If you haven't watched "South Park" lately, it's probably a good idea to check in on the boys to see what is happening. I think this year has been kind of hit-or-miss, but when it's good, it has made me laugh as much as any time during its run. For instance, a Britney Spears-induced episode and a "Heavy Metal" tribute were kinda lame.

However, last night's episode, titled "Eek, A Penis!", was very funny. In one of the major plotlines, Mrs. Garrison wanted her penis back. OK, that was hilarious in itself, as they grafted his DNA onto a mouse to grow a new one. However, the part where Cartman channeled Edward James Olmos from "Stand and Deliver" was absolutely killing me. He was Mr. Cartmenez and he decided that in order for the inner-city kids to get ahead, they needed to cheat like white people. They used Bill Belichick as the prime example. And each time Cartman met resistance from a student, he kept saying, "How do I reach these keeds?". Put me on the floor. He eventually had the class reciting, "I misinterpreted the rules." Bwah!



Meal of Links

The 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of all time. Really choice stuff in here, most with accompanying video. SNL, Mr. Show, In Living Color, Dave Chappelle, Monty Python, Kids in the Hall, SCTV are all represented nicely. Hard to quibble with these choices.

I've been on this Errol Morris kick lately, anxiously awaiting his new doc "Standard Operating Procedure" about Abu Ghraib. In a long discourse on his NYTimes blog, he writes about the use of re-enactments in documentaries. Very good "The Thin Blue Line" references in Part One, one of the best documentaries ever done. Several excellent comments, as well. I see he put up Part Two this evening, so read Part One (dated April 3) first.

I didn't know there were any "Cheers" mysteries. But they are cleared up here.

I always like to see older movies on the big screen. Kind of disappointed with the Regal at Middleburg, which had a series on Wednesday nights this past winter that looked pretty good, but barely advertised. In fact, I didn't find out about it until it was over.

But there is currently a series at Shaker celebrating the 90th anniversary of United Artists. Looks like this week, the weather will cooperate, so spending time indoors isn't an issue. Because it's a double feature of "In the Heat of the Night" and "Night of the Hunter". If you haven't seen "Night of the Hunter" recently, trust me, it's still scary.

Exercise Yard

Got some extra Masters time on the four-letter today. Tuned in just in time to see Phil Mickelson spray the ball all over the back nine. Yep, the first shot I saw FIGJAM strike, it should have gone in the water on 13. The bastard actually made birdie to spite me. Then he continued to scramble. BTW, it figures he would hook up with ExxonMobil. Talk about sleeping with the enemy, but the people love him cause he's a regular guy, just like them.

Boy, those last couple of groups were making a mess of things to finish in the dark, didn't they? They better hope that decision to continue doesn't come back and bite them later in the "toonament", as they say at Augusta.

Jason Sobel has a rather entertaining blog from the press room at Augusta, if you can't wait for the TV coverage.

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