i recomended it alot of my friends but alot of them arent convinced that its worth to watch. :/
No
I tried to watch it and, I'm sorry, I just couldn't get into it.
I respect its originality, a friend of mine really enjoys it. I don't hate it exactly but I think it's kinda boring and most of its jokes just didn't hit with me.
I like the actor that voiced over Bojack, happy for his sake the series was a hit.
Didn't care for it, but it wasn't fingernails on the chalkboard cringe for me either.
@@MegaScuffy are You Johnny?
@@davidcatlett4052 even the creator of the show said that if he could change one thing then it's the first episodes, they don't tease enough what's gonna happen and wich direction the show will take, but that would have also hurt the "wow" Moment. This is a show about depression and life. Try to get past the first season
@@Knight_with_gun nope im god
I'm so happy that the south park renaissance is happening again!
Corny
@@Animegirllover837 Okay animeboy 💀
it'll never die
@@Davidfanpage your black get a job
I really enjoyed the Japanese toilet episode, I was in the hospital recovering after nearly dying from Covid, it was a definite mood lifter after waking up for the first time in days and seeing a good new South Park episode
Stan is also mentioned in prior seasons with episodes like “freemium gaming” as having addiction problems and using board games to deal with it. So in the episode “Spring Break” him playing board games is Stan’s version of rebelling and having a “Wild bender” of a spring break
Now that I think of it, the Marsh Men might have addiction problems because Stan, Randy, and Grandpa all had episodes on their addictions
@@nickrustyson8124 that would make sense! if your family has a history of addiction, you can be more susceptible. It's why I'm super cautious of alcohol
I always thought it was cool they kept up with that! Like even in a season 23 episode the one where strong woman enters a competition, Eric, Stan, Butters, Clyde, and Scott have a game club and Eric was upset over stuff and Stan just started naming off a bunch of games and Kyle was like ‘dude you’re really into board games’ lol super funny he really did have a wild week
That's why i'll never touch Opiates, i have had immediate family get addicted to it during the Opiate epidemic
I wish they’d do full seasons again. The specials are great extras but not at the expense of shortening the seasons themselves
I think they’re just trying to speedrun their contract
This season was great! Honestly a note I have is that I hope going forward we have a good solid episode that stars the main four as a group. I’d kinda like to see another Stan and Kyle focused episode soon too.
theres just so much good material for southpark now
also randy going "bro i got fucking shot" to stan was pretty funny
I don’t watch South Park but I have started watching all your breakdowns because my fiancé does and I am a big fan of your adult animation breakdowns (like the BoJack videos)
i hit send too early on my comment, but now when my fiancé watches the show and wants to talk about the episodes with me, it’s a lot easier because he’ll start explaining to me the premise and i’m like “oh no i don’t need the background, i watched a Johnny 2 Cellos video about it” and then it helps him to tell me his thoughts without needing to synopsis. Your explanations almost make me want to watch South Park.
@@catears_jpg577 you should! I always recommend starting from season 5 and just continuing onward from there. You can watch the early seasons later but it’s kinda hard to get into if you start with seasons 1-4 imo
This is the first season in a while that I've watched all of, and all of the episodes are good. It had a good balance of humor, commentary, and also showing the characters as characters, instead of just a vehicle for the commentary.
I felt the same thing! And, the endings now are kinda more “wholesome” than before, a lot more paybacks to the characters like cartman and randy. They are also exploring new characters, it feels like they are trying to focus more on the show and its worldview and character development:-D
@@imsoconfused7684 That's something I appreciate too. There is a level of heart to it too, with how they treat the characters. Even the "bad guys" are getting a chance to grow and develop.
For sure the quality of episodes have been better this year. Although, I feel like creators like you, and Blooms have helped get people interested again. You guys put out good commentary on an already phenomenal show. I know you reinstalled my love for the show, so I just want to say thank you.
