More Crap

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"More Crap"
South Park episode
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Bono, as he appeared in this episode.
Episode no. Season 11
Episode 9
Written by Trey Parker
Directed by Trey Parker
Production no. 1109
Original airdate October 10, 2007
Season 11 episodes
South Park – Season 11
March 7, 2007 – November 14, 2007
  1. With Apologies to Jesse Jackson
  2. Cartman Sucks
  3. Lice Capades
  4. The Snuke
  5. Fantastic Easter Special
  6. D-Yikes!
  7. Night of the Living Homeless
  8. Le Petit Tourette
  9. More Crap
  10. Imaginationland Episode I
  11. Imaginationland Episode II
  12. Imaginationland Episode III
  13. Guitar Queer-O
  14. The List
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"More Crap" is episode 1109 (#162) of Comedy Central's South Park. Originally telecast on October 10, 2007,[1][2] it loosely parodies The King of Kong, a documentary about an underdog who is attempting to beat Billy Mitchell's infamous Donkey Kong record.[3] Bono's personality in the episode is much like the depiction of Mitchell in the documentary, including how he is allowed to play by different rules than other world score competitors. The episode is rated TV-MA.

The episode is one of very few where neither Cartman, Kyle, Kenny or any of the other children appear except for Stan. The plot revolves primarily around Randy Marsh and the other adults in South Park.

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[edit] Plot

Randy Marsh is heavily constipated, having not "taken a crap in over three weeks". After taking a laxative, he takes an extremely painful bowel movement which produces an abnormally large piece of excrement. Upon pressure from his friends, Randy contacts Guinness World Records, believing he has passed the largest recorded BM. They direct him to Zürich's European Fecal Standards and Measurements Institute, which concludes he has the world record, weighing in at 8.6 courics, a fictional measurement named after Katie Couric. As Randy is the first American to ever receive the award, the American government holds a ceremony to honor his achievement – however, it is interrupted by a video of Bono, the previous record holder, claiming he has just taken a BM weighing 9.5 courics, and is therefore still the record holder. His claim is accepted, despite protests that his only proof is an unverified photo.

Randy mourns the loss of his record like the loss of a child, saying that he is now worthless since his BM was the only thing that came from him that was any good (which insults Stan). His friends convince him to train hard and reclaim the record, and he spends three weeks eating at P.F. Chang's until an ultrasound reveals his feces have reached about 14 courics in weight. Bono successfully demands Randy be required to pass his stool in Zürich, prompting Stan to visit Bono's mansion to ask him to relinquish the first place record, saying Randy has never won anything. Bono, however, reacts badly to Stan's request he be happy as "number two" and threatens him. Bono's butler takes Stan to Zürich and informs him of the truth – Bono set his record in 1960, the year he was born; Bono is not the record holder, he is the record.

In Zürich, the society leader explains he took the world's biggest BM in 1960 and was so proud, he raised it as a child. Over time, it grew up into Bono, explaining why Bono is ashamed of being called "number two" and can help so many people while still seeming "like such a piece of shit." Bono's father starts breast feeding him with his "bitty", and says that, though Bono faked his newest record, Bono himself is over 80 courics in weight, and thus is still bigger than Randy's old record BM or any other BM in the world.

At that moment Randy finally takes his BM, which is so large it lifts him several feet off the toilet seat and is estimated to weigh more than 100 courics. Randy is hailed as the new record holder, and the society awards him an Emmy. Several times during the episode, such as when Randy first tries to take a BM, a spinning Emmy award is seen on-screen along with the text "Emmy Award Winning Series". When the spinning Emmy appears during the last seconds of the episode, one of the society's members grabs it and sticks it in Randy's BM.

[edit] Reception

TV Squad gave the episode an overwhelmingly positive review, stating that "it's low taste but it's South Park low taste, which makes it funny," and that "they [Trey Parker and Matt Stone] are on a roll. Possibly a toilet paper roll." [4] IGN had mixed feelings about the episode, calling it "amusing, but not terribly so", giving it a rating of 7.4. [5] The episode currently has a score of 8.0 on TV.com, as voted for by viewers. [6]

P. F. Chang's China Bistro spokesperson, Laura Cherry, responded positively to the episode, saying that "It's the third or fourth time. We've appeared in many of their episodes." She also stated that the creators themselves enjoy eating there.[7]

[edit] Cultural References

The "bitty thing" reference was based on the British sketch comedy show Little Britain.[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Episode guide. South Park Studios. Retrieved on 2008-06-04.
  2. ^ Episode trailer. South Park Studios. Retrieved on 2007-10-08,
  3. ^ FAQ South Park Studios Retrieved on 2009-08-08.
  4. ^ TV Squad episode review TV Squad. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
  5. ^ IGN episode review IGN.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-12.
  6. ^ TV.com reviews and score TV.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-12.
  7. ^ "South Park episode teases P.F. Chang's" Azcentral article. Retrieved on November 12, 2007
  8. ^ FAQ - South Park Studios

[edit] External links


Preceded by
“Le Petit Tourette”		 South Park episodes Followed by
“Imaginationland Episode I”
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