South Park is one of those shows that I try to HATE so much -- after all it is
so politically incorrect. BUT truth be told it is so over the top it is
hysterical and pokes fun at social issues. There at it again -- picking on
those
Canadians :-))). (

outh Park off to see the PM in new satire
MIKE OLIVEIRA
CANADIAN PRESS

The boys of South Park are blaming Canada again. And a new prime minister.

In the 1999 movie, South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, foul-mouthed Canadian
cartoon characters were blamed for the moral corruption of America's youth,
leading to World War III.

The movie included a musical number, "Blame Canada," that slagged Anne Murray.

Now, an unnamed new Canadian prime minister is the target in South Park's
season finale, an episode called "Christmastime in Canada," which airs Feb. 13
on The Comedy Network.

In the episode, word gets out that Canada has a new leader and he's causing big
problems with his laws and policies. Just as Christmas is approaching, he
demands that all adopted children be returned to their birth parents.

One of the South Park kids is shipped off to Canada. The gang is determined to
save their buddy's Christmas and head north to the rescue.

The episode is an homage to The Wizard of Oz, the idea being that Canada is a
foreign, bizarre place, said Matt Stone, one of the co-creators of the show.

"We really love the idea of treating Canada like Oz ... and just asserting that
Canada is this totally strange fantasy land," Stone said.

The kids travel down Canada's "only road," though Quebec and Newfoundland,
before eventually finding Parliament Hill and the prime minister.

Along the way, they learn that French Canadians hate the prime minister because
a new law has banned drinking wine, budget cuts have replaced the Mounties'
horses with sheep and a Newfoundlander named Steve (who, of course, has the
stereotypical accent) is upset that the PM has "sure screwed up things for
Newfoundland. It just hasn't been the same since he made sodomy illegal."

Stone said the show's creators and writers (one of the writers, Kyle McCulloch,
is Canadian) get most of their jokes and ideas from misinformation and
misconceptions about Canada.

"It never comes from a place of having any agenda, it just comes from a place
of having fun," Stone said.

"What we love about referencing Canada so much is that it does perplex people
and they're like, `But why Canada?'

"And we do it because it's just funny. It's the same way Monty Python was
always ripping on the stinking Belgians. It didn't make any sense, that's
what's so funny about it."
Monique
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