Honestly, thinking back to the longer seasons we used to get, I'm glad these ones are short now. Yes, long seasons had some peak South Park in them, but there were plenty of season where the episode quality varied heavily. I feel like the fact that they don't have to make as much content allows them to focus on just the best ideas. Some of the best UK TV shows were only around 6 episodes a season, I think it's really a case of quality over quantity. The specials are cool too, I like having the format variety and it makes the show very unique compared to other shows. With all the legal trouble, it's hard to say if they'll keep doing them in the future. I hope at least that the specials format lives on in some capacity, if it can't be exclusive to Paramount or whatever happens.
You know what really makes me confused is Trump was actually a character in an earlier season episode. The one where garrison makes a new mode of transportation and has an investors meeting and trump is in attendance. Kinda funny they turned Harrison into trump
That was before Trump made a complete ass out of himself on the global stage. He was too toxic even for Matt and Trey, so they had Garrison kill him off and fill in. Nobody was expecting him to actually win the election.
the jump in numbers is because south park clips on tiktok started to get a bunch of traction, and unlike family guy when it was huge on tiktok, south park clips make you want to go and watch more south park to get the context of the crazy stuff that’s happening in them, and a lot of young people use tiktok and most of those people are also on youtube so the traction that it gains on tiktok would translate onto youtube
28:30 is where there fact that i was high elevated this entire episode for me holy and it was really entertaining and the jokes being intertwined to the topic at hand made this feel like episodes of a show
I enjoyed Season 26, the satire felt more natural and the small chunks of serialisation through out the episodes kept the show from becoming too obvious or played out (for me at least). 8/10 exited for the upcoming specials and your thoughts on them.
Get the Fuck out of here you IMPOSTER
I want the real Jonny2Celos
it's interesting that the main opinion i see is "we need to stop ai it's gonna take our jobs" and not "we need to restructure society and let ai take our jobs"
ai and robot workers SHOULD be taking over for us. what we need now, I think, is high taxes on businesses and some form of safety net for us average citizens, we're getting to the apex of society where soon capitalism won't work anymore because we just won't have enough jobs left for humans. so instead of trying to find ways to keep ourselves in the rat race of empty work and dead end jobs, we should prepare to replace ourselves.
Wasn't a big fan of Cupid Ye and especially The World Wide Privacy Tour, but after that the season really kicked in for me and I loved the other episodes. My favourite was definitely Dikinbaums Hot Dogs but I'd probably need to rewatch them before ranking the others
Hated Cupid ye episode.... but I'm British so I kinda loved world wide privacy tour
Same those two episodes I didn’t care about but I Cupid ye was definitely better than privately tour imo. It was trying too hard in my opinion so I couldn’t laugh
Cupid Ye is such a lame episode.
@@iBloodxHunter yeah, I found it kinda too obvious and not that funny with its commentary, but I wouldn't call it terrible. It's far from South Park's best but I still liked some parts of it
When I was complaining about AI driving potentially taking away trucking jobs when I was a trucker I got told by artist to learn to code.
Hey artist "learn to code You're getting phased out 😊"
An eye for an eye leaves the world blind. I'm sure they now see their folly and we need to fight the problem rather than throwing stones at glass.
@@Synthpopper Nah, running from the future isn't progressive. Compete with the currently inferior product, make your deadlines, don't leave people on hold for pricing, work on customer service. Heck human artist may be something extraordinary again given the new push.
Personally, I think that South Park as well as Trey and Matt, have done well remaining popular after so long whereas other animated shows (The Simpsons and Family Guy specifically) have outstayed their welcome for FAR TO LONG, it just goes to show that South Park will hopefully never lose their edge.
I know I watched all of your episode reviews, but rewatching them was still a good time.
I actually got into South Park again cuz of you. I used to watch it back in high-school not super regularly and it's been a nice trip.
