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==Broadcast==
==Broadcast==
"Chickenlover" was originally broadcast on [[Comedy Central]] in the United States on May 27, 1998.<ref name="pr" /><ref name="tribune_review">{{Cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-05-26/features/9805260016_1_south-park-show-s-premiere-twin-peaks |title=The Antics Continue |date=May 26, 1998 |first=Allan |last=Johnson |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |location=[[Chicago]] |accessdate=December 22, 2011}}</ref> The [[South Park (season 2)|second season]] of the show started in April 1998, with two episodes.<ref name="tribune_review" /> Then, on May 20, the episode "[[Ike's Wee Wee]]" started a six-episode run of the season.<ref name="pr_wee-wee">{{Cite press release |url=http://www.comedycentral.com/press/pressreleases/release.jhtml?f=pr1506.xml |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040817195655/http://www.comedycentral.com/press/pressreleases/release.jhtml?f=pr1506.xml |archivedate=August 17, 2004 |date=May 18, 1998 |title=The Boys Set Out To Save 'Ike's Wee-Wee' In The Second Season Debut Episode Of 'South Park,' May 20 At 10:00 P.M. ET/PT |publisher=[[Comedy Central]] |accessdate=December 22, 2011}}</ref><ref name="nydailynews_aprilfools">{{Cite web |url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/1998-04-03/entertainment/18069303_1_fools-day-south-park-fools-joke |title='South Park' Fans Aren't Laughing Viewers Don't Suffer April Fools' Gladly, As Cartman's-father Episode Is Scratched |date=April 3, 1998 |first=Richard |last=Huff |work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |accessdate=December 22, 2011}}</ref><ref name="vindicator_newseason">{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l7RRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-4EMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1505%2C3606073 |title=South Park: New season begins |date=May 20, 1998 |newspaper=[[The Vindicator]] |location=[[Youngstown, Ohio]] |page=C6 |accessdate=December 22, 2011}}</ref><ref name="press-telegram_newseason">{{Cite news |title='South Park' Kicks Off New Season |date=May 20, 1998 |newspaper=[[Press-Telegram]] |location=[[Long Beach, California]] |quote=Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny find out that tradition can be pretty scary when a loved one's anatomy is involved in 'Ike's Wee Wee,' the second season premiere of the much-ballyhooed animated comedy 'South Park,' airing at 10 tonight on cable's Comedy Central.}}</ref><ref name="epguides">{{Cite web |url=http://epguides.com/SouthPark/ |title=South Park (a Title & Air Dates Guide) |publisher=[[Epguides]] |accessdate=December 22, 2011}}</ref>
"Chickenlover" was originally broadcast on [[Comedy Central]] in the United States on May 27, 1998.<ref name="pr" /><ref name="tribune_review">{{Cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-05-26/features/9805260016_1_south-park-show-s-premiere-twin-peaks |title=The Antics Continue |date=May 26, 1998 |first=Allan |last=Johnson |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |location=[[Chicago]] |accessdate=December 22, 2011}}</ref> The [[South Park (season 2)|second season]] of the show started in April 1998, with two episodes.<ref name="tribune_review" /> Then, on May 20, the episode "[[Ike's Wee Wee]]" started a six-episode run of the season.<ref name="pr_wee-wee">{{Cite press release |url=http://www.comedycentral.com/press/pressreleases/release.jhtml?f=pr1506.xml |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040817195655/http://www.comedycentral.com/press/pressreleases/release.jhtml?f=pr1506.xml |archivedate=August 17, 2004 |date=May 18, 1998 |title=The Boys Set Out To Save 'Ike's Wee-Wee' In The Second Season Debut Episode Of 'South Park,' May 20 At 10:00 P.M. ET/PT |publisher=[[Comedy Central]] |accessdate=December 22, 2011}}</ref><ref name="nydailynews_aprilfools">{{Cite web |url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/1998-04-03/entertainment/18069303_1_fools-day-south-park-fools-joke |title='South Park' Fans Aren't Laughing Viewers Don't Suffer April Fools' Gladly, As Cartman's-father Episode Is Scratched |date=April 3, 1998 |first=Richard |last=Huff |work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |accessdate=December 22, 2011}}</ref><ref name="vindicator_newseason">{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l7RRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-4EMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1505%2C3606073 |title=South Park: New season begins |date=May 20, 1998 |newspaper=[[The Vindicator]] |location=[[Youngstown, Ohio]] |page=C6 |accessdate=December 22, 2011}}</ref><ref name="press-telegram_newseason">{{Cite news |title='South Park' Kicks Off New Season |date=May 20, 1998 |newspaper=[[Press-Telegram]] |location=[[Long Beach, California]] |quote=Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny find out that tradition can be pretty scary when a loved one's anatomy is involved in 'Ike's Wee Wee,' the second season premiere of the much-ballyhooed animated comedy 'South Park,' airing at 10 tonight on cable's Comedy Central.}}</ref><ref name="epguides">{{Cite web |url=http://epguides.com/SouthPark/ |title=South Park (a Title & Air Dates Guide) |publisher=[[Epguides]] |accessdate=December 22, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928162050/http://epguides.com/SouthPark/ |archivedate=September 28, 2015 |df= }}</ref>


