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I can tell you from experience that South Park‘s commentary on current events gets a lot less compelling the further you get from being 14. They don’t so much speak truth to power as they do farts to power, and that’s fine, but it can be kind of exhausting. And I’ve never been a big fan of self-proclaimed “equal opportunity offenders.” I’m pretty sure that just means you’re an asshole to everyone, and last I checked, no one likes assholes. The point being, though, that at a certain point in one’s mature life as a member of the national discourse, being up-to-date on “South Park‘s take on…” is not the must-have cultural touchstone that it is when you’re having Edward Fortyhands parties.
That being said, when South Park jumps the rails of even pretending to make actual, politically-grounded commentary into the wild brush of their permanently-adolescent drug-addled mockery of celebrities, almost no one does it better. That is how you get Kanye West singing a song about how he is a gay fish, because why not:
THIS BOAT IS REEEEAAAAAALLLL!
UPDATE: Kanye West responds.
UPDATE 2: Extended remix:
“Kanye West” – “Gay Fish” (MP3)
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What’s a 65 year old doing watching South Park anyways? And um…they really should have Kanye jump and then hump a shark. Just so I can literally see the point of no return.
I bet Kanye’s going to rant about this on his blog. WITH THE CAPS LOCK ON.
“And I’ve never been a big fan of “equal opportunity offenders.” I’m pretty sure that just means you’re an asshole to everyone, and last I checked, no one likes assholes.”
You would know this better than most.
As an outspoken Kanye apologist, I’m hoping to GOD that he’ll find the humor in this so that my job as his number 1 fan will be easier.
“And I’ve never been a big fan of “equal opportunity offenders.”
Oh the irony, Gabe. You must realize how silly that sounds on this website. I hope so anyway.
Yeah, I thought the same thing.
no kidding, talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
whoa, tone down the racism there, champ.
you know you can’t use that kind of language in a comment about a kanye story on Videogum.
gabe is the racist police around here and he will not hesitate to pull you over and give you a bigot ticket, a ticket for bigots.
also, point of interest, why is the Videogum comments box telling me that “Videogum” is an improperly spelled word?
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THIS IS SOME SERIOUS FINDING NEMO SHIT.
Edward Fourtyhands parties?!!??!??! Thankfully I clicked the link before I started sewing hands to my hands and having parties.
I’m surprised they didn’t have him fuck a squid’s brains out.
I was thinking a giant fish.
no one payed attention to the rest of the episode. Kanye and his hipster posse beat the shit out of Carlos Mencia with baseball bats, Mencia admits to stealing jokes, says his penis doesn’t work and his pees into a bag, and then Kanye uppercuts his head off. I am not kidding. It is awesome, and deserves some props.
You are using the term hipster extremely loosely.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Perfect.
Please.
(apologies for the HRO scribbling)
Sounds better than the original. I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully
oh come on! uh, SPOILER ALERT next time please! damn!
Didn’t see this coming….
good call on the pink frame
Here’s Kanye’s response,
“SOUTH PARK MURDERED ME LAST NIGHT AND IT’S PRETTY FUNNY. IT HURTS MY FEELINGS BUT WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM SOUTH PARK! I ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MY EGO THOUGH. HAVING THE CRAZY EGO IS PLAYED OUT AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE AND CAREER. I USE TO USE IT TO BUILD UP MY ESTEEM WHEN NOBODY BELIEVED IN ME. NOW THAT PEOPLE DO BELIEVE AND SUPPORT MY MUSIC AND PRODUCTS THE BEST RESPONSE IS THANK YOU INSTEAD OF “I TOLD YOU SO!!!” IT’S COOL TO TALK SHIT WHEN YOU’RE RAPPING BUT NOT IN REAL LIFE. WHEN YOU MEET LITTLE WAYNE IN PERSON HE’S THE NICEST GUY FOR EXAMPLE. I JUST WANNA BE A DOPER PERSON WHICH STARTS WITH ME NOT ALWAYS TELLING PEOPLE HOW DOPE I THINK I AM. I NEED TO JUST GET PAST MYSELF. DROP THE BRAVADO AND JUST MAKE DOPE PRODUCT. EVERYTHING IS NOT THAT SERIOUS. AS LONG AS PEOPLE THINK I ACT LIKE A BITCH THIS TYPE OF SHIT WILL HAPPEN TO ME. I GOT A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF ME TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE I’M NOT ACTUALLY A HUGE DOUCHE BUT I’M UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. I’M SURE THE WRITERS AT SOUTH PARK ARE REALLY NICE PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DRAW MY CREW. THAT WAS PRETTY FUNNY ALSO!! I’M SURE THERE’S GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN THIS… THAT’S HOW YOU KNOW IT’S ME!”
“I GOT A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF ME TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE I’M NOT ACTUALLY A HUGE DOUCHE BUT I’M UP FOR THE CHALLENGE.”
That is my morning mantra.
DROP THE BRAVADO AND JUST MAKE DOPE PRODUCT.
worst sentence ever
BECAUSE I’M A GENIUS
The thing is Kanye West is never going to be able live this down. From now on wherever he goes people are going to call him gay fish.
if you don’t find south park funny, it probbbbbably means you’re not smoking enough weed…
Gabe, your brainy take on everything is exhausting. Proper smartass.
“The concepts of right and wrong according to Gabe”. How do you live with yourself?
you BETTA watch out for kanye’s gang of computer nerds with EXTREMELY bad fashion tastes! they might all jump yo ass and…..MAKE YOU LISTEN TO KANYE’S MUSIC!!!! seriously, it’s about time this dude’s ego got put in check. ol’ boy needed this BAD.
Maybe the best YouTube comment I’ve ever read. Which is saying something…
Holy crap you guys actually think that Kanye West is a gay fish because an ANIMATED TV SHOW says so?!?!?!?!?? omfg lol i laughin at u especially since its a comedy central show!!!!!!! n00bz. I’d like to see YOU get to his level of fame and stay with a small ego! copy and paste, all who agree! – by amag31 so all respond to ME if you have a prob. ok? OMG still im lmfao at you guys who take a frikkin tv show for reality! rofl!
Oh… when did South Park start looking like a bad flash animation? How sad.