Worldwide privacy tour was my absolute favourite episode in the past couple of years, proper classic in my eyes it even made my dad turn on south park for the first time in years
That whole episode pandered to boomer culture wars, and that's why your dad watched it 😂
South Park season 25 and 26 were HUGE comebacks to the roots of Prime South Park, I enjoyed them both especially after the failure of 20 to 23
Personally Cupid Ye, Japanese Toilet, DikenBaus Hotdogs and Spring Break was my favourites, the other two were really great too. My favourite bit was Randy swinging from the chandelier in Spring Break, still gives me the giggles. 😂
Somthing about Jonny's voice just makes me happy. The dude is so upbeat and uplifting. I want him to follow me around and narrate my life, it would legit be an effective antidepressant 🤣
This season felt like old South Park and I loved it
On talks about the AI episode; I'm a 3D Modeler/Game developer. We've used AI tools for years in software to help with rotoscoping, motion capping, and code blocks. Many people see the aid tools as generative, and while theoretically they are generating a mesh, armature, motion, they're not a full-scaled body of art generation tool. It's typically components used for storyboarding and creating a concept before taking to production. Nothing will beat human creativity and ingenuity in any kind of media made to appeal to.. humans. lol.
What bothers me is fully-generative AI art. Art is extremely nuanced, symbolic, and need massive mental leaps to create links to things that appeal. While an AI can generate a gorgeous color palate and wonderful looking base- it is at its core a generation of someone elses work, mashed with someone elses work, matched with someone els- you get it. I've heard the argument that humans are similar and create their art based on learning over time, copying others. But this isn't entirely the same. We don't have exact generation capabilities that takes a production piece and super-glues it together. We learn based on our inspirations, adapt, and create new ideas. This is why most artists are not specifically afraid; but irked by the tech being what it is.
For personal use on generating concepts that will never see the light of day? I don't care. But at the same time artists that take commissions are having to figure out how they can keep up with something instant. We're no longer relied on. Thank god 3D Generation is still absolutely god-awful, and the topology is unusable. But I hold 0 illusions that it will get to the point where my profession is more under threat as well.
The good parts of AI Chat are that it is a consolidated Wikipedia-esque answering machine for any question you can think of. Using it to ask "Give me a list of resources for this incredibly obscure thing.." and if you don't understand it? "Explain how step 3 works in as much detail as possible.." It's a legitimate tool of information gathering if you know how to use it; since all it does is scrape the internet for information. Is it always correct? Absolutely not. But it may give you references to information that you'd have never known about due to the sheer size of the internet. It's a modern library at its core.
Use it like anything else with a responsible mindset and you can really have a great experience. Use it for exploitation.. and you may learn what it's like to be burned.
agreed, the new episodes have been a breath of fresh air after the past 4-5 seasons
On your point about the Prince and Princess having lived in Cartman’s house not being mentioned. It can brought up later as a tidbit in a future episode. Maybe mentioning that the house had gone up in value as former celebrity house would be a nice way for Lianne to put Eric in his place. Or simply a visual gag of the Cartman house having a historical plaque by the front door would be pretty funny.
Isn't Kyle's dad a lawyer? Maybe that's why Randy didn't invite him. Can't flex on someone who can afford it too.
My favorite recent episode of South Park was Basically Cable which focuses on Scott Makleson who of course is diabetic and since I’m diabetic I love it even more
When I think about how South Park might fill those obligitory episodes to HBO, I think back to when The Rolling Stones wanted to change record labels, but still owed the suits one final song, so they recorded an unreleasable song called Cocksucker Blues, which is a stone cold banger.
May I say an unpopular opinion? Okay.
I hate Randy and I seriously skip all episodes with him in it. He's not funny or entertaining. I think South Park should keep focusing on the kids like they have been recently, not the Tegrerty Farms bullshit plotline. Have one or two episodes which I gladly like with the new season but an entire plotline? Yeah no. Boring to me.
Thank you and I will be hiding in my hidey hole for safety to not get absolutely bashed. Loved the videos, Johnny!