==Home release==
==Home release==

Revision as of 20:02, 4 August 2017

"Chickenlover"
South Park episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 4
Directed byTrey Parker
Written byTrey Parker
Matt Stone
David R. Goodman
Production code203
Original air dateMay 27, 1998[1]
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"Chickenlover" is the fourth episode in the second season of the American animated television series South Park. The 16th episode of the series overall, it originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on May 27, 1998. The episode was written by series co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, along with David R. Goodman, and directed by Parker. In the episode, Officer Barbrady resigns as South Park's only police officer because of his illiteracy. Anarchy ensues, just as chickens are mysteriously being molested across South Park. Barbrady enlists the help of the boys to learn to read and discover who is molesting the chickens. Cartman, meanwhile, masquerades as a police officer.

Plot

Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Cartman visit the Booktastic Bus, a mobile library. They are initially intrigued, but become disinterested in reading after meeting the strange driver. Word spreads that a pervert is molesting chickens in town. When Officer Barbrady starts the investigation, he is confronted with his illiteracy. He resigns in shame and anarchy immediately breaks out. Later, he is put into the boys' class to learn to read.

Barbrady recruits the boys to help him with his task, showing his knowledge of the police code. From then on, Cartman patrols the town on his Big Wheel, enforcing his own brand of justice. The molester is finally caught in the petting zoo and turns out to be the bookmobile driver. He plotted this all along to encourage Barbrady to learn to read. After being given a copy of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, Barbrady kills the man with a club to the head to teach Cartman how to properly deal with criminals. The town holds a parade for Barbrady, and when he is asked to give a speech, he reveals how Atlas Shrugged convinced him to never read again.

Production

Originally, Cartman was supposed to receive a gun during his stint as a deputy police officer, but Comedy Central's censors were reluctant to show a child with a firearm. The season one episode "Volcano" depicted children wielding firearms, but it was allowed then as the usage was considered less controversial by Comedy Central. The episode was originally titled "Chickenfucker", but it was changed as Comedy Central did not want any profane wording in any of its titles.[2]

Broadcast

"Chickenlover" was originally broadcast on Comedy Central in the United States on May 27, 1998.[1][3] The second season of the show started in April 1998, with two episodes.[3] Then, on May 20, the episode "Ike's Wee Wee" started a six-episode run of the season.[4][5][6][7][8]

Home release

All 18 episodes of the second season, including "Chickenlover", were released on a DVD box set on June 3, 2003.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "It's Back To School For Officer Barbrady In The New Episode Of 'South Park' Titled 'Chickenlover,' May 27 At 10:00 P.M. ET/PT" (Press release). Comedy Central. May 26, 1998. Archived from the original on August 17, 2004. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  2. ^ Dyess-Nugent, Phil (July 29, 2009). "South Park (Classic): "Ike's Wee Wee"/"Chickenlover"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Johnson, Allan (May 26, 1998). "The Antics Continue". Chicago Tribune. Chicago. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  4. ^ "The Boys Set Out To Save 'Ike's Wee-Wee' In The Second Season Debut Episode Of 'South Park,' May 20 At 10:00 P.M. ET/PT" (Press release). Comedy Central. May 18, 1998. Archived from the original on August 17, 2004. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  5. ^ Huff, Richard (April 3, 1998). "'South Park' Fans Aren't Laughing Viewers Don't Suffer April Fools' Gladly, As Cartman's-father Episode Is Scratched". Daily News. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  6. ^ "South Park: New season begins". The Vindicator. Youngstown, Ohio. May 20, 1998. p. C6. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  7. ^ "'South Park' Kicks Off New Season". Press-Telegram. Long Beach, California. May 20, 1998. Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny find out that tradition can be pretty scary when a loved one's anatomy is involved in 'Ike's Wee Wee,' the second season premiere of the much-ballyhooed animated comedy 'South Park,' airing at 10 tonight on cable's Comedy Central.
  8. ^ "South Park (a Title & Air Dates Guide)". Epguides. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved December 22, 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Blevins, Tal (June 30, 2003). "South Park: The Complete Second Season: A collection you'll buy for the show, not for the video, audio or extras". IGN. Retrieved December 27, 2016.