In regards to the conspiracy theory; Matt Stone has made it _abundantly_ clear that he knows who it is that's keeping his bread buttered, and to appreciate his circumstantial success... 6 Days to Air used the analogy of van Halen; their creative engine being primarily Eddie with the writing songs and lyrics, but without DLR, it just isn't VanHalen. (Matt is David Lee Roth, Trey is Eddie.)
But I don't see ANY scenario where Matt rocks that boat.
12:06 I almost wanted to buy a japanese toilet after that episode 😂😂
I love how detailed the NBA game is in Worldwide Privacy Tour, the names and jerseys and court are SUPER acturate for no reason haha
every time I hear Scott Malkinson line "im Scott Malkinshson I have diabetesh" pops up in my head
Yes! Your south park content is amazing! Thanks so much for this!
I love how they wrote Garrison in to Trump, and actually stuck with it when he got elected. It would have been much easier going forward if they'd written that out, but they didn't, and though it was laborious, I think it was worthwhile. Now that the election is getting ever closer, I am really curious how this will all shape up in the show.
"AI in aid of human expression is fine. AI replacing it? No.." My already existing respect for Johnny just shot through the roof. Well said! Keep being awesome!
Why is that such a hot take to you though i feel like thats pretty much the standard opinion on the issue...
@@Alex-kc7tp Never said anything about it being a "hot take". Simply stated that I respected Johnny for making his stance on it clear.
I’m so glad you’re getting the attention you deserve! A lot of the fan base of sp now days is more kids that come from tiktok,I guess you find out about South Park one way or another but it is a little sad how new gen found out only through tiktok
Great season. Glad every kid got their fair share of screentime
Did tweek have any line?
@@sadcrab69 no
Randy getting shot during a speech did not age well 😭💀
My episode rankings:
1. Dikinbaus Hotdogs
2. The Worldwide Privacy Tour
3. Cupid Ye
4. Spring Break
5. Japanese Toilets
6. Deep Learning
Stick of Truth and The Fractured But Whole brought me back to watching South Park again.
I saw the shamen in the AI episode as a message on; “It’s impossible to differentiate AI from human if it’s doing its job”. Kind of a superstition is the only option thing.
Your videos got me Interested in South Park again. I went back and caught up on the series and rewatched quite a few seasons.
Thanks for the content. Keep it coming. Your videoed help me appreciate aspects I didn’t consider before and at times reinforced others for an overall better viewing experience.
Keep it coming
I love South Park because they're more then meta.
It ain't always been like so but that's okay unlike most meta tv series they actually talk about topics that actually matter and i love how you johnny2cellos See's it how I do I really appreciate your videos on south park😊
It’s about time this channel got more recognition . Heck yes
Right after the Paramount+ assassination attempt joke I got an actual commercial for Paramount+... This video literally brought to you by Paramount+
32:37 “Art requires human experience, & I’ll never waiver on that opinion.” The WGA & SAG-AFTRA agree with you. Hopefully something similar can be done for animation & voice actors
im just getting back into south park after being away from it for a good number of years, and i think what got me back was hearing about the quality of some of the new stuff. there was a while when south park wasn't that notable but I'm glad to see they're back in a place where people are talking about it. also i finally picked up the video games after being vaguely interested since they came out 😂
6) Spring Break - 7.5/10
5) Cupid Ye - 7.9/10
4) Japanese Toilets - 7.99/10
3) World Wide Privacy Tour - 8.3
2) Deep Learning - 9
1) Dikinbaus - 9.1
Johnny I use your videos as a kind of podcast (that and cartoons that curse) so an hour long video is great. Just so you know, keep it up boss! 👍
Now THIS is how you adapt to change and actually commentate about current issues without sounding preachy. I really need to get back to watching this show again.
I feel that a lot of us just want the original Randy model. The Blue shirt can not just be replaced
My favorite moment to be Darryl in the dikinbaus episode, that “they took my job” joke had no right to make me laugh so much.
comeback? South Park literally gets better with every season
Member berry season?
Joel Haver using AI rotoscoping: makes his own keyframes, and tells his audience to draw their own as well
Corridor: Straight up uses some other anime. draws none of their own keyframes. doesn't tell others to draw their own.
Really Good Video 💯 I'm Glad to see someone still doing deep dives on South Park Content, keep up the good work‼️
How come the boys never act like as a group anymore? In older seasons an episode like DickinBalls would have all 4 boys act together, it would have Stan and Kyle feature in some way. They didn't even speak after the first sence, feels like the broship broke down
Well Stan and Cartman moved away, now cartman is poor like Kenny and just as manipulative to butters.
Now Stan hangs out with Token since they're neighbors and now Kyle is friends with both of them.
Now that Cartman moved back and Kenny got more focus this season maybe there will be more of them as a group in the upcoming specials
@@infsm27 Token? Who’s Token?
@@videogames344No idea. I think he might’ve been an unused version of Towelie?
@@Astrojox_ overly masculine towelie from the hood
i think your take on AI still really resonates today. it’s a great point- AI has been used for ASSISTANCE for years (predictive text, etc) but the second it replaces creative things, like art or writing, it’s almost like the soul has been sucked out of it. great video.
I hope DikinBaus gets the casa bonita treatment and gets made irl
Casa Bonita was around before South Park though...
season 26 was neat, more balanced compared to season 25 and having more episodes focused on the characters that also happen to have references to current topics, my ranking would be
Dikinbaus hot dogs
Deep Learning
Japanese Toilet
Spring Break
Cupid Ye
Worldwide privacy tour
In regards to ChatGPT, I sincerely thought Stan would have to fight against the AI program and learn a lesson about being more cognitive in his relationship à la the Facebook episode where he fights the embodiment of FB.
But because they've done that in the past, would it feel like they'd be rehashing it?
wait i just realized that this part of world wide privacy tour (19:31) was inspired by the beatles magical mystery tour?!
5:59 impressive. Let's see the ADL's history.
2:40 My mans hitting that L in Tolkien really impressively lmao
This has been my favorite recent South Park season. I hope this quality continues.
Have you ever watched any other season?
@@DarMatter97 wdym?
personally, my rating would be
6. Japanese Toilet
5. Spring Break
4. Worldwide Privacy Tour
3. Deep Learning
2. Cupid Ye
1. Dikinbaus Hot Dogs
If Matt Stone is the only one credited, it only reaffirms THAT belief. Regarding the Megan Markle episode, MOST people believe the other way around, where the royal family is MUCH better than THAT pair.
It mocks THAT belief.
You mentioned stan and Wendy’s odd relationship and the fractured but whole, I just finished that game last week, I noticed something odd about Wendy in the game. Her character sheet identifies her as gender-fluid (clearly referencing Wendell in cissies) and polysexual. Her combat dialogue involves flirting with multiple of the boys, but mostly the new kid
I loved the World Wide Privacy Tour. But Meghan Markle didn’t say anything to the press after the episode. It was just so many people going “you’re so mad” at nothing
I got sick of South Park around season 14 when did it get good again?
I mean season 15 is like one of the all-time greats lol
It didn't
@@Johnny2Cellos maybe the show isn’t for me 😂
After like season 12 atleast
One of the best seasons by far!
Love the work you put into all your videos
South Park has been popping up on so many peoples radars lately. Eventually, John is going to have a spike in viewership too. Let’s hope, anyways.
I wouldn't say everything has been good, but it's been a lot better than the past couple of seasons.
The Spring Break episode definitely is Randy being is good old drunk self
Greetings from the future, casual antisemitism is just a thing again
Idk criticizing a jewish ethnostate for committing genocide shouldn't be called antisemitic
@@opeygopey227 Palestines did it first though, then they cry when jews do it back. crybullies